Question 1

What is Cape Breton University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Cape Breton University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,786 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,395 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,698 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

Question 2

How does Cape Breton University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Cape Breton University ranks #3,914 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#5,481 all time), and #77 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Cape Breton University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Peter D. MacIntyre, Princely Ifinedo and Xu Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cape Breton University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Cape Breton University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Cape Breton University is "Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2: A Situational Model of L2 Confidence and Affiliation" (Peter D. MacIntyre, RICHARD CLÉMENT, Zoltán Dörnyei et al., 1998), with 2,058 citations. Next come "The two faces of Janus? Anxiety and enjoyment in the foreign language classroom" (1,710) and "The Subtle Effects of Language Anxiety on Cognitive Processing in the Second Language" (1,507).

Question 5

Which research topics does Cape Breton University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Sport Psychology and Performance, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports and Canadian Identity and History.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Cape Breton University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Gender, Literature, Social Justice, Feminism, Neoliberalism and Well-being.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Cape Breton University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Cape Breton University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is Cape Breton University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021.