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Research in Vancouver

Science Explorer records 182 research institutions in Vancouver, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of British Columbia, Provincial Health Services Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health.

Research institutions
182
14 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
214k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5M
35.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Vancouver

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 Vancouver?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of British ColumbiaUniversity 196,536 #58
2TRIUMFResearch facility 3,057 #5,385
3Vancouver Coastal HealthHospital / health system 1,843 #3,591
4Columbia CollegeUniversity 1,623 #13,225
5Provincial Health Services AuthorityGovernment institution 1,261 #3,060
6Quest University CanadaUniversity 980 #10,927
7Providence Health CareHospital / health system 748 #12,229
8Children's & Women's Health Centre of British ColumbiaHospital / health system 619 #14,805 all time
9BC Hydro (Canada)Company 581 #11,519 all time
10Imperial Metals (Canada)Company 553 #15,454 all time
11BC Research (Canada)Research facility 544 #12,905 all time
12AIDS VancouverNonprofit 527 #9,077 all time
13Spinal Cord Injury BCNonprofit 504 #9,261
14Vancouver Biotech (Canada)Company 499 #21,438
15BC Innovation CouncilInstitution 439 #10,783 all time
16University Canada WestUniversity 411 #4,722
17BGC Engineering (Canada)Company 399 #17,250
18Pancreas Centre (Canada)Company 396 #16,695
19Adidas (Canada)Company 370 #14,954
20Arthritis Research Centre of CanadaNonprofit 332 #19,577 all time
21Geoscience BCNonprofit 291 #26,461 all time
22Surgical Specialties (Canada)Company 265 #15,946
23Langara CollegeUniversity 262 #17,795 all time
24Shaughnessy HospitalHospital / health system 255 #22,110 all time
25Telus (Canada)Company 249 #16,576 all time
26Canadian Society of Intestinal ResearchNonprofit 243 #23,462 all time
27British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's HealthNonprofit 231 #20,929 all time
28Genome British ColumbiaNonprofit 229 #12,748 all time
29BC Mental Health & Substance Use ServicesHospital / health system 217 #21,647 all time
30Community Based Research CentreNonprofit 200 #23,965 all time
31Response Biomedical (Canada)Company 190 #22,697 all time
32Western Forest ProductsCompany 188 #28,144 all time
33Fraser InstituteNonprofit 180 #28,213 all time
34Centre for Drug Research and DevelopmentResearch facility 170 #20,767 all time
35Vancouver Native Health SocietyInstitution 167 #24,647 all time
36Vancouver AquariumNonprofit 164 #33,425 all time
37Stemcell TechnologiesCompany 150 #33,014 all time
38Teck (Canada)Company 148 #31,621 all time
39Canadian Association of Nurses in OncologyInstitution 146 #33,735 all time
40Vancouver Community CollegeUniversity 139 #30,839 all time
41Pacific Institute for the Mathematical SciencesResearch facility 138 #28,270 all time
42Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaNonprofit 136 #34,264 all time
43Emily Carr University of Art and DesignUniversity 134 #31,819 all time
44Crosslight Software (Canada)Company 119 not ranked
45Tula FoundationNonprofit 117 not ranked
46Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (Canada)Company 114 not ranked
47Vancouver Infectious Diseases CentreHospital / health system 113 not ranked
48NeuroDevNetResearch facility 105 not ranked
493v Geomatics (Canada)Company 100 not ranked
50AXYS Technologies (Canada)Company 93 not ranked
51Positive Living Society of British ColumbiaNonprofit 89 not ranked
52IDELIX Software (Canada)Company 86 not ranked
53QLT (Canada)Company 82 not ranked
54Klohn Crippen Berger (Canada)Company 82 not ranked
55Redlen Technologies (Canada)Company 77 not ranked
56Zymeworks (Canada)Company 75 not ranked
57Praxis Spinal Cord InstituteNonprofit 71 not ranked
58Read Jones Christoffersen (Canada)Company 55 not ranked
59First Quantum Minerals (Canada)Company 54 not ranked
60Precision Nanosystems (Canada)Company 53 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.

University of British Columbia: 90.1%TRIUMF: 1.4%Vancouver Coastal Health: 0.8%Columbia College: 0.7%56 others listed: 6.9%90%largest
University of British Columbia197k · 90.1%TRIUMF3,057 · 1.4%Vancouver Coastal Health1,843 · 0.8%Columbia College1,623 · 0.7%56 others listed15k · 6.9%

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

Which fields of science does Vancouver work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Vancouver is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 11k fractional works · 34.8% of its workMedicine: 9,153 fractional works · 29.8% of its workSurgery: 973 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 794 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 793 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 786 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 540 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 494 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 454 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 402 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 338 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 337 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 321 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 278 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 277 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 190 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 178 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 175 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 158 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 142 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 119 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 116 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 90 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 69 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 347 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1,233 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 787 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 114 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 244 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 140 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 125 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8,998 fractional works · 29.3% of its workEngineering: 3,053 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 630 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 580 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 330 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 328 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 184 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 160 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 147 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 140 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 118 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 73 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,695 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 387 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 327 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 227 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 157 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 137 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 133 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 99 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 153 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1,637 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 616 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 243 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 234 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 156 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 110 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 645 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 184 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 141 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 128 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 581 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 253 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 151 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 489 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 129 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 114 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 397 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 272 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 299 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 137 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 120 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,718 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,256 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,113 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 431 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 360 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 212 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 183 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 122 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1,468 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 540 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 407 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 230 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 163 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 761 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 166 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 110 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 102 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 243 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 526 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 393 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 449 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 68 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 178 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 258 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 126 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4,335 fractional works · 14.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,178 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,184 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 442 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 176 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 242 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 820 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 330 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 142 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 191 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 806 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 404 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 156 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 147 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 427 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 304 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKVancouver31kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences22%

