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Research in Lethbridge

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Lethbridge, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.3k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
223k
23.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Lethbridge

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 Lethbridge?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LethbridgeUniversity 8,999 #1,896
2Lethbridge CollegeUniversity 285 #18,176
3Galt Museum & ArchivesArchive 1 not ranked
4Scientists in SchoolNonprofit 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.

University of Lethbridge: 96.9%Lethbridge College: 3.1%Galt Museum & Archives: 0.0%97%largest
University of Lethbridge8,999 · 96.9%Lethbridge College285 · 3.1%Galt Museum & Archives1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Lethbridge work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Lethbridge is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Psychology (9%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 529 fractional works · 36.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 216 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 78 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 137 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 50 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 41 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 90 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 421 fractional works · 28.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 52 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 324 fractional works · 22.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 122 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPlant Science: 44 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 65 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 75 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 188 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 130 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 43 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLethbridge1,462fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences36%

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. Social Sciences21614.8%
    2. Psychology1379.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities906.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting443.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance302.1%
    6. Decision Sciences120.8%
    1. Environmental Science1047.1%
    2. Computer Science876.0%
    3. Chemistry533.7%
    4. Engineering523.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy513.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences312.1%
    7. Mathematics302.1%
    8. Materials Science100.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1228.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1127.7%
    3. Neuroscience755.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology80.5%
    1. Medicine1308.9%
    2. Health Professions433.0%
    3. Nursing80.6%
    4. Veterinary60.4%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lethbridge strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lethbridge is most concentrated in Cognitive Neuroscience (4.0× the world share in Cognitive Neuroscience).

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 36.9 works4.0×
← 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: 1.80× its world share, 109 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 97 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.17× its world share, 65 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.46× its world share, 49 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.44× its world share, 91 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.61× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.11× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.97× its world share, 115 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 187 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.17×65 works
  2. Veterinary3.11×5 works
  3. Psychology2.97×115 works
  4. Chemistry2.46×49 works
  5. Mathematics1.90×28 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.80×109 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.73×63 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.61×45 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.53×7 works
  10. Environmental Science1.44×91 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.43×97 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.30×26 works
  13. Nursing1.18×7 works
  14. Social Sciences1.17×187 works
  15. Health Professions1.16×39 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×41 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×27 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.81×10 works
  19. Computer Science0.77×76 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×6 works
  21. Medicine0.48×116 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.38×2 works
  23. Engineering0.24×46 works
  24. Materials Science0.20×9 works
  25. Energy0.08×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lethbridge?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurobiology, Climate Change, Social Behavior, Social Cognition, Mental Health, Identity, Cognition and Globalization.

▲ 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. Climate Change81▲ 2.0×73 topics
  2. Neurobiology42▲ 11×10 topics
  3. Mental Health40▲ 1.90×36 topics
  4. Globalization39▲ 1.36×55 topics
  5. Identity30▲ 2.8×24 topics
  6. Public Health28▲ 1.31×32 topics
  7. History24▲ 2.4×21 topics
  8. Social Justice23▲ 2.6×20 topics
  9. Depression23▲ 1.76×19 topics
  10. Social Behavior21▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Social Cognition21▲ 7.7×7 topics
  12. Anxiety20▲ 2.9×9 topics
  13. Stress19▲ 3.6×8 topics
  14. Adaptation19▲ 4.4×12 topics
  15. Invasive Species19▲ 3.0×16 topics
  16. Nationalism19▲ 2.8×16 topics
  17. Prevalence18▲ 3.0×12 topics
  18. Religion18▲ 2.6×21 topics
  19. Memory18▲ 4.9×9 topics
  20. Cognition16▲ 7.8×6 topics
  21. Evolution15▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Hippocampus15▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Prefrontal Cortex14▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Empathy14▲ 8.0×5 topics
  25. Hydrology14▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Altruism13▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Neural Circuits13▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Cooperation13▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Attachment13▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Oxytocin12▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Immigration12▲ 7.3×5 topics
  32. Impulsivity12▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Comorbidity11▲ 6.9×4 topics
  34. Navigation11▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Adaptive Evolution11▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Intelligence11▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Parental Care10▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Vasopressin10▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Reproductive Strategies10▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Primates10▲ 36×1 topic

What research is done in Lethbridge?

Neuroendocrine regulatio…9Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 9 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Eco…9Primate Behavior and Ecology: 9 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 8 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 7 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Treatments: 7 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 7 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…6Neural dynamics and brain function: 6 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 6 fractional works
Social PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 9 works
  3. 3 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  5. 5 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  7. 7 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  10. 10 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 6 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%Lethbridge16.7% 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 33.8% in 2002.

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