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Research in Peterborough

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Peterborough, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Trent University, SKiN Health and Innovation Cluster (Canada).

Research institutions
9
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.1%
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 Peterborough?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Trent UniversityUniversity 7,526 #3,842
2Ministry of Natural Resources and ForestryGovernment institution 1,209 #19,122
3SKiN HealthHospital / health system 634 #9,317
4Innovation Cluster (Canada)Company 495 #11,475
5Safran Electronics (Canada)Company 343 #22,810
6Fleming CollegeUniversity 132 #37,496 all time
7Ontario Federation of Anglers and HuntersNonprofit 11 not ranked
8Green Communities CanadaNonprofit 9 not ranked
9Peterborough Utilities Service (Canada)Company 3 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.

Trent University: 72.6%Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry: 11.7%SKiN Health: 6.1%Innovation Cluster (Canada): 4.8%5 others listed: 4.8%73%largest
Trent University7,526 · 72.6%Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry1,209 · 11.7%SKiN Health634 · 6.1%Innovation Cluster (Canada)495 · 4.8%5 others listed498 · 4.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Peterborough strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Peterborough is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Dermatology (11.0× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 44.2 works11×
  2. EcologySubfield · 103.7 works7.8×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 29.6 works6.7×
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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 Peterborough?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity, Fisheries Sustainability, Freshwater Biodiversity and Conservation Challenges.

▲ 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
  1. Climate Change162▲ 3.6×84 topics
  2. Invasive Species69▲ 9.6×17 topics
  3. Biodiversity50▲ 4.0×24 topics
  4. Epidemiology49▼ 0.74×101 topics
  5. Sustainability45◆ 1.09×71 topics
  6. Mental Health44▲ 1.77×35 topics
  7. Population Dynamics42▲ 9.9×10 topics
  8. Environmental Impact40▲ 1.39×45 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation39▲ 10×4 topics
  10. Globalization39▲ 1.16×67 topics
  11. Public Health35▲ 1.41×48 topics
  12. Conservation33▲ 4.5×17 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability32▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Identity32▲ 2.6×41 topics
  15. Freshwater Biodiversity29▲ 28×2 topics
  16. History28▲ 2.4×32 topics
  17. Colonialism27▲ 3.3×29 topics
  18. Conservation Challenges26▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Flow Regulation26▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Trophic Cascades26▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Habitat Selection25▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Social Support24▲ 2.6×13 topics
  23. Gender23▲ 2.5×31 topics
  24. Water Quality22▲ 3.3×12 topics
  25. Resilience22▲ 2.7×13 topics
  26. Animal Movement20▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Nationalism20▲ 2.5×21 topics
  28. Occupancy Rates20▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Eutrophication18▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Emissions17▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts17▲ 3.7×7 topics
  32. Ecosystem Engineering16▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Conservation Biology16▲ 9.0×4 topics
  34. Bioaccumulation14▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Species Richness14▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Conservation Genetics13▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Population Genetics13▲ 5.6×5 topics
  38. Biodiversity Loss12▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Adaptive Evolution12▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Predator-Prey Interactions12▲ 8.9×3 topics

What research is done in Peterborough?

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 20 works
  3. 3 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 9 works
  4. 4 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 9 works
  5. 5 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 9 works
  6. 6 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 9 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 8 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 8 works
  9. 9 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 8 works
  10. 10 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 8 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.