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Research in Abbotsford

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Abbotsford, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of the Fraser Valley.

Research institutions
8
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1958-2026
69 years on the record
Abbotsford

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Abbotsford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of the Fraser ValleyUniversity 1,176 #4,113
2Abbotsford Veterinary ClinicHospital / health system 151 #26,543 all time
3Columbia Bible CollegeUniversity 28 not ranked
4Summit Pacific CollegeUniversity 22 not ranked
5Neova Technologies Inc.Company 6 not ranked
6British Columbia Blueberry CouncilGovernment institution 5 not ranked
7Vitalus Nutrition (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
8Vanderpol's Eggs (Canada)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of the Fraser Valley: 84.7%Abbotsford Veterinary Clinic: 10.9%Columbia Bible College: 2.0%Summit Pacific College: 1.6%3 others listed: 0.9%85%largest
University of the Fraser Valley1,176 · 84.7%Abbotsford Veterinary Clinic151 · 10.9%Columbia Bible College28 · 2.0%Summit Pacific College22 · 1.6%3 others listed12 · 0.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Abbotsford work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Abbotsford is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (14%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 221 fractional works · 48.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 124 fractional works · 27.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 46 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 7.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 104 fractional works · 23.1% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 82 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAbbotsford452fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences49%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12427.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities337.3%
    3. Psychology327.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting153.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.1%
    6. Decision Sciences30.7%
    1. Engineering378.1%
    2. Computer Science275.9%
    3. Environmental Science184.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.2%
    6. Mathematics40.8%
    7. Chemistry30.7%
    8. Materials Science20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Medicine6213.7%
    2. Health Professions173.8%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences276.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.9%
    3. Neuroscience71.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Abbotsford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Ethics, History, Social Justice, Mental Health, Identity, Religion and Gender.

▲ 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 city'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. Globalization24▲ 2.7×41 topics
  2. Mental Health18▲ 2.9×28 topics
  3. Sustainability18▲ 1.65×35 topics
  4. Epidemiology16▼ 0.86×42 topics
  5. History15▲ 4.8×18 topics
  6. Ethics15▲ 6.5×22 topics
  7. Identity14▲ 4.4×23 topics
  8. Social Justice14▲ 5.1×20 topics
  9. Machine Learning14◆ 0.90×30 topics
  10. Climate Change14◆ 1.10×43 topics
  11. Public Health13▲ 2.0×22 topics
  12. Religion12▲ 6.0×15 topics
  13. Social Media12▲ 2.0×15 topics
  14. Gender12▲ 4.9×20 topics
  15. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.0×12 topics
  16. Nationalism9▲ 4.4×11 topics
  17. Philosophy9▲ 4.4×12 topics
  18. Social Capital8▲ 3.6×10 topics
  19. Depression8▲ 2.1×14 topics
  20. Literature8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  21. Politics7▲ 5.8×9 topics
  22. Community Engagement7▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Feminism7▲ 5.0×8 topics
  24. Anxiety6▲ 3.0×9 topics
  25. Colonialism6▲ 3.0×14 topics
  26. Reflective Practice6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  27. Immigration6▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Injury Prevention5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  29. Cultural Competence5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Aesthetics5▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Social Policy5▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Psychoanalysis4▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Violence4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  34. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  35. Psychology4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Spirituality4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Byzantium4▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Career Development4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Eastern Mediterranean4▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Religious Identity4▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Abbotsford?

Byzantine Studies and Hi…4Byzantine Studies and History: 4 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…4Canadian Identity and History: 4 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 3 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 2 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Socia…2Psychoanalysis and Social Critique: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 2 fractional works
ClassicsSociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 4 works
  2. 2 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 Media Studies and Communication Communication 2 works
  5. 5 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  7. 7 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 2 works
  8. 8 Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Cultural Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Abbotsford15.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.7% in 2009.

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