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University of Ottawa

In research, University of Ottawa stands highest in Health Sciences (#130 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#148 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#219 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Internal Medicine, Linguistics and Language and Gender Studies — Internal Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#313
of 28,054 · #272 all time
Rank in Canada
#9
of 403
Research works
76k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
2M
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is University of Ottawa 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 #130 of 11,982 19.7%3,066 #126
MedicineField #148 of 10,443 19.0%2,537 #141
Social SciencesDomain #219 of 10,521 22.8%3,170 #238
Social SciencesField #180 of 6,365 22.6%1,631 #242
Physical SciencesDomain #394 of 12,888 17.8%3,214 #272
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #34 of 916 22.7%320 #58
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #100 of 2,578 21.9%659 #144
Clinical PsychologySubfield #30 of 738 26.3%253 #100
Computer ScienceField #227 of 4,667 22.1%684 #204
Life SciencesDomain #443 of 7,800 20.6%1,098 #370

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Ottawa 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#126 #130
  2. Medicine#141 #148
  3. Social Sciences#238 #219
  4. Social Sciences#242 #180
  5. Physical Sciences#272 #394
  6. General Health Professions#58 #34
  7. Sociology and Political Science#144 #100
  8. Clinical Psychology#100 #30
  9. Computer Science#204 #227
  10. Life Sciences#370 #443
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 Ottawa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Internal Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Internal MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works3.5×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 37.7 works3.1×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 102.3 works2.7×
  4. HealthSubfield · 81.4 works2.6×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 174 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 524 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 91 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 287 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 159 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 684 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 126 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 57 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 1,217 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 418 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 188 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 141 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 197 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 477 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.25× its world share, 2,537 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 363 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 224 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 114 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 206 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.97× its world share, 632 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1,631 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Ottawa?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeremy Grimshaw, Peter Tugwell and Vivian Welch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Ottawa.

  1. 1 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada · #68 worldwide 14k citations · 133 works
  2. 2 Peter Tugwell Canada · #1,033 worldwide 2k citations · 170 works
  3. 3 Vivian Welch Canada · #3,207 worldwide 14k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Jianping Yao Canada · #3,493 worldwide 1.2k citations · 130 works
  5. 5 Ruth McPherson Canada · #3,589 worldwide 2.1k citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Julian Little Canada · #4,678 worldwide 953 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 George A. Wells Canada · #4,781 worldwide 1.4k citations · 160 works
  8. 8 Ian D. Graham Canada · #5,456 worldwide 908 citations · 101 works
  9. 9 Ivan Stojmenović Canada · #6,094 worldwide 1k citations · 105 works
  10. 10 Chantelle Garritty Canada · #7,632 worldwide 4.7k citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at University of Ottawa

Which keywords describe research at University of Ottawa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Globalization, Public Health, Depression, Machine Learning 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. Epidemiology483▲ 1.16×131 topics
  2. Deep Learning354◆ 0.98×79 topics
  3. Mental Health311▲ 2.0×44 topics
  4. Machine Learning300◆ 0.87×86 topics
  5. Globalization277▲ 1.34×109 topics
  6. Climate Change255◆ 0.90×92 topics
  7. Public Health241▲ 1.57×63 topics
  8. Inflammation206◆ 0.94×82 topics
  9. Quality of Life206▲ 1.35×54 topics
  10. Depression183▲ 1.97×24 topics
  11. Risk Factors176▲ 1.52×37 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease165▲ 1.41×38 topics
  13. Treatment153▲ 1.19×50 topics
  14. Identity152▲ 1.98×57 topics
  15. Human Rights144▲ 1.33×60 topics
  16. Social Media142◆ 0.94×30 topics
  17. Healthcare135◆ 1.14×32 topics
  18. History132▲ 1.78×50 topics
  19. Nationalism124▲ 2.5×29 topics
  20. Gender123▲ 2.1×49 topics
  21. Social Justice113▲ 1.82×39 topics
  22. Anxiety109▲ 2.2×12 topics
  23. Religion105▲ 2.1×33 topics
  24. Social Support103▲ 1.75×18 topics
  25. Mortality100▲ 1.65×13 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations98▲ 2.7×19 topics
  27. Biosensors96▲ 1.76×12 topics
  28. Community Engagement94▲ 2.7×15 topics
  29. Democracy92▲ 2.4×23 topics
  30. Primary Care89▲ 2.2×15 topics
  31. Well-being88▲ 2.2×14 topics
  32. Immigration87▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Politics85▲ 3.0×20 topics
  34. Emotion Regulation85▲ 2.6×9 topics
  35. Adolescents84▲ 2.1×8 topics
  36. Health Disparities78▲ 2.8×9 topics
  37. Global Governance74▲ 3.1×19 topics
  38. Social Policy62▲ 6.2×3 topics
  39. Canada46▲ 37×1 topic
  40. minorities46▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Ottawa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Canadian Identity and History, Photonic and Optical Devices, Innovations in Medical Education and French Urban and Social Studies.

Canadian Identity and Hi…46Canadian Identity and History: 46 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…36Photonic and Optical Devices: 36 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 33 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 31 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 30 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 27 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 26 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…26Neural dynamics and brain function: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 24 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 24 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 33 works
  4. 4 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 30 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 27 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 26 works
  9. 9 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 24 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 24 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Ottawa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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.

Other research institutions in Ottawa

All research institutions in Ottawa

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.