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Ansys (Canada)

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Research works
75
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
828
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Ansys (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Ansys (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 22.7 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.25× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.75× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ansys (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photonic Crystals, Heat Transfer, Biosensors, Optical Modulators, Semiconductor Lasers, Large-Eddy Simulation, Microcavities and Silicon Photonics.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Photonic Crystals3▲ 66×3 topics
  2. Heat Transfer2▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Biosensors2▲ 11×2 topics
  4. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 30×5 topics
  5. Optical Modulators2▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Semiconductor Lasers2▲ 84×2 topics
  7. Microcavities2▲ 48×1 topic
  8. Silicon Photonics2▲ 50×1 topic
  9. Nanofabrication2▲ 70×2 topics
  10. Nonlinear Dynamics1▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Antireflective Coatings1▲ 261×1 topic
  12. Boundary Layer1▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Colloidal Crystals1▲ 79×2 topics
  14. Compound Eyes1▲ 444×1 topic
  15. Freeform Optics1▲ 444×1 topic
  16. Machine Learning1◆ 1.15×3 topics
  17. Nanostructures1▲ 8.9×1 topic
  18. Separation Control1▲ 136×2 topics
  19. Adaptive Mesh Refinement1▲ 51×2 topics
  20. High-Order Schemes1▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Neuromorphic Photonics1▲ 103×1 topic
  22. Photonic Reservoir Computing1▲ 103×1 topic
  23. Thermal Management1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  24. Coherent Detection1▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Optical Fiber1▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Ansys (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Coatings and Gratings, Advanced optical system design and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing.

Photonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksOptical Coatings and Gra…1Optical Coatings and Gratings: 1 fractional worksAdvanced optical system …1Advanced optical system design: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Rese…1Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 1 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 1 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 1 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Ap…1Photonic Crystals and Applications: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksTurbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 1 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…1Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsBiomedical EngineeringArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Optical Coatings and GratingsSurfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced optical system designBiomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks and Reservoir ComputingArtificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Optical Network TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsComputational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Photonic Crystals and ApplicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Turbomachinery Performance and OptimizationAerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics ResearchAerospace Engineering 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 available11.5%not open88.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.3%domestic only46.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ansys (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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