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Red Deer Polytechnic

In research, Red Deer Polytechnic stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,570 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,466
of 22,385 · #21,179 all time
Rank in Canada
#226
of 305
Research works
268
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Red Deer Polytechnic

What is Red Deer Polytechnic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #10,570 of 14,833 8.6%161

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Red Deer Polytechnic 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 fields of science does Red Deer Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Red Deer Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Psychology (12%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 58.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 24.1% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 10.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRed DeerPolytechnic85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences58%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2024.1%
    2. Psychology1011.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities910.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting89.9%
    5. Decision Sciences21.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Engineering89.5%
    2. Computer Science45.1%
    3. Mathematics22.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    6. Chemistry11.0%
    7. Environmental Science10.9%
    8. Materials Science10.8%
    9. Energy00.4%
    1. Medicine910.7%
    2. Health Professions22.9%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.72× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.07× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.78× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.78×10 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.72×9 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.07×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.93×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.90×20 works
  6. Mathematics1.78×2 works
  7. Nursing1.20×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.10×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.67×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.66×4 works
  12. Engineering0.63×8 works
  13. Medicine0.55×9 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.53×1 works
  15. Energy0.43×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.18×1 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Red Deer Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert Christopher Nellis, James W. Martens and Laura K. Davis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Red Deer Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Robert Christopher Nellis Canada · #3,521,019 worldwide 9 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 James W. Martens Canada · #3,802,294 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Laura K. Davis Canada · #3,834,767 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth Canada · #3,869,935 worldwide 209 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Carlen Lavigne Canada · #3,881,277 worldwide 85 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Heather Marcovitch Canada · #3,976,616 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sona Macnaughton Canada · #4,022,417 worldwide 16 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Jim Gough Canada · #4,713,253 worldwide 72 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Flertal Författare Canada · #5,755,215 worldwide 0 citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Red Deer Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Red Deer Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Red Deer Polytechnic is "Development and Validation of a Scale Measuring Modern Prejudice Toward Gay Men and Lesbian Women" (Melanie Ann Morrison, Todd Graham Morrison, 2003), with 558 citations. Next come "Does body satisfaction differ between gay men and lesbian women and heterosexual men and women?" (397) and "The use of electrolyte solutions for reducing transport stress." (202).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development and Validation of a Scale Measuring Modern Prejudice Toward Gay Men and Lesbian Women Melanie Ann Morrison, Todd Graham Morrison · Journal of Homosexuality 13 Mar 2003 558
2 Does body satisfaction differ between gay men and lesbian women and heterosexual men and women? Melanie Ann Morrison, Todd Graham Morrison, Cheryl-Lee Sager · Body Image 23 Apr 2004 397
3 The use of electrolyte solutions for reducing transport stress. A. L. Schaefer, Stuart Jones, Richard W. Stanley · Journal of Animal Science 1997 202
4 Neologisms and idiosyncratic language in autistic speakers Joanne Volden, Catherine Lord · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Jun 1991 179
5 Financial sector development and economic growth: The South-Asian experience Syed Mahmood Ahmed, Mohammed I. Ansari · Journal of Asian Economics 1998 172
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Red Deer Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Education, History, Literature, Leadership, Employee Engagement, Self-Efficacy and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Education7▲ 4.6×10 topics
  2. Digital Transformation5▲ 12×3 topics
  3. History5▲ 8.6×9 topics
  4. Literature5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 3.6×5 topics
  6. Leadership4▲ 10×4 topics
  7. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.9×3 topics
  8. Big Data4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  9. Employee Engagement4▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy4▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Professional Development3▲ 19×3 topics
  12. Customer Experience3▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Supervision3▲ 123×2 topics
  14. Coaching3▲ 200×1 topic
  15. Neuroscience3▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Organizational Change3▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Psychodrama3▲ 187×1 topic
  18. Identity3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  19. Agility3▲ 218×1 topic
  20. Gender3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  21. Innovation3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  22. Socio-Technical Systems3▲ 126×1 topic
  23. Culture3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  24. E-commerce2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  25. Business Models2▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse2▲ 71×2 topics
  27. Technology Innovation2▲ 81×1 topic
  28. Colonialism2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  29. Academic Libraries2▲ 108×3 topics
  30. Microstructure2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  31. Narrative2▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Job Satisfaction2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  33. Society2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Art2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Brain Activity2▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Curriculum2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Discourse Analysis2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Interdisciplinary Research2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Postcolonialism2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Red Deer Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Corporate Management and Leadership, Digital Innovation in Industries and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience.

Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 3 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 3 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…2Digital Innovation in Industries: 2 fractional worksCreativity in Education …1Creativity in Education and Neuroscience: 1 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 1 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 1 fractional worksLibraries and Informatio…1Libraries and Information Services: 1 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, an…1Colonialism, slavery, and trade: 1 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…1Japanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksCybernetics and Technolo…1Cybernetics and Technology in Society: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationExperimental and Cognitive Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 3 works
  2. 2 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  4. 4 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 1 works
  6. 6 Education Methods and Technologies Education 1 works
  7. 7 Libraries and Information Services Museology 1 works
  8. 8 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Cybernetics and Technology in Society History and Philosophy of Science 1 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Red Deer Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Red Deer Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Red Deer Polytechnic0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Red Deer Polytechnic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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