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Durham College

In research, Durham College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,297 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,326
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#387
of 718
Research works
318
▲ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Durham College

What is Durham 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
Physical SciencesDomain #13,297 of 17,446 13.9%144

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Durham 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 Durham College work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Durham College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 24 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 28.9% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 21.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 21.4% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDurham College49fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences50%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1428.9%
    2. Psychology611.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities25.0%
    4. Decision Sciences12.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Computer Science59.6%
    2. Engineering47.6%
    3. Energy11.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    5. Materials Science00.7%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Environmental Science00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine816.3%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Neuroscience23.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.90× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.90×6 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.93×1 works
  3. Nursing2.78×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.31×2 works
  5. Social Sciences2.29×14 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.73×2 works
  7. Energy1.30×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×0 works
  9. Health Professions1.26×2 works
  10. Computer Science1.24×5 works
  11. Medicine0.85×8 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.81×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.78×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×1 works
  16. Engineering0.51×4 works
  17. Mathematics0.39×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Durham College?

Ranked on the quality score, J. B. Cragg, D. H. Valentine and Ella W. White lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Durham College.

  1. 1 J. B. Cragg Canada · #777,507 worldwide 2k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 D. H. Valentine Canada · #1,367,270 worldwide 1.9k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Ella W. White Canada · #1,707,027 worldwide 579 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Lynne N. Kennette Canada · #2,394,343 worldwide 210 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Eric Birley Canada · #2,779,885 worldwide 825 citations · 107 works
  6. 6 Leslie Graham Canada · #2,918,350 worldwide 812 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 R. P. R. Lyle Canada · #3,439,420 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Andrew Beards Canada · #4,905,159 worldwide 32 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 D. H. Murphy Canada · #5,104,517 worldwide 89 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Durham College

What are the most cited papers from Durham College?

The most cited paper from Durham College is "Reflexive Thematic Analysis for Applied Qualitative Health Research" (Karen Campbell, Elizabeth Orr, Pamela Durepos et al., 2021), with 409 citations. Next come "STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS" (280) and "Atmospheric Electricity" (176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reflexive Thematic Analysis for Applied Qualitative Health Research Karen Campbell, Elizabeth Orr, Pamela Durepos et al. · The Qualitative Report Open access 20 Jun 2021 409
2 STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS Rudolf Kurth · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1960 280
3 Atmospheric Electricity J. Alan Chalmers · Reports on Progress in Physics Open access 1954 176
4 Digital Agency: Empowering Equity in and through Education Don Passey, Miri Shonfeld, Lon Appleby et al. · Technology Knowledge and Learning Open access 10 Aug 2018 175
5 EGG SIZE AND SHAPE IN THE KITTIWAKE (RISSA TRIDACTYLA) AND THEIR USE IN ESTIMATING AGE COMPOSITION OF POPULATIONS J. C. Coulson · Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Mar 1963 173
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Durham College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Student Engagement, Higher Education, Education, Ethics, Teaching Strategies, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Neuroscience.

▲ 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. Student Engagement4▲ 20×7 topics
  2. Education3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  3. Higher Education3▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  5. Machine Learning2▲ 1.53×4 topics
  6. Big Data2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  7. Social Media2▲ 3.3×6 topics
  8. Ethics2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  9. Teaching Strategies2▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Educational Technology2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  11. E-Learning2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  12. Healthcare2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  13. Neuroscience2▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Online Learning2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  15. Active Learning2▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Motivation2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Diversity1▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Blended Learning1▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Distance Education1▲ 14×1 topic
  21. Medical Imaging1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  22. Flipped Classroom1▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Patient Safety1▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Peer Instruction1▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Student Participation1▲ 76×2 topics
  26. Clinical Practice1▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Health Equity1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  28. Intrinsic Motivation1▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Academic Dishonesty1▲ 139×1 topic
  30. Algorithmic Bias1▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Clinical Decision Support1▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Clustering1▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  34. Debriefing1▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Digital Divide1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  36. Ethical Challenges1▲ 9.4×1 topic
  37. Fairness1▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Nursing Education1▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Plagiarism1▲ 139×1 topic
  40. Simulation1▲ 8.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Durham College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Online and Blended Learning, Innovative Teaching Methods, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Online and Blended Learn…1Online and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Meth…1Innovative Teaching Methods: 1 fractional worksTime Series Analysis and Forecasting: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…1Education and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksEvaluation of Teaching Practices: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 1 fractional works
EducationSignal ProcessingHealth InformaticsSafety Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 1 works
  3. 3 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Signal Processing 1 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  5. 5 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 1 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  7. 7 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  9. 9 Evaluation of Teaching Practices Education 1 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Durham College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% 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 Durham College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Durham College0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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