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Trinity Western University

In research, Trinity Western University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,182 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 5.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,653
of 22,385 · #8,118 all time
Rank in Canada
#160
of 305
Research works
780
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Trinity Western University

What is Trinity Western University 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,182 of 9,585 9.7%93 #3452

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Trinity Western 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Trinity Western University work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Trinity Western University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 109 fractional works · 62.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 16.8% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTrinity WesternUniversity175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences62%

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. Social Sciences5129.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities2916.8%
    3. Psychology148.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Medicine2111.8%
    2. Health Professions95.1%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Environmental Science73.8%
    2. Computer Science63.4%
    3. Engineering53.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Chemistry10.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Trinity Western University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 29.4 works5.8×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.83× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.69× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.83×29 works
  2. Psychology2.69×14 works
  3. Social Sciences2.30×51 works
  4. Nursing1.93×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.92×9 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.79×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.92×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.76×7 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×5 works
  12. Mathematics0.64×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.63×2 works
  14. Medicine0.61×20 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.44×6 works
  17. Chemistry0.43×1 works
  18. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×2 works
  21. Energy0.23×0 works
  22. Engineering0.21×5 works
  23. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.18×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Trinity Western University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, William B. Badke and Roderic F. Casali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Trinity Western University.

  1. 1 Sheryl Reimer Kirkham Canada · #319,347 worldwide 7.4k citations · 149 works
  2. 2 William B. Badke Canada · #491,664 worldwide 418 citations · 285 works
  3. 3 Roderic F. Casali Canada · #670,815 worldwide 1.5k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Bupe Anthony Siame Canada · #810,822 worldwide 2.2k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 R. K. Sinclair Canada · #956,298 worldwide 630 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Duncan Dixon Canada · #1,096,396 worldwide 388 citations · 208 works
  7. 7 Dominique Louis Debats Canada · #1,108,032 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Richard G. Sawatzky Canada · #1,145,053 worldwide 4.3k citations · 198 works
  9. 9 Myron A. Penner Canada · #1,549,758 worldwide 380 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Sonya Sharma Canada · #1,614,263 worldwide 539 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Trinity Western University

What are the most cited papers from Trinity Western University?

The most cited paper from Trinity Western University is "The Analytic Challenge in Interpretive Description" (Sally Elizabeth Thorne, Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, Katherine O'Flynn-Magee, 2004), with 1,818 citations. Next come "Association Between Maternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Child and Adolescent Development" (624) and "The development of an abbreviated form of the revised Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQR-A): Its use among students in England, Canada, the U.S.A. and Australia" (550).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Analytic Challenge in Interpretive Description Sally Elizabeth Thorne, Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, Katherine O'Flynn-Magee · International Journal of Qualitative Methods Open access Mar 2004 1,818
2 Association Between Maternal Perinatal Depression and Anxiety and Child and Adolescent Development Alana Rogers, Shelley Obst, Samantha J. Teague et al. · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Open access 14 Sep 2020 624
3 The development of an abbreviated form of the revised Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQR-A): Its use among students in England, Canada, the U.S.A. and Australia Leslie J. Francis, Laurence B. Brown, Ronald Philipchalk · Personality and Individual Differences Apr 1992 550
4 Culture Traits, Strength, and Organizational Performance: Moving Beyond “Strong” Culture Guy S. Saffold · Academy of Management Review Oct 1988 486
5 Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment Mei Zhuang, Yigal Achmon, Yuping Cao et al. · Environmental Pollution Open access 19 May 2021 387
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Trinity Western University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Globalization, Mental Health, Gender, African Christianity, Spirituality, Social Justice and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Religion15▲ 18×14 topics
  2. Globalization12▲ 3.4×24 topics
  3. Mental Health10▲ 4.1×26 topics
  4. Gender7▲ 7.7×16 topics
  5. Social Justice7▲ 6.3×11 topics
  6. Quality of Life6▲ 2.6×19 topics
  7. African Christianity6▲ 159×2 topics
  8. History6▲ 4.9×13 topics
  9. Spirituality6▲ 35×2 topics
  10. Identity6▲ 4.7×13 topics
  11. Nationalism6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  12. Leadership5▲ 6.2×12 topics
  13. Secularism5▲ 30×4 topics
  14. Philosophy5▲ 6.4×11 topics
  15. Politics5▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Development5▲ 7.7×2 topics
  17. Social Support5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Faith-Based Organizations4▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Social Services4▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Ethical Considerations4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  21. Health4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  22. Hermeneutics4▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Church History4▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Theology4▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Biblical Interpretation4▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Feminism4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  27. Psychological Adjustment4▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Public Sphere4▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Well-being4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  30. Ecclesiology4▲ 239×1 topic
  31. Monetary Policy4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  32. Pentecostalism4▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Biblical Monotheism3▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Jewish Society3▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Atheism3▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Pluralism3▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Career Development3▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Cultural Transmission3▲ 22×4 topics
  39. Global Christianity3▲ 113×1 topic
  40. Short-Term Missions3▲ 113×1 topic

Which research topics does Trinity Western University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Religion and Society Interactions.

Religion, Society, and D…4Religion, Society, and Development: 4 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…4Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 4 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…3Religion and Society Interactions: 3 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 3 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 3 fractional worksAyn Rand and Brontë stud…2Ayn Rand and Brontë studies: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Scientific Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesHealthEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 4 works
  3. 3 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 3 works
  6. 6 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 3 works
  7. 7 Ayn Rand and Brontë studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Historical and Scientific Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Trinity Western University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Trinity Western University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Trinity Western University0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Trinity Western University 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 counting10%20%Trinity Western University11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.7% in 2008.

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