Research in Hamilton
Science Explorer records 41 research institutions in Hamilton, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are McMaster University, Population Health Research Institute and Hamilton Health Sciences.
- Research institutions
- 41 9 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 98k ▲ 12% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.6% 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 Hamilton?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McMaster UniversityUniversity | 82,463 | #292 | |
| 2 | McMaster University Medical CentreHospital / health system | 3,243 | #6,038 | |
| 3 | Hamilton Health SciencesHospital / health system | 2,756 | #5,254 | |
| 4 | St. Joseph’s Healthcare HamiltonHospital / health system | 2,191 | #6,578 | |
| 5 | Population Health Research InstituteHospital / health system | 1,150 | #4,504 | |
| 6 | McMaster Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 767 | #14,288 | |
| 7 | Juravinski Cancer CentreHospital / health system | 716 | #15,010 | |
| 8 | Hamilton General HospitalHospital / health system | 698 | #4,209 all time | |
| 9 | St. Peter's HospitalHospital / health system | 477 | #15,918 all time | |
| 10 | Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine ProgramResearch facility | 404 | #16,319 all time | |
| 11 | Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research InstituteResearch facility | 399 | #7,930 | |
| 12 | Brockhouse Institute for Materials ResearchResearch facility | 374 | #5,856 all time | |
| 13 | Juravinski HospitalHospital / health system | 319 | #11,095 all time | |
| 14 | Chedoke HospitalHospital / health system | 317 | #15,867 all time | |
| 15 | McMaster Divinity CollegeUniversity | 316 | #21,503 all time | |
| 16 | United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and HealthResearch facility | 187 | #13,904 | |
| 17 | Mohawk CollegeUniversity | 147 | #35,120 all time | |
| 18 | Canada Auto WorkersInstitution | 130 | #39,146 all time | |
| 19 | American Water (Canada)Company | 124 | #37,605 all time | |
| 20 | Hamilton Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system | 123 | #24,210 all time | |
| 21 | Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health Research InstituteUniversity | 121 | #33,548 all time | |
| 22 | Ontario Clinical Oncology GroupResearch facility | 105 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions (Canada)Company | 51 | not ranked | |
| 24 | EnviroSim (Canada)Company | 37 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Hamilton Medical Research GroupHospital / health system | 33 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Dermatrials ResearchResearch facility | 26 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Saint-Gobain (Canada)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Centre for Probe Development and CommercializationNonprofit | 15 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Hamilton Utilities CorporationCompany | 14 | not ranked | |
| 30 | AllerGenResearch facility | 12 | not ranked | |
| 31 | The Mayer InstituteHospital / health system | 7 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Olivieri FoodsCompany | 4 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Centurion Biofuels (Canada)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Canadian Society of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Stryker (Canada)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Fabris (Canada)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 38 | BIOX (Canada)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Heraeus (Canada)Company | 0 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of CanadaNonprofit | 0 | not ranked | |
| 41 | The Canadian Scientific & Christian AffiliationInstitution | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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).
- Internal MedicineSubfield · 49.9 works6.4×
- GastroenterologySubfield · 63.8 works4.2×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 24.6 works4.0×
- Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 76.1 works3.5×
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 33.6 works3.3×
- HematologySubfield · 124.5 works3.2×
- Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 60.3 works3.2×
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 Hamilton?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Treatment and Depression.
- Antithrombotic Therapy
- Prophylaxis
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Mortality Risk
- Thrombosis
- Medical Education
- Patient Satisfaction
- Biosensors
- Aging
- Anxiety
- Primary Care
- Global Burden
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Guidelines
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Risk Factors
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Public Health
- Depression
- Management
- Genetics
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Prevalence
- Mortality
- Rehabilitation
- Adolescents
- Emotion Regulation
- Clinical Guidelines
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Quality Improvement
- Elderly Patients
- Immunology
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
- Epidemiology882▲ 1.74×134 topics
- Inflammation491▲ 1.84×80 topics
- Quality of Life358▲ 1.93×56 topics
- Mental Health336▲ 1.79×40 topics
- Treatment307▲ 1.98×50 topics
- Risk Factors300▲ 2.1×36 topics
- Diagnosis285▲ 2.4×41 topics
- Machine Learning276▼ 0.66×81 topics
- Public Health270▲ 1.45×61 topics
- Climate Change258▼ 0.75×90 topics
- Depression256▲ 2.3×24 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease256▲ 1.79×37 topics
- Management242▲ 2.4×36 topics
- Guidelines200▲ 3.4×13 topics
- Genetics195▲ 2.2×26 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome169▲ 1.62×24 topics
- Clinical Trials165▲ 1.92×19 topics
- Global Burden163▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines160▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Primary Care157▲ 3.2×14 topics
- Prevalence154▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Anxiety149▲ 2.5×12 topics
- Mortality143▲ 1.93×13 topics
- Aging136▲ 1.98×16 topics
- Rehabilitation135▲ 2.7×12 topics
- Biosensors131▲ 1.98×12 topics
- Adolescents126▲ 2.6×9 topics
- Patient Satisfaction115▲ 2.9×9 topics
- Emotion Regulation105▲ 2.6×9 topics
- Medical Education104▲ 3.2×12 topics
- Clinical Guidelines103▲ 2.8×9 topics
- Thrombosis103▲ 2.9×7 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life98▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Mortality Risk98▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Quality Improvement94▲ 3.8×8 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice88▲ 5.3×7 topics
- Elderly Patients85▲ 4.0×4 topics
- Prophylaxis79▲ 4.8×4 topics
- Immunology74▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Antithrombotic Therapy71▲ 6.9×2 topics
What research is done in Hamilton?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 60 works
- 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 53 works
- 3 Asthma and respiratory diseasesPhysiology 50 works
- 4 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementInternal Medicine 50 works
- 5 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
- 6 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 48 works
- 7 Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty 42 works
- 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 42 works
- 9 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 41 works
- 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Biology 39 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.