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Research in Saint Catharines

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Saint Catharines, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Brock University.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
299k
22.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Saint Catharines

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 Saint Catharines?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Brock UniversityUniversity 13,146 #1,379
2Canadian Sleep SocietyInstitution 175 #23,150 all time
3Niagara Health SystemHospital / health system 96 not ranked
4Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation CentreHospital / health system 18 not ranked
5Canadian Economics AssociationInstitution 4 not ranked
6Grape Growers of OntarioInstitution 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.

Brock University: 97.8%Canadian Sleep Society: 1.3%Niagara Health System: 0.7%Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre: 0.1%2 others listed: 0.1%98%largest
Brock University13k · 97.8%Canadian Sleep Society175 · 1.3%Niagara Health System96 · 0.7%Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre18 · 0.1%2 others listed7 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Saint Catharines work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Saint Catharines is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (13%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,377 fractional works · 50.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 660 fractional works · 24.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 245 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEducation: 121 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 340 fractional works · 12.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 114 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 100 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 153 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 116 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 70 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 573 fractional works · 20.8% of its workComputer Science: 207 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 71 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 104 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 83 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 42 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 480 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 361 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 49 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 44 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 104 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 57 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 318 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 123 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 103 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 64 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 72 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint Catharines2,748fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences1,37750.1%
    1. Social Sciences66024.0%
    2. Psychology34012.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities1535.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1164.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance702.5%
    6. Decision Sciences371.4%
    1. Computer Science2077.5%
    2. Engineering1043.8%
    3. Environmental Science833.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy431.6%
    5. Mathematics421.5%
    6. Chemistry411.5%
    7. Materials Science230.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences220.8%
    9. Energy70.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine36113.1%
    2. Health Professions1043.8%
    3. Nursing90.3%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1234.5%
    2. Neuroscience1033.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences722.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology130.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Saint Catharines strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Saint Catharines is most concentrated in Gender Studies and Developmental and Educational Psychology (5.5× the world share in Gender Studies).

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 49.5 works5.5×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 48.2 works4.3×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 109 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 87 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 190 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 93 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.31× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 94 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 315 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.99× its world share, 142 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.36× its world share, 108 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 66 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.09× its world share, 308 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 601 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.09×308 works
  2. Neuroscience2.16×87 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.99×142 works
  4. Social Sciences1.92×601 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×94 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.41×34 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.36×108 works
  8. Mathematics1.31×38 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×66 works
  10. Computer Science0.99×190 works
  11. Chemistry0.93×36 works
  12. Veterinary0.86×3 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×109 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×7 works
  15. Nursing0.73×9 works
  16. Medicine0.66×315 works
  17. Environmental Science0.63×77 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.60×33 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×64 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×21 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×10 works
  22. Engineering0.25×93 works
  23. Energy0.23×5 works
  24. Materials Science0.23×19 works
  25. Dentistry0.16×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.08×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Saint Catharines?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Globalization, Gender, Emotion Regulation, Social Media, Ethics and Depression.

▲ 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. Mental Health144▲ 3.7×38 topics
  2. Globalization106▲ 1.97×75 topics
  3. Epidemiology95◆ 0.87×88 topics
  4. Identity85▲ 4.3×40 topics
  5. Climate Change79◆ 1.06×70 topics
  6. Machine Learning77▼ 0.84×64 topics
  7. Social Media77▲ 2.0×25 topics
  8. Public Health63▲ 1.57×41 topics
  9. Gender62▲ 4.2×36 topics
  10. Depression61▲ 2.5×20 topics
  11. History55▲ 2.9×30 topics
  12. Ethics51▲ 3.6×29 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation50▲ 5.7×9 topics
  14. Well-being46▲ 4.3×13 topics
  15. Resilience44▲ 3.2×16 topics
  16. Genetics43▲ 2.2×19 topics
  17. Adolescents41▲ 4.0×9 topics
  18. Literature39▲ 2.6×31 topics
  19. Nationalism38▲ 3.0×23 topics
  20. Emotion36▲ 6.4×11 topics
  21. Prevalence35▲ 3.2×13 topics
  22. Neoliberalism35▲ 3.5×22 topics
  23. Community Engagement33▲ 3.7×14 topics
  24. Masculinity32▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Social Cognition31▲ 6.1×9 topics
  26. Reflective Practice30▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Self-Regulation27▲ 5.5×6 topics
  28. Community Development26▲ 5.3×5 topics
  29. Sport26▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Fan Culture26▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Femininity26▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Adolescent Development26▲ 8.1×6 topics
  33. Psychopathology26▲ 5.2×3 topics
  34. Mega Events24▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Sport Tourism24▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Evidence-Based Practice24▲ 6.5×7 topics
  37. Immigration24▲ 7.8×6 topics
  38. Exercise23▲ 7.1×3 topics
  39. Anthropocene23▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Empathy22▲ 7.0×8 topics

What research is done in Saint Catharines?

Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 23 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 22 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…17Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 17 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…14Canadian Identity and History: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 14 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 14 fractional worksBehavioral and Psycholog…13Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 13 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 12 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 11 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…11Geographies of human-animal interactions: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesClinical PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  2. 2 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 22 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 17 works
  4. 4 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 14 works
  6. 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  7. 7 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 13 works
  8. 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 12 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 11 works
  10. 10 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Saint Catharines21.9% 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 34.6% in 2013.

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