Research in Edmonton
Science Explorer records 103 research institutions in Edmonton, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services and MacEwan University.
- Research institutions
- 103 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 164k ▼ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 4.7M 28.7 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 19.6% 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 Edmonton?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AlbertaUniversity | 140,966 | #159 | |
| 2 | Alberta Health ServicesHospital / health system | 9,047 | #2,406 | |
| 3 | MacEwan UniversityUniversity | 2,858 | #4,226 | |
| 4 | Alberta EnergyGovernment institution | 925 | #14,864 | |
| 5 | Alberta Environment and Protected AreasGovernment institution | 897 | #21,026 | |
| 6 | The King's UniversityUniversity | 881 | #8,461 | |
| 7 | Stantec (Canada)Company | 807 | #12,519 | |
| 8 | Women and Children’s Health Research InstituteResearch facility | 802 | #8,144 | |
| 9 | Child, Adolescent and Family Mental HealthNonprofit | 681 | #16,410 | |
| 10 | Office of the Chief Medical ExaminerGovernment institution | 660 | #14,723 all time | |
| 11 | Concordia University of EdmontonUniversity | 641 | #10,192 | |
| 12 | Alberta HealthGovernment institution | 639 | #10,299 | |
| 13 | Alberta Cancer FoundationNonprofit | 609 | #13,558 all time | |
| 14 | Institute of Health EconomicsNonprofit | 604 | #20,314 | |
| 15 | University Hospital FoundationNonprofit | 375 | #20,229 | |
| 16 | Alberta Glycomics CentreResearch facility | 299 | #13,292 all time | |
| 17 | Alberta InnovatesGovernment institution | 291 | #15,371 all time | |
| 18 | Northern Alberta Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 267 | #14,821 | |
| 19 | Canadian VIGOUR CentreInstitution | 247 | #20,857 | |
| 20 | Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryGovernment institution | 243 | #27,952 all time | |
| 21 | Royal Alberta MuseumArchive | 235 | #26,201 all time | |
| 22 | Government of AlbertaGovernment institution | 221 | #15,373 all time | |
| 23 | Grey Nuns Community HospitalHospital / health system | 199 | #26,638 all time | |
| 24 | Workers Compensation Board of AlbertaGovernment institution | 199 | #21,401 all time | |
| 25 | Misericordia Community HospitalHospital / health system | 167 | #29,587 all time | |
| 26 | Alberta Advanced EducationGovernment institution | 152 | #27,389 all time | |
| 27 | Covenant HealthHospital / health system | 151 | #27,508 all time | |
| 28 | Alberta Medical AssociationInstitution | 120 | #27,309 all time | |
| 29 | The Metabolomics Innovation CentreResearch facility | 119 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Canadian Patient Safety InstituteNonprofit | 109 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring InstituteNonprofit | 94 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Taylor College and SeminaryUniversity | 87 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Spinal Cord Injury AlbertaInstitution | 86 | not ranked | |
| 34 | PCL Construction (Canada)Company | 82 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Cisco Systems (Canada)Company | 80 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Campbell Scientific (Canada)Company | 73 | not ranked | |
| 37 | NorQuest CollegeUniversity | 71 | not ranked | |
| 38 | The Alberta Paraplegic FoundationNonprofit | 71 | not ranked | |
| 39 | PolicyWise for Children & FamiliesNonprofit | 66 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Vanguard CollegeUniversity | 64 | not ranked | |
| 41 | College & Association of Registered Nurses of AlbertaInstitution | 62 | not ranked | |
| 42 | NAEJA-RGM Pharmaceuticals (Canada)Company | 54 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Translational Research in OncologyNonprofit | 51 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Canadian Obesity NetworkResearch facility | 50 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in DiabetesResearch facility | 44 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Newman Theological CollegeUniversity | 39 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Alberta Pacific Forest IndustriesCompany | 35 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Marriott International (Canada)Company | 31 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Alberta LibraryNonprofit | 28 | not ranked | |
| 50 | North American Construction Group (Canada)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Alberta Kidney Disease NetworkResearch facility | 25 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Illumisonics (Canada)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Capital Power (Canada)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Lehigh Hanson (Canada)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Dover (Canada)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 56 | MicralyneCompany | 19 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Alberta Livestock and Meat AgencyInstitution | 16 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Seagen (Canada)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Applied Nanotools (Canada)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products (Canada)Nonprofit | 14 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Edmonton work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research in Edmonton is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health 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 Sciences9,31237.3%
- Engineering3,93315.8%
- Environmental Science1,4295.7%
- Computer Science1,3805.5%
- Materials Science6382.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5642.3%
- Physics and Astronomy4291.7%
- Chemistry3651.5%
- Mathematics2881.2%
- Energy2030.8%
- Chemical Engineering830.3%
- Health Sciences7,47430.0%
- Medicine6,14224.6%
- Health Professions1,0304.1%
- Nursing1380.6%
- Dentistry1260.5%
- Veterinary380.2%
- Social Sciences5,17720.8%
- Social Sciences2,3709.5%
- Psychology1,0814.3%
- Arts and Humanities7222.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance4001.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting3221.3%
- Decision Sciences2821.1%
- Life Sciences2,97311.9%
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.
