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Research in St. John's

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in St. John's, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Memorial University of Newfoundland and Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission.

Research institutions
23
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
34k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.6%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in St. John's?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Memorial University of NewfoundlandUniversity 30,762 #819
2Research & Development CorporationResearch facility 527 #2,111 all time
3Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation CommissionGovernment institution 400 #25,973
4Government of Newfoundland and LabradorGovernment institution 395 #27,035 all time
5St. John’s Health Sciences CentreHospital / health system 379 #22,229 all time
6Department of Environment and ConservationGovernment institution 329 #26,060 all time
7Health Care FoundationNonprofit 266 #28,014 all time
8Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation CentreHospital / health system 235 #30,256 all time
9Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health ResearchResearch facility 159 #36,036 all time
10Intecsea (Canada)Company 139 #40,179 all time
11Community Sector Council Newfoundland and LabradorNonprofit 130 #30,321 all time
12Nalcor Energy (Canada)Company 98 not ranked
13Petroleum Research Newfoundland and LabradorNonprofit 56 not ranked
14Nexus Clinical Research (Canada)Company 37 not ranked
15Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer CentreNonprofit 31 not ranked
16Oceans Limited (Canada)Company 21 not ranked
17Rutter (Canada)Company 8 not ranked
18Verafin (Canada)Company 6 not ranked
19Women in Science and Engineering Newfoundland and LabradorNonprofit 5 not ranked
20Women in Resource DevelopmentNonprofit 1 not ranked
21Newfoundland and Labrador Arts CouncilGovernment institution 1 not ranked
22Vónin (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
23Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry AssociationNonprofit 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.

Memorial University of Newfoundland: 90.5%Research & Development Corporation: 1.6%Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission: 1.2%Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.2%18 others listed: 5.6%91%largest
Memorial University of Newfoundland31k · 90.5%Research & Development Corporation527 · 1.6%Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission400 · 1.2%Government of Newfoundland and Labrador395 · 1.2%18 others listed1,902 · 5.6%

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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.

Which keywords describe research in St. John's?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Fisheries Sustainability, Renewable Energy 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 2022–2025 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 Change304▲ 2.5×86 topics
  2. Epidemiology164◆ 0.91×119 topics
  3. Sustainability144▲ 1.29×70 topics
  4. Machine Learning136◆ 0.91×77 topics
  5. Environmental Impact131▲ 1.69×46 topics
  6. Renewable Energy114▲ 1.74×42 topics
  7. Remote Sensing113▲ 2.0×31 topics
  8. Mental Health93▲ 1.39×37 topics
  9. Public Health81▲ 1.22×50 topics
  10. Aquaculture70▲ 5.8×7 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency60▲ 1.41×29 topics
  12. Identity59▲ 1.77×46 topics
  13. Fisheries Sustainability53▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Conservation49▲ 2.5×21 topics
  15. Population Dynamics49▲ 4.3×11 topics
  16. Food Security49▲ 1.94×12 topics
  17. Invasive Species47▲ 2.4×17 topics
  18. Arctic46▲ 8.8×4 topics
  19. Trophic Cascades42▲ 9.9×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services42▲ 2.4×7 topics
  21. Tectonics38▲ 6.9×3 topics
  22. Marine Environment36▲ 5.6×3 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation34▲ 3.4×5 topics
  24. Plate Tectonics34▲ 4.9×3 topics
  25. Ocean Circulation32▲ 5.4×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Management32▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Fish Population Dynamics31▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Marine Fisheries31▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Predator-Prey Interactions31▲ 8.7×3 topics
  30. Thermodynamic Modeling31▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Marine Sediments30▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Hydrology29▲ 5.1×4 topics
  33. Ocean Acidification28▲ 8.5×3 topics
  34. Geochronology25▲ 8.1×1 topic
  35. Zircon25▲ 8.1×1 topic
  36. Racial Disparities25▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Freshwater Biodiversity22▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Mass Incarceration22▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Prison System22▲ 8.7×1 topic
  40. Conservation Challenges22▲ 10×1 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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