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Dominion University College

In research, Dominion University College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,141 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,671 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,805 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,791
of 22,385 · #12,236 all time
Rank in Ghana
#19
of 45
Research works
2.9k
▼ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
99%
world 18%
Dominion University College

What is Dominion University College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,141 of 10,670 5.0%137 #8745
Social SciencesDomain #4,671 of 9,585 6.7%178 #4786
Social SciencesField #3,805 of 5,988 7.1%99 #3967

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dominion University 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 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.

  1. Physical Sciences#8,745 #4,141
  2. Social Sciences#4,786 #4,671
  3. Social Sciences#3,967 #3,805
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Dominion University College work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Dominion University College is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 250 fractional works · 49.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 133 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEducation: 40 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 47 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 6.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 182 fractional works · 36.0% of its workEngineering: 69 fractional works · 13.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 11.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDominionUniversity…506fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences49%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13326.3%
    2. Psychology479.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting306.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities173.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.3%
    6. Decision Sciences102.0%
    1. Engineering6913.7%
    2. Computer Science5611.1%
    3. Environmental Science183.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy152.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences112.2%
    6. Mathematics40.8%
    7. Chemistry40.7%
    8. Materials Science30.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine316.1%
    2. Health Professions153.0%
    3. Dentistry20.4%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology81.6%
    2. Neuroscience81.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.33× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.85× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.06× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 133 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.06×47 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.11×10 works
  3. Social Sciences2.08×133 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.85×30 works
  5. Computer Science1.43×56 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.41×11 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.33×15 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.19×17 works
  9. Health Professions1.13×15 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×12 works
  11. Neuroscience0.96×8 works
  12. Engineering0.92×69 works
  13. Dentistry0.84×2 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×4 works
  15. Environmental Science0.73×18 works
  16. Mathematics0.68×4 works
  17. Chemistry0.47×4 works
  18. Medicine0.32×31 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×8 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×5 works
  22. Nursing0.22×1 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.17×3 works
  25. Energy0.08×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Dominion University College?

The most cited paper from Dominion University College is "Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning: Theory, Research, and Applications" (Nancy Collins, 2009), with 1,441 citations. Next come "Are Good Texts Always Better? Interactions of Text Coherence, Background Knowledge, and Levels of Understanding in Learning From Text" (1,354) and "Psychological Safety: A Meta‐Analytic Review and Extension" (1,170).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning: Theory, Research, and Applications Nancy Collins · The Journal of Higher Education Jul 2009 1,441
2 Are Good Texts Always Better? Interactions of Text Coherence, Background Knowledge, and Levels of Understanding in Learning From Text Danielle S. McNamara, Eileen Kintsch, Nancy Butler Songer et al. · Cognition and Instruction Mar 1996 1,354
3 Psychological Safety: A Meta‐Analytic Review and Extension Michael Lance Frazier, Stav Fainshmidt, Ryan Lee Klinger et al. · Personnel Psychology 3 Aug 2016 1,170
4 Climate-change–driven accelerated sea-level rise detected in the altimeter era R. S. Nerem, B. D. Beckley, John Fasullo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Feb 2018 1,156
5 Consumer Dissatisfaction: The Effect of Disconfirmed Expectancy on Perceived Product Performance Rolph E. Anderson · Journal of Marketing Research Feb 1973 984
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dominion University College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Machine Learning, Globalization, Technology Integration, Engineering Education, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education and Student Engagement.

▲ 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 Learning23▲ 1.37×53 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 1.88×43 topics
  3. Education18▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Deep Learning16◆ 0.92×48 topics
  5. Mental Health14▲ 1.97×30 topics
  6. Social Media14▲ 1.94×22 topics
  7. Big Data13▲ 2.6×17 topics
  8. Educational Technology11▲ 1.79×18 topics
  9. Higher Education11▲ 4.0×15 topics
  10. Social Justice11▲ 3.5×22 topics
  11. Technology Integration10▲ 6.2×9 topics
  12. Student Engagement10▲ 4.8×12 topics
  13. Engineering Education9▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Gender9▲ 3.2×22 topics
  15. Online Learning9▲ 2.1×8 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning8▲ 7.8×7 topics
  17. Intersectionality7▲ 7.2×9 topics
  18. Reflective Practice7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Cultural Competence7▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Diversity7▲ 7.4×6 topics
  21. Distance Education6▲ 6.6×3 topics
  22. Professional Development6▲ 6.2×9 topics
  23. Self-Regulation6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Instructional Design6▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Teacher Education6▲ 9.2×5 topics
  26. Assessment Methods6▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Cognitive Engagement6▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 6.3×4 topics
  29. Student Satisfaction6▲ 6.3×2 topics
  30. Community Engagement6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  31. Blended Learning6▲ 8.3×2 topics
  32. Inclusion6▲ 7.7×4 topics
  33. Predictive Analytics6▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Organizational Performance6▲ 4.1×7 topics
  35. Community of Inquiry5▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Social Presence5▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Firm Performance5▲ 5.9×3 topics
  38. Collaborative Learning5▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Career Development5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  40. Turbulent Flow4▲ 7.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Dominion University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online and Blended Learning, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Critical Race Theory in Education.

Online and Blended Learn…5Online and Blended Learning: 5 fractional worksEngineering Education an…4Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 3 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 3 fractional worksInclusion and Disability…3Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport: 3 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 2 fractional works
EducationMedia TechnologyManagement Information SystemsSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 5 works
  2. 2 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 3 works
  8. 8 Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  10. 10 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 2 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors99.0%domestic only1.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dominion University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Dominion University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Dominion University College0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dominion University College 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Dominion University College6.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2007.

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