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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1McMaster UniversityUniversity 82,463 #292
2McMaster University Medical CentreHospital / health system 3,243 #6,038
3Hamilton Health SciencesHospital / health system 2,756 #5,254
4St. Joseph’s Healthcare HamiltonHospital / health system 2,191 #6,578
5Population Health Research InstituteHospital / health system 1,150 #4,504
6McMaster Children's HospitalHospital / health system 767 #14,288
7Juravinski Cancer CentreHospital / health system 716 #15,010
8Hamilton General HospitalHospital / health system 698 #4,209 all time
9St. Peter's HospitalHospital / health system 477 #15,918 all time
10Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine ProgramResearch facility 404 #16,319 all time
11Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis Research InstituteResearch facility 399 #7,930
12Brockhouse Institute for Materials ResearchResearch facility 374 #5,856 all time
13Juravinski HospitalHospital / health system 319 #11,095 all time
14Chedoke HospitalHospital / health system 317 #15,867 all time
15McMaster Divinity CollegeUniversity 316 #21,503 all time
16United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and HealthResearch facility 187 #13,904
17Mohawk CollegeUniversity 147 #35,120 all time
18Canada Auto WorkersInstitution 130 #39,146 all time
19American Water (Canada)Company 124 #37,605 all time
20Hamilton Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 123 #24,210 all time
21Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health Research InstituteUniversity 121 #33,548 all time
22Ontario Clinical Oncology GroupResearch facility 105 not ranked
23Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions (Canada)Company 51 not ranked
24EnviroSim (Canada)Company 37 not ranked
25Hamilton Medical Research GroupHospital / health system 33 not ranked
26Dermatrials ResearchResearch facility 26 not ranked
27Saint-Gobain (Canada)Company 19 not ranked
28Centre for Probe Development and CommercializationNonprofit 15 not ranked
29Hamilton Utilities CorporationCompany 14 not ranked
30AllerGenResearch facility 12 not ranked
31The Mayer InstituteHospital / health system 7 not ranked
32Olivieri FoodsCompany 4 not ranked
33Centurion Biofuels (Canada)Company 4 not ranked
34Canadian Society of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsNonprofit 2 not ranked
35Stryker (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
36Fabris (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
37Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonNonprofit 1 not ranked
38BIOX (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
39Heraeus (Canada)Company 0 not ranked
40Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of CanadaNonprofit 0 not ranked
41The 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.

McMaster University: 84.4%McMaster University Medical Centre: 3.3%Hamilton Health Sciences: 2.8%St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton: 2.2%34 others listed: 7.3%84%largest
McMaster University82k · 84.4%McMaster University Medical Centre3,243 · 3.3%Hamilton Health Sciences2,756 · 2.8%St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton2,191 · 2.2%34 others listed7,104 · 7.3%

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).

  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×
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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 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.

▲ 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. Epidemiology882▲ 1.74×134 topics
  2. Inflammation491▲ 1.84×80 topics
  3. Quality of Life358▲ 1.93×56 topics
  4. Mental Health336▲ 1.79×40 topics
  5. Treatment307▲ 1.98×50 topics
  6. Risk Factors300▲ 2.1×36 topics
  7. Diagnosis285▲ 2.4×41 topics
  8. Machine Learning276▼ 0.66×81 topics
  9. Public Health270▲ 1.45×61 topics
  10. Climate Change258▼ 0.75×90 topics
  11. Depression256▲ 2.3×24 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease256▲ 1.79×37 topics
  13. Management242▲ 2.4×36 topics
  14. Guidelines200▲ 3.4×13 topics
  15. Genetics195▲ 2.2×26 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome169▲ 1.62×24 topics
  17. Clinical Trials165▲ 1.92×19 topics
  18. Global Burden163▲ 2.4×12 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines160▲ 2.3×14 topics
  20. Primary Care157▲ 3.2×14 topics
  21. Prevalence154▲ 3.0×14 topics
  22. Anxiety149▲ 2.5×12 topics
  23. Mortality143▲ 1.93×13 topics
  24. Aging136▲ 1.98×16 topics
  25. Rehabilitation135▲ 2.7×12 topics
  26. Biosensors131▲ 1.98×12 topics
  27. Adolescents126▲ 2.6×9 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction115▲ 2.9×9 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation105▲ 2.6×9 topics
  30. Medical Education104▲ 3.2×12 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines103▲ 2.8×9 topics
  32. Thrombosis103▲ 2.9×7 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life98▲ 3.3×6 topics
  34. Mortality Risk98▲ 3.2×6 topics
  35. Quality Improvement94▲ 3.8×8 topics
  36. Evidence-Based Practice88▲ 5.3×7 topics
  37. Elderly Patients85▲ 4.0×4 topics
  38. Prophylaxis79▲ 4.8×4 topics
  39. Immunology74▲ 5.4×3 topics
  40. Antithrombotic Therapy71▲ 6.9×2 topics

What research is done in Hamilton?

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 60 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 53 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseasesPhysiology 50 works
  4. 4 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementInternal Medicine 50 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 48 works
  7. 7 Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty 42 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesGeneral Health Professions 42 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 41 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Biology 39 works

Research output over time

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