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Douglas College

In research, Douglas College stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,288 of 14,347 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,587 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,404 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,693
of 28,054 · #8,558 all time
Rank in Canada
#232
of 403
Research works
1.1k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Douglas 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,288 of 14,347 22.2%191
Social SciencesDomain #6,587 of 16,945 23.2%431
Health SciencesDomain #9,404 of 20,462 22.0%277
Social SciencesField #5,555 of 10,206 22.8%197
MedicineField #10,129 of 17,978 21.9%208
Physical SciencesDomain #13,806 of 21,541 20.1%223
PsychologyField #2,689 of 3,744 25.9%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Douglas 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.54× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.65× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.60× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Douglas College?

Ranked on the composite score, Lehmann He, Robert J. Lake and Ban Ta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Douglas College.

  1. 1 Lehmann He Canada · #447,902 worldwide 33 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Robert J. Lake Canada · #640,549 worldwide 36 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Ban Ta Canada · #682,037 worldwide 39 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Richa Dwor Canada · #774,815 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Xiaoqiang Ma Canada · #1,399,496 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Douglas College

Which keywords describe research at Douglas College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Neurobiology, Nationalism, Big Data, Psychopathology and Stress.

▲ 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. Mental Health8▲ 4.2×19 topics
  2. Depression7▲ 6.1×14 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 1.22×20 topics
  4. Big Data5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  5. Public Health5▲ 2.4×14 topics
  6. Nationalism4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  7. Mental Disorders4▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.6×5 topics
  9. Neurobiology4▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Stress4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  11. Psychopathology3▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Social Support3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  13. Social Cognition3▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Identity3▲ 3.2×4 topics
  15. Discrimination3▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  17. Cognitive Therapy3▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Cultural Identity3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  19. Distributed Systems3▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Cloud Computing3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  21. Health Disparities3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  22. Antipsychotic Drugs3▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Emotion Regulation3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  24. Ethics3▲ 4.2×3 topics
  25. Hippocampus3▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Neurocognitive Deficits3▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Prevalence3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  28. Stigma2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Neuroimaging2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  30. Psychological Distress2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Surveillance2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  32. Coping Strategies2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Feminism2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  34. Neuroinflammation2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  35. Algorithmic Bias2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Emotion Dynamics2▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Fairness2▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Network Analysis2▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Douglas College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Mental Health Research Topics, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Schizophrenia research a…3Schizophrenia research and treatment: 3 fractional worksMental Health Research T…2Mental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …2Homelessness and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthExperimental and Cognitive PsychologySafety ResearchSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  4. 4 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Douglas College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher 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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