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Research in Kingston

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Kingston, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Queen's University and Royal Military College of Canada.

Research institutions
17
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
75k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3M
30.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kingston

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 Kingston?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Queen's UniversityUniversity 67,803 #352
2Royal Military College of CanadaUniversity 6,796 #4,804
3Arthur B. McDonald-Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research InstituteResearch facility 232 #13,489 all time
4CMC Microsystems (Canada)Company 150 #33,161 all time
5St. Lawrence CollegeUniversity 129 #27,099 all time
6Kingston Process Metallurgy (Canada)Company 72 not ranked
7Clinical Evaluation Research UnitResearch facility 48 not ranked
8Cancer Care South EastHospital / health system 41 not ranked
9Performance Plants (Canada)Company 25 not ranked
10Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health ResearchResearch facility 18 not ranked
11Utilities Kingston (Canada)Company 9 not ranked
12Octane (Canada)Company 7 not ranked
13GreenCentre CanadaNonprofit 7 not ranked
14Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationInstitution 6 not ranked
15Parteq Innovations (Canada)Nonprofit 2 not ranked
16BIOCAP Canada FoundationInstitution 1 not ranked
17Fédération Canadienne de DémographieInstitution 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.

Queen's University: 90.0%Royal Military College of Canada: 9.0%Arthur B. McDonald-Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute: 0.3%CMC Microsystems (Canada): 0.2%12 others listed: 0.5%90%largest
Queen's University68k · 90.0%Royal Military College of Canada6,796 · 9.0%Arthur B. McDonald-Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute232 · 0.3%CMC Microsystems (Canada)150 · 0.2%12 others listed365 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Kingston work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Kingston is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (14%).

Physical Sciences: 3,719 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEngineering: 1,483 fractional works · 14.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 351 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 208 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 174 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 153 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 146 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 119 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 809 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 290 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 140 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 104 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 101 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 463 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 225 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 218 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 190 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 127 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 123 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,824 fractional works · 27.6% of its workMedicine: 2,381 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSurgery: 236 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 207 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 197 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 153 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 144 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 141 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 120 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 116 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 390 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 241 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,777 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,434 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 518 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 226 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 184 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 85 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 488 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 187 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 142 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 335 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 220 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 157 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 185 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 896 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 408 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 222 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 74 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 248 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 150 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 129 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKingston10kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering1,48314.5%
    2. Computer Science8097.9%
    3. Environmental Science4634.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2252.2%
    5. Materials Science2182.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1901.9%
    7. Mathematics1271.2%
    8. Chemistry1231.2%
    9. Energy540.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.3%
  2. Health Sciences2,82427.6%
    1. Medicine2,38123.3%
    2. Health Professions3903.8%
    3. Nursing380.4%
    4. Dentistry100.1%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
  3. Social Sciences2,77727.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,43414.0%
    2. Psychology4884.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities3353.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2202.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1851.8%
    6. Decision Sciences1151.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4084.0%
    2. Neuroscience2482.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1291.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology950.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 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: 0.27× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 364 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 84 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 220 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 111 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 722 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 166 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 1,357 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 415 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 197 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 117 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 200 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 353 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 2,137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 305 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 103 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 208 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 437 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1,290 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology1.56×437 works
  2. Neuroscience1.47×220 works
  3. Health Professions1.46×353 works
  4. Medicine1.21×2,137 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.16×103 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.15×166 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.15×305 works
  8. Social Sciences1.11×1,290 works
  9. Mathematics1.08×117 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×208 works
  11. Computer Science1.01×722 works
  12. Engineering0.98×1,357 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.98×200 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.91×84 works
  15. Environmental Science0.91×415 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.78×25 works
  17. Chemistry0.77×111 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×364 works
  19. Nursing0.73×33 works
  20. Materials Science0.61×197 works
  21. Energy0.56×48 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×163 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×15 works
  24. Veterinary0.36×4 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×118 works
  26. Dentistry0.22×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Kingston?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Globalization, Mental Health, Quality of Life, 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-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. Epidemiology479▲ 1.18×129 topics
  2. Machine Learning356◆ 1.05×85 topics
  3. Deep Learning346◆ 0.98×80 topics
  4. Climate Change279◆ 1.00×95 topics
  5. Globalization269▲ 1.34×115 topics
  6. Inflammation226◆ 1.04×78 topics
  7. Quality of Life226▲ 1.53×54 topics
  8. Mental Health225▲ 1.54×44 topics
  9. Public Health173▲ 1.16×60 topics
  10. Identity171▲ 2.3×58 topics
  11. Depression165▲ 1.84×24 topics
  12. Risk Factors143▲ 1.27×36 topics
  13. Healthcare140▲ 1.20×29 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease139▲ 1.19×37 topics
  15. Neural Networks134▼ 0.85×36 topics
  16. History132▲ 1.86×47 topics
  17. Treatment132◆ 1.06×49 topics
  18. Nationalism128▲ 2.8×30 topics
  19. Human Rights121▲ 1.16×58 topics
  20. Diagnosis113▲ 1.19×38 topics
  21. Gender112▲ 2.0×49 topics
  22. Management108▲ 1.33×35 topics
  23. Colonialism106▲ 2.2×44 topics
  24. Genetics97▲ 1.34×25 topics
  25. Clinical Trials93▲ 1.37×19 topics
  26. Anxiety92▲ 1.90×12 topics
  27. Ethics84▲ 1.63×33 topics
  28. Power Electronics82▲ 2.5×8 topics
  29. Primary Care79▲ 2.1×15 topics
  30. Health Equity77▲ 2.6×6 topics
  31. Health Disparities75▲ 2.8×9 topics
  32. Medical Education75▲ 2.7×14 topics
  33. Neoliberalism74▲ 2.0×23 topics
  34. Renewable Energy Integration70▲ 2.1×6 topics
  35. Immigration68▲ 6.0×7 topics
  36. Reflective Practice64▲ 3.3×7 topics
  37. Metal Recovery58▲ 2.9×3 topics
  38. Social Policy55▲ 6.0×5 topics
  39. Canada47▲ 42×1 topic
  40. minorities47▲ 42×1 topic

What research is done in Kingston?

Canadian Identity and Hi…43Canadian Identity and History: 43 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…30Innovations in Medical Education: 30 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 28 fractional worksLandfill Environmental Impact Studies: 27 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 25 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 24 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 23 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…23Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 23 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 22 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 21 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCivil and Structural EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  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

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 counting10%20%30%Kingston16.9% 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 29.4% in 2007.

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