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Trent University

In research, Trent University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,180 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#267 of 2,181 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,466 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,842
of 28,054 · #2,190 all time
Rank in Canada
#72
of 403
Research works
7.5k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
180k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Trent 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 #1,180 of 10,521 20.6%406 #773
PsychologyField #267 of 2,181 20.4%69 #313
Health SciencesDomain #3,466 of 11,982 18.5%93 #5419
Social SciencesField #2,098 of 6,365 19.0%221 #1088
Physical SciencesDomain #4,698 of 12,888 17.0%363 #2319
Environmental ScienceField #1,503 of 3,551 19.1%178 #804
Life SciencesDomain #4,354 of 7,800 18.2%134 #3090
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,184 of 1,998 24.6%73 #746
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,554 of 2,578 18.3%78 #992
EcologySubfield #470 of 578 17.8%62 #482

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Trent 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#773 #1,180
  2. Psychology#313 #267
  3. Health Sciences#5,419 #3,466
  4. Social Sciences#1,088 #2,098
  5. Physical Sciences#2,319 #4,698
  6. Environmental Science#804 #1,503
  7. Life Sciences#3,090 #4,354
  8. Arts and Humanities#746 #1,184
  9. Sociology and Political Science#992 #1,554
  10. Ecology#482 #470
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 Trent University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.0 works8.4×
  2. EcologySubfield · 61.5 works7.9×
← 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: 1.33× its world share, 63 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.59× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.60× its world share, 178 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.52× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.28× its world share, 69 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 221 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Trent University?

Ranked on the composite score, Bryan D. Palmer, Paul T. P. Wong and Stephen Katz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Trent University.

  1. 1 Bryan D. Palmer Canada · #9,663 worldwide 258 citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Paul T. P. Wong Canada · #36,059 worldwide 576 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Stephen Katz Canada · #65,453 worldwide 141 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 James D. A. Parker Canada · #66,623 worldwide 385 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Hugh Elton Canada · #70,325 worldwide 80 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Peter M. Lafleur Canada · #73,937 worldwide 536 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Margaret Doxey Canada · #76,910 worldwide 84 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Keith B. Oldham Canada · #84,844 worldwide 510 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Chris D. Metcalfe Canada · #110,869 worldwide 387 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Gordon Winocur Canada · #124,122 worldwide 362 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Trent University

Which keywords describe research at Trent University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Colonialism, Identity, Mental Health and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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. Climate Change98▲ 3.6×66 topics
  2. Mental Health37▲ 2.6×32 topics
  3. Invasive Species36▲ 8.6×17 topics
  4. Globalization33▲ 1.69×51 topics
  5. Biodiversity30▲ 4.0×22 topics
  6. Identity30▲ 4.1×36 topics
  7. Population Dynamics27▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Public Health26▲ 1.83×36 topics
  9. History26▲ 3.7×27 topics
  10. Colonialism26▲ 5.5×27 topics
  11. Environmental Impact24▲ 1.40×26 topics
  12. Conservation22▲ 5.0×17 topics
  13. Gender22▲ 4.0×27 topics
  14. Social Support21▲ 3.7×12 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation20▲ 9.1×4 topics
  16. Water Quality19▲ 4.8×12 topics
  17. Nationalism18▲ 4.0×18 topics
  18. Resilience17▲ 3.6×12 topics
  19. Literature16▲ 2.9×26 topics
  20. Ethics15▲ 3.2×18 topics
  21. Eutrophication15▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Habitat Selection14▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Neoliberalism14▲ 4.0×15 topics
  24. Global Warming14▲ 3.4×11 topics
  25. Fisheries Sustainability13▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Bioaccumulation13▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Freshwater Biodiversity13▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Trophic Cascades13▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Pollution12▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Emotion11▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Conservation Challenges11▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Flow Regulation11▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Animal Movement11▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Occupancy Rates11▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Postcolonialism10▲ 8.1×12 topics
  36. Decolonization10▲ 12×6 topics
  37. Conservation Biology10▲ 9.6×4 topics
  38. Immigration10▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Anthropocene10▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Harmful Algal Blooms9▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Trent University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Fish Ecology and Managem…11Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 11 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…11Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 11 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…8Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 8 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …8Homelessness and Social Issues: 8 fractional worksMercury impact and mitigation studies: 6 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 6 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…6Canadian Identity and History: 6 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 5 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…5Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 5 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcologyPollutionGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 11 works
  3. 3 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 8 works
  4. 4 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 8 works
  5. 5 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  6. 6 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 5 works
  9. 9 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 5 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 5 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Trent University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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