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Research in Charlottetown

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Charlottetown, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Prince Edward Island.

Research institutions
12
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.3k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
105k
19.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Charlottetown

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 Charlottetown?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Prince Edward IslandUniversity 4,922 #4,689
2Health PEIHospital / health system 187 #26,389 all time
3Veterans Affairs CanadaGovernment institution 104 not ranked
4Hillsborough HospitalHospital / health system 28 not ranked
5Nautilus Biosciences (Canada)Company 23 not ranked
6Government of Prince Edward IslandGovernment institution 19 not ranked
7Holland CollegeUniversity 19 not ranked
8OmniActive Health Technologies (Canada)Company 6 not ranked
9Bio Food Tech (Canada)Company 5 not ranked
10BioVectra (Canada)Company 5 not ranked
11ViTRAK Systems (Canada)Company 5 not ranked
12Department of Transportation, Infrastructure and EnergyGovernment institution 3 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 Prince Edward Island: 92.4%Health PEI: 3.5%Veterans Affairs Canada: 2.0%Hillsborough Hospital: 0.5%8 others listed: 1.6%92%largest
University of Prince Edward Island4,922 · 92.4%Health PEI187 · 3.5%Veterans Affairs Canada104 · 2.0%Hillsborough Hospital28 · 0.5%8 others listed85 · 1.6%

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

Which fields of science does Charlottetown work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Charlottetown is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (14%), Social Sciences (12%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 340 fractional works · 33.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 121 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 95 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 247 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 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 workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 236 fractional works · 22.9% of its workMedicine: 146 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 52 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 35 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmall Animals: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEquine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 208 fractional works · 20.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 94 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 68 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCharlottetown1,030fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences24%

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. Environmental Science12111.7%
    2. Engineering959.2%
    3. Computer Science373.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences292.8%
    5. Materials Science202.0%
    6. Chemistry121.2%
    7. Mathematics80.8%
    8. Energy80.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy70.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Social Sciences12712.3%
    2. Psychology454.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities302.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance201.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting181.8%
    6. Decision Sciences70.7%
    1. Medicine14614.2%
    2. Health Professions525.0%
    3. Veterinary353.4%
    4. Nursing30.3%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences949.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology686.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology313.0%
    4. Neuroscience131.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Charlottetown strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Charlottetown is most concentrated in Veterinary and Small Animals (24.8× the world share in Veterinary).

  1. VeterinaryField · 31.1 works25×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 24.5 works22×
← 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: 1.86× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.40× its world share, 110 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.92× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 24.84× its world share, 31 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 115 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 24.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary24.84×31 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.86×26 works
  3. Environmental Science2.40×110 works
  4. Health Professions1.92×47 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.86×82 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.83×26 works
  7. Psychology1.47×41 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×60 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.08×29 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×20 works
  11. Social Sciences0.99×115 works
  12. Energy0.84×7 works
  13. Neuroscience0.79×12 works
  14. Chemistry0.76×11 works
  15. Mathematics0.74×8 works
  16. Medicine0.73×130 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.72×2 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.69×6 works
  19. Nursing0.64×3 works
  20. Engineering0.60×83 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×16 works
  22. Materials Science0.54×18 works
  23. Computer Science0.44×32 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.28×6 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Charlottetown?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Aquaculture, Genomic Analysis, Animal Welfare, Global Warming, Resilience and Oxytocin.

▲ 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. Climate Change79▲ 2.8×67 topics
  2. Epidemiology59▲ 1.43×84 topics
  3. Sustainability31▲ 1.22×46 topics
  4. Globalization30▲ 1.49×36 topics
  5. Public Health29▲ 1.93×38 topics
  6. Mental Health27▲ 1.80×30 topics
  7. Remote Sensing24▲ 1.88×22 topics
  8. Environmental Impact23▲ 1.29×33 topics
  9. Aquaculture22▲ 8.3×8 topics
  10. Genomic Analysis22▲ 8.2×9 topics
  11. Global Warming21▲ 4.8×11 topics
  12. Resilience21▲ 4.1×15 topics
  13. Economic Growth20▲ 2.4×17 topics
  14. Pathogenesis20▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Biodiversity19▲ 2.5×19 topics
  16. Animal Welfare18▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota16▲ 4.4×5 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance15▲ 3.8×8 topics
  19. Probiotics15▲ 6.2×5 topics
  20. Oxytocin15▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Innate Immunity15▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Cytokines14▲ 4.7×6 topics
  23. Social Cognition14▲ 7.3×4 topics
  24. Genetic Structure13▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Vulnerability13▲ 5.5×7 topics
  26. Animal-Assisted Therapy12▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Dog Domestication12▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Viral Diseases12▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Fish Immunology12▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Stress Response12▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Burnout11▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Emotional State11▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Stress Indicators11▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 4.5×5 topics
  35. Sustainability Assessment11▲ 7.3×5 topics
  36. Work-related Stress10▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Suicide Risk10▲ 31×2 topics
  38. veterinarian-client communication10▲ 114×1 topic
  39. veterinary surgeons10▲ 114×1 topic
  40. Genetic Characterization9▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in Charlottetown?

Animal Behavior and Welf…11Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 11 fractional worksAquaculture disease mana…10Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 10 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction…10Human-Animal Interaction Studies: 10 fractional worksVeterinary Practice and …8Veterinary Practice and Education Studies: 8 fractional worksSustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 7 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medical Research: 7 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Rese…6Veterinary Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 5 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 5 fractional works
Small AnimalsImmunologyGeneticsSpeech and Hearing6 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 11 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 10 works
  3. 3 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 10 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Practice and Education Studies Speech and Hearing 8 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 7 works
  7. 7 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 5 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 5 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 counting10%20%30%Charlottetown16.4% 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 2016.

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