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Bishop's University

In research, Bishop's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,806 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,853 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,863 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 15.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,215
of 22,385 · #6,833 all time
Rank in Canada
#106
of 305
Research works
1.9k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Bishop's University

What is Bishop's University 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,806 of 9,585 9.3%126 #3645
Physical SciencesDomain #5,853 of 10,670 6.5%79 #5025
Social SciencesField #3,863 of 5,988 8.5%68 #2756

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bishop's University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,645 #3,806
  2. Physical Sciences#5,025 #5,853
  3. Social Sciences#2,756 #3,863
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Bishop's University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Bishop's University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 140 fractional works · 48.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 7.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 98 fractional works · 33.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 42 fractional works · 14.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 7.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 WORKBishop'sUniversity289fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences48%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7425.7%
    2. Psychology227.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities196.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting144.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.0%
    6. Decision Sciences41.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy4214.5%
    2. Computer Science299.9%
    3. Engineering134.4%
    4. Environmental Science103.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    6. Mathematics20.5%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    1. Medicine227.5%
    2. Health Professions72.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.8%
    3. Neuroscience51.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bishop's University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 22.9 works15×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 42.0 works6.5×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.53× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.33× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.47× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.54× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.53×42 works
  2. Psychology2.54×22 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.33×19 works
  4. Social Sciences2.03×74 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.47×14 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.41×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.27×29 works
  8. Neuroscience0.97×5 works
  9. Health Professions0.95×7 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×6 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×11 works
  12. Environmental Science0.66×10 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.46×2 works
  15. Veterinary0.45×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×1 works
  17. Medicine0.39×22 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×5 works
  19. Engineering0.29×13 works
  20. Nursing0.17×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Bishop's University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sunny Man Chu Lau, Valerio Faraoni and Susan Emily Reid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bishop's University.

  1. 1 Sunny Man Chu Lau Canada · #182,170 worldwide 446 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Valerio Faraoni Canada · #269,239 worldwide 16k citations · 356 works
  3. 3 Susan Emily Reid Canada · #404,681 worldwide 4.1k citations · 218 works
  4. 4 Suzanne Hood Canada · #455,118 worldwide 3.3k citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Catherine Malboeuf‐Hurtubise Canada · #574,032 worldwide 1.4k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Catherine Beauchamp Canada · #766,256 worldwide 3.7k citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Richard Firth Green Canada · #1,036,255 worldwide 422 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Sidney Jellicoe Canada · #1,153,593 worldwide 437 citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Heather L. Lawford Canada · #1,205,036 worldwide 1.6k citations · 67 works
  10. 10 Matthew Charles Peros Canada · #1,322,834 worldwide 2.6k citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Bishop's University

What are the most cited papers from Bishop's University?

The most cited paper from Bishop's University is "f ( R ) theories of gravity" (Thomas P. Sotiriou, Valerio Faraoni, 2010), with 4,584 citations. Next come "Understanding teacher identity: an overview of issues in the literature and implications for teacher education" (2,384) and "ReferItGame: Referring to Objects in Photographs of Natural Scenes" (1,137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 f ( R ) theories of gravity Thomas P. Sotiriou, Valerio Faraoni · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access Mar 2010 4,584
2 Understanding teacher identity: an overview of issues in the literature and implications for teacher education Catherine Beauchamp, Lynn L. Thomas · Cambridge Journal of Education 27 May 2009 2,384
3 ReferItGame: Referring to Objects in Photographs of Natural Scenes Sahar Kazemzadeh, Vicente Ordóñez, Mark Matten et al. Conference paperOpen access 2014 1,137
4 Learning 10000 pictures Lionel Standing · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology May 1973 991
5 Transcranial Doppler measurement of middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity: a validation study. Christopher C. R. Bishop, Sherry Powell, D L Rutt et al. · Stroke Sep 1986 815
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bishop's University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Gravity, General Relativity, Supernovae, Black Holes, Globalization, Dark Energy, Cosmic Microwave Background and Cosmological Parameters.

▲ 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. Globalization16▲ 2.8×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.57×29 topics
  3. Deep Learning14▲ 1.37×31 topics
  4. Quantum Gravity12▲ 50×4 topics
  5. Climate Change11▲ 1.45×40 topics
  6. General Relativity10▲ 54×2 topics
  7. Supernovae10▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Mental Health10▲ 2.5×20 topics
  9. Black Holes10▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Identity10▲ 4.8×17 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.4×10 topics
  12. Dark Energy10▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Cosmic Microwave Background10▲ 60×1 topic
  14. Cosmological Parameters10▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Healthcare9▲ 2.7×8 topics
  16. Field Theories8▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Holographic8▲ 62×1 topic
  18. Social Justice8▲ 4.3×17 topics
  19. History7▲ 3.6×8 topics
  20. Nationalism7▲ 5.3×7 topics
  21. Gender6▲ 4.0×13 topics
  22. Big Data6▲ 2.2×6 topics
  23. Ethics6▲ 3.8×7 topics
  24. Cultural Identity5▲ 3.5×4 topics
  25. Immigration5▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Health Equity5▲ 5.9×3 topics
  27. Multilingualism5▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Religion5▲ 3.5×11 topics
  29. Higher Education5▲ 3.0×8 topics
  30. Diversity4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  31. Language Policy4▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Language4▲ 5.7×3 topics
  33. Population Dynamics4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  34. Bilingual Education4▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Canada4▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Social Policy4▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Relativity3▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Unified Field Theories3▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Masculinity3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Dark Matter3▲ 8.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Bishop's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Canadian Identity and History and Relativity and Gravitational Theory.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…10Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 10 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…8Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 8 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 4 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 3 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsSociology and Political ScienceHealth Informatics4 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  3. 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  6. 6 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  8. 8 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 2 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  10. 10 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bishop's University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Bishop's University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Bishop's University0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bishop's University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bishop's University8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2007.

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