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

584 researchers in Canada whose main field is Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 6.8% of all listed authors in Canada, and 7th of 103 countries in the field. 227 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Toronto has the most (44), followed by The University of British Columbia (41) and University of Alberta (39). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

584

6.8% of all in Canada

In the global top 100,000

227

38.9% of them

Country rank in the field

of 103 countries in Engineering

Highest-ranked

#990

Laporte, Gilbert

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of Toronto	44	14	#45	Chen, Jing M. #2,651
2	The University of British Columbia	41	15	#53	Altintas, Yusuf #5,780
3	University of Alberta	39	17	#61	Li, Yunwei Ryan #7,738
4	University of Waterloo	33	14	#87	Pal, Rajinder #18,966
5	Université McGill	31	14	#96	Amabili, Marco #4,812
6	Queen’s University	24	6	#150	Rowe, R. Kerry #10,685
7	University of Calgary	18	8	#205	Kuo, Arthur D. #8,155
8	Western University	18	9	#210	Malczewski, Jacek #15,528
9	McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering	16	6	#231	Emadi, Ali N. #2,603
10	University of Guelph	15	5	#264	Hegab, Hussien Abdel Aziz #29,224
11	Concordia University	14	6	#285	Mulligan, Catherine N. #17,408
12	Université Laval	14	4	#286	Konrad, Jean Marie #21,429
13	Toronto Metropolitan University	13	4	#303	Wu, Bin #13,052
14	Carleton University	13	5	#312	Huang, Minyi #46,267
15	Polytechnique Montréal	12	7	#328	Gendreau, Michel #15,498
16	École de Technologie Supérieure	12	1	#341	Jabbarzadeh, Armin #74,164
17	University of Ottawa	10	3	#408	Matsuura, Takeshi #30,223
18	University of Saskatchewan	9	6	#431	Fredlund, Delwyin G. #3,813
19	University of Victoria	9	4	#438	Shi, Yang #13,729
20	University of Manitoba	9	3	#457	Liang, Xihui #54,315
21	Ontario Tech University	8	2	#505	Williamson, Sheldon S. #37,668
22	University of Windsor	8	3	#515	ElMaraghy, Hoda A. #49,686
23	Memorial University of Newfoundland	8	1	#517	Mahdianpari, Masoud #57,950
24	McMaster University	7	1	#554	Bourdin, Blaise #11,207
25	Dalhousie University	7	5	#560	Fenton, Gordon A. #22,685
26	Lakehead University	7	1	#591	Tayebi, Abdelhamid #74,989
27	University of British Columbia Okanagan	6	3	#633	Liu, Zheng #14,846
28	Université de Sherbrooke	6	2	#637	Benmokrane, Brahim #17,543
29	University of New Brunswick	6	1	#700	Bischoff, Peter H. #84,175
30	Simon Fraser University	5	3	#750	Shen, Zheng John #26,246
31	York University	5	2	#808	Zhu, Zheng H. #72,838
32	University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies	5	1	#819	Waslander, Steven L. #79,640
33	Université Laurentienne	4	3	#854	Cai, Ming #4,400
34	University of Prince Edward Island	4	2	#894	Naterer, Greg F. #28,076
35	Environment and Climate Change Canada	4	2	#927	Yue, Sheng #47,123
36	Centre Eau Terre Environnement	4	1	#959	Ouarda, Taha B.M.J. #72,176
37	National Research Council Canada	4	1	#969	Zambrano, O. A. #78,194
38	HEC Montréal	3	3	#1,036	Laporte, Gilbert #990
39	Canadian Forest Service	3	3	#1,060	Wulder, Michael A. #8,149
40	University of Regina	3	1	#1,099	Zhang, Zhenjun He #23,260
41	Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation	3	1	#1,127	Brisco, B. #38,635

