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Humber Polytechnic

In research, Humber Polytechnic stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,766 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,854
of 22,385 · #15,800 all time
Rank in Canada
#163
of 305
Research works
643
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Humber Polytechnic

What is Humber Polytechnic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,766 of 9,585 3.1%84 #4880

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Humber Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Psychology (10%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 57.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 10.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 22.8% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% 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: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHumberPolytechnic174fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences58%

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 Sciences5632.0%
    2. Psychology1810.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities126.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting63.7%
    5. Decision Sciences53.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.0%
    1. Computer Science1710.0%
    2. Engineering105.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy42.5%
    4. Environmental Science42.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine147.9%
    2. Health Professions105.9%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.8%
    2. Neuroscience31.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.38× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.17× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.36× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.36×18 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.17×5 works
  3. Social Sciences2.53×56 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.38×12 works
  5. Health Professions2.24×10 works
  6. Computer Science1.28×17 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×6 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.13×4 works
  9. Nursing1.12×1 works
  10. Neuroscience1.05×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×4 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.46×4 works
  14. Medicine0.41×14 works
  15. Engineering0.39×10 works
  16. Mathematics0.37×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  22. Energy0.12×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Humber Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Kathleen MacMillan, John L. Steckley and Giosuè Ghisalberti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Humber Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Kathleen MacMillan Canada · #2,054,166 worldwide 397 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 John L. Steckley Canada · #2,587,141 worldwide 178 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Giosuè Ghisalberti Canada · #2,746,142 worldwide 25 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang Vachon Canada · #2,764,069 worldwide 86 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Jennie Miron Canada · #2,844,397 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Kent Schroeder Canada · #3,178,127 worldwide 205 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Alcibiades Malapi‐Nelson Canada · #3,263,660 worldwide 49 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Polly Christine Ford-Jones Canada · #3,396,575 worldwide 189 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Daniel Bear Canada · #3,413,437 worldwide 166 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Brett Reynolds Canada · #3,633,761 worldwide 15 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Humber Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Humber Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Humber Polytechnic is "Negation in English and other languages" (Otto Jespersen, Reynolds, Brett, Evans, Peter, 2025), with 1,629 citations. Next come "Does Agile work? — A quantitative analysis of agile project success" (842) and "Massage for low-back pain" (471).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Negation in English and other languages Otto Jespersen, Reynolds, Brett, Evans, Peter Open access 2025 1,629
2 Does Agile work? — A quantitative analysis of agile project success Pedro M. Serrador, Jeffrey K. Pinto · International Journal of Project Management 12 Mar 2015 842
3 Massage for low-back pain Andréa Dompieri Furlan, Mario Giraldo, Amanda Baskwill et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access Sep 2015 471
4 Marine Traffic Behaviour in Restricted Waters T. G. Coldwell · Journal of Navigation Sep 1983 245
5 IoT based wearable device to monitor the signs of quarantined remote patients of COVID-19 Nizar Al Bassam, Shaik Asif Hussain, Ammar Al-Qaraghuli et al. · Informatics in Medicine Unlocked Open access 2021 201
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Humber Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Ethics, Neoliberalism, Education, Healthcare, Big Data, Politics and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Higher Education11▲ 12×11 topics
  2. Machine Learning10▲ 1.79×28 topics
  3. Ethics10▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Education9▲ 3.0×19 topics
  5. Neoliberalism8▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Healthcare8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  7. Globalization8▲ 2.3×21 topics
  8. Big Data7▲ 4.4×12 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.6×11 topics
  10. Social Justice6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 2.1×17 topics
  12. Politics5▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Internet of Things5▲ 3.5×5 topics
  14. Pedagogy5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management5▲ 3.2×7 topics
  16. History5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  17. Psychoanalysis4▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Subjectivity4▲ 180×2 topics
  19. Philosophy4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  20. Identity4▲ 3.2×11 topics
  21. Neuroscience4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  22. Student Participation4▲ 71×2 topics
  23. Student Voice4▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Organizational Culture4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  25. Reflective Practice4▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Co-Creation of Curriculum4▲ 129×1 topic
  27. Community Engagement4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  28. Student-Staff Partnerships4▲ 129×1 topic
  29. Lifelong Learning3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  30. Medical Education3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  31. Resistance3▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Desire3▲ 466×1 topic
  33. IoT Security3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  34. Lacanian Discourse Analysis3▲ 466×1 topic
  35. Professional Development3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  36. Teacher Education3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Student Perceptions3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Psychology3▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Civic Education3▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Service-Learning3▲ 107×1 topic

Which research topics does Humber Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Practises and Engagement, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics, Service-Learning and Community Engagement and Academic integrity and plagiarism.

Higher Education Practises and Engagement: 4 fractional worksPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics: 3 fractional worksService-Learning and Com…3Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 3 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…2Academic integrity and plagiarism: 2 fractional worksDigital Education and Society: 2 fractional worksNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 2 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy …2Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 2 fractional works
EducationClinical PsychologySafety ResearchInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 4 works
  2. 2 Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 3 works
  4. 4 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 2 works
  5. 5 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  9. 9 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Humber Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Humber Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00081% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Humber Polytechnic0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Humber Polytechnic 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Humber Polytechnic7.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2015.

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