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Seneca Polytechnic

In research, Seneca Polytechnic stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,652 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,695
of 22,385 · #13,754 all time
Rank in Canada
#192
of 305
Research works
373
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Seneca Polytechnic

What is Seneca 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 #6,652 of 14,833 5.9%212

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

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Seneca Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 86 fractional works · 60.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 17.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 8.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 21.6% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 13.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSenecaPolytechnic141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences61%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3424.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities2417.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting128.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance74.7%
    5. Psychology64.3%
    6. Decision Sciences21.6%
    1. Computer Science1913.3%
    2. Engineering64.1%
    3. Environmental Science31.9%
    4. Materials Science21.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine139.0%
    2. Health Professions96.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Seneca Polytechnic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 24.4 works6.0×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.70× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.34× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.98× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.74× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.18× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.98×24 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.74×12 works
  3. Health Professions2.34×9 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.18×7 works
  5. Social Sciences1.90×34 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.71×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.70×19 works
  8. Psychology1.42×6 works
  9. Nursing0.83×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.53×0 works
  11. Medicine0.47×13 works
  12. Environmental Science0.38×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.32×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  16. Engineering0.27×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Seneca Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Angus Cleghorn, Lutful Karim and James A. Buczynski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seneca Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Angus Cleghorn Canada · #1,487,285 worldwide 250 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Lutful Karim Canada · #1,870,479 worldwide 870 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 James A. Buczynski Canada · #1,880,936 worldwide 173 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ken Berrick Canada · #2,486,418 worldwide 53 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Kerry Englert Canada · #2,487,986 worldwide 125 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Henry Platt Cushing Canada · #2,618,187 worldwide 138 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Howard A. Doughty Canada · #2,762,525 worldwide 1.4k citations · 92 works
  8. 8 Mark Joseph O’Connell Canada · #3,031,598 worldwide 87 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Yahya Marei Canada · #3,166,159 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Susan Gano-Phillips Canada · #3,302,060 worldwide 353 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Seneca Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Seneca Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Seneca Polytechnic is "AGN Dusty Tori. II. Observational Implications of Clumpiness" (Maia Nenkova, Matthew M. Sirocky, Robert Nikutta et al., 2008), with 832 citations. Next come "What social media told us in the time of COVID-19: a scoping review" (714) and "Sequence and structural analysis of BTB domain proteins" (713).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AGN Dusty Tori. II. Observational Implications of Clumpiness Maia Nenkova, Matthew M. Sirocky, Robert Nikutta et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 18 Sep 2008 832
2 What social media told us in the time of COVID-19: a scoping review Shu-Feng Tsao, Helen Chen, Therese Tisseverasinghe et al. · The Lancet Digital Health Open access 28 Jan 2021 714
3 Sequence and structural analysis of BTB domain proteins P.J. Stogios, Gregory S. Downs, Jimmy JS Jauhal et al. · Genome biology Open access 15 Sep 2005 713
4 AGN Dusty Tori. I. Handling of Clumpy Media Maia Nenkova, Matthew M. Sirocky, Željko Ivezić et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 18 Sep 2008 617
5 A comparison of input devices in element pointing and dragging tasks Ian Scott MacKenzie, Abigail J. Sellen, William A. S. Buxton Conference paperOpen access 1991 371
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Seneca Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Feminism, Identity, Gender, Cultural Studies, Colonialism, Digital Media and Sociology.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 4.2×23 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 1.75×15 topics
  3. Identity8▲ 7.8×12 topics
  4. Feminism8▲ 19×6 topics
  5. Machine Learning8▲ 1.68×19 topics
  6. Sustainability8▲ 2.2×12 topics
  7. Gender7▲ 9.1×10 topics
  8. Colonialism6▲ 8.5×6 topics
  9. Cultural Studies6▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Digital Media5▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Literature5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  12. Sociology5▲ 25×3 topics
  13. COVID-195▲ 2.6×9 topics
  14. Cultural Identity5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  15. Embodiment4▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Marxism4▲ 72×2 topics
  17. Post-Apocalyptic4▲ 359×2 topics
  18. Postmodernism4▲ 86×3 topics
  19. Leadership4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  20. Dystopia4▲ 404×1 topic
  21. Utopia4▲ 404×1 topic
  22. Narrative4▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Clothing4▲ 147×1 topic
  24. Fashion4▲ 74×1 topic
  25. IoT Security4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  26. Anomaly Detection4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  27. Neoliberalism4▲ 7.1×7 topics
  28. American Literature3▲ 175×2 topics
  29. Organizational Performance3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  30. Race3▲ 19×6 topics
  31. Literary Criticism3▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Modernist Poetry3▲ 268×1 topic
  33. Healthcare Workers3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Surveillance3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Political Economy2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Violence2▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Time Series2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  38. Intrusion Detection2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Stereotypes2▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Postcolonialism2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Seneca Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction, Fashion and Cultural Textiles, Poetry Analysis and Criticism and Network Security and Intrusion Detection.

Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction: 4 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 4 fractional worksPoetry Analysis and Crit…3Poetry Analysis and Criticism: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…2Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 2 fractional worksMedia Influence and Poli…2Media Influence and Politics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 2 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyLiterature and Literary TheoryComputer Networks and Communications6 others

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

  1. 1 Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction Philosophy 4 works
  2. 2 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 4 works
  3. 3 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  4. 4 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  5. 5 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 2 works
  7. 7 Media Influence and Politics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 2 works
  9. 9 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Seneca Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 Seneca Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Seneca Polytechnic0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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