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Research in Yellowknife

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Yellowknife, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Government of Northwest Territories.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
551
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
21.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Yellowknife

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 Yellowknife?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Government of Northwest TerritoriesGovernment institution 451 #17,102
2Industry, Tourism and InvestmentGovernment institution 25 not ranked
3Tlicho Community Services AgencyGovernment institution 5 not ranked
4Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and LearningUniversity 1 not ranked
5NWT Literacy CouncilInstitution 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.

Government of Northwest Territories: 93.4%Industry, Tourism and Investment: 5.2%Tlicho Community Services Agency: 1.0%Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and Learning: 0.2%1 other listed: 0.2%93%largest
Government of Northwest Territories451 · 93.4%Industry, Tourism and Investment25 · 5.2%Tlicho Community Services Agency5 · 1.0%Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and Learning1 · 0.2%1 other listed1 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Yellowknife work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Yellowknife is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (21%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (19%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 53.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 19.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 20.8% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYellowknife102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences21%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2221.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2019.1%
    3. Engineering87.9%
    4. Computer Science33.1%
    5. Materials Science10.9%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine1110.8%
    2. Health Professions99.1%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1312.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    4. Psychology11.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Yellowknife?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Arctic, Vulnerability, Permafrost, Methane Emissions and Carbon Feedback.

▲ 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 Change26▲ 9.5×44 topics
  2. Remote Sensing11▲ 8.6×14 topics
  3. Hydrology9▲ 66×4 topics
  4. Arctic7▲ 65×4 topics
  5. Vulnerability6▲ 24×3 topics
  6. Permafrost6▲ 119×2 topics
  7. Methane Emissions5▲ 100×2 topics
  8. Carbon Feedback5▲ 146×1 topic
  9. Thawing5▲ 146×1 topic
  10. Nutrition Transition5▲ 149×2 topics
  11. Ecological Knowledge5▲ 105×2 topics
  12. Arctic Indigenous Peoples4▲ 254×1 topic
  13. Biodiversity4▲ 5.8×13 topics
  14. Traditional Knowledge4▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Population Dynamics4▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Tectonics3▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Glacier3▲ 70×1 topic
  18. Habitat Selection3▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Water Availability3▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Health Equity3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  21. Plate Tectonics3▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Indigenous Knowledge Systems3▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Decolonization3▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Indigenous Health3▲ 187×1 topic
  25. Conservation3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades3▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Animal Movement2▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Geological Mapping2▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Invasive Species2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  30. Occupancy Rates2▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Geochronology2▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Zircon2▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Support Vector Machines2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  35. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Shale Gas2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Model Evaluation2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Pore Structure2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Conservation Biology2▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Yellowknife?

Climate change and permafrost: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 4 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …3Cryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…2Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsGeophysicsEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 4 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 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%Yellowknife15.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 37.9% in 2015.

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