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Research in Victoria

Science Explorer records 56 research institutions in Victoria, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Victoria, Ministry of Education and Child Care and Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.

Research institutions
56
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
48k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.9%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Victoria?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of VictoriaUniversity 37,060 #595
2Herzberg Institute of AstrophysicsResearch facility 1,765 #5,681
3Royal Roads UniversityUniversity 1,244 #12,050
4Institute of Particle PhysicsNonprofit 1,073 #7,681
5Dominion Astrophysical ObservatoryResearch facility 1,070 #6,953 all time
6Ministry of Education and Child CareGovernment institution 734 #3,816
7Government of British ColumbiaGovernment institution 722 #19,529
8Island HealthHospital / health system 480 #18,970
9Canadian Sport Centre PacificInstitution 412 #23,890 all time
10Ministry of EnvironmentGovernment institution 382 #23,472 all time
11Royal British Columbia MuseumArchive 350 #25,588 all time
12Ministry of ForestsGovernment institution 330 #18,446 all time
13Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 297 #20,774 all time
14North Pacific Marine Science OrganizationGovernment institution 221 #23,111 all time
15Royal Jubilee HospitalHospital / health system 214 #32,743 all time
16Carbon Engineering (Canada)Company 181 #26,973 all time
17ASL Environmental Sciences (Canada)Company 178 #27,199 all time
18Camosun CollegeUniversity 169 #31,668 all time
19Ocean Networks Canada SocietyResearch facility 167 #27,575 all time
20Victoria General HospitalHospital / health system 125 #34,676 all time
21Pacific Institute for Climate SolutionsResearch facility 111 not ranked
22Raincoast Conservation FoundationResearch facility 82 not ranked
23Capital Regional DistrictGovernment institution 81 not ranked
24Dynamic Systems Analysis (Canada)Company 60 not ranked
25Reach Technologies (Canada)Company 51 not ranked
26ImmunoPrecise (Canada)Company 50 not ranked
27Aurinia (Canada)Company 41 not ranked
28Victoria Heart Institute FoundationNonprofit 35 not ranked
29Yellow Island Aquaculture (Canada)Company 28 not ranked
30International Institute for Child Rights and DevelopmentNonprofit 22 not ranked
31Canadian Asian Studies AssociationNonprofit 18 not ranked
32RealNetworks (Canada)Company 18 not ranked
33Freshwater Fisheries Society of BCNonprofit 18 not ranked
34Contech (Canada)Company 12 not ranked
35ViVitro Labs (Canada)Company 11 not ranked
36Society for NeuroeconomicsInstitution 11 not ranked
37Applied Bio-nomics (Canada)Company 7 not ranked
38Ministry of Advanced EducationGovernment institution 7 not ranked
39Three-Speed Logic (Canada)Company 6 not ranked
40Council of Prairie and Pacific University LibrariesInstitution 6 not ranked
41Seastar Chemicals (Canada)Company 5 not ranked
42Industrial PlanktonResearch facility 4 not ranked
43Aker Arctic (Canada)Company 3 not ranked
44MedGenesis Therapeutix (Canada)Company 3 not ranked
45Canadian Society for Italian StudiesInstitution 2 not ranked
46Habitat Acquisition TrustNonprofit 2 not ranked
47Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the ArtsGovernment institution 2 not ranked
48International Society of Electrophysiology and KinesiologyInstitution 2 not ranked
49Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and InnovationGovernment institution 1 not ranked
50Forest Genetics CouncilGovernment institution 1 not ranked
51Canadian Agricultural Economics SocietyInstitution 1 not ranked
52British Columbia Arts CouncilGovernment institution 1 not ranked
53Quaternion Aerospace (Canada)Company 0 not ranked
54Canadian Astronomical SocietyNonprofit 0 not ranked
55CosmedicaInstitution 0 not ranked
56MycoLogic (Canada)Company 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.

University of Victoria: 77.4%Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics: 3.7%Royal Roads University: 2.6%Institute of Particle Physics: 2.2%48 others listed: 14.1%77%largest
University of Victoria37k · 77.4%Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics1,765 · 3.7%Royal Roads University1,244 · 2.6%Institute of Particle Physics1,073 · 2.2%48 others listed6,734 · 14.1%

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

What is Victoria strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Victoria is most concentrated in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography (8.4× the world share in Instrumentation).

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 26.3 works8.4×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 163.4 works5.0×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 82.6 works4.7×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 90.6 works4.6×
  5. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 53.7 works3.6×
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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 Victoria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Population Dynamics, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Global Warming and Public 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 2022–2025 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 Change430▲ 2.5×100 topics
  2. Machine Learning204◆ 0.99×80 topics
  3. Globalization174▲ 1.42×106 topics
  4. Deep Learning168▼ 0.78×75 topics
  5. Sustainability164◆ 1.07×90 topics
  6. Epidemiology152▼ 0.61×122 topics
  7. Mental Health151▲ 1.64×42 topics
  8. Public Health131▲ 1.43×56 topics
  9. Environmental Impact111◆ 1.04×58 topics
  10. Renewable Energy100◆ 1.11×42 topics
  11. Remote Sensing91▲ 1.17×37 topics
  12. Identity90▲ 1.97×53 topics
  13. Social Justice85▲ 2.3×36 topics
  14. Population Dynamics82▲ 5.2×13 topics
  15. Global Warming82▲ 3.2×14 topics
  16. Conservation80▲ 3.0×22 topics
  17. Biodiversity75▲ 1.60×34 topics
  18. Gender74▲ 2.2×44 topics
  19. Invasive Species72▲ 2.7×19 topics
  20. Colonialism58▲ 1.95×35 topics
  21. Neoliberalism57▲ 2.5×23 topics
  22. Dark Matter52▲ 7.2×4 topics
  23. Vulnerability52▲ 3.6×9 topics
  24. Health Equity49▲ 2.9×6 topics
  25. Trophic Cascades45▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Acoustic Communication41▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Fisheries Sustainability41▲ 7.4×2 topics
  28. Predator-Prey Interactions40▲ 8.0×3 topics
  29. Star Formation40▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Marine Sediments37▲ 9.6×2 topics
  31. Ocean Circulation37▲ 4.5×3 topics
  32. Exoplanets36▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Stellar Astrophysics36▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Particle Physics34▲ 7.1×2 topics
  35. Anthropogenic Noise32▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Marine Mammals32▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Decolonization32▲ 6.3×7 topics
  38. Substance Abuse30▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Settler Colonialism29▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Indigenous Knowledge Systems27▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in Victoria?

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 36 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 32 works
  3. 3 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 27 works
  4. 4 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 25 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 25 works
  6. 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 25 works
  7. 7 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 21 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 20 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.