Research in Québec
Science Explorer records 134 research institutions in Québec, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université Laval, Université du Québec and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.
- Research institutions
- 134 12 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 103k ▼ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.7M 25.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 17.7% 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 Québec?
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 Québec work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Québec is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (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 Sciences4,92632.3%
- Engineering1,83912.1%
- Environmental Science1,0807.1%
- Computer Science6194.1%
- Materials Science3792.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3072.0%
- Physics and Astronomy2581.7%
- Chemistry1611.1%
- Mathematics1180.8%
- Energy1110.7%
- Chemical Engineering550.4%
- Social Sciences4,11027.0%
- Social Sciences2,24214.7%
- Psychology6874.5%
- Arts and Humanities5573.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting3202.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2111.4%
- Decision Sciences930.6%
- Health Sciences3,80325.0%
- Medicine3,05320.0%
- Health Professions6094.0%
- Nursing830.5%
- Veterinary300.2%
- Dentistry290.2%
- Life Sciences2,38915.7%
What is Québec strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Québec is most concentrated in Urban Studies, History and Philosophy of Science and Animal Science and Zoology (4.6× the world share in Urban Studies).
- Urban StudiesSubfield · 173.1 works4.6×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 82.3 works3.9×
- Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 83.7 works2.8×
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 31.0 works2.7×
- Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 42.0 works2.7×
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: Immunology and Microbiology, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology1.59×217 works
- Health Professions1.57×561 works
- Psychology1.47×610 works
- Neuroscience1.42×314 works
- Environmental Science1.42×957 works
- Veterinary1.38×25 works
- Arts and Humanities1.30×512 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.25×267 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×876 works
- Social Sciences1.20×2,057 works
- Nursing1.13×75 works
- Medicine1.03×2,685 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.99×640 works
- Chemical Engineering0.95×45 works
- Engineering0.82×1,676 works
- Energy0.80×100 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.77×234 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×36 works
- Materials Science0.71×336 works
- Chemistry0.68×146 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×194 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.65×287 works
- Mathematics0.64×103 works
- Decision Sciences0.62×82 works
- Computer Science0.51×539 works
- Dentistry0.39×26 works
Which keywords describe research in Québec?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Social Justice, Citizen Participation and Environmental Participation.
- Fiber Lasers
- Nonlinear Optics
- Immigration
- Public Action
- Sociological Analysis
- Ethnographic Research
- Solidarity Economy
- Social Innovation
- Institutionalization
- Gender Studies
- Environmental Participation
- Economic Development
- Identity
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Development
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Local Development
- Community Engagement
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Territorial Governance
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Social Justice
- Public Policy
- Remote Sensing
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Citizen Participation
- Proximity and Innovation
- Citizenship
- Nationalism
- Cooperatives
- Participative Evaluation
- Educational Policies
- Professional Practices
- Social Determinants of Health
- Hydrology
- Social Policy
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 Change736▲ 1.78×105 topics
- Epidemiology710▲ 1.17×138 topics
- Inflammation403▲ 1.24×82 topics
- Community Engagement394▲ 7.9×18 topics
- Territorial Governance358▲ 20×3 topics
- Local Development357▲ 23×2 topics
- Mental Health350▲ 1.61×45 topics
- Sustainability334◆ 0.90×103 topics
- Globalization331◆ 1.11×124 topics
- Public Health320▲ 1.44×65 topics
- Social Justice310▲ 3.4×43 topics
- Sustainable Development272◆ 1.14×66 topics
- Public Policy270▲ 3.7×27 topics
- Environmental Impact265◆ 1.02×54 topics
- Remote Sensing244▲ 1.31×36 topics
- Identity226▲ 2.0×55 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome213▲ 1.73×24 topics
- Economic Development207▲ 1.70×34 topics
- Citizen Participation205▲ 12×2 topics
- Environmental Participation198▲ 18×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation198▲ 18×1 topic
- Gender Studies191▲ 8.2×14 topics
- Citizenship176▲ 9.6×9 topics
- Institutionalization174▲ 12×5 topics
- Nationalism172▲ 2.5×24 topics
- Social Innovation166▲ 7.1×11 topics
- Cooperatives163▲ 14×4 topics
- Solidarity Economy162▲ 19×2 topics
- Participative Evaluation159▲ 32×1 topic
- Ethnographic Research150▲ 20×3 topics
- Educational Policies148▲ 9.1×2 topics
- Sociological Analysis148▲ 17×2 topics
- Professional Practices148▲ 27×1 topic
- Public Action148▲ 27×1 topic
- Social Determinants of Health147▲ 4.5×8 topics
- Immigration109▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Hydrology103▲ 5.2×4 topics
- Nonlinear Optics100▲ 6.1×4 topics
- Social Policy95▲ 6.9×5 topics
- Fiber Lasers92▲ 6.5×3 topics
What research is done in Québec?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 196 works
- 2 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 154 works
- 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 144 works
- 4 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 81 works
- 5 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 70 works
- 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 69 works
- 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 64 works
- 8 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 61 works
- 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 56 works
- 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 54 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 26.4% in 2016.
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