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Royal Roads University

In research, Royal Roads University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,131 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,278 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,746 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science (Sociology and Political Science is 5.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,883
of 22,385 · #7,556 all time
Rank in Canada
#111
of 305
Research works
1.2k
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Royal Roads University

What is Royal Roads 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 #3,131 of 9,585 11.7%232 #2919
Social SciencesField #3,278 of 5,988 10.8%138 #2525
Physical SciencesDomain #8,746 of 10,670 13.9%62 #11098

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Roads 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#2,919 #3,131
  2. Social Sciences#2,525 #3,278
  3. Physical Sciences#11,098 #8,746
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 Royal Roads University work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Royal Roads University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Psychology (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 269 fractional works · 67.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 163 fractional works · 40.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 45 fractional works · 11.3% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal RoadsUniversity401fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences67%

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 Sciences16340.5%
    2. Psychology368.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting276.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance204.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities184.4%
    6. Decision Sciences71.8%
    1. Environmental Science327.9%
    2. Computer Science256.2%
    3. Engineering92.2%
    4. Energy20.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Health Professions297.3%
    2. Medicine163.9%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences123.0%
    2. Neuroscience20.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Roads University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 73.2 works5.1×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.05× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.29× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.90× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.20× its world share, 163 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.20×163 works
  2. Psychology2.90×36 works
  3. Health Professions2.75×29 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.29×20 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.05×26 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.84×7 works
  7. Environmental Science1.59×32 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.53×18 works
  9. Computer Science0.80×25 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×12 works
  11. Energy0.62×2 works
  12. Nursing0.36×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×2 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×2 works
  15. Medicine0.20×16 works
  16. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  17. Engineering0.14×9 works
  18. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Roads University?

Ranked on the quality score, George Veletsianos, Mark Eshwar Lokanan and Phillip Vannini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Roads University.

  1. 1 George Veletsianos Canada · #47,004 worldwide 7.9k citations · 201 works
  2. 2 Mark Eshwar Lokanan Canada · #408,237 worldwide 1.1k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Phillip Vannini Canada · #454,607 worldwide 2.7k citations · 153 works
  4. 4 Ann Marie Dale Canada · #497,993 worldwide 3.7k citations · 106 works
  5. 5 Shandell Houlden Canada · #517,568 worldwide 916 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Robin S. Cox Canada · #649,265 worldwide 1.8k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Chandell Enid Gosse Canada · #765,331 worldwide 569 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Rachel Claus Canada · #879,939 worldwide 367 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Cheryl Heykoop Canada · #916,986 worldwide 721 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Nicole E. Johnson Canada · #1,149,474 worldwide 1.3k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Roads University

What are the most cited papers from Royal Roads University?

The most cited paper from Royal Roads University is "Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis" (Arild Angelsen, Pamela Jagger, Ronnie Babigumira et al., 2014), with 1,127 citations. Next come "U.S. Faculty and Administrators’ Experiences and Approaches in the Early Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic" (643) and "Global polycrisis: the causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement" (518).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis Arild Angelsen, Pamela Jagger, Ronnie Babigumira et al. · World Development Open access 13 Apr 2014 1,127
2 U.S. Faculty and Administrators’ Experiences and Approaches in the Early Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic Nicole E. Johnson, George Veletsianos, Jeff Seaman · Online Learning Open access Jun 2020 643
3 Global polycrisis: the causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement Michael F. Lawrence, Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Scott Janzwood et al. · Global Sustainability Open access 2024 518
4 Like a Fish Out of Water: Reconsidering Disaster Recovery and the Role of Place and Social Capital in Community Disaster Resilience Robin S. Cox, Karen-Marie Elah Perry · American Journal of Community Psychology Feb 2011 507
5 Human–nature connection: a multidisciplinary review Christopher David Ives, Matteo Giusti, Joern Fischer et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ReviewOpen access Jun 2017 464
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Roads University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Justice, Mental Health, Sustainability, Climate Change, Social Media, Leadership and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Globalization33▲ 4.2×44 topics
  2. Climate Change24▲ 2.2×44 topics
  3. Sustainability23▲ 2.4×43 topics
  4. Mental Health20▲ 3.4×22 topics
  5. Social Media18▲ 3.3×22 topics
  6. Public Health18▲ 3.1×24 topics
  7. Social Justice18▲ 7.3×17 topics
  8. Environmental Impact16▲ 2.3×21 topics
  9. Leadership13▲ 6.6×13 topics
  10. Higher Education13▲ 6.0×15 topics
  11. Identity10▲ 3.6×17 topics
  12. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.9×13 topics
  13. Ethics10▲ 4.9×11 topics
  14. Law Enforcement10▲ 43×3 topics
  15. Community Engagement10▲ 7.4×10 topics
  16. Social Capital10▲ 4.6×11 topics
  17. Resilience9▲ 4.8×10 topics
  18. Vulnerability9▲ 9.8×6 topics
  19. Health Promotion9▲ 7.1×6 topics
  20. Corruption8▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Emotion8▲ 9.9×8 topics
  22. Organizational Performance8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  24. Violence8▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Drug Trafficking7▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Well-being7▲ 4.5×10 topics
  27. Psychological Impact7▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Democracy7▲ 4.8×14 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers7▲ 7.0×3 topics
  30. COVID-19 Impact6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  31. Inclusion6▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Fake News6▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Misinformation6▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Psychological Distress6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Criminal Networks6▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Organized Crime6▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Climate Change Adaptation6▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Stereotypes6▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Anthropocene5▲ 21×4 topics
  40. Decolonization5▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Royal Roads University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Misinformation and Its Impacts, Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Gender Diversity and Inequality.

Misinformation and Its I…6Misinformation and Its Impacts: 6 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activitie…6Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksGender Diversity and Ine…5Gender Diversity and Inequality: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…4Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 4 fractional worksImbalanced Data Classification Techniques: 4 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 4 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…3Management and Organizational Studies: 3 fractional worksLeadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 3 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyGender StudiesHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 5 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 4 works
  6. 6 Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 4 works
  8. 8 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  9. 9 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Roads University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher 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 Royal Roads University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Royal Roads University0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Roads 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%Royal Roads University10.4% 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 19.9% in 2012.

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