Research in Ottawa
Science Explorer records 329 research institutions in Ottawa, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Impact.
- Research institutions
- 329 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 290k ▼ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 8M 27.5 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 19.4% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Ottawa?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of OttawaUniversity | 92,865 | #170 | |
| 2 | Carleton UniversityUniversity | 38,940 | #691 | |
| 3 | National Research Council CanadaGovernment institution | 37,143 | #1,229 | |
| 4 | Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaGovernment institution | 22,706 | #2,543 | |
| 5 | Natural Resources CanadaGovernment institution | 16,273 | #1,887 | |
| 6 | Environment and Climate Change CanadaGovernment institution | 9,722 | #1,778 | |
| 7 | Atomic Energy (Canada)Company | 8,373 | #23,030 all time | |
| 8 | Fisheries and Oceans CanadaGovernment institution | 7,735 | #3,869 | |
| 9 | Health CanadaGovernment institution | 6,722 | #4,813 | |
| 10 | Department of National DefenceFunder | 4,157 | #6,380 | |
| 11 | ImpactNonprofit | 3,556 | #748 | |
| 12 | Public Health Agency of CanadaGovernment institution | 2,797 | #4,321 | |
| 13 | Communications Research Centre CanadaResearch facility | 2,760 | #18,149 | |
| 14 | Statistics CanadaGovernment institution | 2,433 | #8,380 | |
| 15 | Institute on GovernanceNonprofit | 1,857 | #5,219 | |
| 16 | Canadian Food Inspection AgencyGovernment institution | 1,488 | #11,447 | |
| 17 | Bank of CanadaInstitution | 1,461 | #13,615 | |
| 18 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaGovernment institution | 1,412 | #11,832 | |
| 19 | Government of CanadaGovernment institution | 1,407 | #11,195 | |
| 20 | Canada Research ChairsGovernment institution | 1,380 | #2,889 | |
| 21 | Saint Paul UniversityUniversity | 1,313 | #13,926 | |
| 22 | WiLAN (Canada)Company | 1,262 | #5,704 | |
| 23 | Canadian Museum of NatureArchive | 1,114 | #18,953 | |
| 24 | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaUniversity | 1,082 | #9,229 all time | |
| 25 | Transport CanadaGovernment institution | 1,042 | #14,059 | |
| 26 | Canadian Blood ServicesFunder | 959 | #14,332 | |
| 27 | Medical Council of CanadaNonprofit | 915 | #12,925 all time | |
| 28 | Canadian Red Cross SocietyNonprofit | 867 | #18,184 all time | |
| 29 | Royal Canadian NavyGovernment institution | 856 | #28,639 all time | |
| 30 | Institute of Population and Public HealthResearch facility | 803 | #19,127 | |
| 31 | International Development Research CentreGovernment institution | 788 | #18,931 | |
| 32 | Parks CanadaGovernment institution | 763 | #16,829 | |
| 33 | Ottawa Regional Cancer FoundationNonprofit | 748 | #21,001 all time | |
| 34 | Library and Archives CanadaArchive | 718 | #18,540 | |
| 35 | Global Affairs CanadaGovernment institution | 677 | #15,757 | |
| 36 | Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchGovernment institution | 676 | #9,898 all time | |
| 37 | CARE CanadaNonprofit | 643 | #12,097 | |
| 38 | Research CanadaResearch facility | 638 | #11,729 | |
| 39 | Canadian Nautical Research SocietyInstitution | 624 | #4,774 all time | |
| 40 | BruyèreHospital / health system | 623 | #7,432 | |
| 41 | Canadian Armed ForcesFunder | 621 | #18,276 | |
| 42 | Canadian Paediatric SocietyInstitution | 601 | #12,640 | |
| 43 | Canadian Linguistic AssociationInstitution | 558 | #17,040 all time | |
| 44 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research CouncilGovernment institution | 499 | #10,685 all time | |
| 45 | SR Research (Canada)Company | 439 | #33,785 all time | |
| 46 | Innovation, Science and Economic Development CanadaGovernment institution | 395 | #17,844 all time | |
| 47 | Canadian Institute for Health InformationNonprofit | 377 | #17,205 all time | |
| 48 | General Dynamics (Canada)Company | 377 | #15,991 all time | |
| 49 | Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceGovernment institution | 369 | #15,554 all time | |
| 50 | Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and DiabetesResearch facility | 360 | #11,236 all time | |
| 51 | Centre For Cold Ocean Resources EngineeringResearch facility | 333 | #22,297 | |
| 52 | Ottawa Public HealthHospital / health system | 325 | #14,670 | |
| 53 | Library of ParliamentArchive | 291 | #26,796 all time | |
| 54 | Algonquin CollegeUniversity | 288 | #19,049 | |
| 55 | National Defence Medical CentreHospital / health system | 281 | #29,263 all time | |
| 56 | CBC (Canada)Company | 259 | #23,969 all time | |
| 57 | Mitel (Canada)Company | 255 | #17,468 all time | |
| 58 | Canadian Nuclear Safety CommissionInstitution | 251 | #22,396 all time | |
| 59 | Assembly of First NationsGovernment institution | 241 | #18,748 | |
| 60 | Ciena (Canada)Company | 239 | #22,237 |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Ottawa work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research in Ottawa is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (13%), Social Sciences (12%).
