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St. Jerome's University

In research, St. Jerome's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,670 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,885 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,945
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#458
of 718
Research works
314
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
St. Jerome's University

What is St. Jerome's University 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 #7,670 of 14,833 8.5%254
Social SciencesField #6,885 of 9,330 8.6%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Jerome's 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 fields of science does St. Jerome's University work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at St. Jerome's University is in Social Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (35%), Psychology (10%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 53 fractional works · 93.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 45.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 17.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 34.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 10.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Jerome'sUniversity57fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences93%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2645.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities2034.5%
    3. Psychology610.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    1. Health Professions11.8%
    2. Medicine11.3%
    1. Environmental Science11.5%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.96× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.32× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.56× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.96×20 works
  2. Social Sciences3.56×26 works
  3. Psychology3.32×6 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×1 works
  5. Health Professions0.67×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.30×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  12. Medicine0.07×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  16. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Jerome's University?

Ranked on the quality score, John K. Rempel, Michael David Coogan and B. J. Rye lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Jerome's University.

  1. 1 John K. Rempel Canada · #786,716 worldwide 5.5k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Michael David Coogan Canada · #1,508,259 worldwide 1.1k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 B. J. Rye Canada · #2,082,775 worldwide 988 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Tristanne Connolly Canada · #2,375,093 worldwide 212 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Veronica J. Austen Canada · #2,405,181 worldwide 50 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Helen P. Bruder Canada · #2,805,227 worldwide 172 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 David B. Perrin Canada · #2,961,207 worldwide 122 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Carol Acton Canada · #3,249,319 worldwide 135 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Anastasia Tataryn Canada · #3,560,986 worldwide 28 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Susan Dianne Brophy Canada · #3,797,034 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at St. Jerome's University

What are the most cited papers from St. Jerome's University?

The most cited paper from St. Jerome's University is "Trust and communicated attributions in close relationships." (John K. Rempel, Michael G Ross, John G. Holmes, 2001), with 263 citations. Next come "Private quantum channels" (229) and "The Breastfeeding Team: The Role of Involved Fathers in the Breastfeeding Family" (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trust and communicated attributions in close relationships. John K. Rempel, Michael G Ross, John G. Holmes · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2001 263
2 Private quantum channels Andris Ambainis, Michele Mosca, Alain Tapp et al. Conference paper 7 Nov 2002 229
3 The Breastfeeding Team: The Role of Involved Fathers in the Breastfeeding Family Lynn A. Rempel, John K. Rempel · Journal of Human Lactation 20 Dec 2010 221
4 Relationships between types of father breastfeeding support and breastfeeding outcomes Lynn A. Rempel, John K. Rempel, Katrina C. J. Moore · Maternal and Child Nutrition Open access 27 Jul 2016 216
5 Student perceptions of diminished teacher and classmate support following the transition to high school: are they related to declining attendance? David J. De Wit, Kim Karioja, B. J. Rye · School Effectiveness and School Improvement 25 Nov 2010 163
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Which keywords describe research at St. Jerome's University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Mental Health, Lexicography, Religion, Gender, Language, Literature and Identity.

▲ 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. History8▲ 21×9 topics
  2. Mental Health7▲ 8.3×9 topics
  3. Lexicography7▲ 134×2 topics
  4. Religion6▲ 23×8 topics
  5. Gender6▲ 19×19 topics
  6. Language5▲ 37×3 topics
  7. Literature5▲ 15×10 topics
  8. Identity4▲ 10×12 topics
  9. Globalization4▲ 3.5×14 topics
  10. Language Evolution4▲ 168×2 topics
  11. Nationalism4▲ 15×9 topics
  12. Ethnicity4▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Philosophy4▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Colonialism4▲ 13×12 topics
  15. Indo-European4▲ 298×1 topic
  16. Linguistics4▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Intersectionality3▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Cultural Identity3▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Culture3▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Dictionaries3▲ 177×1 topic
  21. Electronic3▲ 311×1 topic
  22. Gender Identity3▲ 52×2 topics
  23. Ethics3▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Human Rights3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Immigration3▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Society3▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Psychological Impact3▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Manuscripts2▲ 204×1 topic
  29. Medieval2▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Perception2▲ 63×2 topics
  31. Stigma2▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Language Change2▲ 172×1 topic
  33. Social Policy2▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Sociolinguistic Variation2▲ 172×1 topic
  35. Masculinity2▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Discrimination2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Canada2▲ 290×1 topic
  38. minorities2▲ 290×1 topic
  39. Ancient Rome2▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Health Disparities2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does St. Jerome's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistics and language evolution, Lexicography and Language Studies, Medieval Literature and History and Linguistic Variation and Morphology.

Linguistics and language evolution: 4 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 3 fractional worksMedieval Literature and …2Medieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and…2Linguistic Variation and Morphology: 2 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 2 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …2LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 2 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 1 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsClassicsLinguistics and LanguageSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 4 works
  2. 2 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 3 works
  3. 3 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  4. 4 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 2 works
  5. 5 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St. Jerome's University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 St. Jerome's University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%St. Jerome's University0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Jerome's University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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