Top institutions in Canada for Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

29 institutions · Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · Canada

Which institutions in Canada have the most top-cited scientists in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences?

243 researchers in Canada whose main field is Psychology & Cognitive Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.8% of all listed authors in Canada, and 3rd of 61 countries in the field. 216 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Toronto has the most (35), followed by The University of British Columbia (30) and Western University (14). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
243
2.8% of all in Canada
In the global top 100,000
216
88.9% of them
Country rank in the field
#3
of 61 countries in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences
Highest-ranked
#282
Russell, James A.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of Toronto3532#7Stanovich, Keith E. #3,591
2The University of British Columbia3029#12Russell, James A. #282
3Western University1413#56Paivio, Allan #8,578
4University of Waterloo1111#73Kunda, Ziva #8,238
5Université McGill119#75Khoury, Bassam #30,947
6York University99#81Flett, Gordon L. #6,443
7Simon Fraser University88#113Horvath, Adam Otto #28,641
8Brock University75#126Ashton, Michael C. #9,416
9Queen’s University66#142Berry, John W. #765
10Carleton University65#166Sénéchal, Monique #34,285
11Université d'Ottawa, Faculté des Sciences Sociales54#183Williams, Monnica Terwilliger #6,628
12University of Guelph53#197Mason, Georgia Jane #18,019
13McMaster University55#203Granic, Isabela #23,682
14Faculty of Health44#174Bialystok, Ellen #852
15Cumming School of Medicine44#236Madigan, Sheri L. #7,681
16Concordia University43#193Kline, Rex Bryan #13,683
17University of New Brunswick43#254Byers, E. Sandra #22,710
18University of Saskatchewan44#269Slade, Peter David #47,086
19University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine33#280Diamond, Adele #534
20University of Victoria33#217Gifford, Robert D. #1,527
21University of Regina33#288Carleton, R. Nicholas #3,415
22Rotman Research Institute33#293Craik, Fergus I. M. #5,979
23Trent University32#305Wong, Paul T.P. #10,010
24Rotman School of Management33#310Cǒté, Stéphane #12,432
25University of Ottawa32#320Vaillancourt, Tracy #14,787
26University of Montreal33#323Tremblay, Richard E. #15,787
27Toronto Metropolitan University33#371M Antony, Martin #58,162
28Université Laval32#375Grondin, Simon #68,591
29Mount Royal University33#380Morin, Alain #80,070

The top 100 in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences in Canada, in order

