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Research in Ottawa

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Ottawa, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ottawa University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
9.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ottawa

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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ottawa UniversityUniversity 4,003 #4,415

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 Ottawa work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Ottawa is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (16%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 364 fractional works · 51.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 224 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 91 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 50 fractional works · 7.0% of its workLaw: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 166 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 116 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 46 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEngineering: 57 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOttawa709fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences51%

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 Sciences22431.6%
    2. Psychology395.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities354.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting304.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance263.7%
    6. Decision Sciences101.4%
    1. Medicine11616.4%
    2. Health Professions466.4%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Veterinary20.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Engineering578.0%
    2. Computer Science273.9%
    3. Environmental Science233.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy71.0%
    6. Materials Science50.7%
    7. Mathematics30.4%
    8. Chemistry20.4%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology172.5%
    2. Neuroscience131.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ottawa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ottawa is most concentrated in Political Science and International Relations and General Health Professions (4.8× the world share in Political Science and International Relations).

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 41.0 works4.8×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 28.9 works3.6×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.62× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.39× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 179 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.74×42 works
  2. Social Sciences2.46×179 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×22 works
  4. Psychology1.79×31 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.62×27 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.48×8 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.39×26 works
  8. Neuroscience1.14×11 works
  9. Veterinary1.09×1 works
  10. Medicine0.85×95 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×4 works
  12. Nursing0.64×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.59×17 works
  15. Engineering0.54×46 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×15 works
  17. Computer Science0.46×21 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.41×5 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.34×1 works
  20. Energy0.34×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.33×2 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×8 works
  23. Chemistry0.26×2 works
  24. Materials Science0.19×4 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ottawa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Nationalism, Identity, Immigration, Mental Health, Gender and Public Health.

▲ 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. Globalization43▲ 3.1×66 topics
  2. Human Rights29▲ 4.0×48 topics
  3. Epidemiology26◆ 0.91×84 topics
  4. Mental Health25▲ 2.5×31 topics
  5. Public Health24▲ 2.3×41 topics
  6. Identity23▲ 4.5×31 topics
  7. Climate Change22◆ 1.14×50 topics
  8. Nationalism20▲ 6.4×19 topics
  9. History18▲ 3.6×22 topics
  10. Gender17▲ 4.5×32 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 1.53×25 topics
  12. Social Justice15▲ 3.6×26 topics
  13. Immigration15▲ 19×5 topics
  14. Cultural Identity15▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. International Law13▲ 6.0×17 topics
  16. Community Engagement13▲ 5.5×11 topics
  17. Religion12▲ 3.8×20 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations12▲ 4.9×16 topics
  19. Colonialism12▲ 3.5×25 topics
  20. Politics12▲ 6.4×13 topics
  21. Social Policy12▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Feminism11▲ 5.5×17 topics
  23. Language11▲ 6.4×5 topics
  24. Neoliberalism11▲ 4.4×14 topics
  25. Democracy11▲ 4.4×13 topics
  26. Primary Care10▲ 3.8×14 topics
  27. Canada10▲ 128×1 topic
  28. Gender Equality10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  29. minorities10▲ 128×1 topic
  30. Territorial Governance9▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Gender Studies9▲ 8.5×7 topics
  32. Local Development9▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Social Determinants of Health8▲ 5.6×5 topics
  34. Discrimination8▲ 5.2×7 topics
  35. Citizenship8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  36. Violence7▲ 7.1×7 topics
  37. Refugees7▲ 8.2×6 topics
  38. Genocide7▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Property Rights7▲ 14×6 topics
  40. Middle East6▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Ottawa?

Canadian Identity and Hi…9Canadian Identity and History: 9 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 5 fractional worksCanadian Policy and Gove…5Canadian Policy and Governance: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…4Healthcare Systems and Practices: 4 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 4 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Institutions: 4 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…3Social Sciences and Governance: 3 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 3 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 3 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Stud…3Health and Conflict Studies: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Canadian Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 3 works

Research output over time

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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 counting10%20%30%Ottawa12.8% 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 23.4% in 2010.

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