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Sault College

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Research works
29
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
155
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Sault College

Not ranked overall: Sault College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sault College work in?

In all years, 54% of research at Sault College is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (30%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 54.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 30.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 14.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 15.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSault College29fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science930.2%
    2. Engineering415.1%
    3. Environmental Science26.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.7%
    5. Energy01.1%
    1. Social Sciences310.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting39.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.3%
    5. Psychology01.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Medicine13.2%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    3. Dentistry01.1%
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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 6.19× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 4.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.71× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science6.19×7 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.71×3 works
  3. Dentistry4.65×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.38×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×0 works
  6. Psychology0.82×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.66×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.58×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.56×0 works
  10. Engineering0.50×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.39×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  14. Medicine0.15×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sault College?

Ranked on the quality score, Bishwo Prakash Pokharel, John Paul Sicoli and Subhash Verma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sault College.

  1. 1 Bishwo Prakash Pokharel Canada · #1,682,046 worldwide 67 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 John Paul Sicoli Canada · #2,456,417 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Subhash Verma Canada · #2,636,440 worldwide 123 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Sault College

What are the most cited papers from Sault College?

The most cited paper from Sault College is "Sensitivity of landscape pattern indices to input data characteristics on real landscapes: implications for their use in natural disturbance emulation" (David J. B. Baldwin, Kevin Weaver, Frank Schnekenburger et al., 2004), with 109 citations. Next come "Fluorescent-increase kinetics of different fluorescent reporters used for qPCR depend on monitoring chemistry, targeted sequence, type of DNA input and PCR efficiency" (78) and "riskAIchain: AI-Driven IT Infrastructure—Blockchain-Backed Approach for Enhanced Risk Management" (30).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sensitivity of landscape pattern indices to input data characteristics on real landscapes: implications for their use in natural disturbance emulation David J. B. Baldwin, Kevin Weaver, Frank Schnekenburger et al. · Landscape Ecology 2004 109
2 Fluorescent-increase kinetics of different fluorescent reporters used for qPCR depend on monitoring chemistry, targeted sequence, type of DNA input and PCR efficiency Jan M. Ruijter, Peter R. Lorenz, Jari M. Tuomi et al. · Microchimica Acta Open access 13 Jan 2014 78
3 riskAIchain: AI-Driven IT Infrastructure—Blockchain-Backed Approach for Enhanced Risk Management Mir Mehedi Rahman, Bishwo Prakash Pokharel, Sayed Abu Sayeed et al. · Risks Open access 19 Dec 2024 30
4 blockHealthSecure: Integrating Blockchain and Cybersecurity in Post-Pandemic Healthcare Systems Bishwo Prakash Pokharel, Naresh Kshetri, Suresh Raj Sharma et al. · Information Open access 11 Feb 2025 27
5 Ontario's forest science efforts following the 1998 ice storm R. A. Lautenschlager, Cathy M Nielsen · The Forestry Chronicle Open access Aug 1999 24
All 50 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sault College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, IoT Security, Security, 5G Networks, Intrusion Detection, Network Security and Neural Networks.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning5▲ 8.3×9 topics
  2. Deep Learning5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  3. IoT Security4▲ 72×3 topics
  4. Security2▲ 18×3 topics
  5. 5G Networks2▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Neural Networks2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  7. Sustainability2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  8. Intrusion Detection2▲ 71×1 topic
  9. Network Security2▲ 96×1 topic
  10. Healthcare2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  11. Internet of Things2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Big Data2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  13. Privacy2▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Invasive Species1▲ 8.5×5 topics
  15. Cyber-Physical Systems1▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Network Virtualization1▲ 164×1 topic
  17. Software-Defined Networking1▲ 164×1 topic
  18. Virtual Reality1▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Climate Change1▲ 1.30×4 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  21. Financial Literacy1▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  23. Retirement Planning1▲ 124×1 topic

Which research topics does Sault College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning.

Network Security and Int…1Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…1Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 1 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Network…1Software-Defined Networks and 5G: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Systems Analysis: 1 fractional worksInfrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis: 1 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsAccountingInformation SystemsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  2. 2 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 1 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 1 works
  7. 7 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  10. 10 Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis Civil and Structural 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 available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sault College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% 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 Sault College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000037% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Sault College0.000043% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Sault College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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