Top-cited scientists by field in Canada

20 fields · 171 subfields · Canada

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Canada?

8,534 researchers whose current affiliation is in Canada are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 20 fields and 171 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (3,140, 36.8%), followed by Biomedical Research (632) and Engineering (584); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (427). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 3,140 listed authors (36.8%)
General & Internal Medicine4275.0%105Moher, David #18
Neurology & Neurosurgery3744.4%208Morin, Charles M. #1,445
Cardiovascular System & Hematology2472.9%129Austin, Peter C. #35
Oncology & Carcinogenesis2422.8%99Baracos, V. Elaine #3,405
Psychiatry1131.3%92Mcintyre, Roger S. #954
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine1041.2%17Kramer, Michael S. #9,728
Anesthesiology1011.2%26Carli, Franco M. #8,679
Surgery1011.2%18Halloran, P. F. #13,961
Urology & Nephrology1011.2%41Tonelli, Marcello A. #2,348
Orthopedics971.1%15Bhandari, Mohit #6,588
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging951.1%15Chow, James C.L. #6,954
Gastroenterology & Hepatology941.1%42Kaplan, Gilaad G. #680
Respiratory System901.1%34Suissa, Samy #2,785
Pediatrics871.0%17Rosenbaum, Peter L. #5,943
Endocrinology & Metabolism861.0%62Drucker, Daniel J. #131
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine821.0%33Marshall, John C. #2,154
Immunology800.9%38Kubes, Paul #3,523
Pharmacology & Pharmacy670.8%15Mullard, Asher #759
Sport Sciences600.7%38Phillips, Stuart Martin #1,420
Arthritis & Rheumatology550.6%29Gladman, Dafna D. #2,665
Dentistry500.6%7Locker, David #21,061
Otorhinolaryngology360.4%3Pichora-Fuller, Margaret Kathleen #18,657
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases300.4%8Gupta, Aditya K. #8,592
Ophthalmology & Optometry280.3%3Mollan, Susan Patricia #37,369
Pathology280.3%11Churg, Andrew M. #19,778
General Clinical Medicine240.3%3Diamandis, Eleftherios P. #29,119
Geriatrics190.2%9Rockwood, Kenneth J. #402
Environmental & Occupational Health140.2%0Smith, Peter Matthew #129,850
Legal & Forensic Medicine130.2%0Anderson, Gail S. #105,090
Allergy110.1%4Simons, F. E.R. #17,997
Tropical Medicine80.1%0Bogoch, Isaac Israel #149,124
Complementary & Alternative Medicine30.0%1Ng, Jeremy Y. #91,227
Biomedical Research · 632 listed authors (7.4%)
Microbiology1702.0%67Glick, Bernard R. #394
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology1401.6%48Wang, Rui #6,740
Developmental Biology851.0%50Wishart, David S. #92
Physiology790.9%16Schulte, Patricia M. #14,738
Nutrition & Dietetics550.6%27Prado, Carla M. #7,599
Virology550.6%9Zheng, Chunfu #16,649
Toxicology450.5%12Brauer, Michael #963
Genetics & Heredity430.5%10Knoppers, Bartha Maria #17,551
Mycology & Parasitology220.3%5Marcogliese, David J. #18,146
Biophysics200.2%6Cullis, Pieter R. #8,523
Anatomy & Morphology30.0%0Vickaryous, Matthew Kenneth #268,676
Microscopy20.0%1Egerton, Ray F. #10,095
Engineering · 584 listed authors (6.8%)
Industrial Engineering & Automation810.9%28Altintas, Yusuf #5,780
Electrical & Electronic Engineering770.9%15Emadi, Ali N. #2,603
Geological & Geomatics Engineering750.9%45Chen, Jing M. #2,651
Environmental Engineering720.8%29Adamowski, Jan Franklin #11,996
Mechanical Engineering & Transports620.7%17Amabili, Marco #4,812
Biomedical Engineering540.6%20Winter, David A. #2,437
Chemical Engineering430.5%16Englezos, Peter #14,952
Civil Engineering390.5%17Stathopoulos, Theodore (Ted) #12,667
Operations Research350.4%26Laporte, Gilbert #990
Mining & Metallurgy300.4%8Dutrizac, John E. #61,534
