Research in Greater Sudbury
Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Greater Sudbury, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Laurentian University, Health Sciences North and Science North.
- Research institutions
- 16 3 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 11k ▼ 21% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 16.1% 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 Greater Sudbury?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurentian UniversityUniversity | 7,436 | #5,309 | |
| 2 | Science NorthArchive | 1,400 | #14,526 | |
| 3 | University of SudburyUniversity | 461 | #26,474 all time | |
| 4 | Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and MinesGovernment institution | 425 | #12,930 all time | |
| 5 | Health Sciences NorthHospital / health system | 370 | #14,083 | |
| 6 | Northeast Cancer CentreHospital / health system | 162 | #24,526 all time | |
| 7 | Sudbury Regional HospitalHospital / health system | 118 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Centre for Excellence in Mining InnovationNonprofit | 106 | not ranked | |
| 9 | Collège BoréalUniversity | 80 | not ranked | |
| 10 | Cambrian CollegeUniversity | 79 | not ranked | |
| 11 | Thorneloe UniversityUniversity | 34 | not ranked | |
| 12 | SnolabResearch facility | 34 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Huntington UniversityUniversity | 19 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Wallbridge Mining (Canada)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Canadian Mining Industry Research OrganizationNonprofit | 0 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Northern Cancer FoundationNonprofit | 0 | 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 Greater Sudbury strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Greater Sudbury is most concentrated in Geophysics (8.6× the world share in Geophysics).
- GeophysicsSubfield · 32.2 works8.6×
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 Greater Sudbury?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Identity, Geological Mapping, Support Vector Machines, Compositional Data Analysis and Mineral Prospectivity.
- Geochemistry
- Biodiesel
- Remediation
- minorities
- Social Policy
- Immigration
- Religion
- Language
- Cultural Identity
- Zircon
- Geochronology
- Gender
- Mineral Prospectivity
- Hyperspectral Imaging
- History
- Nationalism
- Support Vector Machines
- Identity
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Remote Sensing
- Oxidative Stress
- Plate Tectonics
- Tectonics
- Geological Mapping
- Compositional Data Analysis
- Depression
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Social Justice
- Qualitative Research
- Well-being
- Conservation
- Population Dynamics
- Emotion Regulation
- Canada
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Cultural Competence
- Contamination
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
- Machine Learning50▲ 1.43×52 topics
- Climate Change42▲ 1.47×62 topics
- Epidemiology35▼ 0.83×87 topics
- Mental Health29▲ 1.88×33 topics
- Remote Sensing28▲ 2.2×18 topics
- Identity28▲ 3.6×21 topics
- Oxidative Stress24▲ 1.38×41 topics
- Support Vector Machines20▲ 5.9×5 topics
- Plate Tectonics20▲ 12×3 topics
- Nationalism20▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Tectonics20▲ 15×3 topics
- History19▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Geological Mapping19▲ 22×2 topics
- Hyperspectral Imaging19▲ 6.2×3 topics
- Compositional Data Analysis18▲ 25×1 topic
- Mineral Prospectivity18▲ 25×1 topic
- Depression17▲ 1.86×17 topics
- Gender17▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling17▲ 14×2 topics
- Geochronology17▲ 23×1 topic
- Social Justice17▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Zircon17▲ 23×1 topic
- Qualitative Research16▲ 1.76×17 topics
- Cultural Identity16▲ 2.8×13 topics
- Well-being14▲ 3.4×13 topics
- Language14▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Conservation13▲ 2.8×19 topics
- Religion13▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Population Dynamics13▲ 4.7×8 topics
- Immigration12▲ 10×3 topics
- Emotion Regulation12▲ 3.6×9 topics
- Social Policy12▲ 12×3 topics
- Canada11▲ 89×1 topic
- minorities11▲ 89×1 topic
- Evidence-Based Practice10▲ 7.2×6 topics
- Remediation10▲ 12×2 topics
- Cultural Competence8▲ 6.1×6 topics
- Biodiesel8▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Contamination8▲ 8.1×3 topics
- Geochemistry8▲ 12×3 topics
What research is done in Greater Sudbury?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 18 works
- 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 17 works
- 3 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 11 works
- 4 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 6 works
- 5 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
- 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
- 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 6 works
- 8 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 5 works
- 9 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 works
- 10 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 5 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.