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Research in Peterborough

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

Research institutions
9
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
235k
22.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Peterborough

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 Peterborough?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Trent UniversityUniversity 7,526 #4,049
2Ministry of Natural Resources and ForestryGovernment institution 1,209 #19,320
3SKiN HealthHospital / health system 634 #10,341
4Innovation Cluster (Canada)Company 495 #4,111
5Safran Electronics (Canada)Company 343 #16,914
6Fleming CollegeUniversity 132 #28,840 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-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.

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.

Which fields of science does Peterborough work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Peterborough is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (17%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 781 fractional works · 40.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 326 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEcology: 117 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 52 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 187 fractional works · 9.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 53 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 44 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 608 fractional works · 31.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 309 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 106 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 42 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 106 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 100 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 289 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 215 fractional works · 11.0% of its workDermatology: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 60 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 39 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 269 fractional works · 13.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 115 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 100 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPeterborough1,947fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences31%

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. Environmental Science32616.8%
    2. Engineering1879.6%
    3. Computer Science784.0%
    4. Materials Science532.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences442.3%
    6. Chemistry351.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy301.5%
    8. Energy120.6%
    9. Mathematics100.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.4%
    1. Social Sciences30915.9%
    2. Psychology1065.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities1005.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting462.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance311.6%
    6. Decision Sciences170.8%
    1. Medicine21511.0%
    2. Health Professions603.1%
    3. Nursing90.4%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1155.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1005.1%
    3. Neuroscience261.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology231.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 1.26× its world share, 101 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 162 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.45× its world share, 290 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 182 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 87 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 92 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 273 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.45×290 works
  2. Psychology1.80×92 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.78×87 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×40 works
  5. Social Sciences1.28×273 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.26×101 works
  7. Veterinary1.24×3 works
  8. Health Professions1.20×54 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.16×20 works
  10. Chemistry1.15×31 works
  11. Chemical Engineering1.08×6 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×85 works
  13. Nursing0.94×8 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.89×14 works
  15. Neuroscience0.75×21 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×41 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×27 works
  18. Materials Science0.71×42 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.67×25 works
  20. Engineering0.64×162 works
  21. Energy0.60×9 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×3 works
  23. Medicine0.56×182 works
  24. Computer Science0.49×65 works
  25. Mathematics0.41×8 works
  26. Dentistry0.25×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Peterborough?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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.

▲ 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 Change179▲ 3.4×89 topics
  2. Invasive Species75▲ 9.1×17 topics
  3. Epidemiology60▼ 0.78×107 topics
  4. Biodiversity57▲ 3.8×27 topics
  5. Sustainability50◆ 1.05×74 topics
  6. Population Dynamics49▲ 9.8×11 topics
  7. Mental Health48▲ 1.72×36 topics
  8. Environmental Impact45▲ 1.34×48 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation44▲ 10×4 topics
  10. Globalization43◆ 1.12×75 topics
  11. Conservation40▲ 4.8×18 topics
  12. Public Health38▲ 1.35×49 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability36▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Identity36▲ 2.5×42 topics
  15. Freshwater Biodiversity33▲ 27×2 topics
  16. History32▲ 2.3×35 topics
  17. Conservation Challenges29▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Flow Regulation29▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Habitat Selection29▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Trophic Cascades29▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Colonialism28▲ 3.0×30 topics
  22. Gender27▲ 2.5×31 topics
  23. Social Support26▲ 2.5×14 topics
  24. Water Quality24▲ 3.1×12 topics
  25. Resilience23▲ 2.4×15 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity22▲ 2.7×13 topics
  27. Animal Movement22▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Occupancy Rates22▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Eutrophication21▲ 9.5×5 topics
  30. Emissions18▲ 4.7×6 topics
  31. Conservation Biology17▲ 8.2×4 topics
  32. Ecosystem Engineering17▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Bioaccumulation15▲ 8.7×3 topics
  34. Population Genetics15▲ 5.5×5 topics
  35. Species Richness15▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Adaptive Evolution14▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Conservation Genetics14▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Biodiversity Loss13▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Harmful Algal Blooms13▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Predator-Prey Interactions12▲ 8.1×3 topics

What research is done in Peterborough?

Fish Ecology and Managem…26Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 26 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 20 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 9 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 9 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 9 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 9 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…8Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 8 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 8 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 8 fractional worksEcology and biodiversity…8Ecology and biodiversity studies: 8 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcologyDermatologyImmunology3 others

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

  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.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Peterborough13.1% 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 31.2% in 2013.

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