Research in Halifax
Science Explorer records 52 research institutions in Halifax, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority and Saint Mary's University.
- Research institutions
- 52 6 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 70k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2M 28.4 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 20.7% 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 Halifax?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalhousie UniversityUniversity | 55,955 | #446 | |
| 2 | Saint Mary's UniversityUniversity | 4,339 | #6,133 | |
| 3 | Mount Saint Vincent UniversityUniversity | 2,400 | #8,100 | |
| 4 | Nova Scotia Health AuthorityGovernment institution | 1,910 | #5,755 | |
| 5 | Izaak Walton Killam Health CentreHospital / health system | 1,662 | #10,850 | |
| 6 | Technical University of Nova ScotiaUniversity | 1,453 | #10,022 all time | |
| 7 | Nova Scotia Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 1,158 | #18,483 all time | |
| 8 | Discovery CentreArchive | 434 | #9,185 | |
| 9 | Greenfield Research (Canada)Company | 282 | #16,816 all time | |
| 10 | University of King's CollegeUniversity | 282 | #18,282 all time | |
| 11 | Atlantic School of TheologyUniversity | 241 | #27,481 all time | |
| 12 | Immunovaccine (Canada)Company | 200 | #28,148 all time | |
| 13 | Nova Scotia Department of EnergyGovernment institution | 140 | #33,468 all time | |
| 14 | NSCAD UniversityUniversity | 127 | #33,864 all time | |
| 15 | Martec (Canada)Company | 108 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Cancer Care Nova ScotiaHospital / health system | 90 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Nova Scotia Community CollegeUniversity | 85 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research InstituteResearch facility | 72 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Government of Nova ScotiaGovernment institution | 55 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Canadian Bioethics SocietyInstitution | 48 | not ranked | |
| 21 | The Audio Recording AcademyUniversity | 41 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of EnglishUniversity | 37 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma SocietyNonprofit | 26 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Ocean Tracking NetworkResearch facility | 26 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Emera (Canada)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 26 | NorthwoodNonprofit | 17 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Metamaterial Technologies (Canada)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Nova Scotia Department of Health and WellnessGovernment institution | 16 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Eyeball (Canada)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 30 | AGADA BiosciencesCompany | 10 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Law Foundation of Nova ScotiaInstitution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Springboard (Canada)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Nova Scotia Research and Innovation TrustNonprofit | 8 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Nova Scotia Provincial LibraryArchive | 7 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Vemco (Canada)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Halifax Regional Water CommissionGovernment institution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 37 | IWK FoundationInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Association Of Atlantic UniversitiesNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 39 | CB Wetlands & Environmental SpecialistsInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Abbey Ridge ObservatoryResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Nova Scotia Health Research FoundationResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Pleiades Robotics (Canada)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Dalhousie Medical Research FoundationNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 44 | GPI AtlanticNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Appili Therapeutics (Canada)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 46 | AerosanNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDSInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova ScotiaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Department of Communities, Culture and HeritageGovernment institution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Origin BioMed (Canada)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Gambling Awareness Nova ScotiaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Fishermen and Scientists Research SocietyNonprofit | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Halifax work in?
In 2022-now, 31% of research in Halifax is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (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 Sciences3,37031.3%
- Engineering1,08910.1%
- Environmental Science7146.6%
- Computer Science5505.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2852.6%
- Physics and Astronomy1991.8%
- Materials Science1911.8%
- Chemistry1611.5%
- Mathematics990.9%
- Energy620.6%
- Chemical Engineering200.2%
- Health Sciences3,29530.6%
- Medicine2,60224.1%
- Health Professions5735.3%
- Nursing520.5%
- Dentistry470.4%
- Veterinary220.2%
- Social Sciences2,75125.5%
- Social Sciences1,24111.5%
- Psychology6696.2%
- Arts and Humanities3062.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting2542.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1731.6%
- Decision Sciences1081.0%
- Life Sciences1,36312.6%
What is Halifax strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Halifax is most concentrated in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Applied Psychology and Oceanography (4.8× the world share in Geriatrics and Gerontology).
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 49.4 works4.8×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 51.3 works3.7×
- OceanographySubfield · 95.7 works3.5×
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, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions2.05×520 works
- Psychology2.04×598 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.66×251 works
- Environmental Science1.33×634 works
- Neuroscience1.31×205 works
- Veterinary1.30×17 works
- Medicine1.24×2,300 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.07×104 works
- Decision Sciences1.05×98 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×519 works
- Arts and Humanities1.01×280 works
- Chemistry0.99×149 works
- Nursing0.97×46 works
- Social Sciences0.91×1,109 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.84×180 works
- Dentistry0.84×39 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.79×162 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.76×237 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×342 works
- Mathematics0.75×85 works
- Engineering0.69×990 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×23 works
- Energy0.66×58 works
- Computer Science0.65×488 works
- Chemical Engineering0.54×18 works
- Materials Science0.50×169 works
Which keywords describe research in Halifax?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Depression, Public Health, Quality of Life, Inflammation and Anxiety.
- Acoustic Communication
- Stigma
- Quality Improvement
- Population Dynamics
- Patient Satisfaction
- Mortality Risk
- Health Disparities
- Adolescents
- Gender
- Social Support
- Prevalence
- Primary Care
- Anxiety
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Depression
- Deep Learning
- Public Health
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Sustainability
- Environmental Impact
- Globalization
- Treatment
- Identity
- Genetics
- Resilience
- Aging
- Ethical Considerations
- Physical Activity
- Psychological Impact
- Well-being
- Chronic Disease Management
- Health Outcomes
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Immigration
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
- Epidemiology533▲ 1.24×130 topics
- Climate Change480▲ 1.64×98 topics
- Mental Health365▲ 2.4×43 topics
- Machine Learning277▼ 0.77×82 topics
- Inflammation248◆ 1.08×82 topics
- Public Health243▲ 1.55×61 topics
- Quality of Life236▲ 1.52×55 topics
- Deep Learning234▼ 0.63×78 topics
- Sustainability232◆ 0.88×83 topics
- Depression211▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Environmental Impact194◆ 1.06×56 topics
- Risk Factors177▲ 1.50×37 topics
- Globalization174▼ 0.82×103 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease139◆ 1.13×38 topics
- Treatment138◆ 1.06×50 topics
- Anxiety133▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Identity121▲ 1.55×55 topics
- Primary Care120▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Genetics118▲ 1.55×27 topics
- Prevalence111▲ 2.5×15 topics
- Resilience110▲ 2.1×17 topics
- Social Support106▲ 1.83×18 topics
- Aging105▲ 1.78×18 topics
- Gender102▲ 1.76×41 topics
- Ethical Considerations99▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Adolescents98▲ 2.5×10 topics
- Physical Activity97▲ 1.86×11 topics
- Health Disparities93▲ 3.3×8 topics
- Psychological Impact93▲ 2.7×11 topics
- Mortality Risk89▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Well-being87▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Patient Satisfaction80▲ 2.4×9 topics
- Chronic Disease Management78▲ 3.7×5 topics
- Population Dynamics76▲ 2.8×12 topics
- Health Outcomes75▲ 2.6×8 topics
- Quality Improvement69▲ 3.3×8 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability63▲ 6.8×2 topics
- Stigma60▲ 4.1×5 topics
- Immigration58▲ 4.9×6 topics
- Acoustic Communication51▲ 9.0×2 topics
What research is done in Halifax?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 36 works
- 2 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
- 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 33 works
- 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 33 works
- 5 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 33 works
- 6 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 31 works
- 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 31 works
- 8 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 30 works
- 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 27 works
- 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 27 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 29.6% in 2016.
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