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Research in Montreal
Science Explorer records 313 research institutions in Montreal, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are McGill University, Université de Montréal and Concordia University.
- Research institutions
- 313 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 422k ▲ 4% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.0% 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 Montreal?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McGill UniversityUniversity | 130,697 | #123 | |
| 2 | Université de MontréalUniversity | 72,538 | #418 | |
| 3 | Concordia UniversityUniversity | 38,425 | #811 | |
| 4 | Université du Québec à MontréalUniversity | 31,707 | #1,347 | |
| 5 | Polytechnique MontréalUniversity | 19,748 | #1,321 | |
| 6 | McGill University Health CentreHospital / health system | 11,338 | #876 | |
| 7 | CAE (Canada)Company | 10,458 | #6,703 all time | |
| 8 | École de Technologie SupérieureUniversity | 8,142 | #2,057 | |
| 9 | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-JustineHospital / health system | 6,110 | #4,583 | |
| 10 | Jewish General HospitalHospital / health system | 6,053 | #3,141 | |
| 11 | HEC MontréalUniversity | 5,537 | #5,037 | |
| 12 | Montreal Neurological Institute and HospitalHospital / health system | 4,992 | #2,476 | |
| 13 | Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de MontréalHospital / health system | 4,982 | #2,384 | |
| 14 | Hydro-QuébecGovernment institution | 3,922 | #10,132 | |
| 15 | Montreal General HospitalHospital / health system | 3,817 | #9,431 | |
| 16 | Royal Victoria HospitalHospital / health system | 3,775 | #2,818 all time | |
| 17 | World Federation of Science JournalistsNonprofit | 3,754 | #10,486 | |
| 18 | Montreal Heart InstituteFunder | 3,657 | #6,533 | |
| 19 | Montreal Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 3,636 | #9,560 | |
| 20 | Montreal Clinical Research InstituteResearch facility | 3,148 | #7,804 | |
| 21 | Bell (Canada)Company | 2,770 | #20,175 | |
| 22 | Douglas Mental Health University InstituteHospital / health system | 2,655 | #4,452 | |
| 23 | Hôpital Notre-DameHospital / health system | 2,133 | #5,559 all time | |
| 24 | Hôpital Maisonneuve-RosemontHospital / health system | 2,088 | #5,787 | |
| 25 | Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de MontréalHospital / health system | 2,020 | #12,732 | |
| 26 | Institut d'Histoire de l'Amérique FrançaiseNonprofit | 1,977 | #37,118 all time | |
| 27 | St Mary's Hospital CentreHospital / health system | 1,475 | #6,531 all time | |
| 28 | Biotechnology Research InstituteResearch facility | 1,390 | #5,892 all time | |
| 29 | Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du QuébecGovernment institution | 1,235 | #27,595 | |
| 30 | Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in RehabilitationResearch facility | 1,232 | #11,388 | |
| 31 | Francophone University AssociationInstitution | 1,025 | #25,360 | |
| 32 | Group for Research in Decision AnalysisResearch facility | 1,018 | #15,736 | |
| 33 | Hôpital Saint-LucHospital / health system | 913 | #11,738 all time | |
| 34 | Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-MontréalHospital / health system | 897 | #7,402 | |
| 35 | Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de MontréalResearch facility | 895 | #12,818 | |
| 36 | Hôtel-Dieu de MontréalHospital / health system | 867 | #10,359 all time | |
| 37 | Institute of AgingResearch facility | 792 | #10,397 | |
| 38 | Shriners Hospitals for Children - CanadaHospital / health system | 666 | #22,429 | |
| 39 | Computer Research Institute of MontréalNonprofit | 651 | #24,245 | |
| 40 | Institute for Research in Immunology and CancerResearch facility | 631 | #10,472 | |
| 41 | Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travailNonprofit | 606 | #20,910 | |
| 42 | Institut universitaire en santé mentale de MontréalHospital / health system | 601 | #16,741 all time | |
| 43 | Bombardier (Canada)Company | 598 | #15,273 all time | |
| 44 | SNC-Lavalin (Canada)Company | 509 | #16,768 all time | |
| 45 | International Civil Aviation OrganizationGovernment institution | 416 | #33,881 all time | |
| 46 | Institute of GeneticsResearch facility | 387 | #16,143 all time | |
| 47 | Future EarthResearch facility | 387 | #22,897 | |
| 48 | Institut national de psychiatrie légale Philippe-PinelHospital / health system | 381 | #22,299 all time | |
| 49 | Espace pour la vieArchive | 375 | #13,908 | |
| 50 | Institute of Health Services and Policy ResearchResearch facility | 353 | #15,607 all time | |
| 51 | Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence InstituteResearch facility | 338 | #5,380 | |
| 52 | McGill Genome CentreResearch facility | 337 | #8,005 | |
| 53 | Collège de MaisonneuveUniversity | 325 | #31,418 all time | |
| 54 | International Centre for Comparative CriminologyResearch facility | 319 | #35,746 all time | |
| 55 | Héma-QuébecNonprofit | 305 | #22,259 | |
| 56 | 123 Certification (Canada)Company | 301 | #20,642 | |
| 57 | WSP (Canada)Company | 288 | #21,930 | |
| 58 | Centre in Green Chemistry and CatalysisResearch facility | 287 | #8,736 | |
| 59 | Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and TechnologyResearch facility | 264 | #35,558 all time | |
| 60 | McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation CentreUniversity | 259 | #12,203 all time |
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.
