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Carleton University

In research, Carleton University stands highest in Engineering (#318 of 6,636 worldwide), Social Sciences (#552 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#789 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Human-Computer Interaction and History and Philosophy of Science — Public Administration is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,052
of 28,054 · #580 all time
Rank in Canada
#25
of 403
Research works
39k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
876k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Carleton 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
EngineeringField #318 of 6,636 19.3%1,145 #293
Social SciencesDomain #552 of 10,521 22.3%2,089 #284
Physical SciencesDomain #789 of 12,888 20.0%2,761 #526
Social SciencesField #431 of 6,365 23.5%1,120 #278
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #56 of 705 25.2%178 #75
Computer ScienceField #396 of 4,667 19.9%738 #139
Environmental ScienceField #308 of 3,551 24.8%386 #227
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #96 of 795 40.5%165 #249
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #361 of 2,578 22.5%423 #188
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #381 of 2,318 16.3%303 #258

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carleton 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. Engineering#293 #318
  2. Social Sciences#284 #552
  3. Physical Sciences#526 #789
  4. Social Sciences#278 #431
  5. Computer Networks and Communications#75 #56
  6. Computer Science#139 #396
  7. Environmental Science#227 #308
  8. Aerospace Engineering#249 #96
  9. Sociology and Political Science#188 #361
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#258 #381
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 Carleton University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 25.1 works8.1×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 45.3 works3.8×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 33.5 works3.8×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 131 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 172 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 132 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.65× its world share, 738 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 144 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 1,145 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 386 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 101 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 132 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 309 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.70× its world share, 284 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 129 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 71 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 130 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 356 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 1,120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carleton University?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard M. Steers, D.D. Falconer and Paul C. van Oorschot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carleton University.

  1. 1 Richard M. Steers Canada · #1,468 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 D.D. Falconer Canada · #10,028 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Paul C. van Oorschot Canada · #14,229 worldwide 907 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Paul J. Villeneuve Canada · #16,565 worldwide 661 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 F. Richard Yu Canada · #18,179 worldwide 3.6k citations · 388 works
  6. 6 Lenore Fahrig Canada · #18,552 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Fen Osler Hampson Canada · #18,572 worldwide 1.4k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 James Bonta Canada · #25,695 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Jacques Albert Canada · #28,237 worldwide 669 citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Jo‐Anne LeFevre Canada · #29,774 worldwide 564 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Carleton University

Which keywords describe research at Carleton University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Deep Learning, Globalization, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Identity, Nationalism and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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. Deep Learning290▲ 1.47×79 topics
  2. Climate Change268▲ 1.72×85 topics
  3. Machine Learning226▲ 1.20×84 topics
  4. Globalization206▲ 1.82×97 topics
  5. Mental Health153▲ 1.81×40 topics
  6. Neural Networks131▲ 1.48×37 topics
  7. Sustainability128◆ 0.91×75 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency119▲ 2.2×27 topics
  9. Identity115▲ 2.7×47 topics
  10. Human Rights105▲ 1.78×55 topics
  11. Nationalism96▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. Social Media92◆ 1.12×30 topics
  13. History89▲ 2.2×37 topics
  14. Gender76▲ 2.4×41 topics
  15. Colonialism75▲ 2.8×34 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks67▲ 2.4×8 topics
  17. Security64▲ 1.69×24 topics
  18. IoT Security64▲ 3.4×3 topics
  19. Religion62▲ 2.3×31 topics
  20. Ethics60▲ 2.1×31 topics
  21. Neoliberalism59▲ 2.9×23 topics
  22. 5G Networks58▲ 5.0×5 topics
  23. Immigration58▲ 8.8×8 topics
  24. Model Predictive Control54▲ 3.6×6 topics
  25. International Law51▲ 2.9×20 topics
  26. Global Governance51▲ 3.9×18 topics
  27. Politics51▲ 3.2×17 topics
  28. Security and Privacy48▲ 4.3×3 topics
  29. Social Policy45▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation45▲ 3.5×5 topics
  31. Mobile Edge Computing44▲ 4.8×2 topics
  32. Wireless Communications43▲ 4.3×5 topics
  33. NGOs36▲ 6.2×4 topics
  34. National Identity35▲ 5.3×7 topics
  35. Energy Simulation32▲ 6.1×2 topics
  36. Fisheries Sustainability32▲ 6.3×2 topics
  37. Decolonization32▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. Building Energy Consumption31▲ 6.8×1 topic
  39. Canada29▲ 42×1 topic
  40. minorities29▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Carleton University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Canadian Identity and History and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Building Energy and Comf…31Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 31 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing30IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 30 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 29 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 22 fractional worksCanadian Policy and Governance: 20 fractional worksPhysiological and biochemical adaptations: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 20 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…20Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 20 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 18 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 18 fractional works
Building and ConstructionComputer Networks and CommunicationsSociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 31 works
  2. 2 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 30 works
  3. 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 22 works
  5. 5 Canadian Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  6. 6 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 20 works
  7. 7 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 20 works
  9. 9 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 18 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carleton University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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