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Research in Nanaimo

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Nanaimo, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Vancouver Island University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
15.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Nanaimo

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 Nanaimo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Vancouver Island UniversityUniversity 1,108 #4,079
2Kintama (Canada)Company 34 not ranked
3Island Timberlands (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.

Which fields of science does Nanaimo work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Nanaimo is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Environmental Science (12%), Psychology (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 117 fractional works · 44.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 28 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 30.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKNanaimo263fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences45%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6825.7%
    2. Psychology259.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities176.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Environmental Science3111.9%
    2. Computer Science176.4%
    3. Chemistry93.4%
    4. Engineering93.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.0%
    6. Mathematics31.1%
    7. Materials Science31.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine259.6%
    2. Health Professions103.9%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences114.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.5%
    3. Neuroscience41.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Nanaimo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Depression, Surveillance, Anxiety, Mass Spectrometry, Discrimination, History and Environmental Justice.

▲ 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 Change19▲ 2.6×39 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 1.21×44 topics
  3. Depression10▲ 4.1×14 topics
  4. Globalization8▲ 1.64×21 topics
  5. Anxiety8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  6. Mental Health8▲ 2.0×17 topics
  7. Public Health7▲ 1.93×21 topics
  8. Surveillance7▲ 9.5×2 topics
  9. History7▲ 3.7×11 topics
  10. Mass Spectrometry6▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Biodiversity6▲ 2.9×14 topics
  12. Discrimination6▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Ethics6▲ 4.1×6 topics
  14. Global Warming5▲ 4.6×4 topics
  15. Social Justice5▲ 3.3×15 topics
  16. Gender5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  17. Identity5▲ 2.7×10 topics
  18. Invasive Species5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  19. Trust5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  21. Environmental Justice5▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  23. Stress4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  24. Reflective Practice4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  25. Anthropocene4▲ 26×3 topics
  26. Online Social Networks4▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Privacy Concerns4▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Proteomics4▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Postcolonialism4▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Aquaculture4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  31. Environmental Attitudes4▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Imaging4▲ 5.6×2 topics
  33. Decentralization4▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Electrospray4▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Ionization4▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Trophic Cascades3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  38. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Cultural Competence3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  40. Method Validation3▲ 21×2 topics

What research is done in Nanaimo?

Mass Spectrometry Techni…4Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and D…3Privacy, Security, and Data Protection: 3 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 3 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 2 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 2 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 2 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…2Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksPlace Attachment and Urban Studies: 2 fractional works
SpectroscopySociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 4 works
  2. 2 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 2 works
  6. 6 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 2 works
  8. 8 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  10. 10 Place Attachment and Urban Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 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%Nanaimo29.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 38.2% in 2011.

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