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BGC Engineering (Canada)

In research, BGC Engineering (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,656 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 16.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,189
of 28,054 · #9,578 all time
Rank in Canada
#174
of 403
Research works
399
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is BGC Engineering (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,656 of 12,888 14.6%94 #5604

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BGC Engineering (Canada) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does BGC Engineering (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 16.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 20.7 works17×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.31× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.93× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.52× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at BGC Engineering (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Risk Assessment, GIS-based Modeling, Hazard, Landslide, Pipeline and Liquefaction.

▲ 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 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. Remote Sensing24▲ 19×21 topics
  2. Climate Change13▲ 4.6×18 topics
  3. Risk Assessment10▲ 14×4 topics
  4. GIS-based Modeling9▲ 105×2 topics
  5. Hazard9▲ 125×1 topic
  6. Landslide9▲ 125×1 topic
  7. Pipeline8▲ 70×2 topics
  8. Liquefaction7▲ 77×2 topics
  9. Tunnel7▲ 77×2 topics
  10. Analysis6▲ 64×2 topics
  11. Earthquake6▲ 96×1 topic
  12. Seismic6▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Soil Properties6▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Finite Element Analysis5▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Sediment Transport5▲ 31×4 topics
  16. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Hydrology4▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Satellite Imagery4▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Soil Reinforcement4▲ 55×2 topics
  20. Spatial Variability3▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Flood Risk3▲ 38×1 topic
  23. Probabilistic Methods3▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Riparian Vegetation3▲ 103×1 topic
  25. River Restoration3▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Slope Stability Analysis3▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Geosynthetics3▲ 56×2 topics
  29. Fiber Reinforcement3▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Stone Columns3▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Risk Analysis3▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Sea Level Rise3▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Forest Carbon Stocks3▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Land Use Change3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Lidar Remote Sensing3▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Natural Gas2▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Rheological Properties2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Ground-Penetrating Radar2▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Sedimentology2▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Liquefaction Resistance2▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does BGC Engineering (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Landslides and related hazards, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Landslides and related h…9Landslides and related hazards: 9 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 6 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…3Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawCivil and Structural EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 9 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BGC Engineering (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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