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Toronto Metropolitan University

In research, Toronto Metropolitan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#570 of 10,521 worldwide), Engineering (#545 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#432 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Building and Construction — Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality is 3.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,414
of 28,054 · #1,220 all time
Rank in Canada
#31
of 403
Research works
21k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
432k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Toronto Metropolitan University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #570 of 10,521 26.2%1,596 #488
EngineeringField #545 of 6,636 21.9%904 #406
Computer ScienceField #432 of 4,667 25.9%561 #541
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #246 of 2,578 27.4%348 #303
Physical SciencesDomain #1,326 of 12,888 22.4%1,978 #1086
Social SciencesField #704 of 6,365 26.0%786 #534
Health SciencesDomain #2,173 of 11,982 17.5%510 #1758
Business, Management and AccountingField #491 of 2,578 36.4%198 #304
PsychologyField #418 of 2,181 22.1%277 #449
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #396 of 1,884 28.5%173 #582

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toronto Metropolitan 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#488 #570
  2. Engineering#406 #545
  3. Computer Science#541 #432
  4. Sociology and Political Science#303 #246
  5. Physical Sciences#1,086 #1,326
  6. Social Sciences#534 #704
  7. Health Sciences#1,758 #2,173
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#304 #491
  9. Psychology#449 #418
  10. Artificial Intelligence#582 #396
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Toronto Metropolitan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality takes 3.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 35.4 works3.4×
  2. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 87.0 works3.2×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.67× its world share, 561 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.40× its world share, 904 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 216 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 83 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 54 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 181 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 310 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 135 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 198 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 76 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 123 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 277 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 786 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin M. Antony, Bin Wu and Kaamran Raahemifar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toronto Metropolitan University.

  1. 1 Martin M. Antony Canada · #11,029 worldwide 758 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Bin Wu Canada · #15,814 worldwide 1.2k citations · 136 works
  3. 3 Kaamran Raahemifar Canada · #37,456 worldwide 502 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Harald Bauder Canada · #44,845 worldwide 209 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Claus Rinner Canada · #46,249 worldwide 354 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Michael A. Chapman Canada · #53,912 worldwide 508 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Trevor Hart Canada · #56,282 worldwide 204 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Patrick Neumann Canada · #56,375 worldwide 371 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Mohamad Y. Jaber Canada · #62,448 worldwide 704 citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Amirnaser Yazdani Canada · #73,894 worldwide 449 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University

Which keywords describe research at Toronto Metropolitan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Immigration, Globalization, Neural Networks, Sustainability 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 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning270▲ 1.83×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning194▲ 1.37×80 topics
  3. Mental Health144▲ 2.3×39 topics
  4. Globalization142▲ 1.68×74 topics
  5. Sustainability140▲ 1.33×70 topics
  6. Neural Networks127▲ 1.91×36 topics
  7. Climate Change90▼ 0.77×72 topics
  8. Public Health88▲ 1.40×46 topics
  9. Social Media88▲ 1.43×28 topics
  10. Identity82▲ 2.6×39 topics
  11. Healthcare82▲ 1.67×24 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency80▲ 1.98×28 topics
  13. Environmental Impact80◆ 1.09×46 topics
  14. Immigration68▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Mechanical Properties68▲ 1.62×31 topics
  16. Social Capital67▲ 3.0×15 topics
  17. Internet of Things59▲ 1.57×19 topics
  18. Labor Market55▲ 4.3×7 topics
  19. Gender53▲ 2.3×33 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks53▲ 2.6×8 topics
  21. Security51▲ 1.80×22 topics
  22. Health Disparities50▲ 4.4×8 topics
  23. IoT Security50▲ 3.6×3 topics
  24. Social Networks50▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Ethnicity45▲ 2.8×17 topics
  26. Nationalism44▲ 2.2×21 topics
  27. Citizenship38▲ 7.4×6 topics
  28. Politics36▲ 3.1×13 topics
  29. Thermal Comfort36▲ 6.3×2 topics
  30. Intersectionality34▲ 4.4×12 topics
  31. Immigrant31▲ 10×2 topics
  32. National Identity30▲ 6.1×4 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism29▲ 6.2×5 topics
  34. Acculturation28▲ 8.7×2 topics
  35. Network Effects28▲ 9.6×2 topics
  36. Driver Behavior27▲ 8.2×2 topics
  37. Remittances27▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Transnational Families27▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Resettlement26▲ 6.9×3 topics
  40. Social Boundaries23▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Toronto Metropolitan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration and Labor Dynamics, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Migration, Refugees, and Integration.

Migration and Labor Dyna…27Migration and Labor Dynamics: 27 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…25Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 25 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 24 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…23Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 23 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…22Migration, Health and Trauma: 22 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 20 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 19 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…19Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 19 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 18 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsBuilding and ConstructionClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 25 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 24 works
  4. 4 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  5. 5 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 22 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 20 works
  7. 7 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 19 works
  8. 8 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 19 works
  9. 9 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 18 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 18 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toronto Metropolitan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

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