Lakehead University
In research, Lakehead University stands highest in Engineering (#1,373 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,747 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,515 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 4.0× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,653 of 22,385 · #4,012 all time
- Rank in Canada
- #60 of 305
- Research works
- 8.8k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 209k 23.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.97× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 29% world 40%
- International
- 21% world 18%
What is Lakehead University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EngineeringField | #1,373 of 5,901 | 10.4% | 473 | #1915 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #2,747 of 10,670 | 10.0% | 927 | #4460 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #4,515 of 9,585 | 10.0% | 317 | #4610 | |
| Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield | #1,071 of 2,176 | 10.6% | 127 | #1961 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #3,247 of 6,403 | 13.6% | 104 | #4439 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #2,314 of 4,417 | 10.2% | 157 | #2863 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #5,209 of 9,902 | 9.6% | 170 | #8571 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #1,811 of 3,334 | 9.9% | 120 | #1650 | |
| Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield | #562 of 908 | 9.6% | 74 | #965 | |
| MedicineField | #5,430 of 8,541 | 9.5% | 107 | #8676 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lakehead 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Engineering#1,915 #1,373
- Physical Sciences#4,460 #2,747
- Social Sciences#4,610 #4,515
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,961 #1,071
- Life Sciences#4,439 #3,247
- Computer Science#2,863 #2,314
- Health Sciences#8,571 #5,209
- Environmental Science#1,650 #1,811
- Civil and Structural Engineering#965 #562
- Medicine#8,676 #5,430
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Lakehead University work in?
In 2022-now, 61% of research at Lakehead University is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Social Sciences (11%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences1,02060.6%
- Engineering51530.6%
- Computer Science17610.5%
- Environmental Science1348.0%
- Materials Science523.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences502.9%
- Physics and Astronomy261.6%
- Mathematics221.3%
- Chemistry191.1%
- Energy171.0%
- Chemical Engineering90.5%
- Social Sciences35220.9%
- Social Sciences18811.2%
- Psychology714.2%
- Arts and Humanities331.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance261.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting221.3%
- Decision Sciences110.7%
- Health Sciences19111.3%
- Medicine1227.2%
- Health Professions653.9%
- Nursing30.2%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Life Sciences1207.1%
What does Lakehead University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 79.3 works4.0×
- Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 64.5 works3.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Engineering2.04×515 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.88×50 works
- Environmental Science1.61×134 works
- Chemical Engineering1.51×9 works
- Health Professions1.46×65 works
- Psychology1.38×71 works
- Computer Science1.35×176 works
- Mathematics1.10×22 works
- Energy1.09×17 works
- Materials Science0.89×52 works
- Social Sciences0.88×188 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×26 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×57 works
- Chemistry0.71×19 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.71×26 works
- Decision Sciences0.69×11 works
- Arts and Humanities0.67×33 works
- Neuroscience0.66×18 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×40 works
- Nursing0.41×3 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.41×22 works
- Medicine0.38×122 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×2 works
- Veterinary0.21×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.15×3 works
- Dentistry0.02×0 works
- Engineering 2.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.9×
- Environmental Science 1.6×
- Chemical Engineering 1.5×
- Health Professions 1.5×
- Psychology 1.4×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Mathematics 1.1×
- Energy 1.1×
- Materials Science 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.7×
- Chemistry 0.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Decision Sciences 0.7×
- Arts and Humanities 0.7×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.4×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Veterinary 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Lakehead University?
Ranked on the quality score, Han Y. H. Chen, Baoqiang Liao and Xinli Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lakehead University.
