top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at University of Waterloo

2025 single-year list · 226 listed authors · Canada

226 researchers at University of Waterloo ( Canada) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 112 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 166th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 7th in Canada.

Listed authors
226
7th in Canada
In the global top 100,000
112
49.6% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#166
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#394
Glick, Bernard R.

Top fields

  1. Information & Communication Technologies3415%
  2. Physics & Astronomy3315%
  3. Engineering3315%
  4. Enabling & Strategic Technologies2511%
  5. Clinical Medicine2411%
  6. Earth & Environmental Sciences125%
  7. Psychology & Cognitive Sciences115%
  8. Biomedical Research94%
  9. Chemistry94%
  10. Public Health & Health Services84%

Top subfields

  1. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing157%
  2. Energy136%
  3. General Physics104%
  4. Networking & Telecommunications94%
  5. Environmental Engineering84%
  6. Industrial Engineering & Automation73%
  7. Materials63%
  8. Geochemistry & Geophysics63%
  9. Mechanical Engineering & Transports63%
  10. Analytical Chemistry52%

226 listed scientists at University of Waterloo

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