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2026-08-24 · Research focus · Concordia University · Canada

What drives Concordia University's research

Ask where Concordia University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 17,389 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 75 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization; Antenna Design and Analysis; Software Engineering Research.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.8, against a world average of 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

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Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.

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