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: Health Professions, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions1.57×921 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.40×491 works
- Psychology1.40×952 works
- Medicine1.27×5,429 works
- Decision Sciences1.16×251 works
- Environmental Science1.14×1,268 works
- Neuroscience1.13×407 works
- Nursing1.12×122 works
- Veterinary1.12×34 works
- Engineering1.07×3,587 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×1,256 works
- Dentistry1.05×114 works
- Arts and Humanities1.03×663 works
- Mathematics1.01×266 works
- Chemistry0.96×336 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.92×207 works
- Chemical Engineering0.91×71 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×70 works
- Energy0.90×184 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.76×376 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×364 works
- Social Sciences0.76×2,154 works
- Computer Science0.73×1,258 works
- Materials Science0.72×563 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×675 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.40×290 works
Which keywords describe research in Edmonton?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease and Deep Learning.
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Shale Gas
- Porous Media
- Medical Education
- Ethical Considerations
- Optimization
- Global Burden
- Clinical Trials
- Obesity
- Genetics
- Identity
- Remote Sensing
- Neural Networks
- Risk Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Quality of Life
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Globalization
- Depression
- Treatment
- Nanoparticles
- Diagnosis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Heart Failure
- Mortality
- Anxiety
- Aging
- Primary Care
- Power Electronics
- Mortality Risk
- Surfactants
- Pore-scale Modeling
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
- Epidemiology1,204▲ 1.21×137 topics
- Climate Change772◆ 1.14×111 topics
- Machine Learning718◆ 0.87×86 topics
- Inflammation659▲ 1.24×82 topics
- Deep Learning648▼ 0.75×81 topics
- Mental Health492▲ 1.38×44 topics
- Quality of Life480▲ 1.33×57 topics
- Sustainability436▼ 0.72×100 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease435▲ 1.53×38 topics
- Public Health435▲ 1.20×69 topics
- Globalization410▼ 0.84×131 topics
- Oxidative Stress390◆ 0.95×60 topics
- Depression366▲ 1.67×25 topics
- Risk Factors351▲ 1.28×37 topics
- Treatment351▲ 1.16×51 topics
- Neural Networks318▼ 0.83×39 topics
- Nanoparticles314◆ 1.00×42 topics
- Remote Sensing279◆ 0.92×38 topics
- Diagnosis264◆ 1.14×41 topics
- Identity258▲ 1.43×71 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome258▲ 1.28×24 topics
- Genetics245▲ 1.39×27 topics
- Heart Failure241▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Obesity233▲ 1.21×26 topics
- Mortality228▲ 1.61×13 topics
- Clinical Trials221▲ 1.33×19 topics
- Anxiety221▲ 1.86×12 topics
- Global Burden216▲ 1.59×12 topics
- Aging209▲ 1.53×18 topics
- Optimization201▲ 1.79×26 topics
- Primary Care196▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Ethical Considerations181▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Power Electronics164▲ 2.0×8 topics
- Medical Education159▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Mortality Risk156▲ 2.6×6 topics
- Porous Media124▲ 3.8×6 topics
- Surfactants116▲ 4.7×5 topics
- Shale Gas115▲ 3.9×2 topics
- Pore-scale Modeling85▲ 9.1×1 topic
- X-ray Computed Tomography85▲ 9.1×1 topic
What research is done in Edmonton?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 82 works
- 2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 78 works
- 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 68 works
- 4 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 61 works
- 5 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 56 works
- 6 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 53 works
- 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 53 works
- 8 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 52 works
- 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
- 10 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 45 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 30.6% in 2016.
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