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University of Alberta

In research, University of Alberta stands highest in Health Sciences (#69 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#92 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#28 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Family Practice and Paleontology — Transplantation is 3.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#146
of 28,054 · #112 all time
Rank in Canada
#4
of 403
Research works
138k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1M
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of Alberta 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
Health SciencesDomain #69 of 11,982 19.4%4,543 #50
MedicineField #92 of 10,443 18.6%3,702 #65
Health ProfessionsField #28 of 1,928 23.1%615 #41
Physical SciencesDomain #214 of 12,888 19.5%7,440 #164
Social SciencesDomain #186 of 10,521 21.1%3,482 #86
Life SciencesDomain #139 of 7,800 22.9%2,169 #118
EngineeringField #173 of 6,636 17.9%3,238 #121
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #107 of 3,579 21.7%1,067 #89
Social SciencesField #209 of 6,365 22.3%1,607 #92
PsychologyField #78 of 2,181 21.6%685 #83

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Alberta 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. Health Sciences#50 #69
  2. Medicine#65 #92
  3. Health Professions#41 #28
  4. Physical Sciences#164 #214
  5. Social Sciences#86 #186
  6. Life Sciences#118 #139
  7. Engineering#121 #173
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#89 #107
  9. Social Sciences#92 #209
  10. Psychology#83 #78
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 University of Alberta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 3.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 24.7 works3.1×
  2. Family PracticeSubfield · 20.9 works2.5×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 50.9 works2.4×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 592 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 1,067 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 158 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 294 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 58 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 64 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 314 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 1,074 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 442 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 165 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 3,238 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 1,064 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 508 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 228 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 342 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 105 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 615 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 3,702 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 95 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 26 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 509 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 198 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 221 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 262 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 685 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1,607 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Alberta?

Ranked on the composite score, Lisa Hartling, Janice M. Morse and Richard S. Sutton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Alberta.

  1. 1 Lisa Hartling Canada · #92 worldwide 5k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Janice M. Morse Canada · #1,758 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Richard S. Sutton Canada · #7,175 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Tongwen Chen Canada · #8,764 worldwide 2.3k citations · 186 works
  5. 5 Kerry S. Courneya Canada · #9,223 worldwide 1k citations · 118 works
  6. 6 Mark S. Boyce Canada · #10,428 worldwide 1k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 John A. Gamon Canada · #10,782 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Vickie E. Baracos Canada · #13,445 worldwide 661 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Scott North Canada · #14,739 worldwide 906 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Randall Mørck Canada · #15,417 worldwide 705 citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at University of Alberta

Which keywords describe research at University of Alberta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology754◆ 1.08×136 topics
  2. Climate Change557▲ 1.17×100 topics
  3. Machine Learning548◆ 0.95×86 topics
  4. Deep Learning500▼ 0.83×80 topics
  5. Inflammation434▲ 1.18×82 topics
  6. Sustainability326▼ 0.76×94 topics
  7. Quality of Life302▲ 1.19×56 topics
  8. Mental Health290◆ 1.12×42 topics
  9. Globalization287▼ 0.83×117 topics
  10. Public Health269◆ 1.05×65 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress265◆ 0.92×60 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease265▲ 1.35×38 topics
  13. Neural Networks260◆ 0.96×38 topics
  14. Nanoparticles256◆ 1.15×42 topics
  15. Treatment220◆ 1.03×50 topics
  16. Renewable Energy213▼ 0.84×48 topics
  17. Remote Sensing213◆ 0.98×36 topics
  18. Depression211▲ 1.36×25 topics
  19. Risk Factors209◆ 1.08×36 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties206▲ 1.20×36 topics
  21. Biomedical Applications201◆ 0.96×36 topics
  22. Identity194▲ 1.52×63 topics
  23. Optimization167▲ 2.0×26 topics
  24. Power Electronics149▲ 2.5×8 topics
  25. Heart Failure139▲ 1.83×14 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration135▲ 2.3×6 topics
  27. Model Predictive Control117▲ 2.5×6 topics
  28. Porous Media109▲ 4.7×6 topics
  29. Surfactants102▲ 5.9×5 topics
  30. Shale Gas98▲ 4.4×2 topics
  31. Mass Spectrometry93▲ 3.4×6 topics
  32. Pore Structure85▲ 3.9×3 topics
  33. Hydraulic Fracturing84▲ 4.3×2 topics
  34. Gas Permeability82▲ 4.6×2 topics
  35. Nanopores81▲ 4.8×2 topics
  36. Nanofluids77▲ 5.3×2 topics
  37. Mudstones76▲ 5.6×1 topic
  38. Thermal Maturity76▲ 5.6×1 topic
  39. Pore-scale Modeling75▲ 12×1 topic
  40. X-ray Computed Tomography75▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Alberta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Fault Detection and Control Systems.

Hydrocarbon exploration …76Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 76 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…75Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 75 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…62Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 62 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…60Fault Detection and Control Systems: 60 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 52 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 50 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…43Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 43 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 42 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 41 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…39Innovations in Medical Education: 39 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 76 works
  2. 2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 75 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 62 works
  4. 4 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 60 works
  5. 5 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 52 works
  6. 6 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 50 works
  7. 7 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 43 works
  8. 8 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 42 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 41 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 39 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Alberta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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