McGill University131k · 31.8%Université de Montréal73k · 17.6%Concordia University38k · 9.3%Université du Québec à Montréal32k · 7.7%56 others listed138k · 33.6%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Montreal strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Montreal is most concentrated in Behavioral Neuroscience, Software and Cognitive Neuroscience (2.9× the world share in Behavioral Neuroscience).
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 63.3 works2.9×
- SoftwareSubfield · 101.3 works2.9×
- Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 1,127.2 works2.8×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 237.3 works2.8×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 163.4 works2.6×
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 381.3 works2.5×
- AgingSubfield · 33.3 works2.5×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Montreal?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Community Engagement, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Public Health.
- Participative Evaluation
- Cooperatives
- Professional Practices
- Educational Policies
- Ethnographic Research
- Citizenship
- Environmental Participation
- Gender Studies
- Gender
- Neurological Disorders
- Territorial Governance
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Depression
- Neural Networks
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Inflammation
- Mental Health
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Public Health
- Quality of Life
- Oxidative Stress
- Community Engagement
- Treatment
- Social Justice
- Identity
- Local Development
- Aging
- Nationalism
- Citizen Participation
- Proximity and Innovation
- Institutionalization
- Immigration
- Sociological Analysis
- Public Action
- Solidarity Economy
▲ 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
- Epidemiology2,605▲ 1.19×137 topics
- Deep Learning1,801◆ 0.95×85 topics
- Machine Learning1,688◆ 0.93×94 topics
- Mental Health1,369▲ 1.69×45 topics
- Climate Change1,344◆ 0.90×122 topics
- Inflammation1,234◆ 1.07×83 topics
- Public Health1,089▲ 1.36×70 topics
- Globalization1,068◆ 0.98×159 topics
- Quality of Life1,021▲ 1.28×59 topics
- Sustainability1,004▼ 0.75×121 topics
- Oxidative Stress914◆ 1.01×62 topics
- Neural Networks812◆ 0.95×40 topics
- Community Engagement807▲ 4.4×19 topics
- Depression786▲ 1.62×25 topics
- Treatment762◆ 1.14×51 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease728▲ 1.18×39 topics
- Social Justice713▲ 2.2×47 topics
- Risk Factors711▲ 1.17×37 topics
- Identity680▲ 1.69×75 topics
- Territorial Governance648▲ 9.3×3 topics
- Local Development645▲ 10×2 topics
- Neurological Disorders639▲ 2.0×20 topics
- Aging554▲ 1.87×19 topics
- Gender552▲ 1.84×55 topics
- Nationalism497▲ 1.95×34 topics
- Gender Studies397▲ 4.7×18 topics
- Citizen Participation379▲ 5.6×3 topics
- Environmental Participation362▲ 8.2×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation362▲ 8.2×1 topic
- Citizenship351▲ 5.2×11 topics
- Institutionalization327▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Ethnographic Research311▲ 10×4 topics
- Immigration308▲ 4.9×9 topics
- Educational Policies308▲ 4.8×3 topics
- Sociological Analysis305▲ 9.4×2 topics
- Professional Practices304▲ 14×1 topic
- Public Action304▲ 14×1 topic
- Cooperatives293▲ 6.6×4 topics
- Solidarity Economy289▲ 8.4×2 topics
- Participative Evaluation283▲ 14×1 topic
What research is done in Montreal?
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesPsychiatry and Mental healthCognitive Neuroscience4 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social StudiesSociology and Political Science 362 works
- 2 Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSociology and Political Science 304 works
- 3 Social Sciences and GovernanceUrban Studies 283 works
- 4 Canadian Identity and HistorySociology and Political Science 213 works
- 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 180 works
- 6 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 172 works
- 7 Cultural Insights and Digital ImpactsComputer Networks and Communications 146 works
- 8 Health, Medicine and SocietyGeneral Health Professions 133 works
- 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 131 works
- 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory and Philosophy of Science 130 works
Research output over time
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