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Institute for Christian Studies

In research, Institute for Christian Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,981 of 5,988 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,518 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Education (Political Science and International Relations is 7.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,155
of 22,385 · #3,572 all time
Rank in Canada
#141
of 305
Research works
2.6k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
97k
36.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Institute for Christian Studies

What is Institute for Christian Studies 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 SciencesField #1,981 of 5,988 9.2%121 #1033
Social SciencesDomain #3,518 of 9,585 10.8%179 #1215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Christian Studies 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 Institute for Christian Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Institute for Christian Studies is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (52%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Psychology (9%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 191 fractional works · 78.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 52.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEducation: 35 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 11.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 8.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forChristian Studies244fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences78%

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 Sciences12752.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities3012.2%
    3. Psychology218.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    6. Decision Sciences31.2%
    1. Engineering187.3%
    2. Computer Science104.1%
    3. Environmental Science31.4%
    4. Mathematics31.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine62.6%
    2. Health Professions51.9%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Neuroscience31.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Christian Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 27.5 works7.6×
  2. EducationSubfield · 35.4 works4.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.24× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.81× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.12× its world share, 127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.24×30 works
  2. Social Sciences4.12×127 works
  3. Psychology2.81×21 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.28×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×6 works
  6. Mathematics1.01×3 works
  7. Neuroscience0.88×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.73×5 works
  9. Computer Science0.53×10 works
  10. Engineering0.49×18 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.29×4 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  14. Energy0.15×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  18. Medicine0.13×6 works
  19. Nursing0.08×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Christian Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Merrill Swain, Derek Hodson and Dorothy E. Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Christian Studies.

  1. 1 Merrill Swain Canada · #27,122 worldwide 26k citations · 198 works
  2. 2 Derek Hodson Canada · #125,625 worldwide 9.4k citations · 162 works
  3. 3 Dorothy E. Smith Canada · #248,888 worldwide 18k citations · 141 works
  4. 4 Carl Bereiter Canada · #292,252 worldwide 21k citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Roger I. Simon Canada · #625,526 worldwide 2.8k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Santiago Rincón-Gallardo Canada · #799,357 worldwide 755 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Birgit Harley Canada · #994,889 worldwide 2.9k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Robbie Case Canada · #1,008,731 worldwide 7.2k citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Nancy Torrance Canada · #1,022,853 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Ross E. Traub Canada · #1,111,459 worldwide 1.4k citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Christian Studies

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Christian Studies?

The most cited paper from Institute for Christian Studies is "THEORETICAL BASES OF COMMUNICATIVE APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TESTING" (Michael Canale, Merrill Swain, 1980), with 5,011 citations. Next come "Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry" (4,806) and "Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning" (2,880).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THEORETICAL BASES OF COMMUNICATIVE APPROACHES TO SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TESTING Michael Canale, Merrill Swain · Applied Linguistics 1980 5,011
2 Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry F. Michael Connelly, D. Jean Clandinin · Educational Researcher Jun 1990 4,806
3 Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning Bonny Norton Peirce · TESOL Quarterly 1995 2,880
4 The Psychology of Written Composition Alister Cumming, Carl Bereiter, Marlene Scardamalia · Modern Language Journal 1989 2,829
5 Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 Eli Coleman et al. · International Journal of Transgender Health Open access119 authors 19 Aug 2022 2,672
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Christian Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Justice, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Religion, Teacher Education, International Relations and Ethics.

▲ 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. Globalization32▲ 6.6×41 topics
  2. Social Justice14▲ 9.3×20 topics
  3. Higher Education13▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Neoliberalism13▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Education12▲ 2.9×31 topics
  6. Religion12▲ 11×16 topics
  7. Teacher Education12▲ 38×6 topics
  8. International Relations11▲ 19×8 topics
  9. Ethics9▲ 7.6×17 topics
  10. Sustainable Development9▲ 2.3×13 topics
  11. Feminism8▲ 11×11 topics
  12. Lifelong Learning8▲ 15×8 topics
  13. Diversity7▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Economic Development7▲ 3.7×12 topics
  15. Global Trade7▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Geopolitics7▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Language Policy6▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Multilingualism6▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Intersectionality6▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Education Policy6▲ 38×4 topics
  21. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Cultural Competence6▲ 17×6 topics
  23. Data Visualization5▲ 41×3 topics
  24. Politics5▲ 8.1×7 topics
  25. Technology Integration5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  26. Student Perceptions5▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Critical Race Theory5▲ 138×1 topic
  28. Multicultural Education5▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Racism5▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Comparative Education5▲ 88×1 topic
  31. Global Citizenship Education5▲ 38×2 topics
  32. PISA Study5▲ 88×1 topic
  33. Reflective Practice5▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Citizenship Curriculum5▲ 76×1 topic
  35. International Schools5▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Immigration5▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Academic Mobility4▲ 50×2 topics
  38. Quality Assurance4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Digital Economy4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Marketization4▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Christian Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Critical Race Theory in Education, Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Global Education and Multiculturalism and Higher Education Governance and Development.

Critical Race Theory in …5Critical Race Theory in Education: 5 fractional worksGlobal Educational Polic…5Global Educational Policies and Reforms: 5 fractional worksGlobal Education and Mul…5Global Education and Multiculturalism: 5 fractional worksHigher Education Governa…4Higher Education Governance and Development: 4 fractional worksGlobal Political and Economic Relations: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…3Second Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksInternational Science and Diplomacy: 3 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…2Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEducationLinguistics and Language3 others

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

  1. 1 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  3. 3 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 5 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Global Political and Economic Relations Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 3 works
  7. 7 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  8. 8 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 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 available21.2%not open78.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Christian Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower 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 Institute for Christian Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Institute for Christian Studies0.00093% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Christian Studies 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%30%Institute for Christian Studies13.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.7% in 1993.

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