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Research in Burlington

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Burlington, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are EVERSANA (Canada) and Cytodiagnostics (Canada).

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
18.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Burlington

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 Burlington?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Cytodiagnostics (Canada)Company 288 #19,859
2Nalco (Canada)Company 191 #33,949 all time
3EVERSANA (Canada)Company 161 #17,359
4Semtech (Canada)Company 132 #32,068 all time
5Joseph Brant HospitalHospital / health system 70 not ranked
6Forming Technologies (Canada)Company 57 not ranked
7Outotec (Canada)Company 27 not ranked
8ON Semiconductor (Canada)Company 23 not ranked
9Wescam (Canada)Company 14 not ranked
10EcoSynthetix (Canada)Company 11 not ranked
11Canadian Chlorine Chemistry CouncilGovernment institution 6 not ranked
12Natrix Separations (Canada)Company 5 not ranked
13Johnson Controls (Canada)Company 4 not ranked
14CNH Industrial (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
15Ontario Aggregate Resources CorporationInstitution 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.

Cytodiagnostics (Canada): 29.1%Nalco (Canada): 19.3%EVERSANA (Canada): 16.2%Semtech (Canada): 13.3%10 others listed: 22.1%29%largest
Cytodiagnostics (Canada)288 · 29.1%Nalco (Canada)191 · 19.3%EVERSANA (Canada)161 · 16.2%Semtech (Canada)132 · 13.3%10 others listed219 · 22.1%

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

Which fields of science does Burlington work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Burlington is in Health Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Engineering (9%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 139 fractional works · 49.1% of its workMedicine: 126 fractional works · 44.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 20.0% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBurlington283fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine12644.5%
    2. Health Professions93.1%
    3. Dentistry30.9%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Engineering279.4%
    2. Computer Science124.2%
    3. Environmental Science62.3%
    4. Materials Science41.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    7. Mathematics20.7%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance227.8%
    2. Social Sciences103.4%
    3. Psychology72.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities72.3%
    5. Decision Sciences51.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting41.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology176.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology82.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.5%
    4. Neuroscience41.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Burlington strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Burlington is most concentrated in Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5.4× the world share in Economics and Econometrics).

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 21.8 works5.4×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 21.8 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.66× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.02× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.02×22 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.66×7 works
  3. Medicine2.29×112 works
  4. Dentistry1.98×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.91×5 works
  6. Veterinary1.45×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×15 works
  9. Health Professions1.07×7 works
  10. Neuroscience0.94×4 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.84×6 works
  12. Psychology0.81×6 works
  13. Mathematics0.62×2 works
  14. Engineering0.61×23 works
  15. Computer Science0.58×11 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.44×6 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.41×4 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.40×0 works
  21. Nursing0.36×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.28×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.28×9 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×3 works
  25. Energy0.18×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.11×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Burlington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Genetic Mutations and Pharmaceutical Industry.

▲ 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. Quality of Life21▲ 5.2×31 topics
  2. Epidemiology20▲ 1.79×77 topics
  3. Cost-effectiveness Analysis14▲ 64×1 topic
  4. Health Utility Measures14▲ 64×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning9◆ 0.93×22 topics
  6. Inflammation8▲ 1.25×42 topics
  7. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.5×14 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 1.82×27 topics
  9. Diagnosis6▲ 2.3×27 topics
  10. Immunotherapy6▲ 2.9×16 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.5×13 topics
  13. Biomarkers5▲ 2.5×13 topics
  14. Chemotherapy5▲ 2.4×18 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.1×13 topics
  16. Heart Failure4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Drug Development Costs4▲ 55×1 topic
  19. Generic Drugs4▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Pharmaceutical Industry4▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Primary Care4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  22. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Rituximab4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  24. Autoantibodies3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  25. Radiation Exposure3▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment3▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  28. TGF-ß3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  29. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  30. Glycemic Control3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  31. Computed Tomography Angiography3▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Genomic Profiling3▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  34. Myocardial Perfusion3▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Biopharmaceuticals3▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Glaucoma3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. Prostate Cancer3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Immunogenicity2▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Bioanalytical Methods2▲ 43×1 topic

What research is done in Burlington?

Health Systems, Economic…14Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 14 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 2 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingImmunologyGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 14 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Burlington7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.9% in 1998.

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