Research in Edmonton
Science Explorer records 112 research institutions in Edmonton, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services and Women and Children’s Health Research Institute.
- Research institutions
- 112 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 164k ▲ 14% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.6% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Edmonton?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AlbertaUniversity | 138,064 | #146 | |
| 2 | Alberta Health ServicesHospital / health system | 3,210 | #5,077 | |
| 3 | MacEwan UniversityUniversity | 2,858 | #7,054 | |
| 4 | University of Alberta HospitalHospital / health system | 2,059 | #11,715 | |
| 5 | Alberta Hospital EdmontonHospital / health system | 1,796 | #19,281 | |
| 6 | Alberta EnergyGovernment institution | 925 | #13,927 | |
| 7 | National Institute for NanotechnologyResearch facility | 915 | #9,810 | |
| 8 | Alberta Environment and Protected AreasGovernment institution | 897 | #19,858 | |
| 9 | The King's UniversityUniversity | 881 | #19,881 | |
| 10 | Stantec (Canada)Company | 807 | #20,420 | |
| 11 | Women and Children’s Health Research InstituteResearch facility | 802 | #6,114 | |
| 12 | Stollery Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 773 | #16,754 | |
| 13 | Child, Adolescent and Family Mental HealthNonprofit | 681 | #21,697 | |
| 14 | Office of the Chief Medical ExaminerGovernment institution | 660 | #17,102 all time | |
| 15 | Concordia University of EdmontonUniversity | 641 | #14,138 | |
| 16 | Alberta HealthGovernment institution | 639 | #16,627 | |
| 17 | Royal Alexandra HospitalHospital / health system | 636 | #21,343 | |
| 18 | Alberta Cancer FoundationNonprofit | 609 | #12,235 all time | |
| 19 | Institute of Health EconomicsNonprofit | 604 | #20,217 | |
| 20 | Glenrose Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system | 463 | #27,511 all time | |
| 21 | University Hospital FoundationNonprofit | 375 | #16,899 | |
| 22 | Alberta Glycomics CentreResearch facility | 299 | #15,714 all time | |
| 23 | Alberta InnovatesGovernment institution | 291 | #19,227 all time | |
| 24 | Northern Alberta Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 267 | #23,017 | |
| 25 | Canadian VIGOUR CentreInstitution | 247 | #23,141 | |
| 26 | Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryGovernment institution | 243 | #26,948 all time | |
| 27 | Royal Alberta MuseumArchive | 235 | #21,606 all time | |
| 28 | Government of AlbertaGovernment institution | 221 | #24,322 all time | |
| 29 | Grey Nuns Community HospitalHospital / health system | 199 | #21,166 all time | |
| 30 | Workers Compensation Board of AlbertaGovernment institution | 199 | #35,656 all time | |
| 31 | Misericordia Community HospitalHospital / health system | 167 | #33,367 all time | |
| 32 | Alberta Advanced EducationGovernment institution | 152 | #27,074 all time | |
| 33 | Covenant HealthHospital / health system | 151 | #37,935 all time | |
| 34 | Alberta Medical AssociationInstitution | 120 | #32,354 all time | |
| 35 | The Metabolomics Innovation CentreResearch facility | 119 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Canadian Patient Safety InstituteNonprofit | 109 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring InstituteNonprofit | 94 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Taylor College and SeminaryUniversity | 87 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Spinal Cord Injury AlbertaInstitution | 86 | not ranked | |
| 40 | PCL Construction (Canada)Company | 82 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Cisco Systems (Canada)Company | 80 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Campbell Scientific (Canada)Company | 73 | not ranked | |
| 43 | NorQuest CollegeUniversity | 71 | not ranked | |
| 44 | The Alberta Paraplegic FoundationNonprofit | 71 | not ranked | |
| 45 | PolicyWise for Children & FamiliesNonprofit | 66 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Vanguard CollegeUniversity | 64 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Alberta Hip and Knee ClinicHospital / health system | 63 | not ranked | |
| 48 | College & Association of Registered Nurses of AlbertaInstitution | 62 | not ranked | |
| 49 | NAEJA-RGM Pharmaceuticals (Canada)Company | 54 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Translational Research in OncologyNonprofit | 51 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Canadian Obesity NetworkResearch facility | 50 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in DiabetesResearch facility | 44 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Newman Theological CollegeUniversity | 39 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Alberta Pacific Forest IndustriesCompany | 35 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Marriott International (Canada)Company | 31 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Alberta LibraryNonprofit | 28 | not ranked | |
| 57 | North American Construction Group (Canada)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Alberta Kidney Disease NetworkResearch facility | 25 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Illumisonics (Canada)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Capital Power (Canada)Company | 19 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
What is Edmonton strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Edmonton is most concentrated in Transplantation, Family Practice and Geriatrics and Gerontology (3.8× the world share in Transplantation).
