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Conestoga College

In research, Conestoga College stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,247 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,708 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,176
of 22,385 · #15,125 all time
Rank in Canada
#165
of 305
Research works
364
▲ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Conestoga College

What is Conestoga College 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,247 of 14,833 9.9%150
Physical SciencesDomain #12,708 of 17,446 7.6%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Conestoga College 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 fields of science does Conestoga College work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Conestoga College is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 56 fractional works · 43.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 32.9% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKConestoga College130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences43%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3023.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting96.9%
    3. Psychology75.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.2%
    6. Decision Sciences21.9%
    1. Engineering2217.1%
    2. Computer Science118.3%
    3. Environmental Science75.3%
    4. Energy10.7%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine1511.2%
    2. Health Professions86.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience32.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.15× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.44×8 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.15×9 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.94×2 works
  4. Psychology1.87×7 works
  5. Social Sciences1.84×30 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×4 works
  7. Neuroscience1.50×3 works
  8. Engineering1.14×22 works
  9. Computer Science1.07×11 works
  10. Environmental Science1.07×7 works
  11. Nursing1.03×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.94×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.76×3 works
  14. Energy0.75×1 works
  15. Medicine0.58×14 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Conestoga College?

Ranked on the quality score, Oded Tal, Véronique Boscart and Amin Yazdani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Conestoga College.

  1. 1 Oded Tal Canada · #667,914 worldwide 1.3k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Véronique Boscart Canada · #743,441 worldwide 3.9k citations · 153 works
  3. 3 Amin Yazdani Canada · #1,430,107 worldwide 958 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Jan Kochany Canada · #1,718,769 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Sergei N. Basik Canada · #1,736,727 worldwide 151 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Michelle Heyer Canada · #2,363,970 worldwide 1.3k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Anthony Piscitelli Canada · #2,637,382 worldwide 160 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Frank A. Rovers Canada · #2,661,509 worldwide 817 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Wendy Pons Canada · #2,740,343 worldwide 241 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Shelley Sager Canada · #3,014,366 worldwide 71 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Conestoga College

What are the most cited papers from Conestoga College?

The most cited paper from Conestoga College is "Vertical transmission of coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (Alexander M. Kotlyar, Olga Grechukhina, Alice Y. Chen et al., 2020), with 679 citations. Next come "The Politics of Digital Agricultural Technologies: A Preliminary Review" (452) and "Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vertical transmission of coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis Alexander M. Kotlyar, Olga Grechukhina, Alice Y. Chen et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ReviewOpen access 30 Jul 2020 679
2 The Politics of Digital Agricultural Technologies: A Preliminary Review Sarah Rotz, Emily Duncan, Matthew Small et al. · Sociologia Ruralis Open access 12 Feb 2019 452
3 Restoring trust: COVID-19 and the future of long-term care in Canada Carole A. Estabrooks, Sharon Elizabeth Straus, Colleen M. Flood et al. · FACETS Open access 2020 226
4 Direct Measurements Show Decreasing Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Local Distribution Systems in the United States Brian Lamb, Steven L. Edburg, Thomas W. Ferrara et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 31 Mar 2015 226
5 Uncovering the Devaluation of Nursing Home Staff During COVID-19: Are We Fuelling the Next Health Care Crisis? Katherine S. McGilton et al. · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Open access 11 Jun 2020 199
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Conestoga College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Feedback, Simulation, Actuators, Control, Adaptive, Hydraulic Systems, Machine Learning and Social Media.

▲ 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-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
  1. Machine Learning9▲ 2.1×25 topics
  2. Feedback8▲ 109×2 topics
  3. Simulation8▲ 23×3 topics
  4. Actuators7▲ 36×2 topics
  5. Control7▲ 44×2 topics
  6. Adaptive7▲ 119×1 topic
  7. Hydraulic Systems7▲ 99×1 topic
  8. Social Media6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  9. Deep Learning6▲ 1.22×16 topics
  10. Sustainability5▲ 1.69×16 topics
  11. Public Health4▲ 2.3×12 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  13. Mental Health4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  14. Big Data4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  15. Healthcare3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  16. Internet of Things3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  17. Classification3▲ 4.4×3 topics
  18. Emotion2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  19. Financial Performance2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  20. Child Development2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  21. Higher Education2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  22. Job Satisfaction2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  23. Medical Imaging2▲ 3.4×2 topics
  24. Occupational Health2▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Brain Tumor2▲ 23×1 topic
  26. COVID-19 Impact2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  27. Firm Performance2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  28. MRI2▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Maternal Mental Health2▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Perinatal Depression2▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Psychological Interventions2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Predictive Analytics2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Academic Dishonesty2▲ 96×1 topic
  34. Analytics2▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Business Intelligence2▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Plagiarism2▲ 96×1 topic
  37. Trauma2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  38. User Satisfaction2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  39. Affect2▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Business Ethics2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Conestoga College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Brain Tumor Detection and Classification and Academic integrity and plagiarism.

Hydraulic and Pneumatic …7Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 7 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 2 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Comm…2Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNeurologySafety Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 2 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Conestoga College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Conestoga College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Conestoga College0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Conestoga College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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