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York University

In research, York University stands highest in Social Sciences (#215 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#221 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#84 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, History and Philosophy of Science and Algebra and Number Theory — Public Administration is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#765
of 28,054 · #451 all time
Rank in Canada
#18
of 403
Research works
50k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is York University 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 #215 of 10,521 20.5%3,525 #81
Social SciencesField #221 of 6,365 19.5%1,863 #139
PsychologyField #84 of 2,181 20.5%522 #14
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #118 of 2,578 19.8%738 #93
Physical SciencesDomain #798 of 12,888 17.8%2,370 #546
Computer ScienceField #324 of 4,667 21.8%671 #371
Health SciencesDomain #1,125 of 11,982 20.8%855 #702
EngineeringField #807 of 6,636 16.0%777 #715
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #173 of 1,201 18.6%272 #118
MedicineField #1,646 of 10,443 20.4%587 #1197

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where York University 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#81 #215
  2. Social Sciences#139 #221
  3. Psychology#14 #84
  4. Sociology and Political Science#93 #118
  5. Physical Sciences#546 #798
  6. Computer Science#371 #324
  7. Health Sciences#702 #1,125
  8. Engineering#715 #807
  9. Political Science and International Relations#118 #173
  10. Medicine#1,197 #1,646
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 York University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 33.0 works8.3×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 61.8 works5.4×
  3. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 20.2 works4.3×
  4. MusicSubfield · 24.8 works4.1×
  5. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 215.6 works4.0×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 130 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 229 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.24× its world share, 269 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 63 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 671 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 73 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 777 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 311 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 77 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 165 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 168 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 251 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 587 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.25× its world share, 483 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 263 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 119 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.74× its world share, 276 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 522 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 1,864 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at York University?

Ranked on the composite score, Russell W. Belk, Paul E. Lovejoy and Stephen Gill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is York University.

  1. 1 Russell W. Belk Canada · #1,068 worldwide 1.6k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Paul E. Lovejoy Canada · #3,759 worldwide 413 citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Stephen Gill Canada · #11,057 worldwide 460 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Hugh R. Wilson Canada · #18,667 worldwide 960 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Roger Keil Canada · #18,825 worldwide 280 citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Dirk Matten Canada · #21,196 worldwide 616 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Hui Jiang Canada · #22,933 worldwide 938 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 John R. Miller Canada · #29,157 worldwide 841 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Ellen Bialystok Canada · #31,118 worldwide 616 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Debra Pepler Canada · #31,222 worldwide 578 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at York University

Which keywords describe research at York University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Neoliberalism, Mental Health, Nationalism, Colonialism, Human Rights 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. Globalization420▲ 2.9×119 topics
  2. Mental Health239▲ 2.2×41 topics
  3. Deep Learning230◆ 0.91×71 topics
  4. Climate Change224◆ 1.12×90 topics
  5. Machine Learning218◆ 0.90×81 topics
  6. Identity216▲ 4.0×59 topics
  7. Sustainability195◆ 1.08×77 topics
  8. Human Rights191▲ 2.5×56 topics
  9. History158▲ 3.0×45 topics
  10. Nationalism158▲ 4.6×27 topics
  11. Neoliberalism157▲ 5.9×25 topics
  12. Public Health155▲ 1.44×55 topics
  13. Colonialism150▲ 4.3×39 topics
  14. Neural Networks144▲ 1.26×38 topics
  15. Gender143▲ 3.6×44 topics
  16. Social Media139▲ 1.31×30 topics
  17. Ethics125▲ 3.5×39 topics
  18. Social Justice123▲ 2.8×38 topics
  19. Feminism110▲ 5.2×23 topics
  20. Immigration100▲ 12×9 topics
  21. Politics91▲ 4.5×20 topics
  22. Culture90▲ 2.3×27 topics
  23. Religion89▲ 2.5×33 topics
  24. Emotion74▲ 4.8×12 topics
  25. Neuroscience74▲ 3.4×14 topics
  26. Emotion Regulation73▲ 3.1×9 topics
  27. Intersectionality72▲ 5.3×13 topics
  28. Language69▲ 3.8×8 topics
  29. Social Policy69▲ 9.7×6 topics
  30. Discrimination66▲ 4.5×7 topics
  31. Cosmopolitanism64▲ 7.9×7 topics
  32. Postcolonialism59▲ 6.4×17 topics
  33. Cortical Connectivity55▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Imperialism54▲ 9.0×8 topics
  35. Neural Processing52▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Capitalism51▲ 10×6 topics
  37. Perceptual Learning51▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Sensory Integration49▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Visual Perception49▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Canada47▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does York University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Canadian Identity and History, Employment and Welfare Studies and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 49 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 47 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 26 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 26 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 26 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 25 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…25Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 25 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 24 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 23 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…22Migration, Health and Trauma: 22 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsModeling and Simulation3 others

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

  1. 1 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 49 works
  2. 2 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 47 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 26 works
  4. 4 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 26 works
  5. 5 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 25 works
  7. 7 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  8. 8 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 24 works
  9. 9 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 23 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 22 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has York University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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