Research in Halifax
Science Explorer records 57 research institutions in Halifax, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University and Discovery Centre.
- Research institutions
- 57 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 70k ▲ 14% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.7% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Halifax?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalhousie UniversityUniversity | 53,179 | #446 | |
| 2 | Saint Mary's UniversityUniversity | 4,339 | #5,545 | |
| 3 | Mount Saint Vincent UniversityUniversity | 2,400 | #7,762 | |
| 4 | Izaak Walton Killam Health CentreHospital / health system | 1,662 | #13,303 | |
| 5 | Technical University of Nova ScotiaUniversity | 1,453 | #11,952 all time | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences CentreHospital / health system | 1,352 | #15,444 | |
| 7 | Nova Scotia Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 1,158 | #18,922 all time | |
| 8 | Nova Scotia Health AuthorityGovernment institution | 1,154 | #9,394 | |
| 9 | Capital District Health AuthorityGovernment institution | 570 | #14,843 all time | |
| 10 | Institute for Marine BiosciencesResearch facility | 519 | #10,951 all time | |
| 11 | Discovery CentreArchive | 434 | #7,753 | |
| 12 | Greenfield Research (Canada)Company | 282 | #27,375 all time | |
| 13 | University of King's CollegeUniversity | 282 | #34,542 all time | |
| 14 | Atlantic School of TheologyUniversity | 241 | #30,206 all time | |
| 15 | Immunovaccine (Canada)Company | 200 | #15,864 all time | |
| 16 | Nova Scotia Cancer CentreHospital / health system | 142 | #30,638 all time | |
| 17 | Nova Scotia Department of EnergyGovernment institution | 140 | #23,490 all time | |
| 18 | NSCAD UniversityUniversity | 127 | #41,539 all time | |
| 19 | Martec (Canada)Company | 108 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Cancer Care Nova ScotiaHospital / health system | 90 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Nova Scotia Community CollegeUniversity | 85 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research InstituteResearch facility | 72 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Government of Nova ScotiaGovernment institution | 55 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Canadian Bioethics SocietyInstitution | 48 | not ranked | |
| 25 | The Audio Recording AcademyUniversity | 41 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of EnglishUniversity | 37 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma SocietyNonprofit | 26 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Ocean Tracking NetworkResearch facility | 26 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Emera (Canada)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 30 | NorthwoodNonprofit | 17 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Metamaterial Technologies (Canada)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Nova Scotia Department of Health and WellnessGovernment institution | 16 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Eyeball (Canada)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 34 | AGADA BiosciencesCompany | 10 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Law Foundation of Nova ScotiaInstitution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Springboard (Canada)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Nova Scotia Research and Innovation TrustNonprofit | 8 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Nova Scotia Provincial LibraryArchive | 7 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Vemco (Canada)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Halifax Regional Water CommissionGovernment institution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 41 | IWK FoundationInstitution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Association Of Atlantic UniversitiesNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 43 | CB Wetlands & Environmental SpecialistsInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Abbey Ridge ObservatoryResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Nova Scotia Health Research FoundationResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Pleiades Robotics (Canada)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Dalhousie Medical Research FoundationNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 48 | GPI AtlanticNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Appili Therapeutics (Canada)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 50 | AerosanNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDSInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova ScotiaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Department of Communities, Culture and HeritageGovernment institution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Origin BioMed (Canada)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Gambling Awareness Nova ScotiaNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Eastern Shore Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 1 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Fishermen and Scientists Research SocietyNonprofit | 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.
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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.
Which keywords describe research in Halifax?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Depression, Public Health, Quality of Life, Inflammation and Primary Care.
- Acoustic Communication
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Quality Improvement
- Chronic Disease Management
- Patient Satisfaction
- Mortality Risk
- Psychological Impact
- Ethical Considerations
- Gender
- Social Support
- History
- Genetics
- Primary Care
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Depression
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Deep Learning
- Quality of Life
- Environmental Impact
- Globalization
- Anxiety
- Identity
- Resilience
- Prevalence
- Aging
- Adolescents
- Physical Activity
- Health Disparities
- Well-being
- Health Outcomes
- Population Dynamics
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Immigration
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
- Epidemiology466▲ 1.22×129 topics
- Climate Change429▲ 1.66×95 topics
- Mental Health332▲ 2.4×43 topics
- Machine Learning245▼ 0.78×81 topics
- Inflammation219◆ 1.09×81 topics
- Public Health218▲ 1.56×57 topics
- Deep Learning208▼ 0.63×77 topics
- Sustainability208◆ 0.89×82 topics
- Quality of Life204▲ 1.47×55 topics
- Depression186▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Environmental Impact174◆ 1.07×54 topics
- Risk Factors161▲ 1.52×37 topics
- Globalization153▼ 0.81×98 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease120◆ 1.12×36 topics
- Anxiety118▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Primary Care110▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Identity105▲ 1.50×52 topics
- Genetics103▲ 1.53×27 topics
- Resilience100▲ 2.2×17 topics
- History98▲ 1.45×41 topics
- Prevalence98▲ 2.5×15 topics
- Social Support96▲ 1.79×18 topics
- Aging95▲ 1.84×18 topics
- Gender93▲ 1.79×40 topics
- Adolescents90▲ 2.5×10 topics
- Ethical Considerations89▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Physical Activity88▲ 1.87×11 topics
- Psychological Impact85▲ 2.7×11 topics
- Health Disparities84▲ 3.3×8 topics
- Mortality Risk80▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Well-being79▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Patient Satisfaction74▲ 2.4×9 topics
- Health Outcomes71▲ 2.7×8 topics
- Chronic Disease Management70▲ 3.8×5 topics
- Population Dynamics68▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Quality Improvement64▲ 3.5×8 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability57▲ 6.7×2 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice53▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Immigration53▲ 4.8×6 topics
- Acoustic Communication44▲ 9.1×2 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.