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Blackberry (Canada)

In research, Blackberry (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,265 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,663
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#333
of 718
Research works
272
▼ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Blackberry (Canada)

What is Blackberry (Canada) 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 #5,265 of 17,446 11.5%214

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blackberry (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 Blackberry (Canada) work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Blackberry (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Computer Science (33%), Medicine (5%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 214 fractional works · 78.8% of its workEngineering: 111 fractional works · 40.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 60 fractional works · 22.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 26 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 89 fractional works · 32.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 13.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoftware: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBlackberry(Canada)272fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Engineering11140.8%
    2. Computer Science8932.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy41.6%
    4. Materials Science41.5%
    5. Environmental Science20.9%
    6. Mathematics20.6%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    1. Social Sciences103.7%
    2. Psychology72.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Medicine134.9%
    2. Health Professions52.0%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.0%
    2. Neuroscience30.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 4.29× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.29×5 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.39×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.24×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.17×0 works
  6. Dentistry1.09×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.08×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.95×0 works
  9. Medicine0.86×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×0 works
  11. Engineering0.79×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.73×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.61×0 works
  14. Psychology0.56×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Blackberry (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Longji Wang, Huanhuan Gu and Chris Forrester lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blackberry (Canada).

  1. 1 Longji Wang Canada · #3,070,510 worldwide 287 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Huanhuan Gu Canada · #3,688,310 worldwide 49 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Chris Forrester Canada · #3,819,869 worldwide 26 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Shouxing Qu Canada · #3,873,348 worldwide 132 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Paul Lusina Canada · #4,086,059 worldwide 293 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Bev Christian Canada · #4,640,093 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Farzaneh Kohandani Canada · #4,663,990 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Shirook M. Ali Canada · #4,985,736 worldwide 137 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 J. S. Warden Canada · #5,113,544 worldwide 92 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 S.M. Ali Canada · #5,289,479 worldwide 240 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Blackberry (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Blackberry (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Blackberry (Canada) is "Emerging MPEG Standards for Point Cloud Compression" (Sebastian Schwarz, Marius Preda, Vittorio Baroncini et al., 2018), with 788 citations. Next come "HEVC Complexity and Implementation Analysis" (753) and "The impact of women leaders on environmental performance: Evidence on gender diversity in banks" (354).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Emerging MPEG Standards for Point Cloud Compression Sebastian Schwarz, Marius Preda, Vittorio Baroncini et al. · IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems Open access 10 Dec 2018 788
2 HEVC Complexity and Implementation Analysis Frank Bossen, Benjamin A. Bross, Karsten Sühring et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Oct 2012 753
3 The impact of women leaders on environmental performance: Evidence on gender diversity in banks Giuliana Birindelli, Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi, Marco Savioli · Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 29 Apr 2019 354
4 Carrier aggregation framework in 3GPP LTE-advanced [WiMAX/LTE Update Mikio Iwamura, Kamran Etemad, Mo-Han Fong et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Aug 2010 310
5 Color Image Watermarking Using Multidimensional Fourier Transforms Tsz Kin Tsui, Xiao-Ping Steven Zhang, Dimitrios Androutsos · IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 2008 239
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Which keywords describe research at Blackberry (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Wireless Communications, Metamaterial, Antenna, Microstrip, Wireless Networks, Deep Learning and Resource Allocation.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Deep Learning21▲ 3.7×38 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency21▲ 9.9×9 topics
  3. Wireless Communications21▲ 50×4 topics
  4. Metamaterial17▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Antenna16▲ 83×1 topic
  6. Microstrip16▲ 83×1 topic
  7. Wireless Networks15▲ 25×6 topics
  8. Resource Allocation12▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Spectral Efficiency11▲ 60×2 topics
  10. Massive MIMO10▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Cellular Networks10▲ 72×1 topic
  12. Interference Alignment10▲ 72×1 topic
  13. Channel Assignment10▲ 34×3 topics
  14. Power Control10▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Space-Time Coding9▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Distributed Systems9▲ 13×6 topics
  17. RFID Technology8▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Sensor Networks8▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Information Transfer8▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Wireless Energy Harvesting8▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Artificial Neural Networks7▲ 5.9×2 topics
  22. Microwave Filters7▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Substrate Integrated Waveguide7▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Beamforming6▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Video Coding6▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Cooperative Diversity6▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Network Coding6▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Anomaly Detection6▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Fault Localization5▲ 23×2 topics
  30. MIMO Systems5▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Wireless Communication5▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Genetic Algorithms5▲ 13×3 topics
  33. CDMA Systems5▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Multiuser Detection5▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Iterative Decoding5▲ 31×2 topics
  36. 5G Networks5▲ 15×5 topics
  37. Channel Estimation5▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Channel Modeling5▲ 18×6 topics
  39. Interference Mitigation5▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Particle Swarm Optimization5▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, Geography and Education Methods, Software Engineering Research and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques.

Adversarial Robustness i…1Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksGeography and Education …0Geography and Education Methods: 0 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Res…0Software Engineering Research: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…0Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 0 fractional worksCryptographic Implementations and Security: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…0Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksMilitary and Defense Studies: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…0Cryptography and Data Security: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsSignal Processing3 others

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

  1. 1 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Geography and Education Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 0 works
  5. 5 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Military and Defense Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 0 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 available18.0%not open82.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.9%domestic only66.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% lower 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 Blackberry (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000058% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Blackberry (Canada)0.000045% in 202519801990200020102020

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