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Yukon University

In research, Yukon University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,665 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,816
of 22,385 · #16,847 all time
Rank in Canada
#229
of 305
Research works
346
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Yukon University

What is Yukon University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #12,665 of 17,446 8.9%165

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yukon 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Yukon University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Yukon University is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 48.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 33.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 12.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKYukon University86fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences34%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1213.5%
    2. Environmental Science1112.4%
    3. Computer Science89.8%
    4. Engineering89.8%
    5. Energy11.1%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1921.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities44.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.8%
    4. Psychology22.3%
    5. Decision Sciences11.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    1. Health Professions56.1%
    2. Medicine55.3%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.62× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.50× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.62×12 works
  2. Environmental Science2.50×11 works
  3. Health Professions2.32×5 works
  4. Veterinary1.83×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.73×19 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.55×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.30×1 works
  8. Computer Science1.27×8 works
  9. Energy1.25×1 works
  10. Nursing0.95×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.86×1 works
  13. Psychology0.76×2 works
  14. Engineering0.65×8 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×3 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  19. Medicine0.27×4 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.23×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yukon University?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick J. Sack, Michael Ross and Donald C. Murphy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yukon University.

  1. 1 Patrick J. Sack Canada · #1,391,156 worldwide 1.5k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Michael Ross Canada · #1,494,413 worldwide 465 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Donald C. Murphy Canada · #1,749,205 worldwide 2k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Panya Lipovsky Canada · #1,793,519 worldwide 180 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Adrian Png Canada · #1,895,243 worldwide 125 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Maurice Colpron Canada · #2,223,441 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  7. 7 Fabrice Calmels Canada · #2,519,335 worldwide 3.5k citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Alexander Poole Canada · #2,532,937 worldwide 208 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 David P. Moynihan Canada · #3,012,393 worldwide 230 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Heli Helskyaho Canada · #3,072,197 worldwide 68 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Yukon University

What are the most cited papers from Yukon University?

The most cited paper from Yukon University is "Distribution, Character, and Genesis of Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Terran" (Richard J. Goldfarb, Timothy C. Baker, Benoît Dubé et al., 2005), with 940 citations. Next come "Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison" (685) and "Canadian stroke best practice recommendations: Stroke rehabilitation practice guidelines, update 2015" (638).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Distribution, Character, and Genesis of Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Terran Richard J. Goldfarb, Timothy C. Baker, Benoît Dubé et al. Book chapter 2005 940
2 Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison Beth Shapiro et al. · Science Open access 26 Nov 2004 685
3 Canadian stroke best practice recommendations: Stroke rehabilitation practice guidelines, update 2015 Debbie Hébert et al. · International Journal of Stroke 14 Apr 2016 638
4 “Sustainability” in higher education Arjen E. J. Wals, Bob Jickling · International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Sep 2002 551
5 Trace element content of sedimentary pyrite as a new proxy for deep-time ocean–atmosphere evolution Ross Raymond Large, JA Halpin, Leonid V. Danyushevsky et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters Open access 20 Jan 2014 539
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yukon University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Plate Tectonics, Sustainability, Tectonics, Remote Sensing, Identity, Arctic and Big Data.

▲ 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-now 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 Change12▲ 5.3×31 topics
  2. Sustainability6▲ 3.0×20 topics
  3. Remote Sensing5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  4. Plate Tectonics4▲ 33×3 topics
  5. Identity4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  6. Big Data4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  7. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  8. Tectonics4▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Arctic3▲ 34×4 topics
  10. History3▲ 5.3×3 topics
  11. Nationalism3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  12. Thermodynamic Modeling3▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Geochronology3▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Zircon3▲ 46×1 topic
  15. Biodiversity3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  16. Cultural Identity3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  17. Hydrology3▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Language3▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Food Security2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  20. Ethics2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  21. Resource Management2▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Canada2▲ 245×1 topic
  23. Social Justice2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Social Policy2▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Arctic Indigenous Peoples2▲ 144×1 topic
  26. Cloud Computing2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  27. Distributed Systems2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Health Equity2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  29. Traditional Knowledge2▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Decolonization2▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Indigenous Health2▲ 168×1 topic
  32. Population Dynamics2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  33. Geological Mapping2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Analytics2▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Business Intelligence2▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Tomography2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Virtualization2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Habitat Selection2▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Yukon University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Canadian Identity and History, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Geological and Geochemic…3Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…2Canadian Identity and History: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…2Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…2Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…2High-pressure geophysics and materials: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceHealthGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  2. 2 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.4%domestic only70.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yukon University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Yukon University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Yukon University0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Yukon University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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