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Research in Saskatoon

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Saskatoon, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Saskatchewan, Canadian Light Source (Canada) and Global Institute for Water Security.

Research institutions
40
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
62k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.6%
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 Saskatoon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SaskatchewanUniversity 51,575 #608
2St. Paul's HospitalHospital / health system 1,804 #9,227
3Royal University HospitalHospital / health system 1,529 #23,099
4Saskatchewan Research Council (Canada)Government institution 1,086 #10,021 all time
5Plant Biotechnology InstituteResearch facility 975 #9,861 all time
6Canadian Light Source (Canada)Company 915 #2,464
7Horizon College and SeminaryUniversity 721 #16,304
8Saskatoon Medical ImagingHospital / health system 609 #26,814
9Saskatchewan Health AuthorityHospital / health system 586 #20,693
10Global Institute for Water SecurityResearch facility 415 #7,104
11Genome PrairieNonprofit 276 #26,907 all time
12Saskatchewan PolytechnicUniversity 205 #19,762 all time
13Saskatoon City HospitalHospital / health system 170 #36,352 all time
14Cameco (Canada)Company 168 #27,751 all time
15Canadian Bulletin of Medical HistoryInstitution 89 not ranked
16PotashCorp (Canada)Company 81 not ranked
17Saskatchewan Health Quality CouncilHospital / health system 69 not ranked
18Hitachi (Canada)Company 47 not ranked
19Phenomenome Discoveries (Canada)Company 44 not ranked
20Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan (Canada)Company 40 not ranked
21Federated Co-operatives (Canada)Company 38 not ranked
22Canadian Rural Health Research SocietyInstitution 37 not ranked
23The Lung Association SaskatchewanNonprofit 24 not ranked
24SoilVision Systems (Canada)Company 17 not ranked
25Hog Administrative Marketing Services (Canada)Company 15 not ranked
26BHP (Canada)Company 15 not ranked
27Ag-West Bio (Canada)Company 15 not ranked
28Contango Strategies (Canada)Company 7 not ranked
29Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operationInstitution 6 not ranked
30Canadian Massage Therapy AlianceCompany 5 not ranked
31World Water and Climate FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
32Saskatchewan Health Research FoundationNonprofit 3 not ranked
33Saskatchewan Canola Development CommissionInstitution 2 not ranked
34Safe Drinking Water FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
35Parrheim Foods (Canada)Company 2 not ranked
36Saskatchewan Pork Development BoardInstitution 1 not ranked
37Saskatchewan Pulse GrowersNonprofit 1 not ranked
38Pan-Provincial Vaccine EnterpriseNonprofit 1 not ranked
39International Minerals Innovation InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
40Greater Saskatoon Chamber of CommerceCompany 0 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.

University of Saskatchewan: 83.7%St. Paul's Hospital: 2.9%Royal University Hospital: 2.5%Saskatchewan Research Council (Canada): 1.8%35 others listed: 9.1%84%largest
University of Saskatchewan52k · 83.7%St. Paul's Hospital1,804 · 2.9%Royal University Hospital1,529 · 2.5%Saskatchewan Research Council (Canada)1,086 · 1.8%35 others listed5,605 · 9.1%

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

What is Saskatoon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Saskatoon is most concentrated in Veterinary, Small Animals and Agronomy and Crop Science (6.6× the world share in Veterinary).

  1. VeterinaryField · 68.6 works6.6×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 60.0 works6.4×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 108.9 works6.0×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 79.7 works4.7×
  5. MicrobiologySubfield · 30.8 works3.8×
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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 Saskatoon?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Microbial Community, Inflammation, Mental Health and Milk Composition.

▲ 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 Change381▲ 1.84×95 topics
  2. Epidemiology370▲ 1.22×128 topics
  3. Machine Learning264◆ 1.05×86 topics
  4. Deep Learning222▼ 0.85×80 topics
  5. Inflammation163◆ 1.02×81 topics
  6. Sustainability162◆ 0.87×79 topics
  7. Environmental Impact142◆ 1.09×52 topics
  8. Mental Health140▲ 1.24×41 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress139◆ 1.11×58 topics
  10. Public Health127◆ 1.14×58 topics
  11. Remote Sensing123▲ 1.30×32 topics
  12. Renewable Energy110◆ 0.99×44 topics
  13. Treatment108▲ 1.16×48 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease99▲ 1.16×37 topics
  15. Depression97▲ 1.44×24 topics
  16. Health Effects78▲ 1.68×23 topics
  17. Pathogenesis73▲ 1.87×22 topics
  18. Water Quality68▲ 2.2×15 topics
  19. Health Equity66▲ 3.2×6 topics
  20. Health Benefits66▲ 2.6×16 topics
  21. Adsorption60▲ 3.7×7 topics
  22. Microbial Community55▲ 9.1×5 topics
  23. Biochar55▲ 4.4×4 topics
  24. Milk Composition50▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Fatty Acid Composition49▲ 5.7×2 topics
  26. Methane Production48▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Ruminant Nutrition48▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Hydrology48▲ 4.9×4 topics
  29. Biomass43▲ 5.1×5 topics
  30. Animal Welfare43▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Decolonization42▲ 6.7×7 topics
  32. Breeding41▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Heat Stress41▲ 6.7×2 topics
  34. Settler Colonialism36▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Indigenous Knowledge Systems36▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Traditional Ecological Knowledge36▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Historical Trauma36▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Indigenous Health36▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Glycemic Index35▲ 8.0×1 topic
  40. Starch35▲ 8.0×1 topic

What research is done in Saskatoon?

  1. 1 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgronomy and Crop Science 48 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsHealth 36 works
  3. 3 Food composition and propertiesNutrition and Dietetics 35 works
  4. 4 Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAnimal Science and Zoology 30 works
  5. 5 Canadian Identity and HistorySociology and Political Science 30 works
  6. 6 Proteins in Food SystemsFood Science 26 works
  7. 7 Human-Animal Interaction StudiesGenetics 25 works
  8. 8 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalWater Science and Technology 23 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Science and Technology 23 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AIPlant Science 23 works

Research output over time

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