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Algonquin College

In research, Algonquin College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,458 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,049
of 22,385 · #19,223 all time
Rank in Canada
#265
of 305
Research works
288
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Algonquin College

What is Algonquin College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #12,458 of 17,446 4.7%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Algonquin College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Algonquin College work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Algonquin College is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 45.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 16.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 11.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 41.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 10.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlgonquin College79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1316.3%
    2. Computer Science911.8%
    3. Environmental Science56.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy45.1%
    5. Materials Science22.0%
    6. Energy11.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    1. Social Sciences1316.1%
    2. Psychology910.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting78.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities55.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Health Professions45.1%
    2. Medicine44.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.28× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.98× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.67× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.53× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.53×8 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.67×7 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.28×4 works
  4. Energy1.98×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.98×4 works
  6. Health Professions1.92×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.52×9 works
  8. Social Sciences1.27×13 works
  9. Environmental Science1.24×5 works
  10. Engineering1.09×13 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.88×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.58×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.44×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.41×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  18. Medicine0.24×4 works
  19. Nursing0.21×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Algonquin College?

Ranked on the quality score, Hebatallah Mohamed Teamah, Diana McGlinchey and Benjamin S. Roebuck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Algonquin College.

  1. 1 Hebatallah Mohamed Teamah Canada · #1,006,684 worldwide 710 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Diana McGlinchey Canada · #2,178,253 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Benjamin S. Roebuck Canada · #2,599,173 worldwide 167 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 H Gala Canada · #3,193,696 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Michelle Morley Canada · #3,264,727 worldwide 219 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 R.R. Frame Canada · #3,298,006 worldwide 28 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Lynn Gehl Canada · #3,394,810 worldwide 64 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Soorena Merat Canada · #3,579,518 worldwide 21 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Abdul Karim J. Al-Azzawi Canada · #4,257,465 worldwide 101 citations · 103 works
  10. 10 Zainub Ibrahim Canada · #4,895,662 worldwide 30 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Algonquin College

What are the most cited papers from Algonquin College?

The most cited paper from Algonquin College is "Do Patient Decision Aids Meet Effectiveness Criteria of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (Annette M. Cormier O'Connor, Dawn Stacey, Michael J. Barry et al., 2007), with 272 citations. Next come "Seven‐Year Follow‐Up of Speech/Language Impaired and Control Children: Psychiatric Outcome" (182) and "Learning together online: Research on asynchronous learning networks" (162).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Do Patient Decision Aids Meet Effectiveness Criteria of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Annette M. Cormier O'Connor, Dawn Stacey, Michael J. Barry et al. · Medical Decision Making Review Sep 2007 272
2 Seven‐Year Follow‐Up of Speech/Language Impaired and Control Children: Psychiatric Outcome J.H. Beitchman, E. B. Brownlie, Alison Inglis et al. · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Nov 1996 182
3 Learning together online: Research on asynchronous learning networks Mac Nason · Education and Information Technologies Apr 2006 162
4 The technical efficiency of Canadian urban transit systems Attah K. Boame · Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review 17 Dec 2003 144
5 Characterization of a refractive logarithmic axicon Ilya Golub, Brahim Chebbi, Dagan Shaw et al. · Optics Letters 13 Aug 2010 79
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Algonquin College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Structured Light, Vulnerability, Optical Manipulation, Orbital Angular Momentum and Internet of Things.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning6▲ 2.2×16 topics
  2. Sustainability6▲ 2.9×13 topics
  3. Mental Health5▲ 4.5×16 topics
  4. Climate Change4▲ 1.75×13 topics
  5. Deep Learning4▲ 1.31×15 topics
  6. Internet of Things3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  8. Structured Light3▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.2×9 topics
  10. Vulnerability2▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Big Data Analytics2▲ 13×4 topics
  12. COVID-19 Impact2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Optical Manipulation2▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Orbital Angular Momentum2▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Resilience2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  16. Higher Education2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  17. Social Interaction2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  18. Risk Assessment2▲ 3.6×4 topics
  19. Student Engagement2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  21. Language Development2▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Solar Energy2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  24. Language Teaching2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  25. Phase Change Materials2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Population Dynamics2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  27. Educational Data Mining2▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Learning Analytics2▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Nanophotonics2▲ 21×3 topics
  30. CLIL2▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Content and Language Integrated Learning2▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Smart Cities2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Arctic Indigenous Peoples1▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Traditional Knowledge1▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Wine Choice1▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Wine Tourism1▲ 120×1 topic
  37. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Destination Image1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Logistics1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Bilingualism1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Algonquin College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, Online Learning and Analytics, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Orbital Angular Momentum…2Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…1Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 1 fractional worksWine Industry and Tourism1Wine Industry and Tourism: 1 fractional worksCruise Tourism Development and Management: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksPhase Change Materials R…1Phase Change Materials Research: 1 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 1 fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 1 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsComputer Science ApplicationsLiterature and Literary TheoryGeneral Health Professions6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Wine Industry and Tourism Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 1 works
  6. 6 Cruise Tourism Development and Management Transportation 1 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 Phase Change Materials Research Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Law in Society and Culture Law 1 works
  10. 10 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Algonquin College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Algonquin College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Algonquin College0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Algonquin College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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