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BGC Engineering (Canada)

In research, BGC Engineering (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,814 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. 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-now
#17,250
of 22,385 · #19,024 all time
Rank in Canada
#236
of 305
Research works
399
▲ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
BGC Engineering (Canada)

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

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,814 of 10,670 9.6%94 #6267

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does BGC Engineering (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at BGC Engineering (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Environmental Science (26%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 102 fractional works · 90.3% of its workEngineering: 49 fractional works · 43.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 19.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 26.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBGC Engineering(Canada)113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences5%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4943.8%
    2. Environmental Science3026.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1311.9%
    4. Computer Science54.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.7%
    6. Materials Science11.1%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Energy00.3%
    1. Social Sciences32.3%
    2. Decision Sciences11.0%
    3. Psychology10.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Medicine32.5%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 · 22.4 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.61× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.92× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.33× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.61×13 works
  2. Environmental Science5.33×30 works
  3. Engineering2.92×49 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.02×1 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.85×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.84×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.76×2 works
  8. Computer Science0.55×5 works
  9. Mathematics0.38×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.32×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  12. Energy0.28×0 works
  13. Psychology0.26×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.18×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  18. Medicine0.13×3 works
  19. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at BGC Engineering (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthias Jakob, Matthew J. Lato and Lukas U. Arenson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BGC Engineering (Canada).

  1. 1 Matthias Jakob Canada · #277,165 worldwide 5.9k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Matthew J. Lato Canada · #431,028 worldwide 2.2k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Lukas U. Arenson Canada · #586,604 worldwide 4.2k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Kris Holm Canada · #2,379,033 worldwide 816 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Derek Kinakin Canada · #2,483,226 worldwide 259 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Pablo Wainstein Canada · #2,617,317 worldwide 278 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Patrick Grover Canada · #3,495,950 worldwide 130 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 B.V. Chapnik Canada · #3,636,480 worldwide 151 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 John Sobkowicz Canada · #3,700,605 worldwide 254 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 K. Wayne Savigny Canada · #3,736,424 worldwide 370 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at BGC Engineering (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from BGC Engineering (Canada)?

The most cited paper from BGC Engineering (Canada) is "Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: Flash floods and debris flows" (Marco Borga, Markus Stoffel, Lorenzo Marchi et al., 2014), with 534 citations. Next come "The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021" (438) and "Glacier change in western North America: influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards and water quality" (405).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: Flash floods and debris flows Marco Borga, Markus Stoffel, Lorenzo Marchi et al. · Journal of Hydrology Open access 23 May 2014 534
2 The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021 Rachel H. White, Sam Anderson, James F. Booth et al. · Nature Communications Open access 9 Feb 2023 438
3 Glacier change in western North America: influences on hydrology, geomorphic hazards and water quality Robert D. Moore, Sean W. Fleming, Brian Menounos et al. · Hydrological Processes 16 Dec 2008 405
4 Debris flows and their toll on human life: a global analysis of debris-flow fatalities from 1950 to 2011 Casey Dowling, Paul Michael Santi · Natural Hazards 31 Oct 2013 402
5 Vulnerability of buildings to debris flow impact Matthias Jakob, David N. Stein, Malaika Ulmi · Natural Hazards 20 Oct 2011 239
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BGC Engineering (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Remote Sensing25▲ 18×22 topics
  2. Climate Change14▲ 4.6×22 topics
  3. Risk Assessment10▲ 14×4 topics
  4. GIS-based Modeling10▲ 102×2 topics
  5. Hazard9▲ 121×1 topic
  6. Landslide9▲ 121×1 topic
  7. Pipeline9▲ 76×2 topics
  8. Liquefaction8▲ 79×2 topics
  9. Tunnel8▲ 79×2 topics
  10. Analysis7▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Earthquake6▲ 99×1 topic
  12. Seismic6▲ 99×1 topic
  13. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Soil Properties6▲ 31×4 topics
  15. Sediment Transport6▲ 31×4 topics
  16. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Hydrology4▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Satellite Imagery4▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Soil Reinforcement4▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Spatial Variability4▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Riparian Vegetation3▲ 106×1 topic
  22. River Restoration3▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Probabilistic Methods3▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Risk Analysis3▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Slope Stability Analysis3▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Flood Risk3▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Natural Gas3▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Surface Water Mapping3▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Corrosion3▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Fiber Reinforcement3▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Geosynthetics3▲ 52×2 topics
  33. Sand Mixtures3▲ 59×1 topic
  34. Sea Level Rise3▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Steel Structures3▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Stone Columns3▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Biomass Estimation3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Land Use Change3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  39. Forest Carbon Stocks3▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Lidar Remote Sensing3▲ 39×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Landslides and related hazards, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis.

Landslides and related h…9Landslides and related hazards: 9 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 3 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…3Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 3 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 2 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawCivil and Structural EngineeringEcologySafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 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 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% 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 BGC Engineering (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%BGC Engineering (Canada)0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BGC Engineering (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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