- TransplantationSubfield · 37.8 works3.8×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 30.9 works2.9×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 62.9 works2.6×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Edmonton?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Deep Learning.
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Surfactants
- Porous Media
- Medical Education
- Ethical Considerations
- Optimization
- Global Burden
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Heart Failure
- Diagnosis
- Remote Sensing
- Neural Networks
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Public Health
- Globalization
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Nanoparticles
- Identity
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Mortality
- Anxiety
- Aging
- Primary Care
- Power Electronics
- Mortality Risk
- Shale Gas
- Pore-scale Modeling
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology1,064▲ 1.21×137 topics
- Climate Change682◆ 1.14×107 topics
- Machine Learning649◆ 0.89×86 topics
- Deep Learning584▼ 0.77×81 topics
- Inflammation575▲ 1.24×82 topics
- Mental Health448▲ 1.37×44 topics
- Quality of Life428▲ 1.33×56 topics
- Sustainability392▼ 0.72×98 topics
- Public Health390▲ 1.20×67 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease386▲ 1.56×38 topics
- Globalization378▼ 0.86×127 topics
- Oxidative Stress341◆ 0.93×60 topics
- Depression326▲ 1.66×25 topics
- Treatment313▲ 1.16×51 topics
- Risk Factors312▲ 1.27×37 topics
- Neural Networks288▼ 0.84×38 topics
- Nanoparticles283◆ 1.01×42 topics
- Remote Sensing254◆ 0.92×37 topics
- Identity242▲ 1.49×70 topics
- Diagnosis236◆ 1.14×41 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome229▲ 1.26×24 topics
- Heart Failure212▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Obesity210▲ 1.25×26 topics
- Genetics209▲ 1.34×27 topics
- Mortality209▲ 1.62×13 topics
- Clinical Trials202▲ 1.35×19 topics
- Anxiety199▲ 1.88×12 topics
- Global Burden190▲ 1.58×12 topics
- Aging184▲ 1.54×18 topics
- Optimization184▲ 1.79×26 topics
- Primary Care183▲ 2.2×15 topics
- Ethical Considerations160▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Power Electronics153▲ 2.1×8 topics
- Medical Education144▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Mortality Risk140▲ 2.6×6 topics
- Porous Media114▲ 3.9×6 topics
- Shale Gas110▲ 3.9×2 topics
- Surfactants106▲ 4.9×5 topics
- Pore-scale Modeling78▲ 9.7×1 topic
- X-ray Computed Tomography78▲ 9.7×1 topic
What research is done in Edmonton?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMechanics of Materials 82 works
- 2 Enhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesOcean Engineering 78 works
- 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisMechanical Engineering 68 works
- 4 Fault Detection and Control SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 61 works
- 5 Petroleum Processing and AnalysisAnalytical Chemistry 56 works
- 6 BIM and Construction IntegrationBuilding and Construction 53 works
- 7 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 53 works
- 8 Canadian Identity and HistorySociology and Political Science 52 works
- 9 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
- 10 Health Policy Implementation ScienceGeneral Health Professions 45 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.