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Research in Dartmouth

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Dartmouth, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

Research institutions
8
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.1k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
126k
41.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Dartmouth

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 Dartmouth?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Bedford Institute of OceanographyResearch facility 2,360 #17,835
2Acadian Seaplants (Canada)Company 98 not ranked
3Ultra Electronics (Canada)Company 34 not ranked
4CarbonCure Technologies (Canada)Company 15 not ranked
5Mara Renewables (Canada)Company 14 not ranked
6GeoSpectrum Technologies (Canada)Company 13 not ranked
7Precision BioLogic (Canada)Company 12 not ranked
8MEG-3 (Canada)Company 10 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.

Bedford Institute of Oceanography: 92.3%Acadian Seaplants (Canada): 3.8%Ultra Electronics (Canada): 1.3%CarbonCure Technologies (Canada): 0.6%4 others listed: 1.9%92%largest
Bedford Institute of Oceanography2,360 · 92.3%Acadian Seaplants (Canada)98 · 3.8%Ultra Electronics (Canada)34 · 1.3%CarbonCure Technologies (Canada)15 · 0.6%4 others listed49 · 1.9%

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

Which fields of science does Dartmouth work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research in Dartmouth is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (33%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (25%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 157 fractional works · 70.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 74 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEcology: 25 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 22 fractional works · 9.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 55 fractional works · 24.6% of its workOceanography: 30 fractional works · 13.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 9.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDartmouth222fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences7%

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 Science7433.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5524.6%
    3. Engineering219.5%
    4. Computer Science31.4%
    5. Materials Science20.9%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine219.2%
    2. Health Professions62.5%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Psychology52.1%
    2. Social Sciences52.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dartmouth strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dartmouth is most concentrated in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Ecology (49.7× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 26.9 works50×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 50.8 works17×
  3. EcologySubfield · 20.5 works14×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.78× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.40× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.78×51 works
  2. Environmental Science6.40×61 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.28×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.01×5 works
  5. Nursing0.79×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×8 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×6 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.67×4 works
  9. Psychology0.66×4 works
  10. Engineering0.60×17 works
  11. Medicine0.50×19 works
  12. Energy0.45×1 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.43×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.26×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.18×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.17×4 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  25. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Dartmouth?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Ocean Circulation, Trophic Cascades, Ocean Acidification, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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 Change62▲ 10×49 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability18▲ 92×2 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation14▲ 47×3 topics
  4. Remote Sensing13▲ 4.9×17 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades12▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Ocean Acidification12▲ 73×3 topics
  7. Ecosystem Management12▲ 91×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impact12▲ 3.1×14 topics
  9. Marine Fisheries12▲ 132×1 topic
  10. Benthic Communities10▲ 75×2 topics
  11. Conservation10▲ 11×10 topics
  12. Marine Biodiversity10▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Population Dynamics10▲ 18×9 topics
  14. Invasive Species9▲ 9.4×13 topics
  15. Global Warming9▲ 9.3×6 topics
  16. Arctic8▲ 34×4 topics
  17. Acoustic Communication8▲ 70×2 topics
  18. Coastal Protection8▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Ecosystem Services8▲ 8.7×5 topics
  20. Aquaculture7▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Data Assimilation7▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Marine Ecosystems7▲ 58×2 topics
  23. Predator-Prey Interactions7▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Biogeography7▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Anthropogenic Noise6▲ 105×1 topic
  26. Marine Mammals6▲ 105×1 topic
  27. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Holocene6▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Tidal Analysis6▲ 79×1 topic
  31. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 14×7 topics
  32. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Decline6▲ 99×1 topic
  34. Marine Environment6▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Sea Ice6▲ 99×1 topic
  36. Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Conservation Challenges6▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Flow Regulation6▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Bleaching6▲ 76×1 topic

What research is done in Dartmouth?

Marine and fisheries research: 10 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 6 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 6 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 5 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 5 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 5 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…5Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 5 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOceanographyAtmospheric ScienceEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 6 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 5 works
  5. 5 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 5 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 5 works
  8. 8 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 5 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 4 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%60%Dartmouth15.4% 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 41.0% in 1995.

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