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St. Francis Xavier University

In research, St. Francis Xavier University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,459 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,549 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,112 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#5,059
of 22,385 · #7,041 all time
Rank in Canada
#95
of 305
Research works
4.9k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
91k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%

What is St. Francis Xavier 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 #3,459 of 9,585 7.2%356 #4355
Social SciencesField #2,549 of 5,988 6.7%219 #3533
Physical SciencesDomain #7,112 of 10,670 11.3%162 #9806
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,967 of 2,526 8.2%76 #2947
Health SciencesDomain #8,340 of 9,902 9.6%84 #12328

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Francis Xavier 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#4,355 #3,459
  2. Social Sciences#3,533 #2,549
  3. Physical Sciences#9,806 #7,112
  4. Sociology and Political Science#2,947 #1,967
  5. Health Sciences#12,328 #8,340
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 St. Francis Xavier University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at St. Francis Xavier University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (8%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 394 fractional works · 54.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 242 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 87 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEducation: 58 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 50 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 187 fractional works · 25.8% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 94 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 44 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. FrancisXavier University723fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences54%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences24233.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities598.2%
    3. Psychology507.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting202.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.0%
    6. Decision Sciences81.1%
    1. Computer Science496.8%
    2. Environmental Science415.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences365.0%
    4. Engineering273.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy121.7%
    6. Mathematics81.2%
    7. Chemistry60.8%
    8. Materials Science50.7%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine456.2%
    2. Health Professions446.1%
    3. Nursing40.6%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences253.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology121.6%
    3. Neuroscience91.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
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: 0.72× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 49 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.83× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 242 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.16×36 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.83×59 works
  3. Social Sciences2.65×242 works
  4. Health Professions2.31×44 works
  5. Psychology2.29×50 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.19×8 works
  7. Nursing1.14×4 works
  8. Environmental Science1.13×40 works
  9. Mathematics0.99×8 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×14 works
  11. Computer Science0.87×49 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×20 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.74×12 works
  14. Neuroscience0.73×8 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×25 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.51×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.50×6 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×1 works
  19. Energy0.37×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×2 works
  21. Medicine0.32×45 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×12 works
  23. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  24. Engineering0.25×27 works
  25. Materials Science0.19×5 works
  26. Veterinary0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Francis Xavier University?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter H. Poole, James Brendan Murphy and Andrew Hugh MacDougall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Francis Xavier University.

  1. 1 Peter H. Poole Canada · #105,038 worldwide 12k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 James Brendan Murphy Canada · #136,763 worldwide 17k citations · 394 works
  3. 3 Andrew Hugh MacDougall Canada · #283,495 worldwide 3.9k citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Xiaokang Wang Canada · #444,381 worldwide 3.9k citations · 109 works
  5. 5 John D. Corbit Canada · #647,388 worldwide 5.2k citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Tara C. Callaghan Canada · #922,479 worldwide 2.8k citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Bhasker Mukerji Canada · #1,224,310 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Abede Jawara Mack Canada · #1,341,079 worldwide 167 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Man Lin Canada · #1,393,019 worldwide 2.4k citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Francisco José Cuesta‐Valero Canada · #1,603,754 worldwide 1.3k citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at St. Francis Xavier University

What are the most cited papers from St. Francis Xavier University?

The most cited paper from St. Francis Xavier University is "Magnitude of sex differences in spatial abilities: A meta-analysis and consideration of critical variables." (Daniel Voyer, Susan D. Voyer, M. Philip Bryden, 1995), with 2,804 citations. Next come "Phenolics in cereals, fruits and vegetables: Occurrence, extraction and analysis" (1,396) and "Extraction and analysis of phenolics in food" (1,278).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Magnitude of sex differences in spatial abilities: A meta-analysis and consideration of critical variables. Daniel Voyer, Susan D. Voyer, M. Philip Bryden · Psychological Bulletin Mar 1995 2,804
2 Phenolics in cereals, fruits and vegetables: Occurrence, extraction and analysis Marian Naczk, Fereidoon Shahidi · Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 7 Jun 2006 1,396
3 Extraction and analysis of phenolics in food Marian Naczk, Fereidoon Shahidi · Journal of Chromatography A 29 Oct 2004 1,278
4 A survey on deep learning for big data Qingchen Zhang, Laurence Tianruo Yang, Zhikui Chen et al. · Information Fusion 11 Nov 2017 1,237
5 Feminism and methodology Angela Miles · Women s Studies International Forum 1988 1,073
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Francis Xavier University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Globalization, Nationalism, History, Gender, Climate Change, Reflective Practice and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Globalization44▲ 3.1×63 topics
  2. Identity40▲ 7.6×38 topics
  3. Climate Change33▲ 1.66×57 topics
  4. Mental Health25▲ 2.4×29 topics
  5. Education24▲ 1.93×36 topics
  6. History23▲ 4.6×22 topics
  7. Nationalism22▲ 6.8×18 topics
  8. Gender20▲ 5.2×27 topics
  9. Human Rights18▲ 2.5×24 topics
  10. Social Justice17▲ 4.0×23 topics
  11. Religion17▲ 5.0×19 topics
  12. Public Health17▲ 1.58×24 topics
  13. Colonialism17▲ 4.9×21 topics
  14. Literature14▲ 3.6×21 topics
  15. Reflective Practice14▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Philosophy14▲ 4.4×16 topics
  17. Cultural Identity13▲ 3.7×14 topics
  18. Neoliberalism13▲ 5.1×16 topics
  19. Culture13▲ 3.4×15 topics
  20. Benthic Communities13▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Ethics13▲ 3.5×20 topics
  22. Marine Biodiversity13▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Social Policy13▲ 19×5 topics
  24. Immigration12▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Professional Development11▲ 7.5×9 topics
  26. Technology Integration11▲ 4.9×8 topics
  27. Health Promotion11▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Language11▲ 6.1×5 topics
  29. Teacher Professional Development11▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Health Equity10▲ 4.5×5 topics
  31. International Relations9▲ 5.3×13 topics
  32. Coastal Protection9▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Canada9▲ 109×1 topic
  35. minorities9▲ 109×1 topic
  36. Academic Achievement8▲ 6.6×9 topics
  37. Professional Learning Communities8▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Climate Change Impacts8▲ 9.1×5 topics
  39. Ocean Acidification8▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Gender Dynamics7▲ 9.2×5 topics

Which research topics does St. Francis Xavier University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Canadian Identity and History, Marine and coastal plant biology, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 7 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 6 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 6 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  6. 6 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  8. 8 Adult and Continuing Education Topics Education 4 works
  9. 9 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 3 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 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 available26.2%not open73.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St. Francis Xavier University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 St. Francis Xavier University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%St. Francis Xavier University0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Francis Xavier 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025St. Francis Xavier University9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2003.

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