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University of Winnipeg

In research, University of Winnipeg stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,040 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,984 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,275 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory — Literature and Literary Theory is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,157
of 28,054 · #3,968 all time
Rank in Canada
#108
of 403
Research works
6.8k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
105k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Winnipeg 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 #3,040 of 10,521 14.5%430 #1538
Social SciencesField #1,984 of 6,365 14.7%245 #1362
Physical SciencesDomain #4,275 of 12,888 13.7%245 #3283
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,474 of 2,578 16.5%94 #1038
Health SciencesDomain #8,629 of 11,982 9.8%137 #6463
MedicineField #7,819 of 10,443 8.6%103 #6371
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,623 of 1,998 9.7%91 #1058
Life SciencesDomain #6,624 of 7,800 18.2%83 #4836
Computer ScienceField #4,171 of 4,667 11.1%69 #3615

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Winnipeg 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#1,538 #3,040
  2. Social Sciences#1,362 #1,984
  3. Physical Sciences#3,283 #4,275
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,038 #1,474
  5. Health Sciences#6,463 #8,629
  6. Medicine#6,371 #7,819
  7. Arts and Humanities#1,058 #1,623
  8. Life Sciences#4,836 #6,624
  9. Computer Science#3,615 #4,171
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 Winnipeg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 28.4 works6.0×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.74× its world share, 35 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.51× its world share, 91 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.08× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 245 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Winnipeg?

Ranked on the composite score, David Topper, Jennifer S. H. Brown and Perry Nodelman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Winnipeg.

  1. 1 David Topper Canada · #15,588 worldwide 256 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Jennifer S. H. Brown Canada · #106,515 worldwide 73 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Perry Nodelman Canada · #130,162 worldwide 108 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 E. A. Cloutis Canada · #131,460 worldwide 739 citations · 169 works
  5. 5 Douglas Walton Canada · #134,971 worldwide 153 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Lloyd Axworthy Canada · #162,316 worldwide 68 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Beverley Fehr Canada · #171,738 worldwide 463 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Uma Parameswaran Canada · #206,125 worldwide 52 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Xiao‐yuan Dong Canada · #229,753 worldwide 110 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Jacques Tardif Canada · #245,814 worldwide 121 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at University of Winnipeg

Which keywords describe research at University of Winnipeg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Globalization, Climate Change, Gender, Literature, History, Colonialism and Postcolonialism.

▲ 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. Globalization47▲ 2.7×57 topics
  2. Climate Change47▲ 1.93×59 topics
  3. Identity34▲ 5.3×34 topics
  4. Mental Health29▲ 2.2×27 topics
  5. Deep Learning29◆ 0.95×54 topics
  6. Gender26▲ 5.5×33 topics
  7. History26▲ 4.2×21 topics
  8. Machine Learning26◆ 0.90×50 topics
  9. Literature26▲ 5.3×27 topics
  10. Education24▲ 1.53×37 topics
  11. Colonialism23▲ 5.4×25 topics
  12. Social Justice21▲ 4.1×25 topics
  13. Nationalism20▲ 4.8×18 topics
  14. Postcolonialism18▲ 16×13 topics
  15. Race16▲ 16×14 topics
  16. Culture15▲ 3.3×14 topics
  17. Religion15▲ 3.6×22 topics
  18. Cultural Identity15▲ 3.2×14 topics
  19. Ethics14▲ 3.3×21 topics
  20. Health13▲ 3.7×13 topics
  21. Society13▲ 7.5×10 topics
  22. Feminism13▲ 5.0×13 topics
  23. Invasive Species13▲ 3.3×14 topics
  24. Cultural Studies12▲ 3.5×19 topics
  25. Neoliberalism12▲ 3.7×15 topics
  26. Immigration11▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Vulnerability11▲ 5.2×7 topics
  28. Violence10▲ 7.8×8 topics
  29. Politics10▲ 4.1×13 topics
  30. Racial Disparities10▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Teacher Education9▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Decolonization9▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Youth Violence8▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Settler Colonialism8▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Social Policy8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Cosmopolitanism8▲ 8.3×7 topics
  37. Mass Incarceration8▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Prison System8▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Indigenous Knowledge Systems8▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Anthropocene7▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Winnipeg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Canadian Identity and History and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Criminal Justice and Cor…8Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 8 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…7Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 7 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 7 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 5 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 5 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…5EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 5 fractional worksEmotion and Mood Recognition: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealthGeneral Health ProfessionsClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 7 works
  3. 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 5 works
  6. 6 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  9. 9 Emotion and Mood Recognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Winnipeg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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 Winnipeg

All research institutions in Winnipeg

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.