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. Medicine9,15329.8%
    2. Health Professions1,2334.0%
    3. Dentistry1400.5%
    4. Nursing1250.4%
    5. Veterinary560.2%
    1. Engineering3,0539.9%
    2. Environmental Science1,6955.5%
    3. Computer Science1,6375.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy6452.1%
    5. Materials Science5811.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences4891.6%
    7. Mathematics3971.3%
    8. Chemistry2991.0%
    9. Energy1390.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering640.2%
  3. Social Sciences6,71821.8%
    1. Social Sciences3,25610.6%
    2. Psychology1,4684.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities7612.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5261.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting4491.5%
    6. Decision Sciences2580.8%
  4. Life Sciences4,33514.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,1787.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8202.7%
    3. Neuroscience8062.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology4271.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1040.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Vancouver strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Vancouver is most concentrated in Toxicology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology and Transplantation (2.7× the world share in Toxicology).

  1. ToxicologySubfield · 37.1 works2.7×
  2. Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologySubfield · 23.3 works2.6×
  3. TransplantationSubfield · 31.8 works2.6×
  4. HealthSubfield · 188.2 works2.3×
  5. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 23.6 works2.2×
  6. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 45.8 works2.2×
  7. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 68.4 works2.2×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 696 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 1,863 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 361 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 691 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 85 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 58 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 266 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 1,470 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 419 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 126 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 2,804 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 1,506 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 513 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 354 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 581 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 123 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 1,110 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.53× its world share, 8,003 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 111 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 47 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 691 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 415 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 229 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 495 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 1,293 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2,929 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience1.56×691 works
  2. Psychology1.56×1,293 works
  3. Health Professions1.55×1,110 works
  4. Medicine1.53×8,003 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.32×361 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.28×1,863 works
  7. Veterinary1.26×47 works
  8. Environmental Science1.11×1,506 works
  9. Mathematics1.10×354 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×419 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.96×581 works
  12. Dentistry0.93×123 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×85 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.88×691 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.87×229 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×495 works
  17. Social Sciences0.85×2,929 works
  18. Nursing0.83×111 works
  19. Computer Science0.69×1,470 works
  20. Engineering0.69×2,804 works
  21. Chemistry0.62×266 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.61×58 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×696 works
  24. Materials Science0.54×513 works
  25. Energy0.50×126 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×415 works

Which keywords describe research in Vancouver?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Public Health, Inflammation, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Machine Learning and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,922▲ 1.57×139 topics
  2. Climate Change1,022▲ 1.22×107 topics
  3. Machine Learning868▼ 0.85×90 topics
  4. Inflammation796▲ 1.22×83 topics
  5. Public Health713▲ 1.59×73 topics
  6. Deep Learning704▼ 0.66×81 topics
  7. Mental Health650▲ 1.48×47 topics
  8. Quality of Life622▲ 1.40×58 topics
  9. Globalization614◆ 1.02×136 topics
  10. Treatment526▲ 1.41×52 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease509▲ 1.45×39 topics
  12. Sustainability496▼ 0.66×113 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress482◆ 0.95×63 topics
  14. Depression464▲ 1.72×26 topics
  15. Risk Factors458▲ 1.35×37 topics
  16. Clinical Trials433▲ 2.1×19 topics
  17. Diagnosis418▲ 1.46×40 topics
  18. Cancer400◆ 0.97×57 topics
  19. Immunotherapy366▲ 1.65×19 topics
  20. Management360▲ 1.47×36 topics
  21. Genetics350▲ 1.61×27 topics
  22. Biomarkers331▲ 1.54×18 topics
  23. Chemotherapy328▲ 1.50×25 topics
  24. Mortality303▲ 1.73×13 topics
  25. Physical Activity293▲ 1.96×12 topics
  26. Global Burden288▲ 1.72×12 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders277▲ 1.58×20 topics
  28. Anxiety271▲ 1.86×12 topics
  29. Social Support258▲ 1.56×19 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations246▲ 1.83×23 topics
  31. Prevalence237▲ 1.88×15 topics
  32. Mortality Risk234▲ 3.2×6 topics
  33. Primary Care223▲ 1.96×15 topics
  34. Ethical Considerations219▲ 2.0×20 topics
  35. Health Equity216▲ 2.4×6 topics
  36. Health Disparities210▲ 2.6×9 topics
  37. Substance Use Disorders189▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Substance Abuse146▲ 7.0×2 topics
  39. Chronic Pain Management112▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Opioid Prescribing112▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Vancouver?

Opioid Use Disorder Trea…98Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 98 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk81HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 81 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 67 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 63 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 62 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 62 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 62 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Resea…62Spinal Cord Injury Research: 62 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 61 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 60 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 98 works
  2. 2 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 81 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 67 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 63 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 62 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 62 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 62 works
  8. 8 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 62 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 61 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 60 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 counting20%40%Vancouver19.2% 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 32.5% in 2007.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Vancouver for research?

Science Explorer records 182 research institutions in Vancouver, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of British Columbia, Provincial Health Services Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health.

Which research institutions are in Vancouver?
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