Research in Burnaby
Science Explorer records 46 research institutions in Burnaby, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Simon Fraser University, British Columbia Institute of Technology and Delta-Q Technologies (Canada).
- Research institutions
- 46 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 49k ▼ 6% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.4M 28.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 20.8% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Burnaby?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Burnaby work in?
In 2022-now, 42% of research in Burnaby is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences2,97541.8%
- Computer Science94213.2%
- Engineering84811.9%
- Environmental Science4296.0%
- Physics and Astronomy1982.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1482.1%
- Mathematics1361.9%
- Materials Science1221.7%
- Chemistry761.1%
- Energy610.9%
- Chemical Engineering160.2%
- Social Sciences2,58736.3%
- Social Sciences1,34618.9%
- Psychology4566.4%
- Arts and Humanities3064.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2012.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting1962.8%
- Decision Sciences811.1%
- Health Sciences89712.6%
- Medicine6729.4%
- Health Professions2022.8%
- Nursing100.1%
- Dentistry70.1%
- Veterinary40.1%
- Life Sciences6649.3%
What is Burnaby strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Burnaby is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Health (5.8× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).
- Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 75.7 works5.8×
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 20.6 works3.9×
- HealthSubfield · 71.2 works3.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology2.06×400 works
- Computer Science1.72×848 works
- Mathematics1.61×120 works
- Arts and Humanities1.52×280 works
- Social Sciences1.52×1,224 works
- Neuroscience1.36×140 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×186 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.27×180 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×124 works
- Environmental Science1.17×368 works
- Decision Sciences1.17×72 works
- Health Professions1.09×183 works
- Energy0.95×55 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.88×181 works
- Engineering0.80×766 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×240 works
- Chemistry0.67×67 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×14 works
- Chemical Engineering0.63×14 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×159 works
- Materials Science0.49×109 works
- Medicine0.47×580 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.42×27 works
- Veterinary0.37×3 works
- Nursing0.28×9 works
- Dentistry0.23×7 works
Which keywords describe research in Burnaby?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Public Health, Social Support and Neighborhood Effects.
- Interaction Design
- Polymer Electrolyte Membranes
- Youth Violence
- Aesthetics
- Immigration
- Criminal Behavior
- Discrimination
- Neighborhood Effects
- Health Disparities
- Health Equity
- Ethics
- History
- Social Justice
- Social Support
- Identity
- Social Media
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Neural Networks
- Education
- Remote Sensing
- Big Data
- Nationalism
- Neoliberalism
- Gender
- Feminism
- Neuroscience
- User Experience
- Emotion
- Substance Abuse
- Participatory Design
- Health Behavior Change
- Approximation Algorithms
- Design Research
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
- Deep Learning302▲ 1.23×74 topics
- Climate Change283▲ 1.46×96 topics
- Globalization259▲ 1.85×108 topics
- Machine Learning239◆ 1.01×80 topics
- Epidemiology186▼ 0.66×121 topics
- Mental Health185▲ 1.81×40 topics
- Public Health164▲ 1.58×53 topics
- Sustainability153◆ 0.88×86 topics
- Neural Networks127◆ 1.15×39 topics
- Social Media122▲ 1.24×33 topics
- Education114◆ 0.93×83 topics
- Identity102▲ 1.97×52 topics
- Remote Sensing97◆ 1.11×33 topics
- Social Support94▲ 2.5×18 topics
- Big Data89▲ 1.30×24 topics
- Social Justice85▲ 2.0×32 topics
- Nationalism83▲ 2.6×25 topics
- History83▲ 1.68×39 topics
- Neoliberalism78▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Ethics76▲ 2.1×38 topics
- Gender74▲ 1.94×43 topics
- Health Equity64▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Feminism59▲ 2.8×19 topics
- Health Disparities58▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Neuroscience56▲ 2.6×14 topics
- Neighborhood Effects55▲ 7.2×3 topics
- User Experience52▲ 8.7×3 topics
- Discrimination51▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Emotion49▲ 3.3×12 topics
- Criminal Behavior45▲ 15×2 topics
- Substance Abuse44▲ 9.0×2 topics
- Immigration42▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Participatory Design41▲ 11×2 topics
- Aesthetics38▲ 6.7×9 topics
- Health Behavior Change38▲ 9.8×2 topics
- Youth Violence37▲ 11×3 topics
- Approximation Algorithms35▲ 6.6×5 topics
- Polymer Electrolyte Membranes34▲ 6.7×1 topic
- Design Research33▲ 16×1 topic
- Interaction Design33▲ 16×1 topic
What research is done in Burnaby?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
- 2 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 28 works
- 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 24 works
- 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 22 works
- 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 21 works
- 6 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 20 works
- 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 20 works
- 8 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 19 works
- 9 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 19 works
- 10 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 19 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.6% in 2008.
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