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Research in Yellowknife

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Yellowknife, Canada. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Government of Northwest Territories.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
551
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.4%
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 Yellowknife?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Government of Northwest TerritoriesGovernment institution 451 #11,200
2Institute for Circumpolar Health ResearchResearch facility 68 not ranked
3Industry, Tourism and InvestmentGovernment institution 25 not ranked
4Tlicho Community Services AgencyGovernment institution 5 not ranked
5Dechinta Bush University Centre for Research and LearningUniversity 1 not ranked
6NWT Literacy CouncilInstitution 1 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.

Government of Northwest Territories: 81.9%Institute for Circumpolar Health Research: 12.3%Industry, Tourism and Investment: 4.5%Tlicho Community Services Agency: 0.9%2 others listed: 0.4%82%largest
Government of Northwest Territories451 · 81.9%Institute for Circumpolar Health Research68 · 12.3%Industry, Tourism and Investment25 · 4.5%Tlicho Community Services Agency5 · 0.9%2 others listed2 · 0.4%

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

Which keywords describe research in Yellowknife?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Arctic, Vulnerability, Methane Emissions, Permafrost 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 2022–2025 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 Change23▲ 9.7×39 topics
  2. Remote Sensing10▲ 8.8×12 topics
  3. Hydrology7▲ 67×4 topics
  4. Arctic6▲ 60×4 topics
  5. Vulnerability5▲ 24×3 topics
  6. Biodiversity4▲ 6.5×13 topics
  7. Methane Emissions4▲ 95×2 topics
  8. Permafrost4▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Carbon Feedback4▲ 137×1 topic
  10. Thawing4▲ 137×1 topic
  11. Nutrition Transition4▲ 141×2 topics
  12. Ecological Knowledge4▲ 95×2 topics
  13. Arctic Indigenous Peoples4▲ 232×1 topic
  14. Population Dynamics4▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Traditional Knowledge4▲ 101×1 topic
  16. Tectonics3▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Glacier3▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Plate Tectonics3▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Water Availability3▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Habitat Selection3▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Conservation3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Geological Mapping2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Geochronology2▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Invasive Species2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  25. Trophic Cascades2▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Zircon2▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Animal Movement2▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Occupancy Rates2▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Support Vector Machines2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Health Equity2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  32. Indigenous Knowledge Systems2▲ 75×2 topics
  33. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Decolonization2▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Indigenous Health2▲ 164×1 topic
  36. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Forest Fires2▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Model Evaluation2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Shale Gas2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Wildfire Activity2▲ 41×1 topic

What research is done in Yellowknife?

  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

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