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Research in Antigonish

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Antigonish, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are St. Francis Xavier University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.9k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
92k
18.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Antigonish

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 Antigonish?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1St. Francis Xavier UniversityUniversity 4,903 #5,059

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.

Which fields of science does Antigonish work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Antigonish is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (8%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 394 fractional works · 54.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 242 fractional works · 33.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 87 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEducation: 58 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 8.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 187 fractional works · 25.8% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 97 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 44 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAntigonish727fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences24233.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities598.1%
    3. Psychology517.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting202.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance141.9%
    6. Decision Sciences81.1%
    1. Computer Science506.8%
    2. Environmental Science415.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences364.9%
    4. Engineering273.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy121.6%
    6. Mathematics81.2%
    7. Chemistry60.8%
    8. Materials Science50.7%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine486.6%
    2. Health Professions446.1%
    3. Nursing40.6%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences253.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology121.6%
    3. Neuroscience91.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Antigonish?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Globalization, Nationalism, History, Gender, Climate Change, Reflective Practice and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Globalization44▲ 3.1×63 topics
  2. Identity40▲ 7.6×38 topics
  3. Climate Change33▲ 1.65×57 topics
  4. Mental Health25▲ 2.4×29 topics
  5. Education24▲ 1.92×36 topics
  6. History23▲ 4.6×22 topics
  7. Nationalism22▲ 6.8×18 topics
  8. Gender20▲ 5.2×27 topics
  9. Human Rights18▲ 2.5×24 topics
  10. Social Justice17▲ 3.9×23 topics
  11. Religion17▲ 5.0×19 topics
  12. Public Health17▲ 1.57×24 topics
  13. Colonialism17▲ 4.8×21 topics
  14. Literature14▲ 3.6×21 topics
  15. Reflective Practice14▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Philosophy14▲ 4.4×16 topics
  17. Cultural Identity13▲ 3.7×14 topics
  18. Neoliberalism13▲ 5.0×16 topics
  19. Culture13▲ 3.4×15 topics
  20. Benthic Communities13▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Ethics13▲ 3.5×20 topics
  22. Marine Biodiversity13▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Social Policy13▲ 19×5 topics
  24. Immigration12▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Professional Development11▲ 7.5×9 topics
  26. Technology Integration11▲ 4.9×8 topics
  27. Health Promotion11▲ 4.8×7 topics
  28. Language11▲ 6.1×5 topics
  29. Teacher Professional Development11▲ 9.0×5 topics
  30. Health Equity10▲ 4.5×5 topics
  31. International Relations9▲ 5.3×13 topics
  32. Coastal Protection9▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Canada9▲ 108×1 topic
  35. minorities9▲ 108×1 topic
  36. Academic Achievement8▲ 6.5×9 topics
  37. Professional Learning Communities8▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Climate Change Impacts8▲ 9.0×5 topics
  39. Ocean Acidification8▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Gender Dynamics7▲ 9.1×5 topics

What research is done in Antigonish?

Canadian Identity and History: 9 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…5Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…5Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 5 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 4 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…4Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 4 fractional worksAdult and Continuing Education Topics: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…3Education and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOceanographyEducationGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 5 works
  5. 5 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 works
  8. 8 Adult and Continuing Education Topics Education 4 works
  9. 9 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  10. 10 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works

Research output over time

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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 counting20%40%Antigonish17.5% 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 31.0% in 2013.

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