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Research in Whitehorse

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Whitehorse, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Yukon University.

Research institutions
10
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
612
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
19.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1961-2026
66 years on the record
Whitehorse

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 Whitehorse?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Yukon UniversityUniversity 346 #16,816
2Yukon Department of EnvironmentGovernment institution 125 #34,377 all time
3Government of YukonGovernment institution 66 not ranked
4Yukon Health and Social ServicesGovernment institution 36 not ranked
5Yukon Department of Tourism and CultureGovernment institution 20 not ranked
6Yukon Agricultural AssociationInstitution 7 not ranked
7Arctic Athabaskan CouncilGovernment institution 5 not ranked
8Council of Yukon First NationsGovernment institution 4 not ranked
9Yukon Department of EducationGovernment institution 3 not ranked
10Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge SocietyNonprofit 1 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.

Yukon University: 56.4%Yukon Department of Environment: 20.4%Government of Yukon: 10.8%Yukon Health and Social Services: 5.9%6 others listed: 6.5%56%largest
Yukon University346 · 56.4%Yukon Department of Environment125 · 20.4%Government of Yukon66 · 10.8%Yukon Health and Social Services36 · 5.9%6 others listed40 · 6.5%

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

Which fields of science does Whitehorse work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Whitehorse is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (24%), Social Sciences (16%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 52.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 24.2% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 12.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 13.2% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWhitehorse140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences24%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3424.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1611.5%
    3. Engineering128.7%
    4. Computer Science96.3%
    5. Energy10.9%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2215.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities42.9%
    3. Psychology32.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.7%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    1. Health Professions96.1%
    2. Medicine86.0%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Whitehorse?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, Biodiversity, Trophic Cascades, Invasive Species, Animal Movement and Occupancy Rates.

▲ 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. Climate Change27▲ 7.0×38 topics
  2. Population Dynamics12▲ 34×5 topics
  3. Biodiversity8▲ 7.8×12 topics
  4. Habitat Selection8▲ 80×2 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades8▲ 61×2 topics
  6. Invasive Species8▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Animal Movement8▲ 105×1 topic
  8. Occupancy Rates8▲ 105×1 topic
  9. Sustainability7▲ 2.1×23 topics
  10. Remote Sensing7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  11. Conservation6▲ 10×9 topics
  12. Conservation Biology6▲ 39×3 topics
  13. Food Security5▲ 6.6×2 topics
  14. Ecological Knowledge5▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Arctic Indigenous Peoples5▲ 193×1 topic
  16. Plate Tectonics5▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Traditional Knowledge5▲ 79×1 topic
  18. Arctic5▲ 30×4 topics
  19. Big Data4▲ 3.2×4 topics
  20. Tectonics4▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Hydrology4▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Identity4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Predator-Prey Interactions4▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Resilience3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  25. Thermodynamic Modeling3▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Geochronology3▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Island Ecosystems3▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Rodent Eradication3▲ 103×1 topic
  29. Zircon3▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Ecosystem3▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Citizen Science3▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Immigration3▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Language3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  34. Ecological Niche3▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Methane Emissions3▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Species Distribution Modeling3▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Resource Management2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Canada2▲ 151×1 topic
  40. Social Policy2▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Whitehorse?

Wildlife Ecology and Con…6Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 4 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksCanadian Identity and History: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…2Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 2 fractional works
EcologyGeneral Health ProfessionsGeophysicsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  7. 7 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Whitehorse10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.4% in 2023.

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