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Research in St. John's

Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in St. John's, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Memorial University of Newfoundland and Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission.

Research institutions
22
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
34k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
840k
24.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
St. John's

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 St. John's?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Memorial University of NewfoundlandUniversity 30,921 #875
2Research & Development CorporationResearch facility 527 #14,637 all time
3Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation CommissionGovernment institution 400 #19,013
4Government of Newfoundland and LabradorGovernment institution 395 #21,958 all time
5St. John’s Health Sciences CentreHospital / health system 379 #20,069 all time
6Department of Environment and ConservationGovernment institution 329 #26,561 all time
7Health Care FoundationNonprofit 266 #23,790 all time
8Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation CentreHospital / health system 235 #24,102 all time
9Intecsea (Canada)Company 139 #33,726 all time
10Community Sector Council Newfoundland and LabradorNonprofit 130 #34,390 all time
11Nalcor Energy (Canada)Company 98 not ranked
12Petroleum Research Newfoundland and LabradorNonprofit 56 not ranked
13Nexus Clinical Research (Canada)Company 37 not ranked
14Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer CentreNonprofit 31 not ranked
15Oceans Limited (Canada)Company 21 not ranked
16Rutter (Canada)Company 8 not ranked
17Verafin (Canada)Company 6 not ranked
18Women in Science and Engineering Newfoundland and LabradorNonprofit 5 not ranked
19Women in Resource DevelopmentNonprofit 1 not ranked
20Newfoundland and Labrador Arts CouncilGovernment institution 1 not ranked
21Vónin (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
22Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry AssociationNonprofit 0 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.

Memorial University of Newfoundland: 91.0%Research & Development Corporation: 1.6%Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission: 1.2%Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.2%17 others listed: 5.1%91%largest
Memorial University of Newfoundland31k · 91.0%Research & Development Corporation527 · 1.6%Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission400 · 1.2%Government of Newfoundland and Labrador395 · 1.2%17 others listed1,743 · 5.1%

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

Which fields of science does St. John's work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in St. John's is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 2,351 fractional works · 46.3% of its workEngineering: 863 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 208 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 101 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 97 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 93 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 86 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 504 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEcology: 123 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 103 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 296 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 84 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 71 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 260 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 107 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 98 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 91 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 87 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,147 fractional works · 22.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 568 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 235 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 204 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 93 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 158 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 88 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 73 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,023 fractional works · 20.1% of its workMedicine: 780 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 102 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 207 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 144 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 560 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 206 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 182 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 108 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. John's5,081fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences23%

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. Engineering86317.0%
    2. Environmental Science5049.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2965.8%
    4. Computer Science2605.1%
    5. Materials Science981.9%
    6. Mathematics911.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy871.7%
    8. Energy681.3%
    9. Chemistry651.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering180.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,14722.6%
    1. Social Sciences56811.2%
    2. Psychology2044.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities1583.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting881.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance731.4%
    6. Decision Sciences561.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,02320.1%
    1. Medicine78015.3%
    2. Health Professions2074.1%
    3. Nursing300.6%
    4. Veterinary30.1%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2064.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1823.6%
    3. Neuroscience1082.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology531.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is St. John's strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in St. John's is most concentrated in Oceanography, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Aquatic Science (5.0× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 63.4 works5.0×
  2. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 24.1 works4.9×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 38.0 works4.6×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 24.2 works4.4×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 78.2 works3.9×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 166 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 182 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 92 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 231 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 265 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 61 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 789 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.01× its world share, 455 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 86 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 79 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 77 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 188 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 696 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 141 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 81 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 53 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 180 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 511 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.70×265 works
  2. Environmental Science2.01×455 works
  3. Health Professions1.57×188 works
  4. Mathematics1.47×79 works
  5. Energy1.46×61 works
  6. Psychology1.30×180 works
  7. Neuroscience1.24×92 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.20×53 works
  9. Nursing1.19×26 works
  10. Engineering1.15×789 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.07×141 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.96×44 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.93×15 works
  14. Social Sciences0.89×511 works
  15. Chemistry0.79×56 works
  16. Medicine0.79×696 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×166 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.76×77 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×182 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×68 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×11 works
  22. Computer Science0.65×231 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×81 works
  24. Materials Science0.54×86 works
  25. Veterinary0.45×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×2 works

Which keywords describe research in St. John's?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Aquaculture, Remote Sensing, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Fisheries Sustainability and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 Change330▲ 2.4×88 topics
  2. Epidemiology187◆ 0.92×123 topics
  3. Sustainability157▲ 1.26×75 topics
  4. Machine Learning152◆ 0.90×77 topics
  5. Environmental Impact148▲ 1.71×49 topics
  6. Renewable Energy130▲ 1.76×43 topics
  7. Remote Sensing122▲ 1.97×31 topics
  8. Mental Health102▲ 1.40×39 topics
  9. Public Health92▲ 1.25×50 topics
  10. Aquaculture75▲ 5.8×7 topics
  11. Identity65▲ 1.77×46 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency65▲ 1.38×30 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability57▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Conservation54▲ 2.5×22 topics
  15. Population Dynamics54▲ 4.1×11 topics
  16. Invasive Species52▲ 2.4×18 topics
  17. Food Security51▲ 1.85×12 topics
  18. Arctic49▲ 8.8×4 topics
  19. Trophic Cascades46▲ 9.9×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services45▲ 2.3×8 topics
  21. Tectonics44▲ 7.1×3 topics
  22. Marine Environment40▲ 5.5×3 topics
  23. Plate Tectonics38▲ 4.9×3 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation37▲ 3.4×5 topics
  25. Ocean Circulation36▲ 5.1×3 topics
  26. Thermodynamic Modeling35▲ 6.1×3 topics
  27. Predator-Prey Interactions34▲ 8.7×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Management34▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Fish Population Dynamics34▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Marine Fisheries34▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Marine Sediments34▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Ocean Acidification31▲ 8.2×3 topics
  33. Hydrology30▲ 4.6×4 topics
  34. Geochronology29▲ 8.2×1 topic
  35. Zircon29▲ 8.2×1 topic
  36. Racial Disparities29▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Mass Incarceration25▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Prison System25▲ 9.1×1 topic
  39. Decline24▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Sea Ice24▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in St. John's?

Marine and fisheries res…31Marine and fisheries research: 31 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…25Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 25 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 22 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 22 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 22 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 20 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 20 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…19Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 19 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 18 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 17 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 25 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 22 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 22 works
  6. 6 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 20 works
  7. 7 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 20 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 19 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 18 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 17 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 counting10%20%30%St. John's17.9% 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 29.3% in 2016.

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