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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Simon Fraser UniversityUniversity 45,581 #392
2British Columbia Institute of TechnologyUniversity 904 #9,402
3Burnaby HospitalHospital / health system 412 #5,467 all time
4Microsemi (Canada)Company 275 #20,981 all time
5Alpha Technologies (Canada)Company 234 #17,755
6Delta-Q Technologies (Canada)Company 219 #14,838
7Ballard Power Systems (Canada)Company 157 #29,049 all time
8D-Wave Systems (Canada)Company 155 #27,248 all time
9Pacific Centre for Reproductive MedicineHospital / health system 118 not ranked
10Xenon Pharmaceuticals (Canada)Company 110 not ranked
11Electronic Arts (Canada)Company 98 not ranked
12Inimex Pharmaceuticals (Canada)Company 95 not ranked
13General Fusion (Canada)Company 59 not ranked
14Arbutus Biopharma (Canada)Company 49 not ranked
15Institute of Indigenous Peoples' HealthResearch facility 45 not ranked
16Digital Payment Technologies (Canada)Company 40 not ranked
17Neil Squire SocietyNonprofit 34 not ranked
18OceanWorks International (Canada)Company 28 not ranked
19Kerr Wood Leidal Associates (Canada)Company 27 not ranked
20Nautilus EnvironmentalCompany 24 not ranked
21Innovative Targeting Solutions (Canada)Company 21 not ranked
22Down Syndrome Research FoundationInstitution 20 not ranked
23TerraBioGen (Canada)Company 19 not ranked
24Phoenix Technologies (Canada)Company 16 not ranked
25Coanda Research and Development Corporation (Canada)Company 15 not ranked
26Welichem Biotech (Canada)Company 15 not ranked
27Culex EnvironmentalInstitution 8 not ranked
28Northern Lipids (Canada)Company 8 not ranked
29Artron Bioresearch (Canada)Company 7 not ranked
30Biogate Laboratories (Canada)Company 6 not ranked
31Capcom Vancouver (Canada)Company 4 not ranked
32Kardium (Canada)Company 3 not ranked
33British Columbia Dairy AssociationNonprofit 3 not ranked
34Aurel Systems (Canada)Company 3 not ranked
35Allied Vision Technologies (Canada)Company 3 not ranked
36Alectos (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
37ImmuneChem (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
38Tantalus Systems (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
39Fusion Genomics (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
40British Columbia Dental Hygienists' AssociationInstitution 1 not ranked
41Kodak (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
42SWITCH Materials (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
43T2 Systems (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
44Terry Fox FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
45eSenso (Canada)Company 0 not ranked
46Inventys Thermal Technologies (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.

Simon Fraser University: 93.4%British Columbia Institute of Technology: 1.9%Burnaby Hospital: 0.8%Microsemi (Canada): 0.6%39 others listed: 3.4%93%largest
Simon Fraser University46k · 93.4%British Columbia Institute of Technology904 · 1.9%Burnaby Hospital412 · 0.8%Microsemi (Canada)275 · 0.6%39 others listed1,654 · 3.4%

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.

Physical Sciences: 2,975 fractional works · 41.8% of its workComputer Science: 942 fractional works · 13.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 252 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 206 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 96 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 87 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 848 fractional works · 11.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 263 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 126 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 429 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 100 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 74 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 198 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 148 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 136 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 122 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 61 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,587 fractional works · 36.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,346 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 483 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 176 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 165 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 456 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 152 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 133 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 306 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 201 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 138 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 196 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 81 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 897 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 672 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 88 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 125 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 202 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 140 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 664 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 270 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 152 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 177 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 168 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 126 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBurnaby7,122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences36%

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. Computer Science94213.2%
    2. Engineering84811.9%
    3. Environmental Science4296.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1982.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1482.1%
    6. Mathematics1361.9%
    7. Materials Science1221.7%
    8. Chemistry761.1%
    9. Energy610.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering160.2%
  1. Social Sciences2,58736.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,34618.9%
    2. Psychology4566.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities3064.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2012.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1962.8%
    6. Decision Sciences811.1%
    1. Medicine6729.4%
    2. Health Professions2022.8%
    3. Nursing100.1%
    4. Dentistry70.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2703.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1772.5%
    3. Neuroscience1682.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology320.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 75.7 works5.8×
  2. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 20.6 works3.9×
  3. HealthSubfield · 71.2 works3.8×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 159 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 240 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 140 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 67 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.72× its world share, 848 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 124 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 766 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 368 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 109 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 120 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 180 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 183 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 580 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 280 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 181 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 72 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 186 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 400 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1,224 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.06×400 works
  2. Computer Science1.72×848 works
  3. Mathematics1.61×120 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.52×280 works
  5. Social Sciences1.52×1,224 works
  6. Neuroscience1.36×140 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×186 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.27×180 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×124 works
  10. Environmental Science1.17×368 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.17×72 works
  12. Health Professions1.09×183 works
  13. Energy0.95×55 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×181 works
  15. Engineering0.80×766 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×240 works
  17. Chemistry0.67×67 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×14 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.63×14 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×159 works
  21. Materials Science0.49×109 works
  22. Medicine0.47×580 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×27 works
  24. Veterinary0.37×3 works
  25. Nursing0.28×9 works
  26. 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.

▲ 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. Deep Learning302▲ 1.23×74 topics
  2. Climate Change283▲ 1.46×96 topics
  3. Globalization259▲ 1.85×108 topics
  4. Machine Learning239◆ 1.01×80 topics
  5. Epidemiology186▼ 0.66×121 topics
  6. Mental Health185▲ 1.81×40 topics
  7. Public Health164▲ 1.58×53 topics
  8. Sustainability153◆ 0.88×86 topics
  9. Neural Networks127◆ 1.15×39 topics
  10. Social Media122▲ 1.24×33 topics
  11. Education114◆ 0.93×83 topics
  12. Identity102▲ 1.97×52 topics
  13. Remote Sensing97◆ 1.11×33 topics
  14. Social Support94▲ 2.5×18 topics
  15. Big Data89▲ 1.30×24 topics
  16. Social Justice85▲ 2.0×32 topics
  17. Nationalism83▲ 2.6×25 topics
  18. History83▲ 1.68×39 topics
  19. Neoliberalism78▲ 3.0×24 topics
  20. Ethics76▲ 2.1×38 topics
  21. Gender74▲ 1.94×43 topics
  22. Health Equity64▲ 3.1×6 topics
  23. Feminism59▲ 2.8×19 topics
  24. Health Disparities58▲ 3.1×9 topics
  25. Neuroscience56▲ 2.6×14 topics
  26. Neighborhood Effects55▲ 7.2×3 topics
  27. User Experience52▲ 8.7×3 topics
  28. Discrimination51▲ 3.4×8 topics
  29. Emotion49▲ 3.3×12 topics
  30. Criminal Behavior45▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Substance Abuse44▲ 9.0×2 topics
  32. Immigration42▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Participatory Design41▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Aesthetics38▲ 6.7×9 topics
  35. Health Behavior Change38▲ 9.8×2 topics
  36. Youth Violence37▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Approximation Algorithms35▲ 6.6×5 topics
  38. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes34▲ 6.7×1 topic
  39. Design Research33▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Interaction Design33▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Burnaby?

  1. 1 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  2. 2 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 28 works
  3. 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  4. 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 22 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 21 works
  6. 6 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 20 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 20 works
  8. 8 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 19 works
  9. 9 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 19 works
  10. 10 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 19 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 counting20%40%Burnaby19.3% 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 36.6% in 2008.

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