Aerospace & Aeronautics250.3%2Moreau, Stéphane #62,937
Automobile Design & Engineering20.0%0El-Gindy, Moustafa #876,971
Information & Communication Technologies · 540 listed authors (6.3%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing2362.8%114Bengio, Yoshua #6
Networking & Telecommunications1621.9%49Shen, Xuemin (Sherman) #3,094
Medical Informatics510.6%18Eysenbach, Gunther #468
Software Engineering380.4%10Hassan, Ahmed E. #12,139
Computation Theory & Mathematics250.3%7Chvátal, Václav #25,985
Information Systems130.2%10Vial, Gregory #5,383
Computer Hardware & Architecture120.1%1Han, Jie #88,433
Distributed Computing40.0%0Ripeanu, Matei #477,855
Physics & Astronomy · 448 listed authors (5.2%)
Applied Physics951.1%27Biesinger, Mark C. #1,009
Nuclear & Particle Physics810.9%37Rovelli, Carlo #3,082
Chemical Physics590.7%30Becke, Axel D. #37
General Physics570.7%20Biamonte, J. D. #14,116
Astronomy & Astrophysics540.6%44Bovy, Jo #2,610
Optics410.5%7Corkum, Paul B. #4,491
Acoustics260.3%5Hynynen, Kullervo H. #7,631
Fluids & Plasmas200.2%10Laskin, Nikolai V. #17,229
Mathematical Physics70.1%1Jahanshahi, Hadi #47,540
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 441 listed authors (5.2%)
Energy2022.4%90Dincer, I. #75
Materials971.1%33Czerwiński, Frank #5,712
Optoelectronics & Photonics670.8%9Yao, Jianping #4,051
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology530.6%53Chen, Zhongwei #2,381
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies260.3%8Khakzad, Nima #11,910
Biotechnology250.3%7Prakash, Satya #21,232
Bioinformatics220.3%10Stothard, Paul M. #17,920
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 405 listed authors (4.7%)
Dairy & Animal Science841.0%18Beauchemin, Karen Anne Beauchemin #6,584
Forestry740.9%14Konijnendijk, Cecil C. #7,887
Veterinary Sciences740.9%9Weese, Jeffrey Scott #7,867
Fisheries710.8%20Pauly, Daniel #755
Food Science710.8%51Shahidi, Fereidoon #418
Agronomy & Agriculture600.7%20Janzen, H. Henry Henry #18,414
Horticulture40.0%0Reynolds, Andrew G. #132,507
Public Health & Health Services · 368 listed authors (4.3%)
Nursing1091.3%23Morse, Janice M.Rn Ph D(Nurs) #940
Public Health1071.3%58Tremblay, Mark S. #1,470
Rehabilitation961.1%28Lindsay, Sally #7,929
Health Policy & Services370.4%13Graham, Ian D. #13,188
Substance Abuse230.3%13Rehm, Jurgen T. #550
Gerontology170.2%11Fülöp, Tamas #27,302
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology120.1%4Paradis, Johanne #15,967
Epidemiology80.1%5Hanley, James Anthony H. #5,876
Biology · 355 listed authors (4.2%)
Ecology1221.4%116Legendre, Pierre #457
Plant Biology & Botany790.9%27Yan, Weikai #4,654
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology510.6%21Schindler, David W. #6,266
Evolutionary Biology370.4%35Rieseberg, Loren H. #3,007
Entomology320.4%5Isman, Murray B. #2,233
Zoology100.1%1Maddison, Wayne Paul #19,180
Ornithology10.0%0Ronconi, Robert A. #686,995
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 315 listed authors (3.7%)
Geochemistry & Geophysics1031.2%69Nesbitt, H. Wayne #2,624
Environmental Sciences700.8%59Rochman, Chelsea M. #490
Geology550.6%13Richards, Jeremy P. #3,531
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences530.6%50Oke, Timothy R. #675
Paleontology160.2%8Clague, John Joseph #21,484
Oceanography40.0%2Garrett, Chris J.R. #60,416
Social Sciences · 296 listed authors (3.5%)
Education841.0%49Garrison, D. Randy #1,800
Geography490.6%48Peck, Jamie A. #1,526
International Relations230.3%23Clapp, Jennifer A. #4,441
Information & Library Sciences220.3%9Larivière, Vincent #6,802
Political Science & Public Administration210.2%21Howlett, Michael P. #608
