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University of Windsor

In research, University of Windsor stands highest in Social Sciences (#930 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#627 of 6,365 worldwide) and Engineering (#914 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering, Gender Studies and Nature and Landscape Conservation — Automotive Engineering is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,999
of 28,054 · #1,156 all time
Rank in Canada
#37
of 403
Research works
25k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
428k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Windsor 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 #930 of 10,521 20.1%875 #655
Social SciencesField #627 of 6,365 19.3%442 #580
EngineeringField #914 of 6,636 16.1%791 #767
Physical SciencesDomain #1,835 of 12,888 17.1%1,608 #925
Health SciencesDomain #1,770 of 11,982 17.5%294 #2335
Computer ScienceField #1,028 of 4,667 21.9%360 #848
MedicineField #2,559 of 10,443 15.5%208 #4349
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #706 of 2,318 15.3%181 #916
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #667 of 1,884 22.9%134 #658
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #958 of 2,578 20.5%144 #662

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Windsor 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#655 #930
  2. Social Sciences#580 #627
  3. Engineering#767 #914
  4. Physical Sciences#925 #1,835
  5. Health Sciences#2,335 #1,770
  6. Computer Science#848 #1,028
  7. Medicine#4,349 #2,559
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#916 #706
  9. Artificial Intelligence#658 #667
  10. Sociology and Political Science#662 #958
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 Windsor specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 67.1 works4.2×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 37.0 works3.5×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 23.4 works3.3×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 45 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.36× its world share, 24 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.56× its world share, 360 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 791 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 174 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 89 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 35 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 208 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 86 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 87 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 56 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 171 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 442 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Windsor?

Ranked on the composite score, Alan S. Trenhaile, R. Hackam and Xueyuan Nie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Windsor.

  1. 1 Alan S. Trenhaile Canada · #32,321 worldwide 499 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 R. Hackam Canada · #32,529 worldwide 434 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Xueyuan Nie Canada · #32,690 worldwide 612 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Brian J. Fryer Canada · #49,446 worldwide 568 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Hoda ElMaraghy Canada · #53,909 worldwide 330 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 D. O. Northwood Canada · #54,212 worldwide 488 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Erwin Kreyszig Canada · #56,044 worldwide 242 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Byron P. Rourke Canada · #67,062 worldwide 311 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Ali Polat Canada · #67,464 worldwide 708 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Chunyan Lai Canada · #69,500 worldwide 189 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at University of Windsor

Which keywords describe research at University of Windsor?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Mechanical Properties, Mental Health, Electric Vehicles, Globalization and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Deep Learning193▲ 1.91×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning148▲ 1.53×73 topics
  3. Neural Networks100▲ 2.2×35 topics
  4. Climate Change91◆ 1.15×73 topics
  5. Globalization81▲ 1.39×70 topics
  6. Sustainability78◆ 1.08×58 topics
  7. Mental Health78▲ 1.80×37 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties73▲ 2.5×28 topics
  9. Environmental Impact54◆ 1.06×35 topics
  10. Renewable Energy52▲ 1.21×36 topics
  11. Heat Transfer47▲ 3.2×18 topics
  12. Identity44▲ 2.0×29 topics
  13. Healthcare43▲ 1.28×24 topics
  14. Electric Vehicles42▲ 4.8×4 topics
  15. Gender42▲ 2.6×31 topics
  16. Social Justice42▲ 2.4×31 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks41▲ 1.88×14 topics
  18. Lithium-ion Batteries36▲ 2.9×4 topics
  19. Microstructure34▲ 2.2×14 topics
  20. Thermal Management31▲ 3.2×6 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing29▲ 3.1×7 topics
  22. Large-Eddy Simulation26▲ 4.6×5 topics
  23. Intelligent Transportation Systems25▲ 5.8×4 topics
  24. Autonomous Vehicles25▲ 4.0×5 topics
  25. Reflective Practice24▲ 4.4×7 topics
  26. Battery Management Systems24▲ 5.2×1 topic
  27. Thermal Runaway24▲ 5.2×1 topic
  28. Thermal Analysis23▲ 6.2×7 topics
  29. Cultural Competence23▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Diversity23▲ 4.5×7 topics
  31. Intersectionality22▲ 4.1×10 topics
  32. Chemical Kinetics22▲ 8.3×2 topics
  33. Immigration20▲ 6.1×6 topics
  34. Teacher Education20▲ 5.5×4 topics
  35. Turbulent Flow19▲ 5.3×4 topics
  36. Fisheries Sustainability18▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Acoustic Communication17▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Driver Behavior17▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Electric Motor Drives16▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Permanent Magnet Machines16▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Windsor publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies.

Advanced Battery Technol…24Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 24 fractional worksElectric Motor Design an…16Electric Motor Design and Analysis: 16 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 14 fractional worksVehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 13 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 13 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…12Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 12 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 12 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 11 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceFluid Flow and Transfer Processes4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 24 works
  2. 2 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  4. 4 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 14 works
  5. 5 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  7. 7 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  9. 9 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 12 works
  10. 10 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Windsor's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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 Windsor

All research institutions in Windsor

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.