Top institutions in Canada for Biomedical Research

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Which institutions in Canada have the most top-cited scientists in Biomedical Research?

632 researchers in Canada whose main field is Biomedical Research are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 7.4% of all listed authors in Canada, and 5th of 105 countries in the field. 221 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine has the most (43), followed by The University of British Columbia (42) and University of Toronto (35). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

632

7.4% of all in Canada

In the global top 100,000

221

35.0% of them

Country rank in the field

of 105 countries in Biomedical Research

Highest-ranked

#92

Wishart, David S.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine	43	15	#38	Bader, Gary D. #11,951
2	The University of British Columbia	42	19	#39	Hancock, Robert E.W. #774
3	University of Toronto	35	11	#60	Hinz, Boris #1,519
4	University of Calgary	24	9	#117	Pitout, Johann D.D. #10,707
5	Université McGill	23	7	#127	Pantopoulos, Kostas #13,304
6	University of Alberta	22	11	#129	Wishart, David S. #92
7	University of Guelph	18	6	#188	Beveridge, Terrance J. #14,572
8	McMaster University	16	6	#210	Wright, Gerard D. #907
9	University of Ottawa	16	3	#217	Xia, Xuhua #11,554
10	University of Manitoba	16	3	#220	Nicolle, Lindsay #14,904
11	McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	14	5	#253	Xia, Jianguo #7,115
12	University of Montreal	14	6	#269	Gottschalk, Marcelo G. #51,129
13	University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry	13	4	#278	Vance, Jean E. #7,609
14	Dalhousie University	13	3	#279	Langille, Morgan G.I. #7,816
15	The Hospital for Sick Children	13	6	#281	Rossant, Janet #8,174
16	Western University	10	6	#372	Reid, Gregor #3,304
17	Health Canada	10	2	#383	Burnett, Richard Thomas #11,225
18	Université Laval	10	3	#407	Grenier, Daniel #41,781
19	University of Waterloo	9	5	#415	Glick, Bernard R. #394
20	Simon Fraser University	9	3	#427	Lanphear, Bruce P. #10,768
21	Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine	7	5	#571	Archibald, John M. #37,175
22	Queen’s University	6	2	#627	Poole, Keith #8,904
23	Université d'Ottawa, Faculté de Médecine	6	3	#651	Krewski, Daniel R. #21,205
24	BC Children's Hospital Research Institute	6	2	#655	Innis, Sheila Margaret #28,731
25	Brock University	6	2	#678	Tattersall, Glenn J. #49,631
26	Cumming School of Medicine	6	1	#680	Church, Dierdre L. #52,522
27	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	6	2	#703	Olivier, Martin #82,001
28	McGill University, Macdonald Campus	5	3	#753	Mailloux, Ryan J. #12,996
29	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	5	4	#787	Jones, Steven J.M. #35,539
30	University of Saskatchewan	5	1	#790	Leask, Andrew #36,828
31	Michael Smith Laboratories	4	2	#886	Finlay, B. Brett #5,737
32	York University	4	2	#889	Wang, Rui #6,740
33	McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences	4	1	#929	Epand, Richard M. #22,951
34	Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry	4	1	#949	Gloor, Gregory Brian #34,510
35	Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba	4	3	#957	Davie, James R. #37,067
36	School of Medicine	4	2	#169	Yang, Xiangjiao #44,839
37	Université de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine	4	2	#968	Pascal, John M. #45,478
38	Ontario Veterinary College	4	0	#1,036	Griffiths, Mansel William #120,446
39	Sunnybrook Research Institute	4	0	#1,050	Du, William Weidong #137,801
40	Carleton University	3	2	#1,092	Storey, Kenneth B. #9,810
41	Ontario Institute for Cancer Research	3	3	#1,103	Stein, Lincoln D. #13,956
42	Université du Québec à Montréal	3	1	#1,116	Averill-Bates, Diana A. #18,192
43	Memorial University of Newfoundland	3	1	#1,123	Brosnan, John T. #21,285
44	British Columbia Cancer Agency	3	1	#1,165	Robertson, Andrew Gordon #38,598
45	Athabasca University	3	1	#1,198	Temple, Norman J. #49,749
46	Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research	3	3	#1,222	Burrows, Lori L. #62,714
47	Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute	3	2	#1,257	Hemberger, Myriam C. #81,353
48	National Research Council Canada	3	0	#1,301	Chen, Wangxue #105,200
49	Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal	3	0	#1,343	Goldberg, Mark S. #129,226
50	British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS	3	0	#1,345	Hogg, Robert S. #129,619
51	University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine	3	0	#1,364	Lukong, Kiven Erique #138,713
52	SickKids Research Institute	3	0	#1,369	Pencharz, Paul B. #143,288

