Research in London
Science Explorer records 34 research institutions in London, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Western University, London Health Sciences Centre and Lawson Health Research Institute.
- Research institutions
- 34 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 102k ▲ 7% 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 London?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Western UniversityUniversity | 85,776 | #290 | |
| 2 | London Health Sciences CentreHospital / health system | 5,285 | #4,742 | |
| 3 | Lawson Health Research InstituteHospital / health system | 2,296 | #5,645 | |
| 4 | Robarts Clinical TrialsResearch facility | 1,699 | #12,265 | |
| 5 | University HospitalHospital / health system | 1,117 | #10,721 all time | |
| 6 | Victoria HospitalHospital / health system | 1,058 | #13,171 all time | |
| 7 | St Joseph's Health CareHospital / health system | 1,026 | #16,017 | |
| 8 | St. Joseph's HospitalHospital / health system | 829 | #11,519 all time | |
| 9 | Children’s Health Research InstituteHospital / health system | 678 | #11,042 | |
| 10 | Parkwood InstituteHospital / health system | 333 | #22,030 | |
| 11 | Children's Hospital of Western OntarioHospital / health system | 310 | #24,475 all time | |
| 12 | Fanshawe CollegeUniversity | 248 | #33,997 all time | |
| 13 | Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine ClinicHospital / health system | 244 | #30,025 all time | |
| 14 | Mediprobe Research (Canada)Company | 189 | #28,983 all time | |
| 15 | Trudell Medical International (Canada)Company | 155 | #42,656 all time | |
| 16 | Thames Valley Children's CentreHospital / health system | 144 | #36,024 all time | |
| 17 | Sciencetech (Canada)Company | 99 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Trojan Technologies (Canada)Company | 90 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Middlesex London Health UnitHospital / health system | 76 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Network for Business SustainabilityNonprofit | 62 | not ranked | |
| 21 | A&L Canada Laboratories (Canada)Company | 60 | not ranked | |
| 22 | KGK Synergize (Canada)Company | 34 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Guenther Dermatology Research CentreResearch facility | 28 | not ranked | |
| 24 | London HydroGovernment institution | 18 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Viron Therapeutics (Canada)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Centre for Imaging Technology CommercializationCompany | 8 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Ontario Commercial Fisheries' AssociationInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Alzheimer Society London MiddlesexInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Brain Tumour Foundation of CanadaNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing NetworkInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Axcelon Biopolymers (Canada)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Lake Huron & Elgin Area Primary Water Supply SystemsInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Let's Talk ScienceNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Defeat Duchenne CanadaInstitution | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is London strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in London is most concentrated in Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Health (2.9× the world share in Cognitive Neuroscience).
- Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 285.2 works2.9×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 179.8 works2.7×
- HealthSubfield · 100.5 works2.5×
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 119.4 works2.5×
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 London?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Public Health, Neurological Disorders and Treatment.
- Arthroplasty
- Total Hip Replacement
- Neurobiology
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Medical Education
- Anxiety
- Rehabilitation
- Primary Care
- Global Burden
- Prevalence
- Management
- Diagnosis
- Neurological Disorders
- Depression
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Quality of Life
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Genetics
- Clinical Trials
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Complications
- Identity
- Mortality
- Patient Satisfaction
- Social Support
- Adolescents
- Neuroimaging
- Health Equity
- Revision Surgery
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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
- Epidemiology848▲ 1.61×135 topics
- Inflammation393▲ 1.42×80 topics
- Mental Health368▲ 1.89×45 topics
- Machine Learning309▼ 0.71×85 topics
- Quality of Life308▲ 1.60×55 topics
- Deep Learning306▼ 0.67×80 topics
- Climate Change276▼ 0.77×95 topics
- Public Health268▲ 1.39×65 topics
- Globalization253◆ 0.97×113 topics
- Treatment242▲ 1.50×52 topics
- Risk Factors240▲ 1.64×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress232◆ 1.07×60 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease216▲ 1.46×38 topics
- Depression187▲ 1.60×25 topics
- Genetics186▲ 2.0×26 topics
- Neurological Disorders185▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Clinical Trials185▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Diagnosis169▲ 1.37×41 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome159▲ 1.47×23 topics
- Management158▲ 1.51×35 topics
- Complications144▲ 2.2×17 topics
- Prevalence142▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Identity140▲ 1.45×60 topics
- Global Burden139▲ 1.94×12 topics
- Mortality137▲ 1.79×13 topics
- Primary Care132▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Patient Satisfaction130▲ 3.1×10 topics
- Rehabilitation126▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Social Support123▲ 1.66×18 topics
- Anxiety121▲ 1.93×12 topics
- Adolescents111▲ 2.2×9 topics
- Medical Education108▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Neuroimaging102▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life100▲ 3.2×5 topics
- Health Equity97▲ 2.7×6 topics
- Neurobiology96▲ 2.8×10 topics
- Revision Surgery96▲ 5.7×2 topics
- Total Hip Replacement96▲ 5.7×2 topics
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease80▲ 5.3×5 topics
- Arthroplasty67▲ 5.3×2 topics
What research is done in London?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSurgery 58 works
- 2 Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseGenetics 45 works
- 3 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 44 works
- 4 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 39 works
- 5 Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryRehabilitation 39 works
- 6 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastySurgery 37 works
- 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 37 works
- 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 36 works
- 9 Shoulder Injury and TreatmentSurgery 35 works
- 10 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 35 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.