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Ontario College of Art and Design

In research, Ontario College of Art and Design stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,891 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,025 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,673 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,584
of 28,054 · #22,482 all time
Rank in Canada
#359
of 403
Research works
776
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Ontario College of Art and Design 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,891 of 10,521 8.0%155 #4809
Social SciencesField #6,025 of 6,365 7.7%64 #3160
Physical SciencesDomain #12,673 of 12,888 6.7%69 #20615

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ontario College of Art and Design 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. Social Sciences#4,809 #7,891
  2. Social Sciences#3,160 #6,025
  3. Physical Sciences#20,615 #12,673
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.

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.59× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.83× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.02× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.75× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ontario College of Art and Design?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles Reeve, Gabrielle Moser and Jutta Treviranus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ontario College of Art and Design.

  1. 1 Charles Reeve Canada · #77,940 worldwide 72 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Gabrielle Moser Canada · #619,414 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Jutta Treviranus Canada · #765,026 worldwide 47 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Jim Drobnick Canada · #887,113 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Sara Diamond Canada · #986,776 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Peter Coppin Canada · #1,293,049 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ontario College of Art and Design

Which keywords describe research at Ontario College of Art and Design?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, User Experience, Cultural Heritage, Participatory Design, Aesthetics, Technology, Identity 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 2022–2025 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. Education19▲ 4.2×18 topics
  2. Sustainability15▲ 2.3×17 topics
  3. Globalization14▲ 2.7×24 topics
  4. User Experience12▲ 58×3 topics
  5. Cultural Heritage11▲ 7.8×15 topics
  6. Identity11▲ 5.8×19 topics
  7. Innovation11▲ 4.0×15 topics
  8. Participatory Design10▲ 78×2 topics
  9. Technology10▲ 7.5×8 topics
  10. Aesthetics10▲ 52×4 topics
  11. Feminism8▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Urban Development8▲ 8.5×6 topics
  13. Virtual Reality8▲ 6.0×7 topics
  14. Leadership8▲ 6.2×13 topics
  15. Neuroscience7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  16. Design Research7▲ 100×1 topic
  17. Interaction Design7▲ 100×1 topic
  18. Colonialism7▲ 5.5×10 topics
  19. Social Interaction6▲ 6.1×4 topics
  20. Decision Making6▲ 7.7×2 topics
  21. Modeling6▲ 9.3×2 topics
  22. Social Justice6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  23. Learning Outcomes6▲ 5.2×4 topics
  24. Smart Factory6▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Soft Systems Methodology6▲ 84×1 topic
  26. System Dynamics6▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Embodiment6▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Applications6▲ 7.7×2 topics
  29. Race6▲ 19×9 topics
  30. Maintenance6▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Training5▲ 9.5×4 topics
  32. Entrepreneurship5▲ 5.2×4 topics
  33. Immersive Simulations5▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Medical5▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Activism5▲ 45×4 topics
  36. Regional Growth5▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Co-Creation5▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Anthropocene4▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Immersion4▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Presence4▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Ontario College of Art and Design publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Complex Systems and Decision Making, Augmented Reality Applications and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts.

Innovative Human-Technol…7Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 7 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…6Complex Systems and Decision Making: 6 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applic…5Augmented Reality Applications: 5 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…4Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 4 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 4 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 4 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and…4Aesthetic Perception and Analysis: 4 fractional worksDesign Education and Pra…3Design Education and Practice: 3 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Inte…3Tactile and Sensory Interactions: 3 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental H…3Art Therapy and Mental Health: 3 fractional works
Human-Computer InteractionManagement Science and Operations ResearchComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionUrban Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 7 works
  2. 2 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  3. 3 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  4. 4 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  5. 5 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 4 works
  6. 6 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  7. 7 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  8. 8 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 3 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ontario College of Art and Design's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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