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Laurentian University

In research, Laurentian University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,577 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,435 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,533 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics — Geophysics is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,309
of 28,054 · #3,053 all time
Rank in Canada
#91
of 403
Research works
7.4k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
147k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Laurentian 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 #4,577 of 12,888 16.6%248 #3019
Social SciencesDomain #4,435 of 10,521 15.1%242 #1276
Life SciencesDomain #4,533 of 7,800 15.3%88 #3561
Health SciencesDomain #7,360 of 11,982 15.1%122 #2783
EngineeringField #4,262 of 6,636 13.3%70 #2549
Social SciencesField #4,608 of 6,365 12.7%113 #1076
MedicineField #8,361 of 10,443 15.7%75 #6942

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laurentian 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#3,019 #4,577
  2. Social Sciences#1,276 #4,435
  3. Life Sciences#3,561 #4,533
  4. Health Sciences#2,783 #7,360
  5. Engineering#2,549 #4,262
  6. Social Sciences#1,076 #4,608
  7. Medicine#6,942 #8,361
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 Laurentian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 29.7 works12×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.11× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 75 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.72× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laurentian University?

Ranked on the composite score, Luis Radford, Ming Cai and Yves Alarie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laurentian University.

  1. 1 Luis Radford Canada · #11,783 worldwide 392 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Ming Cai Canada · #24,670 worldwide 510 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Yves Alarie Canada · #69,694 worldwide 224 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Kent Buse Canada · #73,710 worldwide 180 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Peter Kaiser Canada · #87,040 worldwide 308 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Jennifer Walker Canada · #91,452 worldwide 223 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Michael Johns Canada · #119,720 worldwide 150 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Louis J. Cabri Canada · #181,805 worldwide 248 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Joseph A. Petrus Canada · #191,657 worldwide 200 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Bruce Krajewski Canada · #233,865 worldwide 339 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Laurentian University

Which keywords describe research at Laurentian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Plate Tectonics, Machine Learning, Tectonics, Geological Mapping, Support Vector Machines, Hyperspectral Imaging and Compositional Data Analysis.

▲ 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. Machine Learning39▲ 1.70×35 topics
  2. Climate Change30▲ 1.56×45 topics
  3. Identity25▲ 4.8×19 topics
  4. Remote Sensing23▲ 2.6×12 topics
  5. Mental Health21▲ 2.0×29 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress20▲ 1.71×32 topics
  7. Plate Tectonics18▲ 17×3 topics
  8. Tectonics17▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Support Vector Machines17▲ 7.5×4 topics
  10. Geological Mapping16▲ 28×2 topics
  11. Education16▲ 1.36×32 topics
  12. Nationalism16▲ 5.0×8 topics
  13. Hyperspectral Imaging16▲ 8.0×3 topics
  14. History15▲ 3.1×13 topics
  15. Compositional Data Analysis15▲ 32×1 topic
  16. Mineral Prospectivity15▲ 32×1 topic
  17. Geochronology15▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Zircon15▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Gender14▲ 3.8×16 topics
  20. Cultural Identity14▲ 3.8×11 topics
  21. Social Justice13▲ 3.1×18 topics
  22. Qualitative Research12▲ 2.0×15 topics
  23. Depression12▲ 1.98×14 topics
  24. Well-being11▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Language11▲ 6.5×3 topics
  26. Immigration11▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Social Policy10▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Conservation10▲ 3.5×19 topics
  29. Canada10▲ 120×1 topic
  30. minorities10▲ 120×1 topic
  31. Emotion Regulation9▲ 4.1×9 topics
  32. Population Dynamics9▲ 4.9×7 topics
  33. Monetary Policy8▲ 4.6×7 topics
  34. Remediation8▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Biodiesel7▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Motor Imagery7▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 7.4×6 topics
  38. Contamination6▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Genome Analysis6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Nutrient Removal6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Laurentian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Canadian Identity and History and Algal biology and biofuel production.

Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 15 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 15 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 10 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 6 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 6 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 5 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 5 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 5 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 4 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 4 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceGeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 15 works
  3. 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  5. 5 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 5 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 5 works
  8. 8 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 works
  9. 9 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 4 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laurentian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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