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Mount Saint Vincent University

In research, Mount Saint Vincent University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,195 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,681 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,522 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,100
of 22,385 · #7,517 all time
Rank in Canada
#119
of 305
Research works
2.4k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Mount Saint Vincent University

What is Mount Saint Vincent 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 #3,195 of 9,585 10.0%286 #2603
Social SciencesField #3,681 of 5,988 9.3%156 #2155
Health SciencesDomain #8,522 of 9,902 7.4%80 #10866

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mount Saint Vincent 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#2,603 #3,195
  2. Social Sciences#2,155 #3,681
  3. Health Sciences#10,866 #8,522
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 Mount Saint Vincent University work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Mount Saint Vincent University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Psychology (12%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 323 fractional works · 63.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 179 fractional works · 34.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 66 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 63 fractional works · 12.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 28 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 53 fractional works · 10.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 94 fractional works · 18.5% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 10.2% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 42 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMount SaintVincent…512fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences63%

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 Sciences17934.9%
    2. Psychology6312.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities5310.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting193.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.0%
    6. Decision Sciences50.9%
    1. Medicine519.9%
    2. Health Professions407.7%
    3. Nursing40.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science173.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy91.8%
    3. Environmental Science61.2%
    4. Chemistry51.0%
    5. Engineering50.9%
    6. Mathematics40.7%
    7. Materials Science30.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology173.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences152.8%
    3. Neuroscience102.0%
    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: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.61× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.13× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.02× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.76× its world share, 179 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.02×63 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.61×53 works
  3. Health Professions2.93×40 works
  4. Social Sciences2.76×179 works
  5. Nursing1.45×4 works
  6. Neuroscience1.23×10 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.13×19 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.96×5 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.82×9 works
  10. Chemistry0.64×5 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×17 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×15 works
  13. Mathematics0.60×4 works
  14. Medicine0.52×51 works
  15. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×5 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.43×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.42×17 works
  19. Environmental Science0.25×6 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.16×3 works
  22. Energy0.13×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  24. Engineering0.06×5 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mount Saint Vincent University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jamie L. Metsala, Jennifer E. Khoury and Zachary Zimmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Saint Vincent University.

  1. 1 Jamie L. Metsala Canada · #504,410 worldwide 4.3k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Jennifer E. Khoury Canada · #637,141 worldwide 2.2k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Zachary Zimmer Canada · #638,039 worldwide 7.5k citations · 222 works
  4. 4 Janice M. Keefe Canada · #716,740 worldwide 2.6k citations · 152 works
  5. 5 Gabrielle Durepos Canada · #926,944 worldwide 2.2k citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Michael Pin-Chuan Lin Canada · #955,824 worldwide 727 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 David R. Furrow Canada · #976,394 worldwide 3.6k citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Kyly C. Whitfield Canada · #1,342,841 worldwide 7.9k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Gervase Michael Bowen Canada · #1,374,001 worldwide 2.2k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Patricia A. Gouthro Canada · #1,453,931 worldwide 602 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Saint Vincent University

What are the most cited papers from Mount Saint Vincent University?

The most cited paper from Mount Saint Vincent University is "The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review" (Sará King, Christine T. Chambers, Anna Huguet et al., 2011), with 1,702 citations. Next come "Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science" (1,493) and "Investigating Variation in Replicability" (1,279).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: A systematic review Sará King, Christine T. Chambers, Anna Huguet et al. · Pain Review 11 Nov 2011 1,702
2 Eleven grand challenges in single-cell data science David Lähnemann et al. · Genome biology Open access 7 Feb 2020 1,493
3 Investigating Variation in Replicability Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Social Psychology Open access May 2014 1,279
4 A Multilab Preregistered Replication of the Ego-Depletion Effect Martin S. Hagger et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science Open access Jul 2016 1,138
5 Crohn’s Disease Exclusion Diet Plus Partial Enteral Nutrition Induces Sustained Remission in a Randomized Controlled Trial Arie Levine, Eytan Wine, Amit Assa et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 4 Jun 2019 673
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mount Saint Vincent University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Education, Identity, Gender, Globalization, Nationalism, Intersectionality and Health Disparities.

▲ 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. Mental Health44▲ 6.0×31 topics
  2. Education33▲ 3.7×25 topics
  3. Globalization27▲ 2.7×37 topics
  4. Identity23▲ 6.1×21 topics
  5. Public Health19▲ 2.5×24 topics
  6. Gender18▲ 6.6×21 topics
  7. Social Justice17▲ 5.5×17 topics
  8. Nationalism17▲ 7.2×9 topics
  9. History16▲ 4.5×13 topics
  10. Intersectionality16▲ 16×9 topics
  11. Health Disparities15▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Child Development15▲ 7.0×7 topics
  13. Discrimination14▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Cultural Identity14▲ 5.3×8 topics
  15. Ethics12▲ 4.7×16 topics
  16. Literature12▲ 4.3×19 topics
  17. Immigration12▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Social Support11▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Stigma11▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Cultural Studies11▲ 5.9×13 topics
  21. Feminism11▲ 7.3×9 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations10▲ 5.9×12 topics
  23. Neoliberalism10▲ 5.6×11 topics
  24. Resilience10▲ 4.0×11 topics
  25. Religion10▲ 4.2×15 topics
  26. Health Equity10▲ 6.4×5 topics
  27. Gender Identity9▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Canada9▲ 152×1 topic
  29. Community Engagement9▲ 5.1×10 topics
  30. Social Policy9▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Neuroscience8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  32. LGBTQ+8▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Social Stress8▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Professional Development8▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Race8▲ 12×10 topics
  36. Self-Regulation8▲ 8.2×5 topics
  37. Narrative7▲ 9.0×8 topics
  38. Violence7▲ 9.4×6 topics
  39. Academic Achievement7▲ 8.0×7 topics
  40. Postcolonialism7▲ 9.6×10 topics

Which research topics does Mount Saint Vincent University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Canadian Identity and History, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Management and Organizational Studies and Early Childhood Education and Development.

Canadian Identity and Hi…9Canadian Identity and History: 9 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …8LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 8 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…6Management and Organizational Studies: 6 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…6Early Childhood Education and Development: 6 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 4 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksArchitecture, Design, an…4Architecture, Design, and Social History: 4 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksObesity and Health Pract…4Obesity and Health Practices: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  4. 4 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 6 works
  5. 5 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 4 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Architecture, Design, and Social History Conservation 4 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 4 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mount Saint Vincent University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mount Saint Vincent University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Mount Saint Vincent University0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mount Saint Vincent 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Mount Saint Vincent University8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2005.

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