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Research in Guelph

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Guelph, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Guelph, Nutrasource and Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario.

Research institutions
29
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
53k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
30.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Guelph

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 Guelph?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of GuelphUniversity 51,391 #845
2Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural AffairsGovernment institution 582 #21,860
3NutrasourceInstitution 573 #18,321
4Agricultural Research Institute of OntarioGovernment institution 203 #21,381
5Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin (Canada)Company 190 #34,354 all time
6Homewood Research InstituteNonprofit 118 not ranked
7Guelph General HospitalHospital / health system 73 not ranked
8GreoNonprofit 71 not ranked
9Canadian Animal Health InstituteNonprofit 59 not ranked
10Beef Farmers of OntarioInstitution 41 not ranked
11BIO (Canada)Company 24 not ranked
12Ontario Universities’ Application CentreUniversity 21 not ranked
13Nutreco (Canada)Company 19 not ranked
14Biorem Technologies (Canada)Company 18 not ranked
15Syngenta (Canada)Company 13 not ranked
16Current Water Technologies (Canada)Company 12 not ranked
17Mantech (Canada)Company 9 not ranked
18Upper Grand Family Health TeamHospital / health system 8 not ranked
19Linamar (Canada)Company 8 not ranked
20Guelph Chemical LabsCompany 7 not ranked
21Guelph Wellington Seniors AssociationNonprofit 6 not ranked
22Poultry Industry CouncilInstitution 4 not ranked
23Mirexus (Canada)Company 3 not ranked
24Advanced Foods and Materials NetworkResearch facility 2 not ranked
25Grain Farmers of OntarioInstitution 1 not ranked
26Ontario Bean GrowersNonprofit 1 not ranked
27Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
28Mandel Scientific (Canada)Company 0 not ranked
29Agricultural Adaptation CouncilNonprofit 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 Guelph: 96.1%Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: 1.1%Nutrasource: 1.1%Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario: 0.4%23 others listed: 1.3%96%largest
University of Guelph51k · 96.1%Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs582 · 1.1%Nutrasource573 · 1.1%Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario203 · 0.4%23 others listed709 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Guelph work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Guelph is in Life Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Medicine (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 2,211 fractional works · 31.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,177 fractional works · 16.8% of its workPlant Science: 354 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 175 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 155 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 136 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 124 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 752 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 335 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 220 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 143 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 121 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,041 fractional works · 29.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 681 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEcology: 183 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 91 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 82 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 569 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 91 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 289 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 104 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 165 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 95 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 73 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,423 fractional works · 20.3% of its workMedicine: 957 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 121 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 89 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 63 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 131 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVeterinary: 189 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmall Animals: 164 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEquine: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 185 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 105 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 87 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 87 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,339 fractional works · 19.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 658 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 253 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 255 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 101 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 88 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 127 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 126 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 121 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 87 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKGuelph7,014fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences19%

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. Life Sciences2,21131.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,17716.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75210.7%
    3. Neuroscience1432.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1211.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.3%
    1. Environmental Science6819.7%
    2. Engineering5698.1%
    3. Computer Science2894.1%
    4. Materials Science1652.4%
    5. Chemistry951.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences731.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy721.0%
    8. Energy420.6%
    9. Mathematics370.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.3%
  3. Health Sciences1,42320.3%
    1. Medicine95713.6%
    2. Veterinary1892.7%
    3. Health Professions1852.6%
    4. Nursing871.2%
    5. Dentistry60.1%
  4. Social Sciences1,33919.1%
    1. Social Sciences6589.4%
    2. Psychology2553.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1271.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities1261.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1211.7%
    6. Decision Sciences520.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Guelph strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Guelph is most concentrated in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (25.5× the world share in Equine).

  1. EquineSubfield · 20.6 works26×
  2. VeterinaryField · 165.2 works20×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 144.6 works19×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 158.1 works12×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 121.3 works8.2×
← 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: 3.55× its world share, 1,046 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.01× its world share, 666 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 109 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 122 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 261 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 517 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 608 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 143 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 60 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 162 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 838 worksMedicineNursing: 2.60× its world share, 79 worksNursingVeterinary: 19.58× its world share, 165 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 110 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 116 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 110 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 225 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 577 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 19.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary19.58×165 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.55×1,046 works
  3. Nursing2.60×79 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.01×666 works
  5. Environmental Science1.97×608 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.75×109 works
  7. Neuroscience1.21×122 works
  8. Psychology1.19×225 works
  9. Health Professions0.99×162 works
  10. Chemistry0.83×81 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×110 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.76×46 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.75×16 works
  14. Social Sciences0.73×577 works
  15. Medicine0.70×838 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×15 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.67×65 works
  18. Materials Science0.66×143 works
  19. Energy0.62×36 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.61×110 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×116 works
  22. Engineering0.55×517 works
  23. Computer Science0.54×261 works
  24. Mathematics0.44×32 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.44×60 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Guelph?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Gut Microbiota, Animal Welfare, Epidemiology, Heat Stress, Probiotics, Biodiversity and Genetic Diversity.

▲ 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 Change491▲ 2.6×94 topics
  2. Epidemiology327▲ 1.17×119 topics
  3. Sustainability211▲ 1.23×82 topics
  4. Environmental Impact196▲ 1.64×53 topics
  5. Inflammation159◆ 1.06×75 topics
  6. Biodiversity150▲ 2.8×28 topics
  7. Mental Health146▲ 1.45×39 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota144▲ 6.0×7 topics
  9. Public Health143▲ 1.40×49 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress143▲ 1.24×57 topics
  11. Animal Welfare121▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity120▲ 4.0×20 topics
  13. Invasive Species106▲ 3.6×20 topics
  14. Probiotics104▲ 6.2×6 topics
  15. Heat Stress103▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Health Effects101▲ 2.4×22 topics
  17. Microbial Communities93▲ 3.0×9 topics
  18. Genomic Analysis86▲ 4.8×14 topics
  19. Dairy Cattle83▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Amino Acids82▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Consumer Perception79▲ 4.8×8 topics
  22. Population Genetics77▲ 7.9×5 topics
  23. Marker-Assisted Selection75▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Plant Breeding73▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation67▲ 4.4×5 topics
  26. Intestinal Barrier66▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Livestock Production66▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Feed Additives66▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Antibiotic Alternatives65▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Poultry Production65▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Lipid Oxidation64▲ 9.0×2 topics
  32. Genome-Wide Association62▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Quantitative Genetics60▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Emotional State60▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Stress Indicators60▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Animal Breeding60▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Genomic Selection60▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Energy Balance54▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Genetic Structure53▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Oxytocin50▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Guelph?

Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 59 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 56 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…53Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 53 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …39Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 39 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 35 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 34 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …33Meat and Animal Product Quality: 33 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 31 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 29 fractional worksAnimal health and immuno…29Animal health and immunology: 29 fractional works
Animal Science and ZoologyGeneticsSmall AnimalsAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 59 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 56 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 53 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 39 works
  5. 5 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 35 works
  6. 6 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 34 works
  7. 7 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 33 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 31 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 29 works
  10. 10 Animal health and immunology Small Animals 29 works

Research output over time

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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%Guelph18.6% 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 32.6% in 2016.

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