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Research in Hamilton

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Hamilton, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences and Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute.

Research institutions
29
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
98k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5M
35.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.6%
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 Hamilton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1McMaster UniversityUniversity 92,611 #226
2Hamilton Health SciencesHospital / health system 3,073 #3,055
3Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine ProgramResearch facility 404 #14,758 all time
4Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research InstituteResearch facility 399 #15,657
5Brockhouse Institute for Materials ResearchResearch facility 374 #11,597 all time
6Mohawk CollegeUniversity 147 #27,630 all time
7Canada Auto WorkersInstitution 130 #31,032 all time
8American Water (Canada)Company 124 #31,777 all time
9Hamilton Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 123 #32,978 all time
10Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health Research InstituteUniversity 121 #32,571 all time
11Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions (Canada)Company 51 not ranked
12EnviroSim (Canada)Company 37 not ranked
13Hamilton Medical Research GroupHospital / health system 33 not ranked
14Dermatrials ResearchResearch facility 26 not ranked
15Saint-Gobain (Canada)Company 19 not ranked
16Centre for Probe Development and CommercializationNonprofit 15 not ranked
17Hamilton Utilities CorporationCompany 14 not ranked
18AllerGenResearch facility 12 not ranked
19The Mayer InstituteHospital / health system 7 not ranked
20Olivieri FoodsCompany 4 not ranked
21Centurion Biofuels (Canada)Company 4 not ranked
22Canadian Society of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsNonprofit 2 not ranked
23Stryker (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
24Fabris (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
25Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonNonprofit 1 not ranked
26BIOX (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
27Heraeus (Canada)Company 0 not ranked
28Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of CanadaNonprofit 0 not ranked
29The Canadian Scientific & Christian AffiliationInstitution 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.

McMaster University: 94.8%Hamilton Health Sciences: 3.1%Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program: 0.4%Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute: 0.4%22 others listed: 1.3%95%largest
McMaster University93k · 94.8%Hamilton Health Sciences3,073 · 3.1%Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program404 · 0.4%Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research Institute399 · 0.4%22 others listed1,249 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Hamilton work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Hamilton is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Engineering (12%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 6,042 fractional works · 42.1% of its workMedicine: 5,197 fractional works · 36.2% of its workSurgery: 615 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 428 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 406 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 378 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 370 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 283 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 227 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 200 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 187 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 179 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 146 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 136 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 120 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 106 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 742 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 481 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,916 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEngineering: 1,755 fractional works · 12.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 449 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 291 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 201 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 153 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 140 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 123 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 579 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 208 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 105 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 444 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 87 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 328 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 169 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 279 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 217 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 123 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 119 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,913 fractional works · 20.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,253 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 466 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 155 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 178 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 740 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 347 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 160 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 118 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 68 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 272 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 270 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 188 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 210 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 168 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 85 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,496 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 800 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 407 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 175 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 316 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 170 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 180 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 139 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 156 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHamilton14kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences20%

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. Health Sciences6,04242.1%
    1. Medicine5,19736.2%
    2. Health Professions7425.2%
    3. Nursing760.5%
    4. Dentistry190.1%
    5. Veterinary70.0%
    1. Engineering1,75512.2%
    2. Computer Science5794.0%
    3. Environmental Science4443.1%
    4. Materials Science3282.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2791.9%
    6. Mathematics2171.5%
    7. Chemistry1190.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1090.8%
    9. Energy550.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering300.2%
  2. Social Sciences2,91320.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,2538.7%
    2. Psychology7405.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities2721.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2701.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2101.5%
    6. Decision Sciences1681.2%
  3. Life Sciences1,49610.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8005.6%
    2. Neuroscience3162.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1801.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1561.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics440.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hamilton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hamilton is most concentrated in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Family Practice (6.4× the world share in Internal Medicine).

  1. Internal MedicineSubfield · 49.9 works6.4×
  2. GastroenterologySubfield · 63.8 works4.2×
  3. Family PracticeSubfield · 24.6 works4.0×
  4. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 76.1 works3.5×
  5. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 33.6 works3.3×
  6. HematologySubfield · 124.5 works3.2×
  7. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 60.3 works3.2×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 140 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 700 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 160 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 276 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 39 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 111 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 518 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 95 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 50 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 1,619 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 376 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 296 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 190 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 247 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 17 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.99× its world share, 672 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 4,602 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 68 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 246 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 196 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 147 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 254 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 652 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1,114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Health Professions1.99×672 works
  2. Medicine1.87×4,602 works
  3. Psychology1.67×652 works
  4. Neuroscience1.33×276 works
  5. Mathematics1.26×190 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.24×160 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.19×147 works
  8. Nursing1.08×68 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×700 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×254 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×39 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.87×247 works
  13. Engineering0.84×1,619 works
  14. Social Sciences0.69×1,114 works
  15. Materials Science0.66×296 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.66×246 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.61×27 works
  18. Environmental Science0.59×376 works
  19. Chemistry0.55×111 works
  20. Computer Science0.52×518 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×95 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×196 works
  23. Energy0.42×50 works
  24. Veterinary0.33×6 works
  25. Dentistry0.28×17 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×140 works

Which keywords describe research in Hamilton?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Treatment and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology999▲ 1.74×135 topics
  2. Inflammation559▲ 1.83×81 topics
  3. Quality of Life398▲ 1.92×56 topics
  4. Mental Health374▲ 1.82×40 topics
  5. Treatment340▲ 1.94×50 topics
  6. Risk Factors338▲ 2.1×36 topics
  7. Diagnosis315▲ 2.4×41 topics
  8. Machine Learning314▼ 0.66×82 topics
  9. Public Health306▲ 1.46×64 topics
  10. Climate Change303▼ 0.78×99 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease291▲ 1.77×38 topics
  12. Depression283▲ 2.2×24 topics
  13. Management270▲ 2.4×36 topics
  14. Guidelines225▲ 3.3×13 topics
  15. Genetics220▲ 2.2×26 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome187▲ 1.61×24 topics
  17. Clinical Trials182▲ 1.90×19 topics
  18. Global Burden180▲ 2.3×12 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines178▲ 2.3×14 topics
  20. Prevalence170▲ 2.9×14 topics
  21. Primary Care169▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Anxiety168▲ 2.5×12 topics
  23. Mortality159▲ 1.95×13 topics
  24. Rehabilitation158▲ 2.8×12 topics
  25. Aging154▲ 1.97×18 topics
  26. Biosensors140▲ 1.99×12 topics
  27. Adolescents139▲ 2.6×9 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction126▲ 2.8×9 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation120▲ 2.6×9 topics
  30. Medical Education120▲ 3.1×13 topics
  31. Thrombosis118▲ 3.0×7 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines115▲ 2.7×9 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life111▲ 3.3×6 topics
  34. Health Disparities110▲ 2.9×9 topics
  35. Mortality Risk107▲ 3.1×6 topics
  36. Quality Improvement101▲ 3.6×8 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice97▲ 5.1×7 topics
  38. Immunology87▲ 5.5×3 topics
  39. Prophylaxis87▲ 4.8×4 topics
  40. Antithrombotic Therapy80▲ 7.0×2 topics

What research is done in Hamilton?

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 60 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 53 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 50 works
  4. 4 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 50 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 48 works
  7. 7 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 42 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 42 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 41 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 39 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Hamilton18.3% 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 31.1% in 2016.

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