Question 1

What is Ouranos known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Ouranos stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,862 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Sciences (Physical Sciences is 1.9× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Ouranos rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Ouranos ranks #25,771 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #516 of 718 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Ouranos?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, D. Caya, David Huard and S. Biner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ouranos.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Ouranos?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Ouranos is "The Response of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover to a Changing Climate*" (Ross Duncan Brown, Philip W. Mote, 2008), with 655 citations. Next come "Finding appropriate bias correction methods in downscaling precipitation for hydrologic impact studies over North America" (536) and "Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover variability and change over 1922–2010 including an assessment of uncertainty" (533).

Question 5

Which research topics does Ouranos publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Cryospheric studies and observations and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Ouranos?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Circulation, Extreme Events, Hydrological Cycle, Climate Modeling and Precipitation Extremes.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Ouranos work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Ouranos is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (27%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Ouranos's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.