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Brock University

In research, Brock University stands highest in Social Sciences (#792 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#750 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#334 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Gender Studies is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,566
of 28,054 · #1,670 all time
Rank in Canada
#53
of 403
Research works
13k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
294k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Brock University 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
Social SciencesDomain #792 of 10,521 24.6%1,246 #485
Social SciencesField #750 of 6,365 26.1%593 #553
PsychologyField #334 of 2,181 22.6%306 #349
Health SciencesDomain #2,384 of 11,982 20.9%386 #2564
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #598 of 2,578 25.6%220 #461
Physical SciencesDomain #3,633 of 12,888 13.7%491 #2077
Life SciencesDomain #2,402 of 7,800 20.2%272 #2109
Business, Management and AccountingField #850 of 2,578 26.1%108 #292
MedicineField #3,618 of 10,443 18.7%285 #3911
EducationSubfield #665 of 1,892 28.3%110 #312

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#485 #792
  2. Social Sciences#553 #750
  3. Psychology#349 #334
  4. Health Sciences#2,564 #2,384
  5. Sociology and Political Science#461 #598
  6. Physical Sciences#2,077 #3,633
  7. Life Sciences#2,109 #2,402
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#292 #850
  9. Medicine#3,911 #3,618
  10. Education#312 #665
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Brock University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 49.3 works5.7×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 47.8 works4.4×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 108 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.21× its world share, 86 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 180 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 82 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 284 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.04× its world share, 141 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 108 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.19× its world share, 306 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 593 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Brock University?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin C. Tammemägi, James Inglis and Gordon Hodson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brock University.

  1. 1 Martin C. Tammemägi Canada · #107,433 worldwide 241 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 James Inglis Canada · #108,394 worldwide 258 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Gordon Hodson Canada · #122,008 worldwide 307 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Howard E. Bell Canada · #150,266 worldwide 128 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Ryan Plummer Canada · #151,934 worldwide 265 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Thomas S. C. Farrell Canada · #152,374 worldwide 169 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Bülent Mengüç Canada · #152,719 worldwide 392 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 David A. Fennell Canada · #152,894 worldwide 181 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Stephen S. Cheung Canada · #163,842 worldwide 147 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Michael C. Ashton Canada · #167,770 worldwide 338 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Brock University

Which keywords describe research at Brock University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Globalization, Gender, Emotion Regulation, Social Media, Well-being and Ethics.

▲ 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. Mental Health133▲ 3.8×37 topics
  2. Globalization95▲ 2.0×71 topics
  3. Epidemiology77▼ 0.81×76 topics
  4. Identity77▲ 4.4×38 topics
  5. Climate Change72◆ 1.11×67 topics
  6. Social Media68▲ 1.99×25 topics
  7. Public Health56▲ 1.62×38 topics
  8. Gender55▲ 4.3×33 topics
  9. Depression52▲ 2.5×19 topics
  10. History52▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Ethics46▲ 4.0×27 topics
  12. Emotion Regulation43▲ 5.7×9 topics
  13. Well-being42▲ 4.6×13 topics
  14. Resilience40▲ 3.5×16 topics
  15. Genetics38▲ 2.3×17 topics
  16. Adolescents36▲ 4.1×9 topics
  17. Literature36▲ 2.8×30 topics
  18. Nationalism35▲ 3.1×20 topics
  19. Emotion33▲ 6.6×10 topics
  20. Neoliberalism32▲ 3.7×21 topics
  21. Prevalence31▲ 3.1×12 topics
  22. Community Engagement30▲ 3.8×14 topics
  23. Masculinity27▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Reflective Practice27▲ 6.0×7 topics
  25. Social Cognition26▲ 6.4×8 topics
  26. Self-Regulation26▲ 6.1×6 topics
  27. Adolescent Development24▲ 8.7×6 topics
  28. Community Development24▲ 5.4×4 topics
  29. Psychopathology23▲ 5.4×3 topics
  30. Mega Events23▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Sport Tourism23▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Academic Achievement23▲ 5.6×9 topics
  33. Exercise22▲ 7.7×3 topics
  34. Sport22▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Fan Culture22▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Femininity22▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Immigration22▲ 7.9×5 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice21▲ 6.8×6 topics
  39. Anxiety Disorders20▲ 7.4×2 topics
  40. Special Education19▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Brock University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports, Gender, and Society, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Canadian Identity and History.

Sport and Mega-Event Imp…23Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 23 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…22Sports, Gender, and Society: 22 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…17Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 17 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…14Canadian Identity and History: 14 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 14 fractional worksBehavioral and Psycholog…12Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 12 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 11 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 11 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…11Geographies of human-animal interactions: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesClinical PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 22 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 17 works
  4. 4 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
  7. 7 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 12 works
  8. 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 11 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 11 works
  10. 10 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 11 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brock University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.