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George Brown College

In research, George Brown College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,918 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,015
of 22,385 · #15,348 all time
Rank in Canada
#203
of 305
Research works
327
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
George Brown College

What is George Brown 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,918 of 14,833 8.3%177

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

In 2022-now, 46% of research at George Brown College is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (11%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 39 fractional works · 45.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 21.2% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 32.9% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 10.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGeorge BrownCollege85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences1821.2%
    2. Psychology78.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities55.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting55.5%
    5. Decision Sciences22.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.4%
    1. Computer Science911.0%
    2. Engineering910.3%
    3. Environmental Science33.6%
    4. Chemistry22.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.9%
    6. Materials Science21.9%
    7. Mathematics21.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences67.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine45.1%
    2. Health Professions33.5%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
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: 1.58× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.69× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.69×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.64×2 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.93×5 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.72×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.68×18 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.58×6 works
  7. Mathematics1.50×2 works
  8. Computer Science1.42×9 works
  9. Health Professions1.31×3 works
  10. Chemistry1.29×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.14×2 works
  12. Nursing0.96×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.85×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.73×3 works
  16. Engineering0.68×9 works
  17. Neuroscience0.64×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.61×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.54×2 works
  21. Medicine0.27×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  24. Energy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at George Brown College?

Ranked on the quality score, Md. Safiuddin, Paula Mastrilli and Maria Banyai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is George Brown College.

  1. 1 Md. Safiuddin Canada · #454,983 worldwide 3.3k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Paula Mastrilli Canada · #761,278 worldwide 751 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Maria Banyai Canada · #1,858,189 worldwide 545 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Dino Pulerà Canada · #2,144,806 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Ramesh C. Bhardwaj Canada · #2,151,817 worldwide 47 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Monica McGlynn-Stewart Canada · #2,511,341 worldwide 239 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Apostolo Zeno Canada · #3,030,746 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Chris Vanderwees Canada · #3,060,244 worldwide 71 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Jeff Brown Canada · #3,111,659 worldwide 65 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Richard Almonte Canada · #3,215,542 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at George Brown College

What are the most cited papers from George Brown College?

The most cited paper from George Brown College is "A Meta-Analysis of Maternal Prenatal Depression and Anxiety on Child Socioemotional Development" (Sheri L. Madigan, Hannah Oatley, Nicole M. Racine et al., 2018), with 463 citations. Next come "Early-Age Cracking in Concrete: Causes, Consequences, Remedial Measures, and Recommendations" (232) and "Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter's theory" (230).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Meta-Analysis of Maternal Prenatal Depression and Anxiety on Child Socioemotional Development Sheri L. Madigan, Hannah Oatley, Nicole M. Racine et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ReviewOpen access 20 Jul 2018 463
2 Early-Age Cracking in Concrete: Causes, Consequences, Remedial Measures, and Recommendations Md. Safiuddin, A. B. M. A. Kaish, Chin Ong Woon et al. · Applied Sciences Open access 25 Sep 2018 232
3 Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter's theory Teresa P. Sarmiento, Heather K. Spence Laschinger, Carroll Iwasiw · Journal of Advanced Nursing 30 Mar 2004 230
4 USE OF RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATE IN CONCRETE: A REVIEW Md. Safiuddin, U. Johnson Alengaram, Md. Moshiur Rahman et al. · Journal of Civil Engineering and Management Open access 24 Oct 2013 226
5 Customer engagement and purchase intention in live-streaming digital marketing platforms Prince Clement Addo, Jiaming Fang, Andy Ohemeng Asare et al. · Service Industries Journal 29 Mar 2021 218
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at George Brown College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Healthcare, Sustainability, Security, Internet of Things, Supply Chain Management, Privacy, Blockchain and Smart Contracts.

▲ 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. Sustainability6▲ 3.0×13 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 1.79×19 topics
  3. Healthcare5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  4. Internet of Things4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  5. Security4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  7. Education3▲ 1.98×11 topics
  8. Environmental Impact3▲ 1.98×12 topics
  9. Blockchain3▲ 14×1 topic
  10. Educational Technology3▲ 2.8×7 topics
  11. Globalization3▲ 1.70×11 topics
  12. Privacy3▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Smart Contracts3▲ 21×1 topic
  14. Social Justice3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  15. Curriculum Development3▲ 4.5×5 topics
  16. Social Capital3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  17. Innovation2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  18. Health Promotion2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  19. Risk Management2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  20. Teacher Preparation2▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  22. Community Engagement2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  23. Food Security2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  24. Leadership2▲ 5.1×10 topics
  25. Community Gardens2▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Identity2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  27. Technology2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  28. Urban Agriculture2▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Knowledge Management2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  30. Distance Education2▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Participatory Design2▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Consumer Perception2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Instructional Design2▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Intersectionality2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Place-Based Education2▲ 223×1 topic
  36. Rural Communities2▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Blended Learning1▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Science1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  39. Student Satisfaction1▲ 8.1×1 topic
  40. Teacher Professional Development1▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does George Brown College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, Indigenous and Place-Based Education and Online and Blended Learning.

Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 3 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksIndigenous and Place-Based Education: 2 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 1 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …1Critical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…1BIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsPlant ScienceEducationManagement of Technology and Innovation4 others

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

  1. 1 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 3 works
  2. 2 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 2 works
  3. 3 Indigenous and Place-Based Education Education 2 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  5. 5 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  6. 6 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  10. 10 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has George Brown College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 George Brown College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%George Brown College0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of George Brown 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 2025George Brown College8.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2024.

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