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Computer Research Institute of Montréal

In research, Computer Research Institute of Montréal stands highest in Computer Science (#1,263 of 7,020 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,291 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing and Computer Science — Signal Processing is 87.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,245
of 28,054 · #11,411 all time
Rank in Canada
#382
of 403
Research works
651
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
30.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Computer Research Institute of Montréal 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
Computer ScienceField #1,263 of 7,020 26.7%405
Physical SciencesDomain #7,291 of 21,541 27.0%519

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Computer Research Institute of Montréal 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).

What does Computer Research Institute of Montréal specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Signal Processing takes 87.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 21.4 works87×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 51.4 works8.2×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 8.17× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Computer Research Institute of Montréal?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick Kenny, Pierre Dumouchel and Roland Kühn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Computer Research Institute of Montréal.

  1. 1 Patrick Kenny Canada · #32,667 worldwide 526 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Pierre Dumouchel Canada · #76,113 worldwide 291 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Roland Kühn Canada · #139,293 worldwide 166 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Gilles Boulianne Canada · #178,868 worldwide 214 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Alexandre Petrenko Canada · #245,601 worldwide 234 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Langis Gagnon Canada · #384,581 worldwide 133 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Samuel Foucher Canada · #661,412 worldwide 83 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Caroline Barrière Canada · #706,237 worldwide 53 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Jahangir Alam Canada · #1,030,514 worldwide 75 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Abderrahim Fathan Canada · #1,437,304 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Computer Research Institute of Montréal

Which keywords describe research at Computer Research Institute of Montréal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Neural Networks, Feature Extraction, Beamforming, Audio-Visual Speech Recognition, Speech Enhancement and Acoustic Modeling.

▲ 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 Learning37▲ 13×28 topics
  2. Convolutional Neural Networks24▲ 40×6 topics
  3. Neural Networks15▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Feature Extraction12▲ 32×3 topics
  5. Beamforming12▲ 136×3 topics
  6. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition12▲ 264×1 topic
  7. Speech Enhancement12▲ 264×1 topic
  8. Acoustic Modeling11▲ 352×1 topic
  9. Deep Neural Networks11▲ 121×1 topic
  10. Audio Signal Classification9▲ 285×1 topic
  11. Music Information Retrieval9▲ 285×1 topic
  12. Digital Forensics3▲ 70×1 topic
  13. Image Forgery Detection3▲ 108×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning3◆ 1.05×13 topics
  15. Emotion Recognition2▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Facial Expression2▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Multimodal Data2▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Age Estimation2▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Face Recognition2▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Facial Landmark Detection2▲ 50×1 topic
  22. Generative Adversarial Networks2▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  24. Neural Machine Translation2▲ 20×1 topic
  25. Statistical Machine Translation2▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Representation Learning2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Biomarkers1▲ 2.5×2 topics
  28. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 5.8×1 topic
  29. Image Inpainting1▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Image Synthesis1▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Mild Cognitive Impairment1▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Medical Imaging1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  33. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  34. Sustainability1▼ 0.56×6 topics
  35. JPEG20001▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Language Barriers1▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Medical Interpreters1▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Object Tracking1▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Visual Tracking1▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Wavelet Compression1▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Computer Research Institute of Montréal publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Speech and Audio Processing, Speech Recognition and Synthesis, Music and Audio Processing and Digital Media Forensic Detection.

Speech and Audio Process…12Speech and Audio Processing: 12 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and S…11Speech Recognition and Synthesis: 11 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing9Music and Audio Processing: 9 fractional worksDigital Media Forensic D…3Digital Media Forensic Detection: 3 fractional worksEmotion and Mood Recognition: 2 fractional worksFace recognition and analysis: 2 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksGenerative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis: 1 fractional worksInterpreting and Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Signal ProcessingArtificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionExperimental and Cognitive Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 12 works
  2. 2 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  3. 3 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 9 works
  4. 4 Digital Media Forensic Detection Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  5. 5 Emotion and Mood Recognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Face recognition and analysis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  7. 7 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  10. 10 Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Computer Research Institute of Montréal's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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