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TransAlta (Canada)

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Research works
55
▲ 219% vs 2013–17
Citations
746
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: TransAlta (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.68× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at TransAlta (Canada)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Energy Efficiency, Optimization, Renewable Energy, Pipeline, Rock Mechanics, Tunnel and Iterative Decoding.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Machine Learning5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  3. Optimization3▲ 8.9×8 topics
  4. Renewable Energy3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  5. Deep Learning3▲ 2.3×9 topics
  6. Pipeline2▲ 36×2 topics
  7. Rock Mechanics2▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Tunnel2▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Iterative Decoding2▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Smart Grid2▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Analysis2▲ 25×1 topic
  12. Predictive Maintenance2▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Seismic2▲ 52×1 topic
  14. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 11×2 topics
  15. MIMO-OFDM1▲ 57×1 topic
  16. Space-Time Coding1▲ 29×1 topic
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  18. Comminution1▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Crack Detection1▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Defect Detection1▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Mineral Liberation Analysis1▲ 68×1 topic
  22. Pavement1▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Nonlinear Dynamics1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  24. Wave Propagation1▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Artificial Lift Systems1▲ 61×1 topic
  26. CMOS1▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Drug Trafficking1▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Electric Submersible Pumps1▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Game-Based Learning1▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Gamification1▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Geomechanical Processes1▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Law Enforcement1▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Oscillators1▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Privacy1▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Public-Private Partnerships1▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Recycled Materials1▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Risk Allocation1▲ 180×1 topic
  38. Seismicity1▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Stochastic Optimization1▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Uncertainty1▲ 37×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Electric Power System Optimization, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis and Offshore Engineering and Technologies.

Geotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksElectric Power System Optimization: 0 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 0 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…0Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 0 fractional worksCanadian Policy and Governance: 0 fractional worksIntegrated Energy System…0Integrated Energy Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksPower System Reliability and Maintenance: 0 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical EngineeringOcean Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Electric Power System Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Canadian Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Power System Reliability and Maintenance Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 0 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 available13.1%not open86.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 219% 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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