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St. Stephen's University

In research, St. Stephen's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,840 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#38,493
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#837
of 896
Research works
298
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is St. Stephen'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 #12,840 of 16,945 7.9%166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Stephen'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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.39× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.36× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.91× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Peter H. Davids, Ian Boxall and Brian Owens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Stephen's University.

  1. 1 Peter H. Davids Canada · #343,086 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Ian Boxall Canada · #765,406 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Brian Owens Canada · #789,019 worldwide 56 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Eric Franklin Canada · #951,565 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 J. B. McGovern Canada · #1,083,158 worldwide 2 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at St. Stephen's University

Which keywords describe research at St. Stephen's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Indonesia, Organizational Culture, Colonialism, E-commerce, Employee Engagement, Job Satisfaction, Pandemic and Digital Marketing.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Indonesia3▲ 15×2 topics
  2. Colonialism3▲ 14×6 topics
  3. Organizational Culture3▲ 17×2 topics
  4. COVID-193▲ 4.5×3 topics
  5. Pandemic3▲ 5.5×2 topics
  6. Social Media3▲ 4.1×3 topics
  7. E-commerce2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  8. Employee Engagement2▲ 31×1 topic
  9. Job Satisfaction2▲ 13×1 topic
  10. Public Health2▲ 3.6×9 topics
  11. Digital Marketing2▲ 12×1 topic
  12. History2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  13. Human Rights2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  14. Literature2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  15. SMEs2▲ 14×1 topic
  16. Civil Society2▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Ethics2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  18. Religion2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  19. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.9×4 topics
  20. Community Empowerment2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  21. Decentralization2▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management2▲ 4.3×2 topics
  23. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  24. Big Data2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  25. Digitalization2▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Economic Development2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  27. Culture2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  28. Gender2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  29. Consumer Behavior2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  30. Customer Satisfaction2▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Psychoanalysis2▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations1▲ 8.7×5 topics
  33. Ethical Issues1▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Legal Personhood1▲ 166×2 topics
  35. Responsibility1▲ 66×2 topics
  36. Service Quality1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Big Data Analytics1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Democracy1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Violence1▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Analytics1▲ 23×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Employee Performance and Management, SMEs Development and Digital Marketing, Religion, Society, and Development and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Employee Performance and Management: 2 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 2 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksModernist Literature and Criticism: 1 fractional worksLiterary and Philosophical Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…1Urban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksHannah Arendt's Political Philosophy: 1 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 1 fractional worksAustralian History and S…1Australian History and Society: 1 fractional works
Human Factors and ErgonomicsDemographySociology and Political ScienceManagement Information Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 2 works
  2. 2 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Modernist Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Literary and Philosophical Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.