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Research in Surrey

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Surrey, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Fraser Health and Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.2k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Surrey

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 Surrey?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityUniversity 917 #9,420
2Fraser HealthHospital / health system 623 #12,892
3Surrey Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 359 #16,172
4Powertech Labs (Canada)Company 192 #32,000 all time
5EaglePicher (Canada)Company 118 not ranked
6Central City Brewers and Distillers (Canada)Company 6 not ranked
7Mantra Energy Alternatives (Canada)Company 4 not ranked
8Pacbrake (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
9BI Pure Water (Canada)Company 1 not ranked
10Surrey Board of TradeNonprofit 1 not ranked
11BC Greenhouse Growers AssociationInstitution 1 not ranked
12Tentnology (Canada)Company 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.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University: 41.3%Fraser Health: 28.0%Surrey Memorial Hospital: 16.1%Powertech Labs (Canada): 8.6%7 others listed: 5.9%41%largest
Kwantlen Polytechnic University917 · 41.3%Fraser Health623 · 28.0%Surrey Memorial Hospital359 · 16.1%Powertech Labs (Canada)192 · 8.6%7 others listed132 · 5.9%

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

Which fields of science does Surrey work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Surrey is in Health Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (18%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 198 fractional works · 39.1% of its workMedicine: 154 fractional works · 30.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 186 fractional works · 36.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 17.0% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 7.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSurrey508fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences37%

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. Medicine15430.3%
    2. Health Professions397.7%
    3. Nursing40.8%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Social Sciences9318.3%
    2. Psychology377.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities244.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting112.2%
    6. Decision Sciences91.7%
    1. Engineering367.0%
    2. Computer Science214.1%
    3. Environmental Science163.1%
    4. Energy40.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.6%
    7. Materials Science20.3%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Neuroscience132.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology81.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology51.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Surrey?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Elderly Patients, Mortality Risk, Aging, Globalization, Nationalism, Identity and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 1.48×91 topics
  2. Globalization20▲ 2.0×44 topics
  3. Sustainability17▲ 1.36×36 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 1.52×39 topics
  5. Quality of Life15▲ 2.1×37 topics
  6. Mental Health15▲ 2.1×25 topics
  7. Public Health14▲ 1.95×32 topics
  8. Aging13▲ 4.7×11 topics
  9. COVID-1913▲ 1.95×15 topics
  10. Identity12▲ 3.4×21 topics
  11. Elderly Patients11▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Nationalism11▲ 4.9×10 topics
  13. History11▲ 3.1×15 topics
  14. Mortality Risk10▲ 8.6×6 topics
  15. Treatment10▲ 1.60×28 topics
  16. Primary Care9▲ 5.0×10 topics
  17. Colonialism9▲ 3.9×12 topics
  18. Higher Education9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Well-being8▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Gender8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  21. Mortality8▲ 2.8×11 topics
  22. Religion8▲ 3.4×14 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  24. Resilience8▲ 3.1×11 topics
  25. Critical Care8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  26. Frailty7▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Geriatric Assessment7▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Intensive Care Unit7▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 4.5×8 topics
  30. COVID-19 Impact7▲ 7.7×5 topics
  31. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Neuroscience6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  33. Quality Assurance6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Instructional Design5▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Glycemic Control5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Professional Practice5▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Quality of Care5▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Patient Care5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  39. End-of-Life5▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Health Care Costs4▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Surrey?

Frailty in Older Adults7Frailty in Older Adults: 7 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 4 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 3 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 3 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…3Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 3 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthComputer Science Applications4 others

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

  1. 1 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 7 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 4 works
  5. 5 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 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%Surrey10.2% 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 25.4% in 2011.

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