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Queen's University

In research, Queen's University stands highest in Health Sciences (#162 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#144 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#356 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science and Psychiatry and Mental health — History and Philosophy of Science is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#458
of 28,054 · #296 all time
Rank in Canada
#12
of 403
Research works
63k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1M
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Queen's University 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
Health SciencesDomain #162 of 11,982 18.4%2,110 #214
MedicineField #144 of 10,443 17.5%1,757 #218
Social SciencesDomain #356 of 10,521 21.8%2,263 #183
Social SciencesField #337 of 6,365 22.2%1,162 #210
Physical SciencesDomain #722 of 12,888 16.3%2,866 #331
Life SciencesDomain #516 of 7,800 18.9%736 #362
PsychologyField #213 of 2,181 21.7%409 #112
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #285 of 2,578 20.2%416 #142
EngineeringField #770 of 6,636 15.2%1,101 #327
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #119 of 916 22.8%200 #172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen's 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 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. Health Sciences#214 #162
  2. Medicine#218 #144
  3. Social Sciences#183 #356
  4. Social Sciences#210 #337
  5. Physical Sciences#331 #722
  6. Life Sciences#362 #516
  7. Psychology#112 #213
  8. Sociology and Political Science#142 #285
  9. Engineering#327 #770
  10. General Health Professions#172 #119
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.

What does Queen's University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 38.8 works3.2×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 98.9 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.29× its world share, 108 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 338 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 74 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 204 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 104 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 628 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 148 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 1,101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 383 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 177 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 102 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 155 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 316 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 1,757 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 273 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 142 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 90 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 186 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 409 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1,162 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Queen's University?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Berry, Denis E. O’Donnell and Ian Janssen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen's University.

  1. 1 John W. Berry · #1,713 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Denis E. O’Donnell · #3,120 worldwide 809 citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Ian Janssen · #6,726 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Daren K. Heyland · #6,739 worldwide 862 citations · 96 works
  5. 5 James G. MacKinnon · #9,242 worldwide 1.5k citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Will Kymlicka · #9,654 worldwide 378 citations · 79 works
  7. 7 James R. Cordy · #10,422 worldwide 943 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Susan P.C. Cole · #15,109 worldwide 848 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Keyue Ding · #15,157 worldwide 659 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Julian Barling · #16,026 worldwide 919 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Queen's University

Which keywords describe research at Queen's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Quality of Life and Identity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology354◆ 1.12×128 topics
  2. Machine Learning268◆ 1.03×77 topics
  3. Deep Learning252◆ 0.92×76 topics
  4. Climate Change226◆ 1.05×89 topics
  5. Globalization224▲ 1.43×106 topics
  6. Mental Health184▲ 1.57×43 topics
  7. Quality of Life174▲ 1.52×54 topics
  8. Inflammation168◆ 1.01×73 topics
  9. Public Health137▲ 1.18×57 topics
  10. Depression134▲ 1.91×24 topics
  11. Identity131▲ 2.3×52 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease110▲ 1.24×37 topics
  13. Risk Factors107▲ 1.22×36 topics
  14. Healthcare104◆ 1.15×27 topics
  15. Human Rights102▲ 1.24×53 topics
  16. History100▲ 1.78×43 topics
  17. Nationalism97▲ 2.6×28 topics
  18. Treatment96◆ 0.99×49 topics
  19. Gender88▲ 2.0×45 topics
  20. Colonialism82▲ 2.2×41 topics
  21. Genetics78▲ 1.39×23 topics
  22. Anxiety74▲ 1.97×12 topics
  23. Social Support71▲ 1.60×17 topics
  24. Power Electronics68▲ 2.6×8 topics
  25. Primary Care66▲ 2.2×15 topics
  26. Ethics66▲ 1.70×30 topics
  27. Health Disparities63▲ 3.0×9 topics
  28. Health Equity62▲ 2.8×6 topics
  29. Well-being60▲ 1.98×14 topics
  30. Renewable Energy Integration58▲ 2.2×6 topics
  31. Medical Education57▲ 2.8×14 topics
  32. Reflective Practice56▲ 3.8×7 topics
  33. Metal Recovery52▲ 3.2×3 topics
  34. Immigration50▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Intersectionality50▲ 3.4×13 topics
  36. Emotion49▲ 2.9×12 topics
  37. Social Policy40▲ 5.3×4 topics
  38. Canada34▲ 35×1 topic
  39. minorities34▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Hydraulic Conductivity30▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Queen's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Canadian Identity and History, Innovations in Medical Education, Landfill Environmental Impact Studies and Multilevel Inverters and Converters.

Canadian Identity and Hi…34Canadian Identity and History: 34 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…26Innovations in Medical Education: 26 fractional worksLandfill Environmental Impact Studies: 25 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 22 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 21 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 21 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 20 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…19Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 19 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 19 fractional worksCanadian Policy and Governance: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and HistorySociology and Political Science 34 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  3. 3 Landfill Environmental Impact StudiesIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Multilevel Inverters and ConvertersElectrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresCivil and Structural Engineering 21 works
  6. 6 Advanced DC-DC ConvertersElectrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation ProcessesMechanical Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsHealth 19 works
  9. 9 Photonic and Optical DevicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 19 works
  10. 10 Canadian Policy and GovernancePolitical Science and International Relations 18 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Queen's University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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