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MacEwan University

In research, MacEwan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,636 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,027 of 5,988 worldwide) and Psychology (#915 of 2,121 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,226
of 22,385 · #8,989 all time
Rank in Canada
#85
of 305
Research works
2.9k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
MacEwan University

What is MacEwan 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 #1,636 of 9,585 11.0%499 #3400
Social SciencesField #2,027 of 5,988 12.0%269 #3409
PsychologyField #915 of 2,121 9.1%76 #1744
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,495 of 2,526 13.7%93 #2681
Physical SciencesDomain #6,649 of 10,670 8.1%125 #10982
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,282 of 1,896 8.8%71 #2194
Health SciencesDomain #8,009 of 9,902 9.6%79 #13964

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where MacEwan 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.

  1. Social Sciences#3,400 #1,636
  2. Social Sciences#3,409 #2,027
  3. Psychology#1,744 #915
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,681 #1,495
  5. Physical Sciences#10,982 #6,649
  6. Arts and Humanities#2,194 #1,282
  7. Health Sciences#13,964 #8,009
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 MacEwan University work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at MacEwan University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Psychology (10%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 549 fractional works · 67.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 290 fractional works · 35.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 99 fractional works · 12.2% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 84 fractional works · 10.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 32 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 79 fractional works · 9.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 50 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 40 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 16.7% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 86 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMacEwanUniversity810fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences68%

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
    1. Social Sciences29035.8%
    2. Psychology8410.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities799.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting506.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance404.9%
    6. Decision Sciences70.8%
    1. Computer Science445.5%
    2. Engineering243.0%
    3. Mathematics222.7%
    4. Environmental Science182.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.8%
    6. Materials Science60.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.6%
    8. Energy50.6%
    9. Chemistry40.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine405.0%
    2. Health Professions405.0%
    3. Nursing40.5%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.6%
    3. Neuroscience131.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.27× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.38× its world share, 79 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.90× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.30× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.41× its world share, 84 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 290 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.41×84 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.38×79 works
  3. Social Sciences2.83×290 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.30×40 works
  5. Mathematics2.27×22 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.90×50 works
  7. Health Professions1.89×40 works
  8. Nursing1.06×4 works
  9. Neuroscience0.96×13 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.85×7 works
  11. Computer Science0.70×44 works
  12. Energy0.65×5 works
  13. Veterinary0.61×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×6 works
  15. Environmental Science0.44×18 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.40×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×13 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.33×4 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×13 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.27×5 works
  22. Medicine0.26×40 works
  23. Materials Science0.22×6 works
  24. Engineering0.20×24 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MacEwan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shelley Boulianne, Samuel Mutuura Mugo and Albena Pergelova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MacEwan University.

  1. 1 Shelley Boulianne Canada · #60,304 worldwide 6.5k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Samuel Mutuura Mugo Canada · #326,671 worldwide 3.1k citations · 120 works
  3. 3 Albena Pergelova Canada · #449,461 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Karen Buro Canada · #598,846 worldwide 2.7k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Andrew J. Howell Canada · #652,177 worldwide 4.4k citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Rickard Enstroem Canada · #1,113,430 worldwide 153 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Fernando Angulo‐Ruiz Canada · #1,148,896 worldwide 643 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Etayankara Katangote Muralidharan Canada · #1,151,068 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Jessica L. Wright Canada · #1,333,513 worldwide 299 citations · 103 works
  10. 10 David Watson Canada · #1,524,119 worldwide 41k citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at MacEwan University

What are the most cited papers from MacEwan University?

The most cited paper from MacEwan University is "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" (Eli Coleman et al., 2022), with 2,672 citations. Next come "Social media use and participation: a meta-analysis of current research" (1,297) and "Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research" (930).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 Social media use and participation: a meta-analysis of current research Shelley Boulianne · Information Communication & Society Review 9 Mar 2015 1,297
3 Does Internet Use Affect Engagement? A Meta-Analysis of Research Shelley Boulianne · Political Communication ReviewOpen access 11 May 2009 930
4 Framework Analysis: A Qualitative Methodology for Applied Policy Research Aashish Srivastava, Stanley Bruce Thomson · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2 Jan 2009 854
5 Nature connectedness: Associations with well-being and mindfulness Andrew J. Howell, Raelyne L. Dopko, Holli‐Anne Passmore et al. · Personality and Individual Differences 22 Apr 2011 679
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MacEwan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Globalization, Identity, Innovation, Social Justice, Stigma and Feminism.

▲ 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. Globalization53▲ 3.3×57 topics
  2. Mental Health50▲ 4.3×34 topics
  3. Gender37▲ 8.5×27 topics
  4. Innovation29▲ 3.4×24 topics
  5. Identity27▲ 4.6×32 topics
  6. Education26▲ 1.85×37 topics
  7. Social Media25▲ 2.3×20 topics
  8. Sustainability24▲ 1.23×35 topics
  9. Social Justice22▲ 4.5×24 topics
  10. Human Rights19▲ 2.3×24 topics
  11. Ethics19▲ 4.7×24 topics
  12. Social Capital19▲ 4.5×13 topics
  13. Higher Education18▲ 4.3×14 topics
  14. History17▲ 3.1×14 topics
  15. Neoliberalism16▲ 5.6×15 topics
  16. Feminism16▲ 6.8×19 topics
  17. Nationalism16▲ 4.4×13 topics
  18. Culture16▲ 3.8×15 topics
  19. Literature16▲ 3.6×17 topics
  20. Stigma16▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Labor Market15▲ 6.7×9 topics
  22. Social Support15▲ 3.4×13 topics
  23. Colonialism14▲ 3.8×17 topics
  24. Health Disparities14▲ 6.4×5 topics
  25. Intersectionality13▲ 8.6×11 topics
  26. Community Engagement13▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Religion13▲ 3.4×17 topics
  28. Career Development12▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Discrimination12▲ 7.1×7 topics
  30. Academic Achievement12▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Emotion11▲ 6.8×9 topics
  32. Diversity11▲ 8.0×6 topics
  33. Psychological Impact11▲ 4.3×8 topics
  34. Self-Regulation10▲ 7.0×5 topics
  35. Language10▲ 5.0×5 topics
  36. Immigration8▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Gender Identity8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  38. Market Dynamics8▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Youth8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  40. Anthropocene8▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does MacEwan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cinema and Media Studies, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Early Childhood Education and Development.

Cinema and Media Studies7Cinema and Media Studies: 7 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …7LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 7 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 7 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…6Early Childhood Education and Development: 6 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…6Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 6 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 6 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 6 fractional worksMarriage and Sexual Rela…6Marriage and Sexual Relationships: 6 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 6 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 5 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 7 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 6 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 6 works
  6. 6 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  8. 8 Marriage and Sexual Relationships Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 5 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MacEwan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 MacEwan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0033% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%MacEwan University0.0030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of MacEwan 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 2025MacEwan University8.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2024.

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