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
- Physical Sciences15k38.0%
- Engineering5,07312.8%
- Environmental Science3,8059.6%
- Computer Science2,3856.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1,4043.5%
- Materials Science6801.7%
- Physics and Astronomy6691.7%
- Chemistry4011.0%
- Mathematics3791.0%
- Energy1930.5%
- Chemical Engineering940.2%
- Social Sciences9,73124.5%
- Social Sciences4,80212.1%
- Psychology1,7994.5%
- Arts and Humanities1,0622.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance8712.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting7631.9%
- Decision Sciences4341.1%
- Health Sciences9,71724.5%
- Medicine7,75919.5%
- Health Professions1,6794.2%
- Nursing1850.5%
- Veterinary570.1%
- Dentistry370.1%
- Life Sciences5,17313.0%
What is Ottawa strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Ottawa is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science and Public Administration (3.5× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 289.1 works3.5×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 508.1 works3.3×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 56.3 works3.0×
- EcologySubfield · 775.3 works2.8×
- Ecological ModelingSubfield · 73.0 works2.7×
- Developmental BiologySubfield · 20.5 works2.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.23×1,221 works
- Environmental Science1.89×3,277 works
- Health Professions1.65×1,522 works
- Psychology1.48×1,580 works
- Neuroscience1.11×632 works
- Decision Sciences1.10×373 works
- Veterinary1.04×49 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×765 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.01×1,680 works
- Medicine1.01×6,816 works
- Social Sciences0.97×4,272 works
- Nursing0.95×163 works
- Arts and Humanities0.95×954 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×1,708 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.89×312 works
- Engineering0.88×4,609 works
- Mathematics0.81×334 works
- Computer Science0.79×2,143 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.77×596 works
- Chemical Engineering0.69×84 works
- Chemistry0.65×356 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.59×664 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×72 works
- Energy0.54×172 works
- Materials Science0.47×569 works
- Dentistry0.19×33 works
Which keywords describe research in Ottawa?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Invasive Species, Public Health, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning and Fisheries Sustainability.
- Flow Regulation
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Ocean Circulation
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Arctic
- Ethical Considerations
- Primary Care
- Resilience
- Conservation
- Identity
- Health Effects
- Biodiversity
- Depression
- Risk Factors
- Quality of Life
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Remote Sensing
- Globalization
- Inflammation
- Invasive Species
- Oxidative Stress
- Cardiovascular Disease
- COVID-19
- Treatment
- Global Warming
- Mortality
- Population Dynamics
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Hydrology
- Immigration
- Trophic Cascades
- Conservation Challenges
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
- Climate Change2,514▲ 2.3×125 topics
- Epidemiology1,779◆ 1.12×138 topics
- Machine Learning1,154◆ 0.87×94 topics
- Deep Learning1,051▼ 0.77×84 topics
- Mental Health971▲ 1.71×47 topics
- Public Health896▲ 1.55×75 topics
- Remote Sensing820▲ 1.69×40 topics
- Sustainability788▼ 0.81×128 topics
- Globalization787◆ 1.01×158 topics
- Environmental Impact713◆ 1.05×72 topics
- Inflammation666▼ 0.79×82 topics
- Quality of Life617◆ 1.08×60 topics
- Invasive Species599▲ 3.6×21 topics
- Risk Factors539▲ 1.23×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress532▼ 0.81×62 topics
- Depression528▲ 1.51×25 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease522◆ 1.15×38 topics
- Biodiversity514▲ 1.70×38 topics
- COVID-19489◆ 0.95×34 topics
- Health Effects468▲ 1.94×24 topics
- Treatment464◆ 0.96×52 topics
- Identity419▲ 1.46×74 topics
- Global Warming382▲ 2.2×16 topics
- Conservation381▲ 2.2×24 topics
- Mortality363▲ 1.61×13 topics
- Resilience318▲ 1.63×19 topics
- Population Dynamics318▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Primary Care316▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation311▲ 3.6×5 topics
- Ethical Considerations307▲ 2.2×21 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability282▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Arctic251▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Hydrology239▲ 4.7×4 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience231▲ 3.8×5 topics
- Immigration205▲ 4.7×9 topics
- Ocean Circulation203▲ 3.7×3 topics
- Trophic Cascades184▲ 5.1×2 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity181▲ 7.5×2 topics
- Conservation Challenges163▲ 9.0×1 topic
- Flow Regulation163▲ 9.0×1 topic
What research is done in Ottawa?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 145 works
- 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 105 works
- 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 105 works
- 4 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 101 works
- 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 99 works
- 6 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 90 works
- 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 87 works
- 8 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 86 works
- 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 85 works
- 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 80 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.2% in 2016.
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