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Research in Thunder Bay

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Thunder Bay, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Lakehead University and NOSM University.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
253k
22.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Thunder Bay

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 Thunder Bay?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lakehead UniversityUniversity 8,810 #2,653
2NOSM UniversityUniversity 1,344 #10,030
3Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences CentreHospital / health system 280 #20,080 all time
4Hand and Upper Limb ClinicHospital / health system 229 #25,483 all time
5Thunder Bay Regional Research InstituteResearch facility 211 #19,916 all time
6Stillwater (Canada)Company 136 #17,812 all time
7Northern Ontario Academic Medicine AssociationInstitution 97 not ranked
8St. Joseph's Care GroupInstitution 76 not ranked
9Lakehead Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system 65 not ranked
10Confederation CollegeUniversity 64 not ranked
11XLV Diagnostics (Canada)Company 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.

Lakehead University: 77.9%NOSM University: 11.9%Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre: 2.5%Hand and Upper Limb Clinic: 2.0%7 others listed: 5.8%78%largest
Lakehead University8,810 · 77.9%NOSM University1,344 · 11.9%Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre280 · 2.5%Hand and Upper Limb Clinic229 · 2.0%7 others listed652 · 5.8%

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

Which fields of science does Thunder Bay work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Thunder Bay is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (10%).

Physical Sciences: 1,084 fractional works · 46.6% of its workEngineering: 537 fractional works · 23.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 139 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 80 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 71 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 188 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 65 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 44 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 144 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 55 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 55 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 636 fractional works · 27.3% of its workMedicine: 498 fractional works · 21.4% of its workSurgery: 71 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 51 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 130 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 82 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 431 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 229 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 72 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 92 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 178 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKThunder Bay2,328fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering53723.1%
    2. Computer Science1888.1%
    3. Environmental Science1446.2%
    4. Materials Science552.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences552.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy331.4%
    7. Mathematics231.0%
    8. Chemistry220.9%
    9. Energy180.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.4%
    1. Medicine49821.4%
    2. Health Professions1305.6%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Social Sciences2299.8%
    2. Psychology923.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities421.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting261.1%
    6. Decision Sciences130.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology723.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences622.7%
    3. Neuroscience301.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology110.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Thunder Bay strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Thunder Bay is most concentrated in Health, Civil and Structural Engineering and Geophysics (4.3× the world share in Health).

  1. HealthSubfield · 26.6 works4.3×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 74.8 works3.0×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 21.5 works3.0×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 168 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.58× its world share, 493 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 48 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 435 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 208 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.10×115 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.58×52 works
  3. Engineering1.58×493 works
  4. Psychology1.24×78 works
  5. Environmental Science1.23×127 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.11×8 works
  7. Medicine1.09×435 works
  8. Computer Science1.04×168 works
  9. Mathematics0.92×22 works
  10. Energy0.85×16 works
  11. Social Sciences0.79×208 works
  12. Neuroscience0.72×24 works
  13. Materials Science0.66×48 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×29 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.64×30 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.60×36 works
  17. Chemistry0.58×19 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×55 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×62 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.55×11 works
  21. Nursing0.49×5 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×10 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×3 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×22 works
  25. Dentistry0.24×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.16×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Thunder Bay?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy Integration, Machine Learning, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Model Predictive Control and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Deep Learning102▲ 1.28×69 topics
  2. Epidemiology94◆ 1.01×109 topics
  3. Machine Learning90▲ 1.16×68 topics
  4. Climate Change80▲ 1.27×69 topics
  5. Mental Health52▲ 1.57×34 topics
  6. Power Electronics49▲ 6.5×7 topics
  7. Quality of Life44▲ 1.30×47 topics
  8. Renewable Energy Integration42▲ 5.5×4 topics
  9. Neural Networks41◆ 1.15×30 topics
  10. Healthcare37▲ 1.38×22 topics
  11. Public Health37◆ 1.08×42 topics
  12. Renewable Energy37◆ 1.09×32 topics
  13. Risk Factors36▲ 1.40×34 topics
  14. Social Justice36▲ 2.6×30 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency29▲ 1.36×21 topics
  16. Model Predictive Control29▲ 4.8×6 topics
  17. Health Equity26▲ 3.8×6 topics
  18. Primary Care23▲ 2.6×15 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations21▲ 2.5×13 topics
  20. Ionic Liquids19▲ 2.9×9 topics
  21. Decolonization18▲ 9.3×5 topics
  22. Polymeric Materials17▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Settler Colonialism17▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Fault Tolerance17▲ 4.8×5 topics
  25. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance17▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Traditional Ecological Knowledge17▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Catalytic Transformation17▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Lignin Valorization17▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Historical Trauma17▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Indigenous Health17▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Indigenous Knowledge Systems17▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Photovoltaic Systems15▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Multilevel Converters15▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Voltage Source Inverters15▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Lignocellulosic Biomass14▲ 5.9×2 topics
  36. Two-Phase Flow14▲ 8.0×4 topics
  37. Turbulence13▲ 6.2×3 topics
  38. Electric Vehicle Charging13▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Health Workforce13▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders13▲ 7.2×2 topics

What research is done in Thunder Bay?

Indigenous Health, Educa…15Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 15 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…15Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 15 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry: 14 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 11 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 10 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 10 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 10 fractional worksBiofuel production and b…9Biofuel production and bioconversion: 9 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 8 fractional works
HealthElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringGeophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 15 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 10 works
  6. 6 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 10 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 9 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Thunder Bay17.6% 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 33.4% in 2008.

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