- 1
Han Y. H. Chen
Canada · #9,523 worldwide 31k citations · 524 works
- 2
Baoqiang Liao
Canada · #63,623 worldwide 12k citations · 162 works
- 3
Xinli Chen
Canada · #97,027 worldwide 3.8k citations · 64 works
- 4
Eric B. Searle
Canada · #122,462 worldwide 4.2k citations · 83 works
- 5
Rui Ting Wang
Canada · #198,514 worldwide 74k citations · 2,030 works
- 6
Lynn M. Martin
Canada · #202,872 worldwide 9.1k citations · 159 works
- 7
Aicheng Chen
Canada · #244,039 worldwide 19k citations · 343 works
- 8
Wilson Wang
Canada · #303,995 worldwide 3k citations · 124 works
- 9
Guosheng Wu
Canada · #382,233 worldwide 4.2k citations · 45 works
- 10
Alexander Serenko
Canada · #518,530 worldwide 9.8k citations · 221 works
Which keywords describe research at Lakehead University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Model Predictive Control, Polymeric Materials and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
- High-Frequency Power Conversion
- CFD Simulation
- Electric Vehicle Charging
- Turbulence
- Adaptive Control
- Wireless Networks
- Lignocellulosic Biomass
- Voltage Source Inverters
- Security and Privacy
- Electric Vehicles
- Catalytic Transformation
- Fault Tolerance
- Smart Grid
- Energy Efficiency
- Model Predictive Control
- Biomedical Applications
- Sustainability
- Neural Networks
- Power Electronics
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Mental Health
- Renewable Energy
- Healthcare
- Social Justice
- Ionic Liquids
- Polymeric Materials
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Lignin Valorization
- Photovoltaic Systems
- Multilevel Converters
- Sediment Transport
- Mobile Edge Computing
- Two-Phase Flow
- Turbulent Flow
- Smart Grid Applications
- Decentralized Control
- DC-DC Converters
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
- Deep Learning93▲ 1.60×69 topics
- Machine Learning79▲ 1.41×68 topics
- Climate Change71▲ 1.55×64 topics
- Power Electronics49▲ 9.0×7 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration42▲ 7.6×4 topics
- Neural Networks40▲ 1.52×30 topics
- Mental Health38▲ 1.60×33 topics
- Sustainability37◆ 0.90×45 topics
- Renewable Energy36▲ 1.48×30 topics
- Biomedical Applications30▲ 1.53×26 topics
- Healthcare29▲ 1.49×20 topics
- Model Predictive Control29▲ 6.7×6 topics
- Social Justice28▲ 2.8×27 topics
- Energy Efficiency27▲ 1.73×20 topics
- Ionic Liquids18▲ 3.8×9 topics
- Smart Grid18▲ 2.9×8 topics
- Polymeric Materials17▲ 14×3 topics
- Fault Tolerance17▲ 6.5×5 topics
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance17▲ 22×2 topics
- Catalytic Transformation17▲ 31×1 topic
- Lignin Valorization17▲ 31×1 topic
- Electric Vehicles17▲ 3.4×4 topics
- Photovoltaic Systems15▲ 11×3 topics
- Security and Privacy15▲ 4.7×3 topics
- Multilevel Converters15▲ 17×1 topic
- Voltage Source Inverters15▲ 17×1 topic
- Sediment Transport14▲ 5.2×5 topics
- Lignocellulosic Biomass14▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Mobile Edge Computing14▲ 5.1×2 topics
- Wireless Networks14▲ 5.5×9 topics
- Two-Phase Flow14▲ 11×4 topics
- Adaptive Control13▲ 5.9×6 topics
- Turbulent Flow13▲ 6.6×4 topics
- Turbulence13▲ 8.5×3 topics
- Smart Grid Applications13▲ 5.9×2 topics
- Electric Vehicle Charging13▲ 9.1×2 topics
- Decentralized Control12▲ 6.2×2 topics
- CFD Simulation12▲ 6.1×5 topics
- DC-DC Converters11▲ 12×1 topic
- High-Frequency Power Conversion11▲ 12×1 topic
Which research topics does Lakehead University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Microgrid Control and Optimization.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 17 works
- 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
- 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
- 4 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 10 works
- 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 10 works
- 6 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 10 works
- 7 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 10 works
- 8 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 9 works
- 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
- 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 8 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Lakehead University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Lakehead University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.
Fractional works of Lakehead 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2009.
Other research institutions in Thunder Bay
- NOSM University
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Hand and Upper Limb Clinic
- Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute
- Stillwater (Canada)
- Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association
- St. Joseph's Care Group
- Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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