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Research in Kingston

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Kingston, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Queen's University, Royal Military College of Canada and Kingston Health Sciences Centre.

Research institutions
20
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
75k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.3%
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 Kingston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Queen's UniversityUniversity 63,359 #458
2Royal Military College of CanadaUniversity 6,796 #6,791
3Kingston General HospitalHospital / health system 1,694 #16,420
4Hotel Dieu HospitalHospital / health system 1,579 #24,668
5Kingston Health Sciences CentreHospital / health system 1,171 #9,351
6Arthur B. McDonald-Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research InstituteResearch facility 232 #16,687 all time
7CMC Microsystems (Canada)Company 150 #35,518 all time
8St. Lawrence CollegeUniversity 129 #29,985 all time
9Kingston Process Metallurgy (Canada)Company 72 not ranked
10Clinical Evaluation Research UnitResearch facility 48 not ranked
11Cancer Care South EastHospital / health system 41 not ranked
12Performance Plants (Canada)Company 25 not ranked
13Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health ResearchResearch facility 18 not ranked
14Utilities Kingston (Canada)Company 9 not ranked
15Octane (Canada)Company 7 not ranked
16GreenCentre CanadaNonprofit 7 not ranked
17Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationInstitution 6 not ranked
18Parteq Innovations (Canada)Nonprofit 2 not ranked
19BIOCAP Canada FoundationInstitution 1 not ranked
20Fédération Canadienne de DémographieInstitution 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.

Queen's University: 84.1%Royal Military College of Canada: 9.0%Kingston General Hospital: 2.2%Hotel Dieu Hospital: 2.1%15 others listed: 2.5%84%largest
Queen's University63k · 84.1%Royal Military College of Canada6,796 · 9.0%Kingston General Hospital1,694 · 2.2%Hotel Dieu Hospital1,579 · 2.1%15 others listed1,918 · 2.5%

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

What is Kingston strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kingston is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science (3.3× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 47.0 works3.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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 Kingston?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Globalization, Deep Learning, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Identity and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology425▲ 1.17×128 topics
  2. Machine Learning312◆ 1.04×82 topics
  3. Deep Learning306◆ 0.97×78 topics
  4. Climate Change248◆ 1.00×94 topics
  5. Globalization244▲ 1.35×111 topics
  6. Quality of Life202▲ 1.53×54 topics
  7. Mental Health202▲ 1.50×43 topics
  8. Inflammation201◆ 1.05×74 topics
  9. Public Health158▲ 1.18×58 topics
  10. Identity154▲ 2.3×54 topics
  11. Depression150▲ 1.85×24 topics
  12. Risk Factors128▲ 1.26×36 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease126▲ 1.23×37 topics
  14. Healthcare123▲ 1.18×28 topics
  15. History123▲ 1.90×46 topics
  16. Treatment122◆ 1.09×49 topics
  17. Neural Networks120▼ 0.84×36 topics
  18. Nationalism114▲ 2.7×30 topics
  19. Human Rights110▲ 1.17×57 topics
  20. Diagnosis104▲ 1.21×38 topics
  21. Gender102▲ 2.0×47 topics
  22. Management96▲ 1.33×33 topics
  23. Colonialism96▲ 2.2×42 topics
  24. Genetics86▲ 1.34×23 topics
  25. Clinical Trials86▲ 1.39×19 topics
  26. Anxiety83▲ 1.90×12 topics
  27. Mortality78▲ 1.47×13 topics
  28. Primary Care73▲ 2.1×15 topics
  29. Power Electronics72▲ 2.4×8 topics
  30. Health Disparities68▲ 2.8×9 topics
  31. Health Equity67▲ 2.7×6 topics
  32. Medical Education66▲ 2.8×14 topics
  33. Neoliberalism65▲ 1.99×22 topics
  34. Reflective Practice62▲ 3.6×7 topics
  35. Immigration62▲ 5.9×6 topics
  36. Metal Recovery53▲ 2.9×3 topics
  37. Intersectionality52▲ 3.1×14 topics
  38. Social Policy50▲ 5.7×4 topics
  39. Canada43▲ 39×1 topic
  40. minorities43▲ 39×1 topic

What research is done in Kingston?

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 43 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 30 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 28 works
  4. 4 Landfill Environmental Impact Studies Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 27 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 25 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 23 works
  8. 8 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
  9. 9 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.