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University of Calgary

In research, University of Calgary stands highest in Health Sciences (#85 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#100 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#161 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Veterinary and Safety Research — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#207
of 28,054 · #181 all time
Rank in Canada
#6
of 403
Research works
96k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7M
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Calgary 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 #85 of 11,982 19.3%4,346 #94
MedicineField #100 of 10,443 18.7%3,639 #101
Life SciencesDomain #161 of 7,800 22.6%1,458 #150
Social SciencesDomain #233 of 10,521 23.7%2,864 #155
Social SciencesField #169 of 6,365 25.6%1,362 #151
Physical SciencesDomain #372 of 12,888 19.9%4,217 #242
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #38 of 916 23.7%359 #64
Health ProfessionsField #82 of 1,928 22.7%578 #79
Computer ScienceField #236 of 4,667 22.0%703 #129
EngineeringField #337 of 6,636 20.0%1,775 #178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Calgary 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#94 #85
  2. Medicine#101 #100
  3. Life Sciences#150 #161
  4. Social Sciences#155 #233
  5. Social Sciences#151 #169
  6. Physical Sciences#242 #372
  7. General Health Professions#64 #38
  8. Health Professions#79 #82
  9. Computer Science#129 #236
  10. Engineering#178 #337
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 Calgary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 104.4 works3.2×
  2. VeterinaryField · 54.2 works3.1×
  3. Safety ResearchSubfield · 104.8 works2.9×
  4. Small AnimalsSubfield · 44.8 works2.8×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 188.9 works2.8×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 206 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 690 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 175 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 351 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 37 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.41× its world share, 63 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 173 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 703 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 259 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 128 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 1,775 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 529 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 270 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 118 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 198 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 578 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 3,639 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 63 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.10× its world share, 54 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 281 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 203 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 116 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 220 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 682 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 1,362 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Calgary?

Ranked on the composite score, Marcello Tonelli, Scott B. Patten and Andrew M. Demchuk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Calgary.

  1. 1 Marcello Tonelli Canada · #200 worldwide 5.9k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Scott B. Patten Canada · #1,125 worldwide 2.5k citations · 148 works
  3. 3 Andrew M. Demchuk Canada · #2,593 worldwide 965 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Eric E. Smith Canada · #5,850 worldwide 1.2k citations · 141 works
  5. 5 Arthur W. Frank Canada · #6,007 worldwide 585 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Samuel Wiebe Canada · #6,879 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Edward A. Silver Canada · #9,825 worldwide 1.1k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 Nathalie Jetté Canada · #12,305 worldwide 569 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Oliver F. Bathe Canada · #15,346 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Alain Verbeke Canada · #15,913 worldwide 1k citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at University of Calgary

Which keywords describe research at University of Calgary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Depression, Shale Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology747▲ 1.46×133 topics
  2. Inflammation351▲ 1.31×81 topics
  3. Deep Learning341▼ 0.77×76 topics
  4. Mental Health336▲ 1.78×43 topics
  5. Machine Learning328▼ 0.78×80 topics
  6. Climate Change314◆ 0.90×98 topics
  7. Risk Factors262▲ 1.85×37 topics
  8. Quality of Life252▲ 1.36×55 topics
  9. Treatment242▲ 1.55×49 topics
  10. Public Health237▲ 1.27×66 topics
  11. Depression223▲ 1.97×25 topics
  12. Globalization208▼ 0.82×99 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease188▲ 1.31×37 topics
  14. Diagnosis180▲ 1.50×41 topics
  15. Genetics167▲ 1.85×27 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders151▲ 2.1×20 topics
  17. Mortality135▲ 1.81×13 topics
  18. Global Burden128▲ 1.86×12 topics
  19. Anxiety128▲ 2.1×12 topics
  20. Pathogenesis123▲ 1.87×23 topics
  21. Prevalence117▲ 2.2×15 topics
  22. Shale Gas115▲ 7.1×2 topics
  23. Primary Care110▲ 2.3×14 topics
  24. Adolescents109▲ 2.3×11 topics
  25. Hydraulic Fracturing108▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Reflective Practice101▲ 4.2×7 topics
  27. Neuroimaging96▲ 2.8×11 topics
  28. Pore Structure92▲ 5.7×3 topics
  29. Porous Media90▲ 5.3×6 topics
  30. Surfactants89▲ 7.1×5 topics
  31. Gas Permeability88▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Nanopores85▲ 6.8×2 topics
  33. Mudstones82▲ 8.3×1 topic
  34. Thermal Maturity82▲ 8.3×1 topic
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease78▲ 5.3×5 topics
  36. Fracture Propagation75▲ 9.5×1 topic
  37. Shale Gas Reservoirs75▲ 9.5×1 topic
  38. Nanofluids73▲ 6.9×2 topics
  39. Pore-scale Modeling69▲ 15×1 topic
  40. X-ray Computed Tomography69▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Calgary publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques and Petroleum Processing and Analysis.

Hydrocarbon exploration …82Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 82 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…75Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 75 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…69Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 69 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and…46Petroleum Processing and Analysis: 46 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 43 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 43 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…40Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 40 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 37 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 36 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…35Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 35 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringAnalytical Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 82 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 75 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 69 works
  4. 4 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 46 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 43 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 43 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 40 works
  8. 8 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 37 works
  9. 9 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 36 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 35 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Calgary's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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.

Other research institutions in Calgary

All research institutions in Calgary

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.