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Research in Guelph

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Guelph, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Guelph, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Nutrasource.

Research institutions
29
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
53k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.7%
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 Guelph?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of GuelphUniversity 51,075 #785
2Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural AffairsGovernment institution 582 #17,103
3NutrasourceInstitution 573 #21,620
4Agricultural Research Institute of OntarioGovernment institution 203 #23,939
5Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin (Canada)Company 190 #39,155 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 2022–2025. 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.

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.

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×
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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 Guelph?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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
  1. Climate Change442▲ 2.6×93 topics
  2. Epidemiology296▲ 1.21×117 topics
  3. Sustainability189▲ 1.25×79 topics
  4. Environmental Impact176▲ 1.67×53 topics
  5. Inflammation142◆ 1.10×73 topics
  6. Mental Health133▲ 1.46×38 topics
  7. Biodiversity132▲ 2.9×28 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota130▲ 6.0×7 topics
  9. Public Health129▲ 1.43×48 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress122▲ 1.21×55 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity110▲ 4.0×20 topics
  12. Animal Welfare108▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Invasive Species98▲ 3.7×20 topics
  14. Probiotics94▲ 6.4×6 topics
  15. Heat Stress93▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Health Effects87▲ 2.3×21 topics
  17. Microbial Communities82▲ 3.1×9 topics
  18. Amino Acids76▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Genomic Analysis75▲ 4.8×14 topics
  20. Dairy Cattle73▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Population Genetics72▲ 8.4×5 topics
  22. Consumer Perception70▲ 5.1×8 topics
  23. Marker-Assisted Selection70▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Plant Breeding68▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation63▲ 4.6×5 topics
  26. Intestinal Barrier60▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Lipid Oxidation60▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Feed Additives59▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Antibiotic Alternatives59▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Poultry Production59▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Livestock Production59▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Genome-Wide Association58▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Quantitative Genetics56▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Animal Breeding56▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Genomic Selection56▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Emotional State53▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Stress Indicators53▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Genetic Structure47▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Energy Balance47▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Oxytocin44▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Guelph?

  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.