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Research in Fredericton

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Fredericton, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of New Brunswick, Education and Early Childhood Development and Yorkville University.

Research institutions
23
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
544k
22.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Fredericton

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 Fredericton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of New BrunswickUniversity 20,212 #1,033
2Education and Early Childhood DevelopmentGovernment institution 1,179 #9,517
3University of FrederictonUniversity 624 #16,441
4St. Thomas UniversityUniversity 506 #20,474
5Yorkville UniversityUniversity 373 #15,169
6Government of New BrunswickGovernment institution 352 #19,570 all time
7Horizon Health NetworkHospital / health system 197 #21,227
8Research and Productivity CouncilGovernment institution 149 #27,197 all time
9Energie NB Power (Canada)Company 85 not ranked
10Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional HospitalHospital / health system 77 not ranked
11Inversa Systems (Canada)Company 52 not ranked
12Stan Cassidy FoundationNonprofit 34 not ranked
13New Brunswick Community CollegeUniversity 29 not ranked
14LuminUltra Technologies (Canada)Company 24 not ranked
15Geomembrane Technologies (Canada)Company 18 not ranked
16Atlantic Hydrogen (Canada)Company 17 not ranked
17C-Therm Technologies (Canada)Company 9 not ranked
18New Brunswick Public Library ServiceArchive 8 not ranked
19Science East AssociationArchive 3 not ranked
20BioNBNonprofit 1 not ranked
21New Brunswick Health Research FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
22KnowCharge (Canada)Company 0 not ranked
23New Brunswick Pharmacists’ AssociationNonprofit 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.

University of New Brunswick: 84.4%Education and Early Childhood Development: 4.9%University of Fredericton: 2.6%St. Thomas University: 2.1%16 others listed: 6.0%84%largest
University of New Brunswick20k · 84.4%Education and Early Childhood Development1,179 · 4.9%University of Fredericton624 · 2.6%St. Thomas University506 · 2.1%16 others listed1,428 · 6.0%

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

Which fields of science does Fredericton work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Fredericton is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,671 fractional works · 46.7% of its workEngineering: 604 fractional works · 16.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 127 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 96 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 42 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 393 fractional works · 11.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 154 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 227 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 64 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 133 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 110 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 93 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,225 fractional works · 34.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 668 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 198 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 198 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 240 fractional works · 6.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 97 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 145 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 73 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 463 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 303 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 146 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 97 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 221 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 83 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 80 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFredericton3,581fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences34%

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. Engineering60416.9%
    2. Computer Science39311.0%
    3. Environmental Science2276.3%
    4. Materials Science1333.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1103.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy932.6%
    7. Mathematics381.1%
    8. Chemistry381.1%
    9. Energy280.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,22534.2%
    1. Social Sciences66818.6%
    2. Psychology2406.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities1454.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting732.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance581.6%
    6. Decision Sciences431.2%
    1. Medicine3038.5%
    2. Health Professions1464.1%
    3. Nursing120.3%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences832.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology802.2%
    3. Neuroscience451.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fredericton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fredericton is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.0× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 30.5 works4.0×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 71 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 352 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 101 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 559 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 204 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 123 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 34 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 133 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 268 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 127 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 55 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 202 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 571 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. Psychology2.09×202 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.02×101 works
  3. Health Professions1.59×133 works
  4. Computer Science1.43×352 works
  5. Social Sciences1.42×571 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.39×127 works
  7. Environmental Science1.29×204 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.19×37 works
  9. Engineering1.17×559 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.13×80 works
  11. Materials Science1.11×123 works
  12. Mathematics0.90×34 works
  13. Energy0.87×26 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×55 works
  15. Neuroscience0.77×40 works
  16. Chemistry0.71×36 works
  17. Nursing0.63×10 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×62 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.59×6 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×6 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×71 works
  22. Medicine0.44×268 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×68 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×6 works
  25. Veterinary0.16×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.12×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Fredericton?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Mental Health, Climate Change, Deep Learning, History, Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Immigration.

▲ 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. Machine Learning176▲ 1.47×71 topics
  2. Deep Learning158▲ 1.28×68 topics
  3. Climate Change144▲ 1.48×85 topics
  4. Mental Health122▲ 2.4×39 topics
  5. Globalization92▲ 1.31×84 topics
  6. Sustainability84◆ 0.97×73 topics
  7. Education78▲ 1.28×79 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties78▲ 2.2×34 topics
  9. Public Health73▲ 1.39×42 topics
  10. History70▲ 2.8×35 topics
  11. Identity65▲ 2.5×41 topics
  12. Microstructure63▲ 3.4×17 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications62▲ 1.47×32 topics
  14. Nationalism56▲ 3.5×23 topics
  15. Child Development50▲ 3.4×8 topics
  16. Security49▲ 2.0×21 topics
  17. Invasive Species44▲ 2.9×19 topics
  18. Social Support43▲ 2.2×15 topics
  19. Cultural Identity43▲ 2.4×17 topics
  20. Gender43▲ 2.2×40 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing42▲ 3.8×6 topics
  22. IoT Security42▲ 3.8×3 topics
  23. Immigration39▲ 9.8×6 topics
  24. Language38▲ 4.3×8 topics
  25. Academic Achievement36▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Social Policy34▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Self-Regulation33▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Canada31▲ 78×1 topic
  29. minorities31▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Intersectionality30▲ 4.5×14 topics
  31. Material Characterization26▲ 6.3×3 topics
  32. Early Childhood Education25▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability25▲ 8.0×2 topics
  34. Educational Interventions24▲ 7.4×2 topics
  35. School Engagement24▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Student-Teacher Relationships24▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Metal Powders23▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Metallic Components23▲ 9.4×1 topic
  39. Selective Laser Melting23▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Differential Privacy23▲ 9.1×1 topic

What research is done in Fredericton?

Canadian Identity and Hi…29Canadian Identity and History: 29 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…22Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 22 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 21 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 17 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksCryptography and Data Security: 17 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…16Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 15 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 15 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 22 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 21 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 17 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  6. 6 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  7. 7 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 16 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  9. 9 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 15 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 15 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Fredericton16.3% 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 27.3% in 2007.

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