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Lakehead University

In research, Lakehead University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,377 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,233 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,452 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,532
of 28,054 · #2,100 all time
Rank in Canada
#67
of 403
Research works
8.8k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
209k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Lakehead University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,377 of 12,888 16.9%927 #1757
EngineeringField #1,233 of 6,636 16.2%473 #1258
Social SciencesDomain #3,452 of 10,521 20.2%317 #1673
Computer ScienceField #1,586 of 4,667 18.6%157 #1711
Social SciencesField #2,548 of 6,365 21.3%171 #1573
Environmental ScienceField #1,449 of 3,551 19.7%120 #1059
Health SciencesDomain #5,165 of 11,982 18.9%170 #3955
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,301 of 2,318 13.4%127 #1449
Life SciencesDomain #5,086 of 7,800 21.9%104 #2334
MedicineField #6,986 of 10,443 19.6%107 #7240

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,757 #2,377
  2. Engineering#1,258 #1,233
  3. Social Sciences#1,673 #3,452
  4. Computer Science#1,711 #1,586
  5. Social Sciences#1,573 #2,548
  6. Environmental Science#1,059 #1,449
  7. Health Sciences#3,955 #5,165
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,449 #1,301
  9. Life Sciences#2,334 #5,086
  10. Medicine#7,240 #6,986
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Lakehead University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 74.1 works4.1×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 57.2 works3.5×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.52× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 158 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.08× its world share, 473 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 120 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 171 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lakehead University?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaoping Liu, Brian P. O’Connor and Azim U. Mallik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lakehead University.

  1. 1 Xiaoping Liu Canada · #16,694 worldwide 1k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Brian P. O’Connor Canada · #77,172 worldwide 667 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Azim U. Mallik Canada · #82,413 worldwide 439 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Margaret Johnston Canada · #90,002 worldwide 183 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Wensheng Qin Canada · #95,441 worldwide 335 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Apparao Dekka Canada · #114,902 worldwide 229 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Kefu Liu Canada · #152,397 worldwide 500 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Graham J. Borradaile Canada · #156,933 worldwide 255 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Abdelhamid Tayebi Canada · #205,916 worldwide 245 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Alexander Serenko Canada · #212,607 worldwide 227 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Lakehead University

Which keywords describe research at Lakehead University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Model Predictive Control, Fault Tolerance and Photovoltaic Systems.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning84▲ 1.61×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning70▲ 1.41×66 topics
  3. Climate Change64▲ 1.58×60 topics
  4. Power Electronics48▲ 9.4×7 topics
  5. Renewable Energy Integration41▲ 8.0×4 topics
  6. Mental Health35▲ 1.56×32 topics
  7. Sustainability34◆ 0.92×43 topics
  8. Renewable Energy34▲ 1.53×29 topics
  9. Neural Networks33▲ 1.41×29 topics
  10. Model Predictive Control27▲ 6.9×6 topics
  11. Healthcare27▲ 1.59×17 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications26▲ 1.46×25 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency26▲ 1.83×20 topics
  14. Social Justice25▲ 2.8×25 topics
  15. Fault Tolerance16▲ 6.9×5 topics
  16. Electric Vehicles16▲ 3.5×4 topics
  17. Photovoltaic Systems15▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Ionic Liquids15▲ 3.5×8 topics
  19. Multilevel Converters15▲ 17×1 topic
  20. Vibration Analysis15▲ 3.5×9 topics
  21. Voltage Source Inverters15▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Polymeric Materials14▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance14▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Catalytic Transformation14▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Lignin Valorization14▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Security and Privacy14▲ 4.7×3 topics
  27. Sediment Transport13▲ 5.4×5 topics
  28. Wireless Networks13▲ 5.5×9 topics
  29. Two-Phase Flow13▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Mobile Edge Computing12▲ 5.2×2 topics
  31. Electric Vehicle Charging12▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. Lignocellulosic Biomass12▲ 7.9×2 topics
  33. Turbulence12▲ 9.2×3 topics
  34. Turbulent Flow12▲ 6.6×4 topics
  35. Decentralized Control12▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. Smart Grid Applications12▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Tectonics12▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. CFD Simulation11▲ 6.4×5 topics
  39. DC-DC Converters11▲ 12×1 topic
  40. High-Frequency Power Conversion11▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Lakehead University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Microgrid Control and Optimization.

Multilevel Inverters and…15Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 15 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry14Lignin and Wood Chemistry: 14 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 11 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 10 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 9 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 9 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…8Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies: 8 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 8 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringGeophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  6. 6 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 8 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 8 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 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.

openly available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lakehead University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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