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University of New Brunswick

In research, University of New Brunswick stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,541 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,685 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,222 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Geophysics and Oceanography — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,101
of 28,054 · #1,133 all time
Rank in Canada
#39
of 403
Research works
20k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
499k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is University of New Brunswick 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,541 of 12,888 22.2%1,362 #896
Social SciencesDomain #1,685 of 10,521 17.8%641 #1133
EngineeringField #1,222 of 6,636 21.7%510 #863
Social SciencesField #1,244 of 6,365 17.9%314 #942
Health SciencesDomain #2,353 of 11,982 15.7%281 #1793
Computer ScienceField #1,036 of 4,667 26.2%291 #557
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #539 of 1,884 29.3%117 #495
MedicineField #3,594 of 10,443 13.7%185 #3684
Environmental ScienceField #1,230 of 3,551 18.7%183 #616
PsychologyField #914 of 2,181 15.8%121 #930

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of New Brunswick 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. Physical Sciences#896 #1,541
  2. Social Sciences#1,133 #1,685
  3. Engineering#863 #1,222
  4. Social Sciences#942 #1,244
  5. Health Sciences#1,793 #2,353
  6. Computer Science#557 #1,036
  7. Artificial Intelligence#495 #539
  8. Medicine#3,684 #3,594
  9. Environmental Science#616 #1,230
  10. Psychology#930 #914
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 New Brunswick specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 29.1 works5.0×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 31.0 works3.6×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 21.4 works3.1×
  4. EcologySubfield · 57.3 works3.0×
← 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, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 90 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 510 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 183 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.40× its world share, 119 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.44× its world share, 78 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 185 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 94 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 121 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 314 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of New Brunswick?

Ranked on the composite score, Ali A. Ghorbani, M D Thomas and Kevin Englehart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of New Brunswick.

  1. 1 Ali A. Ghorbani Canada · #25,813 worldwide 947 citations · 99 works
  2. 2 M D Thomas Canada · #32,172 worldwide 812 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Kevin Englehart Canada · #39,235 worldwide 649 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Rongxing Lu Canada · #49,744 worldwide 1.5k citations · 194 works
  5. 5 Angkoon Phinyomark Canada · #52,643 worldwide 591 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Patrick Bergeron Canada · #60,219 worldwide 172 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Alan Sears Canada · #67,980 worldwide 119 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Paul F. Williams Canada · #68,182 worldwide 262 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Patricia Cranton Canada · #68,816 worldwide 182 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Harold Boley Canada · #86,233 worldwide 231 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at University of New Brunswick

Which keywords describe research at University of New Brunswick?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Mental Health, Additive Manufacturing and Immigration.

▲ 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. Machine Learning127▲ 1.59×60 topics
  2. Deep Learning124▲ 1.48×66 topics
  3. Climate Change119▲ 1.80×74 topics
  4. Mental Health74▲ 2.1×33 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties70▲ 3.0×31 topics
  6. Sustainability59◆ 1.00×55 topics
  7. Microstructure57▲ 4.5×17 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications57▲ 1.97×31 topics
  9. History50▲ 2.9×26 topics
  10. Identity49▲ 2.8×36 topics
  11. Public Health49▲ 1.37×37 topics
  12. Remote Sensing44▲ 1.47×26 topics
  13. Nationalism42▲ 3.8×19 topics
  14. Data Mining39▲ 2.1×10 topics
  15. Additive Manufacturing38▲ 5.1×6 topics
  16. Invasive Species36▲ 3.5×18 topics
  17. Nanocomposites36▲ 1.82×20 topics
  18. Cultural Identity35▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Security35▲ 2.2×17 topics
  20. IoT Security33▲ 4.2×3 topics
  21. Immigration32▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Gender31▲ 2.4×32 topics
  23. Language30▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. Social Policy29▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Canada27▲ 93×1 topic
  26. minorities27▲ 93×1 topic
  27. Smart Grid27▲ 2.9×8 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation25▲ 4.7×5 topics
  29. Fisheries Sustainability23▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Material Characterization22▲ 7.7×2 topics
  31. Process Parameters22▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Intersectionality21▲ 4.8×12 topics
  33. Metal Powders21▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Metallic Components21▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Selective Laser Melting21▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Differential Privacy20▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Federated Learning20▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Freshwater Biodiversity18▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Conservation Challenges17▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Flow Regulation17▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does University of New Brunswick publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Canadian Identity and History, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Canadian Identity and Hi…27Canadian Identity and History: 27 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…21Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 21 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…20Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 20 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…17Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 17 fractional worksCryptography and Data Security: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 16 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…15Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 15 fractional worksHigh Entropy Alloys Studies: 13 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…13Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 13 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMechanical EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 17 works
  5. 5 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 15 works
  8. 8 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 13 works
  10. 10 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 13 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of New Brunswick's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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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.