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ECW Press (Canada)

In research, ECW Press (Canada) stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,509 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,827 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,878
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#401
of 718
Research works
339
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
ECW Press (Canada)

What is ECW Press (Canada) 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 #6,509 of 14,833 9.4%286
Social SciencesField #5,827 of 9,330 8.5%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ECW Press (Canada) 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 ECW Press (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at ECW Press (Canada) is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (53%), Arts and Humanities (21%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 79.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 52.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 17.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 21.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKECW Press(Canada)39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences80%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2152.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities821.5%
    3. Psychology13.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Environmental Science26.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy12.6%
    3. Engineering01.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.1%
    1. Medicine24.8%
    2. Health Professions13.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    2. 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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.43× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.18× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.43×8 works
  2. Social Sciences4.18×21 works
  3. Environmental Science1.28×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.19×1 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.15×1 works
  6. Psychology1.04×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  10. Medicine0.25×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  14. Engineering0.09×0 works

What are the most cited papers from ECW Press (Canada)?

The most cited paper from ECW Press (Canada) is "Biopolitics of security in the 21st century: an introduction" (Michael Dillon, Luis Lobo-Guerrero, 2008), with 327 citations. Next come "Stimulation of the cytosolic receptor for peptidoglycan, Nod1, by infection with Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia muridarum" (158) and "A model of the relationships among measures of affect, aptitude, and performance in introductory statistics." (118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biopolitics of security in the 21st century: an introduction Michael Dillon, Luis Lobo-Guerrero · Review of International Studies Open access Apr 2008 327
2 Stimulation of the cytosolic receptor for peptidoglycan, Nod1, by infection with Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia muridarum Lynn Welter-Stahl, David M. Ojcius, Jérôme Viala et al. · Cellular Microbiology Open access 13 Feb 2006 158
3 A model of the relationships among measures of affect, aptitude, and performance in introductory statistics. Paul F. Tremblay, R. C. Gardner, G. Heipel · Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement 2000 118
4 The structure of turbulent density interfaces Peter F. Crapper, P. F. Linden · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 12 Aug 1974 97
5 Learning Design Tools David Griffiths, Josep Blat, Rocío García-Carrión et al. Book chapterOpen access 10 Jan 2006 82
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ECW Press (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Globalization, Identity, Feminism, Ethics, Nationalism, History and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Globalization5▲ 6.0×22 topics
  2. Gender4▲ 21×17 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 3.8×11 topics
  4. Identity4▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Feminism4▲ 34×14 topics
  6. Ethics4▲ 19×10 topics
  7. Nationalism4▲ 21×10 topics
  8. History4▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Colonialism3▲ 17×12 topics
  10. Cultural Identity3▲ 16×8 topics
  11. Literature3▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Social Justice3▲ 11×12 topics
  13. Anthropocene2▲ 103×3 topics
  14. Affect2▲ 130×2 topics
  15. Religion2▲ 12×9 topics
  16. Sustainability2▲ 2.2×7 topics
  17. Culture2▲ 9.0×7 topics
  18. Education2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  19. Human Rights2▲ 4.6×10 topics
  20. Geography2▲ 124×1 topic
  21. Multispecies Ethnography2▲ 164×1 topic
  22. Social Movements2▲ 15×7 topics
  23. Sociology2▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Politics2▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Qualitative Research2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  26. Global Governance2▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Immigration2▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Race2▲ 32×6 topics
  29. Social History2▲ 46×3 topics
  30. Language1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Postcolonialism1▲ 25×6 topics
  32. Vulnerability1▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Canada1▲ 309×1 topic
  34. Cultural Studies1▲ 8.8×7 topics
  35. Gender Equality1▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Neoliberalism1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  37. Social Policy1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Intersectionality1▲ 16×6 topics
  39. Decolonization1▲ 36×4 topics
  40. Astrobiology1▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does ECW Press (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geographies of human-animal interactions, Canadian Identity and History, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Geographies of human-animal interactions: 2 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extrat…1Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…1Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 1 fractional worksEducation, Philosophy, and Society: 1 fractional worksSocial Science and Policy Research: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksLiterature and Culture S…1Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…1Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 1 fractional worksPeace and Human Rights E…0Peace and Human Rights Education: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  2. 2 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Education, Philosophy, and Society Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Social Science and Policy Research General Social Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  8. 8 Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 1 works
  10. 10 Peace and Human Rights Education Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available70.4%not open29.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ECW Press (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% 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 ECW Press (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%ECW Press (Canada)0.000096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ECW Press (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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