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Research in Wolfville

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Wolfville, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Acadia University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.2k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
79k
18.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wolfville

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 Wolfville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Acadia UniversityUniversity 4,220 #7,308

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.

Which fields of science does Wolfville work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Wolfville is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 34.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 183 fractional works · 33.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 43 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 96 fractional works · 17.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 60 fractional works · 11.0% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSensory Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 75 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWolfville542fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences35%

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. Social Sciences9717.8%
    2. Psychology315.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities275.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting193.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.8%
    6. Decision Sciences51.0%
    1. Environmental Science7013.0%
    2. Computer Science437.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences285.1%
    4. Engineering244.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.0%
    6. Mathematics50.9%
    7. Chemistry40.7%
    8. Materials Science30.5%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6011.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology163.0%
    3. Neuroscience132.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Medicine458.3%
    2. Health Professions193.5%
    3. Nursing111.9%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wolfville strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wolfville is most concentrated in Ecology and Food Science (7.1× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 27.0 works7.1×
  2. Food ScienceSubfield · 20.7 works5.7×
← 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: 2.32× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.31× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.66× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 4.28× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 85 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.28×10 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.31×25 works
  3. Environmental Science2.66×64 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.32×53 works
  5. Psychology1.87×27 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.83×26 works
  7. Neuroscience1.58×12 works
  8. Social Sciences1.39×85 works
  9. Health Professions1.33×17 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×17 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.01×5 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.96×36 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×8 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.63×4 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×15 works
  18. Medicine0.44×40 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.41×4 works
  20. Chemistry0.36×3 works
  21. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  22. Engineering0.30×21 works
  23. Energy0.27×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Wolfville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Consumer Perception, Population Dynamics, Gut Microbiota, Food Choice, Sensory Analysis, Habitat Selection and Invasive Species.

▲ 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 Change47▲ 3.2×48 topics
  2. Deep Learning23▲ 1.24×35 topics
  3. Environmental Impact17▲ 1.88×19 topics
  4. Consumer Perception17▲ 13×5 topics
  5. Mental Health14▲ 1.87×27 topics
  6. Population Dynamics14▲ 9.8×11 topics
  7. Health Effects12▲ 3.8×11 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota12▲ 6.4×5 topics
  9. Biodiversity12▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Invasive Species12▲ 5.0×15 topics
  11. Gender11▲ 3.9×21 topics
  12. Conservation11▲ 4.7×9 topics
  13. Food Choice10▲ 136×1 topic
  14. Sensory Analysis10▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Religion10▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. History10▲ 2.6×14 topics
  17. Social Justice10▲ 2.9×19 topics
  18. Habitat Selection9▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Anxiety9▲ 3.4×8 topics
  20. Nationalism9▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Bioaccumulation9▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Health Benefits9▲ 4.8×9 topics
  23. Tectonics8▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Sweet Taste7▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Taste Receptors7▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Trophic Cascades7▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Habitat Fragmentation7▲ 5.6×4 topics
  28. Pheromones7▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Plate Tectonics7▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Olfactory System6▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Emissions6▲ 5.9×3 topics
  34. Acoustic Communication6▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Model Selection6▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Geochronology6▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Zircon6▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Geological Mapping6▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Anthropogenic Noise6▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Marine Mammals6▲ 36×1 topic

What research is done in Wolfville?

Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods: 10 fractional worksBiochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 5 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 5 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 5 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 5 fractional worksMercury impact and mitig…4Mercury impact and mitigation studies: 4 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 4 fractional worksDoping in Sports: 4 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional works
Food ScienceNutrition and DieteticsGeophysicsEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods Food Science 10 works
  2. 2 Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques Nutrition and Dietetics 7 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 5 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 5 works
  5. 5 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 5 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 5 works
  7. 7 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Doping in Sports Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 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 counting10%20%30%Wolfville21.3% 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 29.3% in 2016.

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