The top 100 in Engineering in Canada, in order

1
Laporte, Gilbert
HEC Montréal
2
Emadi, Ali N.
McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering
3
Chen, Jing M.
University of Toronto
4
Fredlund, Delwyin G.
University of Saskatchewan
5
Hoek, E.
Gas Engineering Consultant
6
Cai, Ming
Université Laurentienne
7
Amabili, Marco
Université McGill
8
Altintas, Yusuf
The University of British Columbia
9
Li, Yunwei Ryan
University of Alberta
10
Païdoussis, Michael P.
Université McGill
11
Wulder, Michael A.
Canadian Forest Service
12
Barfoot, Timothy David
University of Toronto
13
Kuo, Arthur D.
University of Calgary
14
Hungr, Oldrich
The University of British Columbia
15
Martin, C. Derek
University of Alberta
16
Liang, Xiaodong
University of Saskatchewan
17
Cordeau, Jean François
HEC Montréal
18
Rowe, R. Kerry
Queen’s University
19
Bourdin, Blaise
McMaster University
20
Coops, Nicholas C.
The University of British Columbia
21
Grasselli, Giovanni
University of Toronto
22
Adamowski, Jan Franklin
Université McGill
23
Stathopoulos, Theodore (Ted)
Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies
24
Mcdonnell, Jeffrey J.
University of Saskatchewan
25
Wang, Junye
Athabasca University
26
Puterman, Martin L.
UBC Sauder School of Business
27
Wu, Bin
Toronto Metropolitan University
28
Shi, Yang
University of Victoria
29
Diederichs, Mark Stephen
Queen’s University
30
Liu, Zheng
University of British Columbia Okanagan
31
Englezos, Peter
The University of British Columbia
32
Gendreau, Michel
Polytechnique Montréal
33
Malczewski, Jacek
Western University
34
Chen, Xiongbiao
University of Saskatchewan
35
Crainic, Teodor Gabriel
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les Réseaux d‘Entreprise, la Logistique et le Transport
36
Zuo, Ming Jian
University of Alberta
37
Mulligan, Catherine N.
Concordia University
38
Benmokrane, Brahim
Université de Sherbrooke
39
Zhang, Youmin
Concordia University
40
White, Joanne C.
Canadian Forest Service
41
Vidal, Thibaut
Polytechnique Montréal
42
Pal, Rajinder
University of Waterloo
43
Grace, John R.
The University of British Columbia
44
Bi, Xiaotao Tony
The University of British Columbia
45
Razavi, Saman
School of Environment and Sustainability
46
Vecchio, Frank J.
University of Toronto
47
El Naggar, M. Hesham
Western University
48
Clark, Martyn P.
University of Calgary
49
Tay, Joohwa
University of Calgary
50
Konrad, Jean Marie
Université Laval
51
Huang, Biao
University of Alberta
52
Fenton, Gordon A.
Dalhousie University
53
Zhang, Zhenjun He
University of Regina
54
Papalexiou, Simon Michael
University of Calgary
55
Mohamad, Abdulmajeed Abd
University of Calgary
56
Shen, Zheng John
Simon Fraser University
57
Pillay, Pragasen
Concordia University
58
Naterer, Greg F.
University of Prince Edward Island
59
Mohamed, Yasser Abdel Rady Ibrahim
University of Alberta
60
Hegab, Hussien Abdel Aziz
University of Guelph
61
Bathurst, Richard J.
Royal Military College of Canada
62
Hayashi, Masaki
University of Calgary
63
Hong, Hanping
Western University
64
Matsuura, Takeshi
University of Ottawa
65
Radišić, Milica
University of Toronto, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
66
Eberhardt, Erick
The University of British Columbia
67
Gheisarnejad, Meysam
Université du Québec à Montréal
68
Tremblay, Robert
Polytechnique Montréal
69
Jefferies, Michael G.
BGC Engineering
70
Alam, M. Shahria
University of British Columbia Okanagan
71
Sadiq, Rehan
University of British Columbia Okanagan
72
Evans, Stephen G.
University of Waterloo
73
Vanapalli, Sai K.
University of Ottawa
74
Huang, Yanjun
University of Waterloo
75
Goyal, Suresh Kumar
Concordia University
76
Yang, Simon X.
University of Guelph
77
Fathollahi-Fard, Amir M.
Université Laurentienne
78
Williamson, Sheldon S.
Ontario Tech University
79
Easa, Said M.
Toronto Metropolitan University
80
Brisco, B.
Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
81
Jumarie, Guy
Université du Québec à Montréal
82
Simpson-Porco, John William
University of Toronto
83
de Silva, Clarence W.
The University of British Columbia
84
LÉcuyer, Pierre
University of Montreal
85
Su, Chunyi
Concordia University
86
Burn, Donald H.
University of Waterloo
87
Tesfamariam, Solomon
University of Waterloo
88
Pasini, Damiano
Université McGill
89
Gleeson, Tom
University of Victoria
90
Shoichet, Molly Sandra
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
91
Jamali, Ali
Simon Fraser University
92
Pomeroy, John W.
Global Institute for Water Security
93
Xia, Min
Western University
94
Mantovani, Diego
Université Laval
95
Coulibaly, Paulin
McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering
96
Lindsay, John B.
University of Guelph
97
Sadhu, Ayan
Western University
98
Tian, Zhigang
University of Alberta
99
Amani, Meisam
Remote Digital Twin Inc.
100
Jaber, Mohamad Y.
Toronto Metropolitan University

584 listed scientists in Engineering in Canada

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