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Douglas College

In research, Douglas College stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,662 of 16,688 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,534 of 11,023 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,287 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,620
of 22,385 · #5,735 all time
Rank in Canada
#159
of 305
Research works
1.1k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Douglas College

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
Health SciencesDomain #6,662 of 16,688 11.7%277
Life SciencesDomain #4,534 of 11,023 12.2%191
Social SciencesDomain #6,287 of 14,833 10.8%431
MedicineField #7,232 of 14,558 11.6%208
PsychologyField #1,925 of 3,404 10.3%134
Physical SciencesDomain #10,674 of 17,446 9.3%223
Social SciencesField #5,772 of 9,330 10.9%197

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Douglas College work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Douglas College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 67 fractional works · 44.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 14.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 23.4% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 17.6% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.9% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDouglas College153fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences44%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2919.2%
    2. Psychology2214.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities95.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.9%
    5. Decision Sciences21.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    1. Medicine2415.9%
    2. Health Professions117.0%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science148.9%
    2. Engineering42.9%
    3. Environmental Science31.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.8%
    5. Materials Science10.8%
    6. Chemistry10.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience149.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.63× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.04× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.74× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience5.63×14 works
  2. Psychology4.74×22 works
  3. Health Professions2.66×11 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.04×9 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.62×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.52×29 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.45×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.17×3 works
  9. Computer Science1.15×14 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×3 works
  11. Medicine0.83×24 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×6 works
  13. Nursing0.67×0 works
  14. Veterinary0.64×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.38×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  24. Engineering0.19×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Douglas College?

Ranked on the quality score, Bill Angelbeck, Robert J. Lake and Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Douglas College.

  1. 1 Bill Angelbeck Canada · #1,782,304 worldwide 496 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Robert J. Lake Canada · #2,008,877 worldwide 8.7k citations · 161 works
  3. 3 Tracey Leigh Dowdeswell Canada · #2,220,028 worldwide 182 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Jeanette Ashe Canada · #2,604,264 worldwide 124 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Noëlle Phillips Canada · #2,634,156 worldwide 68 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Jonathan Röders Canada · #3,034,440 worldwide 3 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Lisa Smith Canada · #3,063,197 worldwide 692 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Richa Dwor Canada · #3,476,956 worldwide 11 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Laurie L. M. Kocher Canada · #3,693,450 worldwide 189 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Carlo Sterlin Canada · #3,911,240 worldwide 310 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Douglas College

What are the most cited papers from Douglas College?

The most cited paper from Douglas College is "Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior" (Ian C.G. Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A. Champagne et al., 2004), with 6,205 citations. Next come "The role of the medial prefrontal cortex (cingulate gyrus) in the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to stress" (1,144) and "Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey" (1,135).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior Ian C.G. Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A. Champagne et al. · Nature Neuroscience 27 Jun 2004 6,205
2 The role of the medial prefrontal cortex (cingulate gyrus) in the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to stress Diane Diorio, Victor Viau, MJ Meaney · Journal of Neuroscience Open access Sep 1993 1,144
3 Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey Sarah A. Moore, Guy Faulkner, Ryan E. Rhodes et al. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Open access 6 Jul 2020 1,135
4 Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease J Poirier, J Poirier, Philìppe Bertrand et al. · The Lancet Sep 1993 1,112
5 Environmental programming of stress responses through DNA methylation: life at the interface between a dynamic environment and a fixed genome Michael Joseph Meaney, Moshe Szyf · Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience Open access 30 Jun 2005 958
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Douglas College?

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

▲ 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. Mental Health10▲ 4.7×21 topics
  2. Depression9▲ 6.7×15 topics
  3. Epidemiology8▲ 1.27×22 topics
  4. Big Data6▲ 3.9×8 topics
  5. Public Health5▲ 2.3×14 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  7. Mental Disorders5▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Neurobiology4▲ 11×9 topics
  9. Nationalism4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  10. Social Support4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  11. Stress4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  12. Psychopathology4▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Social Cognition4▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation4▲ 7.4×8 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  16. Cognitive Therapy4▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Antipsychotic Drugs3▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Neurocognitive Deficits3▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Prevalence3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  20. Discrimination3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  21. Health Disparities3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  22. Psychological Distress3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  23. Anxiety3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  24. Distributed Systems3▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Hippocampus3▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Stigma3▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Adolescents3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  28. Cloud Computing3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  29. Neuroimaging3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  30. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Neuroinflammation2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  32. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Coping Strategies2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  34. Health Services2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Help-Seeking Behavior2▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Public Attitudes2▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Graph Theory2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Health Care Utilization2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Douglas College publish most on?

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

Schizophrenia research a…3Schizophrenia research and treatment: 3 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …2Mental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 2 fractional worksStress Responses and Cor…2Stress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthSocial PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologySafety Research6 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 Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Douglas College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower 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 Douglas College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Douglas College0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Douglas 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Douglas College5.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2007.

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