Canadian Policy and Governance
Canadian Policy and Governance is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 5.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of border security measures, government policies, and neoliberal discourse on North American trade and economic integration. It delves into the implications of increased security on cross-border commerce, Canada-U.S. relations, and the broader context of globalization.
- Border Security
- North American Trade
- Cross-Border Commerce
- Neoliberal Discourse
- Trade Impacts
- Security Measures
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Economic Integration
- Government Policies
- Globalization
- Research works
- 5.3k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 536 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -10% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Canada
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Canadian Policy and Governance research?
By volume, Canada and the United States publish the most (399 and 165 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Canada
399 works
- 2
United States
165 works
- 3
Australia
51 works
- 4
United Kingdom
37 works
- 5
France
25 works
- 6
Russia
17 works
- 7
India
14 works
- 8
New Zealand
11 works
- 9
Mexico
9 works
- 10
Germany
7 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Canadian Policy and Governance research?
By volume in 2022-now, University of Calgary publishes the most Canadian Policy and Governance research, followed by University of Toronto and Carleton University.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
University of CalgaryCanada
25 works
- 2
University of TorontoCanada
23 works
- 3
Carleton UniversityCanada
23 works
- 4
York UniversityCanada
21 works
- 5
University of British ColumbiaCanada
21 works
- 6
Queen's UniversityCanada
20 works
- 7
McGill UniversityCanada
16 works
- 8
Western UniversityCanada
14 works
- 9
University of OttawaCanada
12 works
- 10
University of AlbertaCanada
12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Canadian Policy and Governance?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Canadian Policy and Governance include Joseph E. Stiglitz and Sandro Galea.
- 1
Joseph E. Stiglitz
United States
167k citations
- 2
Sandro Galea
United States
92k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Canadian Policy and Governance research done?
The largest centres of Canadian Policy and Governance research in 2022-now are Toronto (Canada), Ottawa (Canada), Montreal (Canada) and Calgary (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kingston, Ottawa and Calgary.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- KingstonCA · 22.3 works64×
- OttawaCA · 57.3 works43×
- CalgaryCA · 29.7 works42×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Canadian Policy and Governance than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Canadian Policy and Governance?
Among universities, judged by research, University of British Columbia, Australian National University and University of Victoria score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of British ColumbiaCanada |
63.1 | 12.3% | 24.4× | 21 | +33.4% |
| 2 | Australian National UniversityAustralia |
58.3 | 22.2% | 24.6× | 9 | +279.8% |
| 3 | University of VictoriaCanada |
56.9 | 30.9% | 52.2× | 8 | +123.8% |
| 4 | University of TorontoCanada |
51.7 | 11.3% | 16.1× | 23 | -27.2% |
| 5 | Toronto Metropolitan UniversityCanada |
45.1 | 23.4% | 58.8× | 9 | +52.0% |
| 6 | York UniversityCanada |
44.9 | 10.6% | 83.7× | 21 | +27.5% |
| 7 | McGill UniversityCanada |
44.6 | 8.5% | 23.2× | 16 | +176.3% |
| 8 | Carleton UniversityCanada |
43.1 | 8.1% | 115.6× | 23 | -0.9% |
| 9 | Queen's UniversityCanada |
42.3 | 5.7% | 68.2× | 20 | +28.7% |
| 10 | University of ManitobaCanada |
40.6 | 13.3% | 49.7× | 12 | +52.5% |
| 11 | Western UniversityCanada |
37.0 | 9.3% | 34.3× | 14 | +28.1% |
| 12 | University of CalgaryCanada |
36.9 | 7.2% | 51.9× | 25 | -73.0% |
| 13 | Dalhousie UniversityCanada |
21.4 | 16.4% | 38.1× | 10 | -9.9% |
| 14 | University of OttawaCanada |
20.1 | 6.3% | 25.9× | 12 | -41.2% |
| 15 | University of AlbertaCanada |
19.7 | 7.3% | 19.2× | 12 | -18.9% |
Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in Canadian Policy and Governance, country by countryIs Canadian Policy and Governance research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2017.
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 Canadian Policy and Governance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0037% in 2024.
Fractional works of Canadian Policy and Governance over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.
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