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Kwantlen Polytechnic University

In research, Kwantlen Polytechnic University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,266 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,174 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,420
of 22,385 · #8,119 all time
Rank in Canada
#133
of 305
Research works
917
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Kwantlen Polytechnic University

What is Kwantlen Polytechnic University 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 #5,266 of 9,585 10.3%119 #3660
Social SciencesField #4,174 of 5,988 10.7%68 #2701

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

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Kwantlen Polytechnic University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Psychology (10%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 127 fractional works · 60.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 34.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 22.9% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKwantlenPolytechnic…210fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences61%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7234.5%
    2. Psychology209.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities199.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting52.4%
    6. Decision Sciences42.0%
    1. Computer Science188.7%
    2. Engineering157.3%
    3. Environmental Science104.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine157.0%
    2. Health Professions52.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Neuroscience63.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. 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: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.13× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.20×20 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.13×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.73×72 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.11×4 works
  5. Neuroscience1.83×6 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×6 works
  7. Veterinary1.17×0 works
  8. Computer Science1.12×18 works
  9. Environmental Science0.98×10 works
  10. Health Professions0.86×5 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×5 works
  12. Energy0.69×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×2 works
  14. Nursing0.55×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×5 works
  16. Engineering0.48×15 works
  17. Medicine0.36×15 works
  18. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kwantlen Polytechnic University?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Kyle Matsuba, Roger G. Tweed and Katie Warfield lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

  1. 1 M. Kyle Matsuba Canada · #736,792 worldwide 1.6k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Roger G. Tweed Canada · #1,039,123 worldwide 3.7k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Katie Warfield Canada · #1,139,370 worldwide 345 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Cory L. Pedersen Canada · #1,294,592 worldwide 619 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Amanda R. Champion Canada · #1,500,154 worldwide 274 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Kamala Elizabeth Nayar Canada · #2,067,582 worldwide 236 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Karen Davison Canada · #2,397,707 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 Dorothy Barenscott Canada · #2,442,742 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Noemi Gal‐Or Canada · #2,517,356 worldwide 252 citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Daniel M. Bernstein Canada · #2,577,578 worldwide 4k citations · 204 works
All ranked researchers at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

What are the most cited papers from Kwantlen Polytechnic University?

The most cited paper from Kwantlen Polytechnic University is "Alliance in individual psychotherapy." (Adam Otto Horvath, A. C. Del Re, Christoph Flückiger et al., 2011), with 2,049 citations. Next come "How central is the alliance in psychotherapy? A multilevel longitudinal meta-analysis." (586) and "The Availability of Research Data Declines Rapidly with Article Age" (511).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Alliance in individual psychotherapy. Adam Otto Horvath, A. C. Del Re, Christoph Flückiger et al. · Psychotherapy 2011 2,049
2 How central is the alliance in psychotherapy? A multilevel longitudinal meta-analysis. Christoph Flückiger, A. C. Del Re, Bruce E. Wampold et al. · Journal of Counseling Psychology 11 Oct 2011 586
3 The Availability of Research Data Declines Rapidly with Article Age Tim Vines, Arianne Albert, Rose L. Andrew et al. · Current Biology Open access 19 Dec 2013 511
4 Therapist effects in the therapeutic alliance–outcome relationship: A restricted-maximum likelihood meta-analysis A. C. Del Re, Christoph Flückiger, Adam Otto Horvath et al. · Clinical Psychology Review 21 Jul 2012 396
5 Educational Design Principles of Using AI Chatbot That Supports Self-Regulated Learning in Education: Goal Setting, Feedback, and Personalization Daniel Chang, Michael Pin-Chuan Lin, Shiva Hajian et al. · Sustainability Open access 27 Aug 2023 347
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kwantlen Polytechnic University?

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

▲ 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. Globalization15▲ 3.7×36 topics
  2. Identity12▲ 8.0×20 topics
  3. Nationalism11▲ 12×10 topics
  4. History10▲ 7.1×11 topics
  5. Colonialism9▲ 9.3×12 topics
  6. Sustainability9▲ 1.79×23 topics
  7. Gender8▲ 6.9×14 topics
  8. Higher Education7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  9. Religion7▲ 7.3×11 topics
  10. Education7▲ 1.90×14 topics
  11. Mental Health7▲ 2.3×19 topics
  12. Culture7▲ 6.1×10 topics
  13. Human Rights7▲ 3.1×8 topics
  14. Educational Technology6▲ 2.5×7 topics
  15. Online Learning6▲ 3.6×5 topics
  16. Ethics6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  17. Politics5▲ 9.7×8 topics
  18. International Law5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  19. Philosophy5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  20. Instructional Design5▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Neuroscience5▲ 7.8×10 topics
  22. Cultural Identity5▲ 4.7×6 topics
  23. Literature5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  24. Neoliberalism5▲ 6.5×11 topics
  25. Technology4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  26. Quality Assurance4▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Immigration4▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Student Perceptions4▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Self-Regulation4▲ 10.0×4 topics
  30. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Learning Object Repositories4▲ 190×1 topic
  32. Metacognition4▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Open Educational Resources4▲ 190×1 topic
  34. Federalism4▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Language4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Society4▲ 8.7×3 topics
  37. Multiculturalism3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  38. Collaborative Learning3▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Neural Correlates3▲ 16×5 topics
  40. Equality3▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Kwantlen Polytechnic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Open Education and E-Learning, Political Philosophy and Ethics, Canadian Identity and History and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods.

Open Education and E-Lea…4Open Education and E-Learning: 4 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and…3Political Philosophy and Ethics: 3 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…3Canadian Identity and History: 3 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and …3Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 3 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 2 fractional worksAnthropological Studies …2Anthropological Studies and Insights: 2 fractional worksDeception detection and forensic psychology: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceDevelopmental and Educational Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 4 works
  2. 2 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 2 works
  8. 8 Deception detection and forensic psychology Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kwantlen Polytechnic University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Kwantlen Polytechnic University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kwantlen Polytechnic University0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kwantlen Polytechnic University 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 2025Kwantlen Polytechnic University8.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.3% in 2024.

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