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What research is done in Vancouver?
Papers authored at Vancouver's institutions — University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, BC Children's Hospital — with the Prism stance layer.
Summary
Research is a genuine city asset: the University of British Columbia accounts for 13705 of 17639 papers in the available data. Children’s health, women’s health, machine learning, healthcare, mental health and climate change form the clearest opportunity areas.
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What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.
Opportunities the research points to
Children's Health · 132Women's Health · 118Machine Learning · 114Healthcare · 114Mental Health · 101Climate Change · 78Deep Learning · 72Neuroscience · 69Sustainability · 60COVID-19 · 57Men's Health · 57Artificial Intelligence · 56
Concerns the research raises
Healthcare · 162Women's Health · 154Children's Health · 127COVID-19 · 127Climate Change · 121Research · 104Mental Health · 103Education · 74Public Health · 58Patients' Health · 53Artificial Intelligence · 43Sustainability · 37
counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work
Institutions
University of British Columbia
13.7K
3,378Simon Fraser University
730BC Children's Hospital
612University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
532BC Cancer Agency
365Vancouver General Hospital
259Vancouver Coastal Health
219University of British Columbia Hospital
213Washington State University Vancouver
136Trencianska Univerzita Alexandra Dubceka V Trencine
Orientation
Promising
4,575
Descriptive
4,312
Breakthrough
3,179
Problem Identifying
2,696
1,315Cautionary
791Comparative
771Critical
Output by year (sample)
Opportunities (promising + breakthrough)
Children's Health · 132Women's Health · 115Machine Learning · 114Healthcare · 114Mental Health · 101Climate Change · 75Deep Learning · 72Neuroscience · 69Sustainability · 60COVID-19 · 57Men's Health · 57Artificial Intelligence · 56
Cautions (cautionary + critical)
Climate Change · 55Women's Health · 54Children's Health · 38COVID-19 · 36Healthcare · 29Education · 25Research · 22Men's Health · 21Mental Health · 19Patients' Health · 18Ecology · 17Health · 16
Problems flagged
Healthcare · 133Women's Health · 93COVID-19 · 91Children's Health · 89Mental Health · 84Research · 82Climate Change · 62Public Health · 58Education · 46Artificial Intelligence · 43Patients' Health · 35Sustainability · 34
Top research topics
Species Distribution and Climate Change · 164Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · 147Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · 147HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · 140HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · 136Plant and animal studies · 134Marine and fisheries research · 131Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · 127Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics · 125Fish Ecology and Management Studies · 121Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · 117Health disparities and outcomes · 113
Most-cited work
Paper
Year
Cited
Orientation
2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines
2020
3972
Problem Identifying
Global estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter
2018
2352
Critical
Nanopore sequencing and assembly of a human genome with ultra-long reads
2018
2067
Breakthrough
Integrated genomic characterization of oesophageal carcinoma
2017
1820
Descriptive
Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective
2019
1768
Problem Identifying
<i>Planck</i>2018 results
2019
1593
Breakthrough
The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles
2018
1169
Problem Identifying
Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease 2023 Report: GOLD Executive Summary
2023
1127
Descriptive
The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease
2020
1039
Breakthrough
JASPAR 2024: 20th anniversary of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles
2023
918
Breakthrough
Blockchain-Based Decentralized Trust Management in Vehicular Networks
2018
911
Promising
Molecular electrocatalysts can mediate fast, selective CO <sub>2</sub> reduction in a flow cell
2019
895
Breakthrough
Overall Survival with Ribociclib plus Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer
2019
821
Comparative
Cascade Cost Volume for High-Resolution Multi-View Stereo and Stereo Matching
2020
818
Promising
QSAR without borders
2020
816
Problem Identifying
figures marked ≈ are scaled estimates from a partial sample · Prism stance layer over 2017+ papers