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Stantec (Canada)

In research, Stantec (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,985 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,356 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 12.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,519
of 22,385 · #13,402 all time
Rank in Canada
#170
of 305
Research works
807
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Stantec (Canada)

What is Stantec (Canada) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,985 of 10,670 3.1%180 #7673
EngineeringField #5,356 of 5,901 2.3%93 #7014

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stantec (Canada) 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 Stantec (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Stantec (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Environmental Science (15%), Computer Science (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 198 fractional works · 78.1% of its workEngineering: 99 fractional works · 39.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 36 fractional works · 14.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 38 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 14.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKStantec (Canada)253fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering9939.2%
    2. Environmental Science3815.0%
    3. Computer Science3514.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences124.7%
    5. Materials Science72.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.4%
    7. Energy10.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences114.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting41.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    4. Psychology31.3%
    5. Decision Sciences20.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Medicine145.7%
    2. Health Professions31.2%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Stantec (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 36.3 works12×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.80× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.61× its world share, 99 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.01× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.01×38 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.00×12 works
  3. Engineering2.61×99 works
  4. Computer Science1.80×36 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.85×2 works
  6. Materials Science0.79×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.72×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.62×4 works
  10. Energy0.60×1 works
  11. Nursing0.56×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×4 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.47×3 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.47×3 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×5 works
  17. Psychology0.41×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.35×11 works
  20. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  21. Medicine0.30×14 works
  22. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×3 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stantec (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard H. Guthrie, H.R.G.K. Hack and James R. Ferguson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stantec (Canada).

  1. 1 Richard H. Guthrie Canada · #878,494 worldwide 1.7k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 H.R.G.K. Hack Canada · #2,811,792 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 James R. Ferguson Canada · #2,996,524 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Stuart Guest Canada · #3,137,563 worldwide 241 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Loren D. Knopper Canada · #3,165,676 worldwide 1.2k citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Bill Rostenberg Canada · #3,206,889 worldwide 221 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Marc A. Skinner Canada · #3,584,397 worldwide 295 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Andrea Frisque Canada · #4,009,922 worldwide 135 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Art K. Umble Canada · #4,061,704 worldwide 129 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 R. D. Coombs Canada · #4,158,508 worldwide 15 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Stantec (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Stantec (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Stantec (Canada) is "Microplastics in aquatic environments: Implications for Canadian ecosystems" (Julie C. Anderson, Bradley J. Park, Vince P. Palace, 2016), with 624 citations. Next come "Real-World Subsynchronous Oscillation Events in Power Grids With High Penetrations of Inverter-Based Resources" (481) and "Neonicotinoids in the Canadian aquatic environment: A literature review on current use products with a focus on fate, exposure, and biological effects" (401).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microplastics in aquatic environments: Implications for Canadian ecosystems Julie C. Anderson, Bradley J. Park, Vince P. Palace · Environmental Pollution Open access 17 Jul 2016 624
2 Real-World Subsynchronous Oscillation Events in Power Grids With High Penetrations of Inverter-Based Resources Yunzhi Cheng, Lingling Fan, Jonathan Rose et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Open access 23 Mar 2022 481
3 Neonicotinoids in the Canadian aquatic environment: A literature review on current use products with a focus on fate, exposure, and biological effects Julie C. Anderson, Cory Dubetz, Vince P. Palace · The Science of The Total Environment 21 Oct 2014 401
4 A review on pipeline corrosion, in-line inspection (ILI), and corrosion growth rate models Hamid Reza Vanaei, A. Eslami, Afolabi Egbewande · International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 22 Nov 2016 381
5 The Soil Moisture Active Passive Validation Experiment 2012 (SMAPVEX12): Prelaunch Calibration and Validation of the SMAP Soil Moisture Algorithms Heather E. McNairn, Thomas J. Jackson, Grant Wiseman et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 13 Nov 2014 279
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stantec (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Pipeline, Climate Change, Liquefaction, Tunnel, Neural Networks, Analysis and Earthquake.

▲ 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. Deep Learning22▲ 2.6×42 topics
  2. Climate Change18▲ 2.6×39 topics
  3. Machine Learning17▲ 2.1×34 topics
  4. Neural Networks14▲ 3.5×19 topics
  5. Pipeline13▲ 50×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing11▲ 3.7×15 topics
  7. Liquefaction10▲ 48×2 topics
  8. Tunnel10▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Analysis9▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Earthquake9▲ 63×1 topic
  11. Seismic9▲ 63×1 topic
  12. Corrosion7▲ 23×4 topics
  13. Optimization7▲ 6.4×10 topics
  14. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Risk Assessment6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 3.2×10 topics
  17. Water Quality5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  18. Pitting Corrosion5▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Anomaly Detection4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  20. Defect Detection4▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Soil Properties4▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  23. Sustainability Assessment4▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Image Processing4▲ 3.8×6 topics
  25. Genetic Algorithms4▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Risk Analysis4▲ 16×2 topics
  27. GIS-based Modeling4▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Leak Detection4▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Natural Gas4▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Water Distribution Networks4▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Infrastructure4▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Reliability Assessment4▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Steel Structures4▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Hazard4▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Landslide4▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Urban Underground Space4▲ 125×1 topic
  37. Utility Tunnels4▲ 125×1 topic
  38. Reinforced Concrete3▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Satellite Imagery3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Sediment Transport3▲ 7.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Stantec (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Water Systems and Optimization, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis and Underground infrastructure and sustainability.

Geotechnical Engineering…9Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 9 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 4 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…4Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 4 fractional worksUnderground infrastructu…4Underground infrastructure and sustainability: 4 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…2Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 2 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 2 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and Durability: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 4 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  8. 8 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.2%domestic only59.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stantec (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Stantec (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Stantec (Canada)0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stantec (Canada) 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 2025Stantec (Canada)6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.9% in 2023.

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