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Nipissing University

In research, Nipissing University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,439 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,834 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,258 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,981
of 22,385 · #8,932 all time
Rank in Canada
#113
of 305
Research works
1.8k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Nipissing University

What is Nipissing 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 #4,439 of 9,585 11.8%156 #3646
Social SciencesField #3,834 of 5,988 8.9%83 #3327
Physical SciencesDomain #8,258 of 10,670 9.2%76 #13034

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nipissing 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#3,646 #4,439
  2. Social Sciences#3,327 #3,834
  3. Physical Sciences#13,034 #8,258
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 Nipissing University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Nipissing University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Psychology (11%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 182 fractional works · 53.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 85 fractional works · 25.4% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 9.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 5.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNipissingUniversity337fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences54%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9829.1%
    2. Psychology3710.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting185.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities154.3%
    5. Decision Sciences103.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.3%
    1. Computer Science329.5%
    2. Engineering205.8%
    3. Environmental Science144.1%
    4. Mathematics113.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.0%
    6. Materials Science30.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine308.9%
    2. Health Professions236.8%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience61.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.70× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.60× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.59× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 98 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.59×37 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.13×10 works
  3. Mathematics2.70×11 works
  4. Health Professions2.60×23 works
  5. Social Sciences2.30×98 works
  6. Nursing1.91×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×18 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.50×14 works
  9. Computer Science1.22×32 works
  10. Neuroscience1.09×6 works
  11. Environmental Science0.83×14 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×4 works
  14. Medicine0.46×30 works
  15. Engineering0.39×20 works
  16. Energy0.29×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×4 works
  18. Materials Science0.27×3 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.23×2 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×3 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nipissing University?

Ranked on the quality score, Justin M. Carré, Shawn N. Geniole and David Zarifa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nipissing University.

  1. 1 Justin M. Carré Canada · #206,041 worldwide 7.2k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Shawn N. Geniole Canada · #460,958 worldwide 2.3k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 David Zarifa Canada · #586,153 worldwide 782 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Bernard Goldfarb Canada · #600,636 worldwide 1.8k citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Steven A. Arnocky Canada · #688,664 worldwide 3.5k citations · 128 works
  6. 6 David Hemsworth Canada · #710,561 worldwide 2.6k citations · 69 works
  7. 7 John M. Kovacs Canada · #760,151 worldwide 5.9k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Haibin Zhu Canada · #788,677 worldwide 7.3k citations · 391 works
  9. 9 Mark W. Bruner Canada · #886,754 worldwide 4.4k citations · 179 works
  10. 10 Rosemary Nagy Canada · #1,007,592 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Nipissing University

What are the most cited papers from Nipissing University?

The most cited paper from Nipissing University is "The application of small unmanned aerial systems for precision agriculture: a review" (Chunhua Zhang, John M. Kovacs, 2012), with 2,022 citations. Next come "Ethnobiology, socio-economics and management of mangrove forests: A review" (804) and "Transitional Justice as Global Project: critical reflections" (512).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The application of small unmanned aerial systems for precision agriculture: a review Chunhua Zhang, John M. Kovacs · Precision Agriculture 30 Jul 2012 2,022
2 Ethnobiology, socio-economics and management of mangrove forests: A review Bradley B. Walters, Patrik Rönnbäck, John M. Kovacs et al. · Aquatic Botany 5 Mar 2008 804
3 Transitional Justice as Global Project: critical reflections Rosemary Nagy · Third World Quarterly 11 Jan 2008 512
4 The Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA): An Attempt at a More Precise Measure of Ageism Maryann Fraboni, Robert Saltstone, Susan M. Hughes · Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 1990 467
5 Destination in a country image context John P. Nadeau, Louise A. Heslop, Norm O’Reilly et al. · Annals of Tourism Research 2008 409
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nipissing University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Climate Change, Higher Education, Testosterone, Globalization, Adaptation, Reflective Practice and Social Cognition.

▲ 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. Climate Change16▲ 1.76×32 topics
  2. Mental Health15▲ 3.1×33 topics
  3. Globalization12▲ 1.86×23 topics
  4. Higher Education9▲ 4.9×10 topics
  5. Public Health8▲ 1.72×19 topics
  6. Gender7▲ 3.9×11 topics
  7. Job Satisfaction7▲ 4.5×9 topics
  8. Adaptation6▲ 6.4×4 topics
  9. Neoliberalism6▲ 5.1×6 topics
  10. Identity6▲ 2.5×9 topics
  11. Testosterone6▲ 42×2 topics
  12. Reflective Practice6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  13. Social Support6▲ 3.1×10 topics
  14. Social Justice6▲ 2.8×16 topics
  15. Well-being6▲ 4.2×8 topics
  16. Social Cognition5▲ 8.6×4 topics
  17. Nationalism5▲ 3.5×4 topics
  18. Physical Activity5▲ 3.2×8 topics
  19. Technology Integration5▲ 4.9×6 topics
  20. Health Equity5▲ 4.9×4 topics
  21. Evolutionary Psychology5▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Human Behavior5▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Decolonization4▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Feminism4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  25. Indigenous Knowledge Systems4▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Student Perceptions4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. COVID-19 Impact4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  28. Mechanism Design4▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Self-Regulation4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  30. Knowledge Sharing4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  31. Teacher Professional Development4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Diversity4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  33. Historical Trauma4▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Indigenous Health4▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Muscle Strength4▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Social Policy3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Teacher Education3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  38. Incentives3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Model Theory3▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Topological Dynamics3▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Nipissing University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Advanced Topology and Set Theory and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Evolutionary Psychology …5Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…4Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Topology and Set Theory: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 2 fractional worksAuction Theory and Appli…2Auction Theory and Applications: 2 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyHealthGeometry and TopologyEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Topology and Set Theory Geometry and Topology 3 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  5. 5 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Auction Theory and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  9. 9 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 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 available36.9%not open63.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nipissing University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Nipissing University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Nipissing University0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nipissing 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%Nipissing University10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2012.

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