The top 100 in Biomedical Research in Canada, in order

1
Wishart, David S.
University of Alberta
2
Glick, Bernard R.
University of Waterloo
3
Hancock, Robert E.W.
The University of British Columbia
4
Wright, Gerard D.
McMaster University
5
Phillips, Stuart Martin
McMaster University, Faculty of Science
6
Hinz, Boris
University of Toronto
7
Gänzle, Michael G.
University of Alberta
8
Reid, Gregor
Western University
9
Finlay, B. Brett
Michael Smith Laboratories
10
Keeling, Patrick J.
The University of British Columbia
11
Wang, Rui
York University
12
Xia, Jianguo
McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
13
Krzywinski, Martin I.
Canada‘s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
14
Prado, Carla M.
University of Alberta
15
Vance, Jean E.
University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
16
Langille, Morgan G.I.
Dalhousie University
17
Rossant, Janet
The Hospital for Sick Children
18
Cullis, Pieter R.
The University of British Columbia
19
Poole, Keith
Queen’s University
20
Suttle, Curtis A.
The University of British Columbia
21
Storey, Kenneth B.
Carleton University
22
Egerton, Ray F.
University of Alberta
23
Pitout, Johann D.D.
University of Calgary
24
Lanphear, Bruce P.
Simon Fraser University
25
Burnett, Richard Thomas
Health Canada
26
Xia, Xuhua
University of Ottawa
27
Bader, Gary D.
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
28
Stein, Lisa Y.
University of Alberta
29
Mailloux, Ryan J.
McGill University, Macdonald Campus
30
Pantopoulos, Kostas
Université McGill
31
Stein, Lincoln D.
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
32
Beveridge, Terrance J.
University of Guelph
33
Schulte, Patricia M.
The University of British Columbia
34
Nicolle, Lindsay
University of Manitoba
35
Sonenberg, Nahum
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute
36
Kropinski, Andrew M.B.
University of Guelph
37
Xu, Jianping
McMaster University
38
Kay, Lewis E.
University of Toronto
39
Farrell, Anthony Peter (Tony)
The University of British Columbia
40
Zheng, Chunfu
University of Calgary
41
Cowen, Leah E.
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
42
Knoppers, Bartha Maria
McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
43
Stothard, Paul M.
University of Alberta
44
Marcogliese, David J.
St. Andrews Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
45
Averill-Bates, Diana A.
Université du Québec à Montréal
46
Strous, Marc
University of Calgary
47
Gupta, Radhey Shyam
McMaster University Medical Centre
48
Whitfield, Chris
University of Guelph
49
Wang, Zhixiang
University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
50
Seidah, Nabil Georges
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal
51
Pawson, Tony J.
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
52
Holt, Robert A.
Simon Fraser University
53
Spriet, Lawrence Leon
University of Guelph
54
Krewski, Daniel R.
Université d'Ottawa, Faculté de Médecine
55
Brosnan, John T.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
56
Tieleman, Dirk Peter
University of Calgary
57
Epand, Richard M.
McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences
58
Wolever, Thomas M.S.
University of Toronto
59
Evans, Evan Anthony
The University of British Columbia
60
Cunnane, Stephen C.
Université de Sherbrooke
61
Moore, Daniel R.
University of Toronto
62
Keller, Gordon M.
University of Toronto
63
Turner, Raymond J.
University of Calgary
64
Innis, Sheila Margaret
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
65
Gray, Michael W.
Dalhousie University
66
Burke, John E.
UVic-Genome BC Proteomics Centre
67
Wrana, Jeffrey L.
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
68
Friedman, Jan M.
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
69
Doolittle, W. Ford
Dalhousie University
70
Cadet, Jean
Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé
71
Simpson, Jared T.
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
72
Gietz, R. Daniel
University of Manitoba
73
Hood, David A.
York University, Muscle Health Research Centre
74
Ogden, Nicholas Hume
Public Health Agency of Canada
75
Bourque, Guillaume
Université McGill
76
Mah, Thien Fah C.
Université d'Ottawa, Faculté de Médecine
77
Woodgett, James R.
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
78
Gloor, Gregory Brian
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
79
Arrowsmith, Cheryl H.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
80
Surette, Michael Gordon
McMaster University
81
Behr, Marcel A.
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital
82
Field, Catherine J.
University of Alberta
83
Jones, Steven J.M.
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
84
Richards, John Brent
Université McGill
85
Vance, Dennis E.
University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
86
Fisman, David N.
University of Toronto
87
Trevors, Jack Thomas
University of Guelph
88
Leask, Andrew
University of Saskatchewan
89
Tarasuk, Valerie S.
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
90
Davie, James R.
Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
91
Archibald, John M.
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine
92
Douglas, Gavin M.
University of New Brunswick
93
Overall, Christopher M.Chris
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry
94
Brown, Eric David
McMaster University
95
Gingras, Anne Claude
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
96
Robertson, Andrew Gordon
British Columbia Cancer Agency
97
Wang, Aiming
Western University
98
Gravel, Simon Pierre
McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
99
Rudnicki, Michael A.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
100
Sheel, Andrew William
The University of British Columbia

632 listed scientists in Biomedical Research in Canada

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