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Université du Québec

In research, Université du Québec stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,078 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#626 of 5,901 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,186 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, Computer Networks and Communications and Building and Construction (Urban Studies is 5.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,233
of 22,385 · #1,247 all time
Rank in Canada
#37
of 305
Research works
16k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
234k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%

What is Université du Québec 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 #1,078 of 10,670 9.4%2,184 #1067
EngineeringField #626 of 5,901 9.1%1,231 #649
Social SciencesDomain #1,186 of 9,585 11.9%962 #953
Computer ScienceField #657 of 4,417 9.9%533 #681
Social SciencesField #1,294 of 5,988 14.5%500 #956
Health SciencesDomain #2,523 of 9,902 10.0%368 #2382
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #620 of 2,176 10.3%312 #648
MedicineField #2,929 of 8,541 7.9%210 #2526
Health ProfessionsField #652 of 1,895 13.4%148 #913
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #899 of 2,526 14.8%216 #713

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université du Québec 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#1,067 #1,078
  2. Engineering#649 #626
  3. Social Sciences#953 #1,186
  4. Computer Science#681 #657
  5. Social Sciences#956 #1,294
  6. Health Sciences#2,382 #2,523
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#648 #620
  8. Medicine#2,526 #2,929
  9. Health Professions#913 #652
  10. Sociology and Political Science#713 #899
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Université du Québec work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Université du Québec is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,430 fractional works · 59.5% of its workEngineering: 1,349 fractional works · 33.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 339 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 162 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 154 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 118 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 113 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 103 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 100 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 59 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 51 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 599 fractional works · 14.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 164 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 152 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 100 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 90 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 196 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 105 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 51 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,072 fractional works · 26.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 560 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 238 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 64 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 190 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 76 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 146 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 73 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 59 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 419 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMedicine: 242 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 164 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 117 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 161 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeuroscience: 67 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversité duQuébec4,081fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering1,34933.1%
    2. Computer Science59914.7%
    3. Environmental Science1964.8%
    4. Materials Science1052.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy571.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences511.2%
    7. Energy330.8%
    8. Chemistry140.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering130.3%
    10. Mathematics110.3%
  1. Social Sciences1,07226.3%
    1. Social Sciences56013.7%
    2. Psychology1904.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1463.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities731.8%
    5. Decision Sciences591.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance441.1%
    1. Medicine2425.9%
    2. Health Professions1644.0%
    3. Nursing90.2%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Neuroscience671.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences581.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology290.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Université du Québec specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 64.3 works5.7×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 152.5 works4.2×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 99.6 works3.9×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 154.0 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: 0.30× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.89× its world share, 599 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.20× its world share, 1,349 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 196 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 105 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 58 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 164 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 73 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 146 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 59 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 190 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 560 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.20×1,349 works
  2. Computer Science1.89×599 works
  3. Psychology1.53×190 works
  4. Health Professions1.52×164 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.50×59 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×146 works
  7. Social Sciences1.08×560 works
  8. Neuroscience1.02×68 works
  9. Environmental Science0.97×196 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.94×13 works
  11. Energy0.89×34 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×51 works
  13. Materials Science0.74×105 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.63×58 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.62×73 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×44 works
  17. Nursing0.45×9 works
  18. Veterinary0.36×2 works
  19. Medicine0.31×242 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×58 works
  21. Mathematics0.23×11 works
  22. Chemistry0.22×14 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×2 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×29 works
  25. Dentistry0.11×2 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Université du Québec?

Ranked on the quality score, Isabelle Lehuu, Farley and Jean Munro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université du Québec.

  1. 1 Isabelle Lehuu Canada · #3,236,574 worldwide 260 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Farley Canada · #3,321,236 worldwide 231 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Jean Munro Canada · #3,370,806 worldwide 628 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Yong Zhong Xu Canada · #3,841,343 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Claude Crépault Canada · #4,044,718 worldwide 52 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 René F. Marineau Canada · #4,093,853 worldwide 271 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Gladys L. Symons Canada · #4,463,508 worldwide 269 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Alejandro Murrieta Mendoza Canada · #4,485,056 worldwide 136 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Yvon Leclerc Canada · #4,855,089 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Emmanuèle Auriac-Peyronnet Canada · #5,159,750 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Université du Québec

What are the most cited papers from Université du Québec?

The most cited paper from Université du Québec is "Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study" (Jay N. Giedd, Jonathan D. Blumenthal, Neal O. Jeffries et al., 1999), with 5,636 citations. Next come "Why do people use information technology? A critical review of the technology acceptance model" (4,208) and "Front-End Factor Analysis for Speaker Verification" (3,614).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study Jay N. Giedd, Jonathan D. Blumenthal, Neal O. Jeffries et al. · Nature Neuroscience Oct 1999 5,636
2 Why do people use information technology? A critical review of the technology acceptance model Paul Legris, John Ingham, Pierre Collerette · Information & Management 2 Dec 2002 4,208
3 Front-End Factor Analysis for Speaker Verification Najim Dehak, Patrick J Kenny, Réda Dehak et al. · IEEE Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing 10 Aug 2010 3,614
4 Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world Nicholas C. Pepin et al. · Nature Climate Change 22 Apr 2015 3,018
5 A review of active filters for power quality improvement Bhim Singh, Kamal Al‐Haddad, Ambrish Chandra · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 1999 2,362
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Université du Québec?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Sustainability, Risk Management and Institutionalization.

▲ 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 Learning281▲ 1.99×75 topics
  2. Machine Learning220▲ 1.62×81 topics
  3. Sustainability161▲ 1.62×67 topics
  4. Climate Change117◆ 1.06×77 topics
  5. Mental Health108▲ 1.85×39 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency100▲ 2.6×37 topics
  7. Neural Networks100▲ 1.58×36 topics
  8. Community Engagement92▲ 6.9×14 topics
  9. Healthcare86▲ 1.85×28 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties86▲ 2.1×31 topics
  11. Territorial Governance86▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Local Development85▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Internet of Things84▲ 2.4×22 topics
  14. Risk Management82▲ 4.2×12 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management81▲ 2.2×19 topics
  16. Social Justice62▲ 2.5×27 topics
  17. Institutionalization62▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Citizenship58▲ 12×7 topics
  19. 5G Networks56▲ 6.9×5 topics
  20. Gender Studies56▲ 9.0×5 topics
  21. Social Innovation56▲ 8.8×6 topics
  22. Artificial Neural Networks56▲ 3.0×8 topics
  23. Cooperatives55▲ 18×3 topics
  24. IoT Security55▲ 4.4×3 topics
  25. Solidarity Economy54▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Participative Evaluation54▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Power Electronics54▲ 4.1×8 topics
  28. Educational Policies53▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Ethnographic Research53▲ 26×3 topics
  30. Professional Practices53▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Public Action53▲ 36×1 topic
  32. RFID Technology49▲ 7.0×4 topics
  33. Additive Manufacturing48▲ 3.8×7 topics
  34. Security and Privacy47▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health46▲ 5.2×8 topics
  36. Facilities Management43▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Construction42▲ 7.8×3 topics
  38. Mobile Edge Computing42▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. BIM36▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Prefabrication36▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Université du Québec publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social Sciences and Governance, Education, sociology, and vocational training, BIM and Construction Integration and French Urban and Social Studies.

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 54 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 53 works
  3. 3 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 36 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 29 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 22 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 22 works
  8. 8 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 22 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 22 works
  10. 10 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 19 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université du Québec's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Université du Québec as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Université du Québec0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Université du Québec 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%Université du Québec10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2011.

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