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Research in Kitchener

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Kitchener, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Conestoga College.

Research institutions
18
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
22.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Kitchener

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 Kitchener?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Christie (Canada)Company 500 #13,193 all time
2Centre for Family MedicineHospital / health system 415 #17,236 all time
3Conestoga CollegeUniversity 364 #12,176
4Emmanuel Bible CollegeUniversity 126 #31,588 all time
5Hendrix Genetics (Canada)Company 50 not ranked
6Alchemy (Canada)Company 44 not ranked
7Centre for Community Based ResearchNonprofit 41 not ranked
8D2L (Canada)Company 24 not ranked
9Huntington Society of CanadaNonprofit 13 not ranked
10Clearpath Robotics (Canada)Company 9 not ranked
11TheMuseumArchive 7 not ranked
12IMPCO Technologies (Canada)Company 7 not ranked
13Palette (Canada)Company 4 not ranked
14Icy Waters (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
15FiberTech Optica (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
16Angstrom Engineering (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
17Medella Health (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
18Aterica (Canada)Company 1 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.

Christie (Canada): 31.0%Centre for Family Medicine: 25.7%Conestoga College: 22.6%Emmanuel Bible College: 7.8%14 others listed: 12.8%31%largest
Christie (Canada)500 · 31.0%Centre for Family Medicine415 · 25.7%Conestoga College364 · 22.6%Emmanuel Bible College126 · 7.8%14 others listed207 · 12.8%

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

Which fields of science does Kitchener work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Kitchener is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 109 fractional works · 34.7% of its workMedicine: 82 fractional works · 25.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 30.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 23.7% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKitchener315fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences31%

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. Medicine8225.9%
    2. Health Professions237.3%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary20.6%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences4815.1%
    2. Psychology175.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting113.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities103.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.2%
    6. Decision Sciences41.3%
    1. Engineering3711.8%
    2. Computer Science154.6%
    3. Environmental Science93.0%
    4. Materials Science51.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology154.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.6%
    3. Neuroscience62.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Kitchener?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Simulation, Control, Actuators, Feedback, Adaptive, Hydraulic Systems, Primary Care and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14◆ 1.12×60 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 1.20×34 topics
  3. Mental Health10▲ 2.3×26 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 2.2×25 topics
  5. Simulation8▲ 10×7 topics
  6. Control8▲ 20×3 topics
  7. Actuators8▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Feedback8▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Depression7▲ 2.7×17 topics
  10. Adaptive7▲ 49×1 topic
  11. Hydraulic Systems7▲ 41×1 topic
  12. Primary Care7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  13. Inflammation7◆ 1.05×41 topics
  14. Social Media7▲ 1.60×14 topics
  15. Quality of Life6▲ 1.26×29 topics
  16. Healthcare6▲ 1.55×12 topics
  17. COVID-195▲ 1.32×15 topics
  18. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  19. Clinical Trials4▲ 1.97×13 topics
  20. Aging4▲ 2.4×11 topics
  21. Religion4▲ 2.5×5 topics
  22. Child Development4▲ 2.7×5 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  24. Quality Improvement3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  25. Emotion3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. Trauma3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Psychological Interventions2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  28. Quality of Care2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  29. Continuity of Care2▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Maternal Mental Health2▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Occupational Health2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  32. Perinatal Depression2▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Health System Reform2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. MRI2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  35. NGOs2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Animal Welfare2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  37. Formative Assessment2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Research Integrity2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Brain Tumor2▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Long-Term Care2▲ 8.7×2 topics

What research is done in Kitchener?

Hydraulic and Pneumatic …7Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 7 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 2 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…2Academic integrity and plagiarism: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …2Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Commemoration: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNeurologySafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 2 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 1 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Kitchener20.1% 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 1999.

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