Criminology180.2%11Seto, Michael C. #12,745
Social Work130.2%6Liebenberg, Linda #20,476
Sociology120.1%12Schieman, Scott #18,408
Law110.1%3Borrows, John #59,105
Cultural Studies80.1%2Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sábelo J. #3,366
Social Sciences Methods60.1%6Byrne, Barbara M. #1,126
Science Studies50.1%4Birch, Kean B. #24,163
Demography20.0%2Triandafyllidou, Anna #10,361
Family Studies20.0%2Milkie, Melissa A. #35,326
Chemistry · 284 listed authors (3.3%)
Polymers790.9%40Mohanty, Amar Kumar #10,271
Organic Chemistry750.9%21Stephan, Douglas W. #2,820
Analytical Chemistry560.7%17Neethirajan, Suresh Raja #1,802
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry250.3%4Cherkasov, Artem R. #32,343
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry240.3%3Brown, Ian David #14,203
General Chemistry170.2%2Ingold, Keith U. #54,863
Physical Chemistry50.1%3Sayari, Abdelhamíd #26,674
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 243 listed authors (2.8%)
Experimental Psychology710.8%71Bialystok, Ellen #852
Social Psychology660.8%65Russell, James A. #282
Clinical Psychology340.4%30Klonsky, Elisha David #1,389
Developmental & Child Psychology340.4%32Diamond, Adele #534
Human Factors170.2%12Nacke, Lennart E. #18,557
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology160.2%8Fraser, David #15,093
Psychoanalysis20.0%0Ruti, Mari #410,312
Economics & Business · 226 listed authors (2.6%)
Business & Management1011.2%100Miller, Danny #476
Logistics & Transportation330.4%16Zhang, Anming #24,044
Economics240.3%24Nunn, Nathan #2,330
Marketing220.3%22Belk, Russell V. #1,236
Sport, Leisure & Tourism160.2%15Scott, Daniel J. #2,601
Finance140.2%14El Ghoul, Sadok #14,696
Accounting100.1%10Hope, Ole Kristian #7,364
Agricultural Economics & Policy60.1%5Hobbs, Jill E. #35,292
Development Studies30.0%3Li, Tania M. #7,427
Econometrics20.0%2Mackinnon, James G. #10,903
Industrial Relations20.0%1Vosko, Leah F. #81,546
Economic Theory10.0%1Epstein, Larry G. #93,697
Mathematics & Statistics · 61 listed authors (0.7%)
General Mathematics250.3%7Srivastava, Hari Mohan #1,883
Statistics & Probability240.3%23Neal, Radford M. #5,528
Numerical & Computational Mathematics100.1%3van den Driessche, Pauline V. #4,045
Applied Mathematics30.0%0Peirce, Anthony P. #141,073
Communication & Textual Studies · 59 listed authors (0.7%)
Languages & Linguistics270.3%27MacIntyre, Peter Daniel #625
Literary Studies190.2%3Puar, Jasbir Kaur #51,140
Communication & Media Studies100.1%10Hayes, Andrew F. #101
Built Environment & Design · 54 listed authors (0.6%)
Building & Construction370.4%25Nehdi, Moncef L. #2,910
Design Practice & Management100.1%3Gosselin, Clément M. #11,598
Urban & Regional Planning100.1%9Rees, William E. #24,633
Architecture20.0%0Peters, Terri #394,370
Historical Studies · 45 listed authors (0.5%)
Archaeology170.2%4Richards, Michael P. #29,606
History160.2%0Lemire, Beverly Y. #220,285
Anthropology80.1%6Kohn, Eduardo O. #42,867
History of Science, Technology & Medicine40.0%0Dyck, Erika #224,315
Classics10.0%0Kemezis, Adam M. #409,925
Philosophy & Theology · 33 listed authors (0.4%)
Religions & Theology140.2%0Slingerland, Edward G. #102,442
Philosophy130.2%8Mills, Charles Wright #11,282
Applied Ethics110.1%7Schwartz, Mark S. #44,544
Visual & Performing Arts · 5 listed authors (0.1%)
Music40.0%1Creech, Andrea #87,730
Art Practice, History & Theory20.0%0Marks, Laura U. #798,537
Drama & Theater10.0%0Gallagher., Kathleen Marie #440,973
Folklore10.0%0Magliocco, Sabina #538,795

8,534 listed scientists in Canada

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