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SAIT Polytechnic

In research, SAIT Polytechnic stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,382 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,391 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,819
of 22,385 · #18,224 all time
Rank in Canada
#180
of 305
Research works
336
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
SAIT Polytechnic

What is SAIT 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
Physical SciencesDomain #14,382 of 17,446 5.0%145
Social SciencesDomain #12,391 of 14,833 5.9%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where SAIT 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 SAIT Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at SAIT Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Engineering (20%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 44 fractional works · 42.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 23.6% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 37.5% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSAIT Polytechnic105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences42%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2523.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting87.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.7%
    4. Psychology32.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.6%
    1. Engineering2119.9%
    2. Computer Science87.9%
    3. Environmental Science44.3%
    4. Materials Science21.5%
    5. Mathematics11.2%
    6. Energy11.2%
    7. Chemistry10.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine1413.1%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.41×8 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.22×5 works
  3. Social Sciences1.87×25 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.61×2 works
  5. Engineering1.32×21 works
  6. Energy1.26×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.20×1 works
  8. Computer Science1.01×8 works
  9. Mathematics1.01×1 works
  10. Psychology0.93×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.86×4 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.83×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×4 works
  14. Medicine0.68×14 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.56×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.51×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.44×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.42×2 works
  19. Neuroscience0.36×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  23. Nursing0.09×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SAIT Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Doug Doucette, Nikolay Bukharin and Martha Burkle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SAIT Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Doug Doucette Canada · #2,440,927 worldwide 0 citations · 483 works
  2. 2 Nikolay Bukharin Canada · #3,255,266 worldwide 381 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Martha Burkle Canada · #4,100,327 worldwide 313 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Hubert Teyssandier Canada · #4,258,653 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Vis Naidoo Canada · #4,539,133 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Betül Banu Karasu Canada · #5,067,746 worldwide 63 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Jishnu K. Subedi Canada · #5,219,680 worldwide 113 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Doug Doucette Canada · #5,712,817 worldwide 368 citations · 70 works
  9. 9 Editor CUAJ Canada · #7,603,902 worldwide 59 citations · 166 works
All ranked researchers at SAIT Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from SAIT Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from SAIT Polytechnic is "Determinants of tourism success for DMOs & destinations: An empirical examination of stakeholders' perspectives" (Tom Bornhorst, J. R. Brent Ritchie, Lorn Sheehan, 2009), with 618 citations. Next come "Sport participation and alcohol and illicit drug use in adolescents and young adults: A systematic review of longitudinal studies" (260) and "Therapeutic activation of macrophages and microglia to suppress brain tumor-initiating cells" (209).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Determinants of tourism success for DMOs & destinations: An empirical examination of stakeholders' perspectives Tom Bornhorst, J. R. Brent Ritchie, Lorn Sheehan · Tourism Management 25 Jul 2009 618
2 Sport participation and alcohol and illicit drug use in adolescents and young adults: A systematic review of longitudinal studies MATTHEW Y. W. KWAN, Sarah Bobko, Guy Faulkner et al. · Addictive Behaviors ReviewOpen access 10 Nov 2013 260
3 Therapeutic activation of macrophages and microglia to suppress brain tumor-initiating cells Susobhan Sarkar, Axinia Döring, Franz J. Zemp et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access 8 Dec 2013 209
4 Is Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 a solid-electrolyte-interphase-free electrode material in Li-ion batteries? Reactivity between the Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 electrode and electrolyte Min-Sang Song, Ryoung-Hee Kim, Seung‐Wook Baek et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 30 Oct 2013 116
5 Manusia dan Kebudayaan (Manusia dan Sejarah Kebudayaan, Manusia dalam Keanekaragaman Budaya dan Peradaban, Manusia dan Sumber Penghidupan) Mahdayeni Mahdayeni, Muhammad Roihan Alhaddad, Ahmad Syukri Saleh · Tadbir Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan Islam Open access Aug 2019 113
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SAIT Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Engineering Education, Deep Learning, Student Engagement, Leadership, Environmental Monitoring, Stock Market and Lifelong Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning9▲ 2.7×29 topics
  2. Deep Learning7▲ 1.94×26 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 1.66×19 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 1.92×12 topics
  5. COVID-194▲ 2.9×9 topics
  6. Engineering Education4▲ 40×4 topics
  7. Pandemic3▲ 3.1×5 topics
  8. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  9. Social Media3▲ 2.3×12 topics
  10. Curriculum Development3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  11. Leadership3▲ 6.0×9 topics
  12. Student Engagement3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  13. Digital Transformation3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  14. Educational Technology3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  15. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  16. Innovation3▲ 2.5×9 topics
  17. STEM Education3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  18. Stock Market3▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  20. Lifelong Learning2▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Image Processing2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  22. Organizational Performance2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  23. Reflective Practice2▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  25. Assessment Methods2▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Financial Markets2▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Food Supply Chain2▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Forecasting2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  29. IoT2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  30. Smart Farming2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. business impact2▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Customer Experience2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Internet of Things (IoT)2▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Plant Disease Detection2▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Student Perceptions2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  36. Control System2▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Digital Divide2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Sensor Network2▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Telecommunications2▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Outcome-Based Education2▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does SAIT Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Smart Agriculture and AI, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development and Experimental Learning in Engineering.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI2Smart Agriculture and AI: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education an…2Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 2 fractional worksExperimental Learning in…1Experimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring a…1Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 1 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksWater resources manageme…1Water resources management and optimization: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPlant ScienceMedia TechnologyMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 2 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 2 works
  4. 4 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  6. 6 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 1 works
  9. 9 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SAIT Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SAIT Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%SAIT Polytechnic0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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