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Université du Québec en Outaouais

In research, Université du Québec en Outaouais stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,163 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,662 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,321 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies and Clinical Psychology — Urban Studies is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,897
of 28,054 · #8,950 all time
Rank in Canada
#119
of 403
Research works
3.9k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Université du Québec en Outaouais 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 #4,163 of 10,521 14.7%444 #4244
Health SciencesDomain #5,662 of 11,982 12.9%153 #4731
Social SciencesField #3,321 of 6,365 13.6%242 #3862
Physical SciencesDomain #7,025 of 12,888 13.7%242 #7303
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,774 of 2,578 13.4%102 #2027
Computer ScienceField #3,324 of 4,667 15.6%78 #2905
EngineeringField #4,937 of 6,636 10.7%94 #3658
PsychologyField #1,657 of 2,181 16.1%105 #2206
MedicineField #8,859 of 10,443 14.1%80 #13118
Health ProfessionsField #1,710 of 1,928 11.5%68 #1780

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Université du Québec en Outaouais 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#4,244 #4,163
  2. Health Sciences#4,731 #5,662
  3. Social Sciences#3,862 #3,321
  4. Physical Sciences#7,303 #7,025
  5. Sociology and Political Science#2,027 #1,774
  6. Computer Science#2,905 #3,324
  7. Engineering#3,658 #4,937
  8. Psychology#2,206 #1,657
  9. Medicine#13,118 #8,859
  10. Health Professions#1,780 #1,710
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 Université du Québec en Outaouais specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 32.5 works13×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 51.8 works5.5×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.19× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.88× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.82× its world share, 105 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 242 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Université du Québec en Outaouais?

Ranked on the composite score, Stéphane Bouchard, Guillaume Desjardins and Rokia Missaoui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université du Québec en Outaouais.

  1. 1 Stéphane Bouchard Canada · #60,485 worldwide 327 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Guillaume Desjardins Canada · #67,135 worldwide 1.8k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Rokia Missaoui Canada · #189,868 worldwide 130 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Andrzej Pelc Canada · #203,627 worldwide 426 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Louis Favreau Canada · #211,350 worldwide 7 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Christophe Maïano Canada · #227,236 worldwide 77 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Denis Bourque Canada · #320,445 worldwide 7 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Paul R. Carr Canada · #419,468 worldwide 42 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Pierre Pageau Canada · #422,052 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Jacques Chevrier Canada · #444,269 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Université du Québec en Outaouais

Which keywords describe research at Université du Québec en Outaouais?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Institutionalization, Citizenship, Cooperatives and Social Innovation.

▲ 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. Mental Health70▲ 5.3×34 topics
  2. Community Engagement48▲ 16×9 topics
  3. Local Development44▲ 43×2 topics
  4. Territorial Governance44▲ 39×2 topics
  5. Deep Learning35◆ 1.13×44 topics
  6. Economic Development33▲ 4.5×9 topics
  7. Institutionalization32▲ 39×3 topics
  8. Climate Change32▲ 1.30×46 topics
  9. Social Justice31▲ 6.0×20 topics
  10. Citizenship29▲ 27×5 topics
  11. Cooperatives29▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Social Innovation29▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Participative Evaluation28▲ 89×1 topic
  14. Solidarity Economy28▲ 51×1 topic
  15. Public Health27▲ 2.0×27 topics
  16. Public Policy24▲ 5.4×11 topics
  17. Resilience23▲ 5.4×11 topics
  18. Gender Studies23▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Educational Policies22▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health22▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Ethnographic Research21▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Professional Practices21▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Public Action21▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Adolescents19▲ 5.6×9 topics
  25. Primary Care18▲ 5.3×13 topics
  26. Emotion Recognition18▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Social Cognition18▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Citizen Participation16▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Psychological Impact16▲ 5.5×9 topics
  30. Environmental Participation16▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Proximity and Innovation16▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Palliative Care16▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Neural Mechanisms16▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Object Recognition14▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Medical Ethics14▲ 11×4 topics
  36. End-of-Life Care13▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Face Perception12▲ 96×1 topic
  38. Visual Cortex12▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Healthcare Legislation12▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Patient Rights12▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Université du Québec en Outaouais publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Sciences and Governance, Education, sociology, and vocational training, French Urban and Social Studies and Face Recognition and Perception.

Social Sciences and Gove…28Social Sciences and Governance: 28 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 21 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 16 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 12 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 12 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…10Healthcare Systems and Practices: 10 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 8 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 7 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 6 fractional works
Urban StudiesSociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 28 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  4. 4 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 12 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 10 works
  7. 7 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 6 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Université du Québec en Outaouais's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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