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University of Regina

In research, University of Regina stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,033 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#857 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,196 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability and Ocean Engineering — Statistics and Probability is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,537
of 28,054 · #2,031 all time
Rank in Canada
#52
of 403
Research works
13k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
288k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Regina 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 #1,033 of 10,521 22.3%683 #855
Social SciencesField #857 of 6,365 20.4%328 #908
Physical SciencesDomain #2,196 of 12,888 17.6%1,131 #1882
EngineeringField #1,536 of 6,636 16.8%416 #1615
Health SciencesDomain #3,227 of 11,982 18.7%240 #2310
MedicineField #3,293 of 10,443 19.7%166 #2939
Computer ScienceField #1,483 of 4,667 23.7%231 #857
Environmental ScienceField #1,187 of 3,551 20.1%213 #740
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #914 of 2,578 20.4%125 #664
Business, Management and AccountingField #957 of 2,578 37.3%73 #1106

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Regina 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#855 #1,033
  2. Social Sciences#908 #857
  3. Physical Sciences#1,882 #2,196
  4. Engineering#1,615 #1,536
  5. Health Sciences#2,310 #3,227
  6. Medicine#2,939 #3,293
  7. Computer Science#857 #1,483
  8. Environmental Science#740 #1,187
  9. Sociology and Political Science#664 #914
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#1,106 #957
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 Regina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 27.1 works5.8×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 57.2 works5.0×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.20× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 33 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 231 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.26× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.27× its world share, 416 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.96× its world share, 213 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.60× its world share, 67 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 73 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 114 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 328 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Regina?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Viraraghavan, Paul Hart and Yiyu Yao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Regina.

  1. 1 T. Viraraghavan Canada · #12,172 worldwide 626 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Paul Hart Canada · #24,897 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Yiyu Yao Canada · #30,175 worldwide 1.1k citations · 137 works
  4. 4 Wojciech Ziarko Canada · #31,774 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 S. K. M. Wong Canada · #47,657 worldwide 421 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Raphael Idem Canada · #82,924 worldwide 618 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 R. Nicholas Carleton Canada · #123,849 worldwide 290 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul Canada · #124,577 worldwide 842 citations · 101 works
  9. 9 R. Mark Brigham Canada · #128,976 worldwide 284 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Margot Hurlbert Canada · #145,840 worldwide 203 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at University of Regina

Which keywords describe research at University of Regina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Assessment, Mental Health and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Climate Change110▲ 1.88×70 topics
  2. Sustainability106▲ 1.98×62 topics
  3. Machine Learning102▲ 1.42×73 topics
  4. Deep Learning95▲ 1.27×70 topics
  5. Environmental Impact69▲ 1.85×44 topics
  6. Mental Health61▲ 1.91×34 topics
  7. Globalization60▲ 1.39×64 topics
  8. Renewable Energy59▲ 1.87×38 topics
  9. Identity44▲ 2.7×33 topics
  10. Nanoparticles41▲ 1.50×18 topics
  11. Remote Sensing39▲ 1.43×26 topics
  12. Life Cycle Assessment37▲ 6.1×8 topics
  13. Nationalism36▲ 3.5×17 topics
  14. Recycling35▲ 4.1×9 topics
  15. Waste Management32▲ 3.6×6 topics
  16. Colonialism32▲ 3.1×22 topics
  17. Global Warming29▲ 3.3×11 topics
  18. Optimization27▲ 2.7×17 topics
  19. Gas Permeability25▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Hydraulic Fracturing24▲ 9.8×2 topics
  21. Surfactants24▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Porous Media24▲ 8.2×4 topics
  23. Greenhouse Gas Emissions22▲ 3.8×6 topics
  24. Shale Gas22▲ 8.0×2 topics
  25. CO2 Sequestration22▲ 5.2×4 topics
  26. Nanofluids21▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Pore-scale Modeling21▲ 26×1 topic
  28. X-ray Computed Tomography21▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Extraction21▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Pore Structure20▲ 7.5×2 topics
  31. Thermodynamic Properties20▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Immigration19▲ 7.8×5 topics
  33. Fracture Propagation19▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Shale Gas Reservoirs19▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Nanopores18▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Mudstones18▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Thermal Maturity18▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Municipal Solid Waste17▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Carbon Dioxide Capture16▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Decolonization16▲ 8.9×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Regina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Te…21Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 21 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…19Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 19 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 18 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 15 fractional worksPhase Equilibria and Thermodynamics: 15 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 14 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 13 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…13Canadian Identity and History: 13 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 12 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 11 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 21 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 19 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 18 works
  4. 4 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  5. 5 Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  6. 6 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 13 works
  8. 8 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  9. 9 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 11 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Regina'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.

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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.