Brock University
In research, Brock University stands highest in Social Sciences (#844 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,101 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#845 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. 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).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,379 of 22,385 · #1,331 all time
- Rank in Canada
- #39 of 305
- Research works
- 13k ▲ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 294k 22.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.94× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 32% world 40%
- International
- 19% world 18%
What is Brock University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #844 of 9,585 | 11.1% | 1,246 | #736 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,101 of 9,902 | 10.6% | 386 | #1268 | |
| Social SciencesField | #845 of 5,988 | 12.2% | 593 | #650 | |
| MedicineField | #1,281 of 8,541 | 10.4% | 285 | #1471 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,191 of 6,403 | 9.5% | 272 | #1161 | |
| PsychologyField | #492 of 2,121 | 9.2% | 306 | #503 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #723 of 2,526 | 12.1% | 220 | #513 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,032 of 2,964 | 11.9% | 108 | #981 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #660 of 1,895 | 10.6% | 88 | #834 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #4,270 of 10,670 | 7.1% | 491 | #2177 |
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 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.
- Social Sciences#736 #844
- Health Sciences#1,268 #1,101
- Social Sciences#650 #845
- Medicine#1,471 #1,281
- Life Sciences#1,161 #1,191
- Psychology#503 #492
- Sociology and Political Science#513 #723
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#981 #1,032
- Health Professions#834 #660
- Physical Sciences#2,177 #4,270
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 Brock University work in?
In 2022-now, 51% of research at Brock University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences1,36051.2%
- Social Sciences65224.5%
- Psychology33712.7%
- Arts and Humanities1515.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting1154.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance692.6%
- Decision Sciences371.4%
- Physical Sciences54920.6%
- Computer Science1967.4%
- Engineering933.5%
- Environmental Science833.1%
- Physics and Astronomy421.6%
- Mathematics421.6%
- Chemistry411.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences220.8%
- Materials Science220.8%
- Energy70.3%
- Chemical Engineering10.0%
- Health Sciences43816.5%
- Medicine32612.3%
- Health Professions973.6%
- Nursing90.3%
- Dentistry30.1%
- Veterinary30.1%
- Life Sciences31111.7%
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.
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 54.8 works5.7×
- Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 54.6 works4.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology4.16×337 works
- Neuroscience2.36×102 works
- Arts and Humanities1.97×151 works
- Social Sciences1.94×652 works
- Decision Sciences1.44×37 works
- Health Professions1.38×97 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.34×115 works
- Mathematics1.33×42 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×69 works
- Chemistry0.98×41 works
- Computer Science0.95×196 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×122 works
- Veterinary0.85×3 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.71×42 works
- Nursing0.67×9 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×6 works
- Medicine0.64×326 works
- Environmental Science0.63×82 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×70 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×22 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.45×12 works
- Energy0.29×7 works
- Dentistry0.25×3 works
- Materials Science0.24×22 works
- Engineering0.23×93 works
- Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works
- Psychology 4.2×
- Neuroscience 2.4×
- Arts and Humanities 2.0×
- Social Sciences 1.9×
- Decision Sciences 1.4×
- Health Professions 1.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.3×
- Mathematics 1.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Nursing 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Energy 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Brock University?
Ranked on the quality score, Thomas S. C. Farrell, Jessica L. Blythe and Martin Carl Tammemägi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brock University.
- 1
Thomas S. C. Farrell
Canada · #27,114 worldwide 7.7k citations · 197 works
- 2
Jessica L. Blythe
Canada · #33,726 worldwide 5.1k citations · 83 works
- 3
Martin Carl Tammemägi
Canada · #42,366 worldwide 14k citations · 228 works
- 4
Gordon Hodson
Canada · #44,719 worldwide 11k citations · 231 works
- 5
Dirk De Clercq
Canada · #62,922 worldwide 15k citations · 297 works
- 6
R. Peter Rand
Canada · #67,988 worldwide 15k citations · 115 works
- 7
Michael C. Ashton
Canada · #71,069 worldwide 28k citations · 267 works
- 8
M. E. Schmidt
Canada · #107,745 worldwide 11k citations · 187 works
- 9
Vincenzo De Luca
Canada · #127,170 worldwide 9.5k citations · 157 works
- 10
Maxim Voronov
Canada · #132,467 worldwide 2.8k citations · 72 works
Which keywords describe research at Brock University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Globalization, Gender, Emotion Regulation, Social Media, Ethics and Well-being.
- Empathy
- Exercise
- Immigration
- Mega Events
- Femininity
- Community Development
- Sport
- Reflective Practice
- Masculinity
- Neoliberalism
- Emotion
- Literature
- Genetics
- Well-being
- Ethics
- Depression
- Gender
- Machine Learning
- Identity
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Social Media
- Public Health
- History
- Emotion Regulation
- Resilience
- Adolescents
- Nationalism
- Prevalence
- Community Engagement
- Social Cognition
- Self-Regulation
- Adolescent Development
- Fan Culture
- Psychopathology
- Sport Tourism
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Anthropocene
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
- Mental Health141▲ 3.7×38 topics
- Globalization104▲ 1.99×75 topics
- Epidemiology88▼ 0.83×81 topics
- Identity84▲ 4.4×40 topics
- Climate Change78◆ 1.08×70 topics
- Machine Learning76▼ 0.86×63 topics
- Social Media76▲ 2.1×25 topics
- Gender62▲ 4.3×36 topics
- Public Health60▲ 1.56×41 topics
- Depression60▲ 2.5×20 topics
- History54▲ 2.9×28 topics
- Ethics50▲ 3.7×29 topics
- Emotion Regulation49▲ 5.8×9 topics
- Well-being45▲ 4.4×13 topics
- Resilience43▲ 3.3×16 topics
- Genetics42▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Adolescents40▲ 4.1×9 topics
- Literature39▲ 2.7×31 topics
- Nationalism37▲ 3.1×22 topics
- Emotion36▲ 6.6×11 topics
- Prevalence34▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Neoliberalism34▲ 3.6×22 topics
- Community Engagement32▲ 3.7×14 topics
- Masculinity31▲ 14×3 topics
- Social Cognition30▲ 6.3×8 topics
- Reflective Practice29▲ 5.9×7 topics
- Self-Regulation27▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Sport26▲ 25×2 topics
- Adolescent Development26▲ 8.3×6 topics
- Community Development26▲ 5.3×5 topics
- Fan Culture26▲ 36×1 topic
- Femininity26▲ 36×1 topic
- Psychopathology25▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Mega Events24▲ 27×1 topic
- Sport Tourism24▲ 27×1 topic
- Immigration23▲ 7.9×6 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice23▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Exercise23▲ 7.2×3 topics
- Anthropocene22▲ 14×4 topics
- Empathy22▲ 7.2×8 topics
Which research topics does Brock University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Sports, Gender, and Society, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Canadian Identity and History.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 26 works
- 2 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 24 works
- 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 18 works
- 4 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 15 works
- 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
- 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
- 7 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 13 works
- 8 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 12 works
- 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 11 works
- 10 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Brock University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Brock University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.
Fractional works of Brock 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2006.
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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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