  1. 1
    Russell, James A.
    The University of British Columbia
  2. 2
    Diamond, Adele
    University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
  3. 3
    Berry, John W.
    Queen’s University
  4. 4
    Bialystok, Ellen
    Faculty of Health
  5. 5
    Vallerand, Robert J.
    Université du Québec à Montréal
  6. 6
    Klonsky, Elisha David
    The University of British Columbia
  7. 7
    Gifford, Robert D.
    University of Victoria
  8. 8
    Paulhus, Delroy L.
    The University of British Columbia
  9. 9
    Carleton, R. Nicholas
    University of Regina
  10. 10
    Stanovich, Keith E.
    University of Toronto
  11. 11
    Smallwood, Jonathan M.
    Queen’s University
  12. 12
    Norenzayan, Ara
    The University of British Columbia
  13. 13
    Taylor, Steven
    University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine
  14. 14
    Craik, Fergus I. M.
    Rotman Research Institute
  15. 15
    Endel Tulving, Endel
    University of Toronto
  16. 16
    Flett, Gordon L.
    York University
  17. 17
    Treisman, Anne M.
    The University of British Columbia
  18. 18
    Williams, Monnica Terwilliger
    Université d'Ottawa, Faculté des Sciences Sociales
  19. 19
    Madigan, Sheri L.
    Cumming School of Medicine
  20. 20
    Kunda, Ziva
    University of Waterloo
  21. 21
    Heine, Steven J.
    The University of British Columbia
  22. 22
    Paivio, Allan
    Western University
  23. 23
    Ashton, Michael C.
    Brock University
  24. 24
    Wong, Paul T.P.
    Trent University
  25. 25
    Hare, Robert Douglas
    The University of British Columbia
  26. 26
    Schmader, Toni
    The University of British Columbia
  27. 27
    Schaller, Mark
    The University of British Columbia
  28. 28
    Morris Moscovitch, Morris
    Rotman Research Institute
  29. 29
    Cǒté, Stéphane
    Rotman School of Management
  30. 30
    Rachman, Stanley Jack
    The University of British Columbia
  31. 31
    Grossmann, Igor
    University of Waterloo
  32. 32
    Kline, Rex Bryan
    Concordia University
  33. 33
    Vaillancourt, Tracy
    University of Ottawa
  34. 34
    Hodson, Gordon
    Brock University
  35. 35
    Tracy, Jessica L.
    The University of British Columbia
  36. 36
    Oatley, Keith
    University of Toronto
  37. 37
    Tremblay, Richard E.
    University of Montreal
  38. 38
    Mar, Raymond A.
    York University
  39. 39
    Addis, Donna Rose
    Rotman Research Institute
  40. 40
    Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
    University of Alberta
  41. 41
    Schimmack, Ulrich
    University of Toronto
  42. 42
    Greenberg, Leslie S.
    Faculty of Health
  43. 43
    Shariff, Azim F.
    The University of British Columbia
  44. 44
    Inzlicht, Michael
    University of Toronto
  45. 45
    Berdahl, Jennifer L.
    The University of British Columbia
  46. 46
    Mason, Georgia Jane
    University of Guelph
  47. 47
    Elsabbagh, M.
    Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal
  48. 48
    Nacke, Lennart E.
    University of Waterloo
  49. 49
    Hirsh, Jacob B.
    University of Toronto
  50. 50
    Stuss, Donald T.
    University of Toronto
  51. 51
    MacKenzie, Ian Scott
    York University
  52. 52
    Isabelle Peretz, Isabelle
    Brain Research Center
  53. 53
    Christoff, Kalina
    The University of British Columbia
  54. 54
    Zumbo, Bruno D.
    The University of British Columbia
  55. 55
    Dugas, Michel J.
    Université du Québec en Outaouais
  56. 56
    Mottron, Laurent
    University of Montreal
  57. 57
    Werker, Janet F.
    The University of British Columbia
  58. 58
    Berlyne, Daniel E.
    University of Toronto
  59. 59
    Van Anders, Sari M.
    Queen’s University
  60. 60
    Zucker, Kenneth J.
    University of Toronto
  61. 61
    Anderson, Nicole Dianne
    Baycrest Health Sciences
  62. 62
    Byers, E. Sandra
    University of New Brunswick
  63. 63
    Esses, Victoria M.
    Western University
  64. 64
    Goodale, Melvyn Alan
    Western University
  65. 65
    Granic, Isabela
    McMaster University
  66. 66
    Newman, George E.
    Rotman School of Management
  67. 67
    Flora, David B.
    York University
  68. 68
    Calogero, Rachel M.
    Western University
  69. 69
    Dobson, Keith Stephen
    Cumming School of Medicine
  70. 70
    Lee, Kibeom
    Cumming School of Medicine
  71. 71
    Martin, Rod A.
    Western University
  72. 72
    Horvath, Adam Otto
    Simon Fraser University
  73. 73
    Trainor, Laurel J.
    McMaster University
  74. 74
    Thompson, Evan T.
    The University of British Columbia
  75. 75
    MacLeod, Colin M.
    University of Waterloo
  76. 76
    Hollenstein, Tom
    Queen's University
  77. 77
    Khoury, Bassam
    Université McGill
  78. 78
    J. Kiley Hamlin, Jane Kiley
    The University of British Columbia
  79. 79
    Koestner, Richard Frank
    Université McGill
  80. 80
    Cavanagh, Patrick
    York University, Centre for Vision Research
  81. 81
    Krettenauer, Tobias
    Wilfrid Laurier University
  82. 82
    Pexman, Penny M.
    Western University
  83. 83
    Huta, Veronika
    University of Ottawa
  84. 84
    Baumer, Eric P.S.
    University of Toronto
  85. 85
    Schellenberg, E. Glenn
    University of Toronto
  86. 86
    Sénéchal, Monique
    Carleton University
  87. 87
    Barclay, Pat
    University of Guelph
  88. 88
    Vartanian, Oshin
    Defence Research and Development Canada
  89. 89
    Kuperman, Victor
    McMaster University
  90. 90
    Troje, Nikolaus F.
    York University
  91. 91
    Gaudreau, Patrick
    Université d'Ottawa, Faculté des Sciences Sociales
  92. 92
    Wright, Stephen C.
    Simon Fraser University
  93. 93
    Michalos, Alex C.
    University of Northern British Columbia
  94. 94
    Segal, Zindel V.
    University of Toronto
  95. 95
    Hewitt, Paul L.
    The University of British Columbia
  96. 96
    Flake, Jessica Kay
    The University of British Columbia
  97. 97
    Wood, Joanne V.
    University of Waterloo
  98. 98
    Willoughby, Teena
    Brock University
  99. 99
    Craig, Wendy M.
    Queen’s University
  100. 100
    Herman, C. Peter
    University of Toronto

243 listed scientists in Psychology & Cognitive Sciences in Canada

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