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Soft dB (Canada)

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Research works
18
▲ 300% vs 2018-21
Citations
9
0.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Soft dB (Canada)

Not ranked overall: Soft dB (Canada) 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 Soft dB (Canada) work in?

In all years, 72% of research at Soft dB (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Health Professions (15%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 71.9% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 57.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 13.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 11.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 15.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workALL ITS WORKSoft dB (Canada)18fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences10%

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 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1057.1%
    2. Computer Science211.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.7%
    1. Health Professions315.2%
    1. Psychology210.1%
    1. Neuroscience02.8%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Soft dB (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Soft dB (Canada) is "Evaluation of the uniformity of sound-masking systems in an open-plan office" (Farideh Zarei, Joonhee Lee, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie et al., 2021), with 4 citations. Next come "Speech privacy in multiple-bed patient rooms" (1) and "Frequency-Based Characterization and Real-Time Alerting System of Industrial Flare Thumping Noise Using Advanced Monitoring - A Case Study" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evaluation of the uniformity of sound-masking systems in an open-plan office Farideh Zarei, Joonhee Lee, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie et al. · Applied Acoustics 26 Oct 2021 4
2 Speech privacy in multiple-bed patient rooms Jikke Reinten, Ella Braat, Ronald Zuydervliet et al. · TU/e Research Portal 2017 1
3 Frequency-Based Characterization and Real-Time Alerting System of Industrial Flare Thumping Noise Using Advanced Monitoring - A Case Study Pierre-Claude Ostiguy, Roderick Mackenzie, Laurianne Borsoni · NOISE-CON proceedings Conference paper 20 Jul 2026 0
4 EXPERIÊNCIAS EMOCIONAIS DA GRAVIDEZ NA ADOLESCÊNCIA: ENTRE EXPECTATIVAS E CONFLITOS. Graziela Vasconcelos Da Silva, Jorge Luís Ferreira Abrão · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) Open access 22 Apr 2020 0
5 Speech level variation by office environment and communication type Rewan Toubar, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie, Joonhee Lee · Science and Technology for the Built Environment 19 Sep 2025 0
All 16 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Soft dB (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Facilities and Workplace Management, Speech and dialogue systems, Noise Effects and Management and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

Facilities and Workplace Management: 1 fractional worksSpeech and dialogue systems: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…1Noise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…1Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing0Music and Audio Processing: 0 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 0 fractional worksHygrothermal properties of building materials: 0 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyArtificial IntelligenceSpeech and HearingBuilding and Construction3 others

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

  1. 1 Facilities and Workplace Management Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Speech and dialogue systems Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  4. 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 0 works
  8. 8 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 0 works
  9. 9 Hygrothermal properties of building materials Building and Construction 0 works
  10. 10 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 0 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Soft dB (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 300% 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 Soft dB (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2023.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Soft dB (Canada)0.000034% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Soft dB (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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