Top-cited scientists by institution in Canada

120 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Canada

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120 universities and institutes in Canada have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. University of Toronto has the most (693), followed by The University of British Columbia (620) and University of Alberta (378). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	University of Toronto	693	332
2	The University of British Columbia	620	311
3	University of Alberta	378	158
4	Université McGill	340	166
5	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine	250	85
6	University of Calgary	234	109
7	University of Waterloo	226	112
8	Western University	218	113
9	McMaster University	208	88
10	School of Medicine	176	70
11	University of Ottawa	168	74
12	Queen’s University	154	69
13	Simon Fraser University	144	79
14	Dalhousie University	137	63
15	University of Montreal	137	53
16	University of Manitoba	130	46
17	University of Guelph	123	51
18	Université Laval	113	45
19	Cumming School of Medicine	108	41
20	University of Victoria	106	56
21	The Hospital for Sick Children	101	34
22	University Health Network	93	43
23	University of Saskatchewan	89	35
24	University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry	84	33
25	Concordia University	75	36
26	York University	71	43
27	Carleton University	69	35
28	Memorial University of Newfoundland	64	25
29	National Research Council Canada	58	16
30	Toronto Metropolitan University	58	19
31	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	57	25
32	Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine	53	27
33	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre	52	23
34	Université de Sherbrooke	47	21
35	Polytechnique Montréal	44	13
36	McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	42	19
37	Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics	39	24
38	McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering	38	14
39	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	38	15
40	University of British Columbia Okanagan	38	19
41	University of Windsor	36	13
42	Brock University	35	16
43	McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences	35	10
44	Population Health Research Institute, Ontario	33	20
45	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	32	13
46	St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto	32	11
47	University of New Brunswick	32	12
48	Université du Québec à Montréal	32	17
49	École de Technologie Supérieure	32	6
50	Ontario Tech University	31	13
51	Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation	30	9
52	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	30	15
53	Ontario Veterinary College	29	8
54	Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal	28	10
55	Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry	27	11
56	Environment and Climate Change Canada	26	20
57	British Columbia Cancer Agency	25	10
58	L'Hôpital d'Ottawa	25	4
59	Toronto General Hospital	24	11
60	University of Regina	24	14
61	Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières	24	6
62	Université d'Ottawa, Faculté de Médecine	23	6
63	Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	22	6
64	Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms	22	8
65	Trent University	22	10
66	Université de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine	22	11
67	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	21	13
68	Lakehead University	21	4
69	Faculty of Health	20	11
70	Vector Institute	20	12
71	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	19	9
72	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	18	14
73	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	18	12
74	Mount Sinai Hospital	18	5
75	Université Laurentienne	18	6
76	HEC Montréal	17	14
77	Rotman School of Management	17	16
78	Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	17	6
79	Canadian Forest Service	16	4
80	McGill University, Macdonald Campus	16	10
81	Sunnybrook Research Institute	16	5
82	Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications	15	5
83	Health Canada	15	3
84	Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba	15	3
85	Queen's University, School of Medicine	15	5
86	Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health	14	9
87	Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval	14	9
88	Ontario Agricultural College	14	7
89	SickKids Research Institute	14	3
90	Toronto Western Hospital	14	7
91	CHU de Québec-Université Laval	13	4
92	Institut de Cardiologie de l'Université d'Ottawa	13	7
93	Lassonde School of Engineering	13	3
94	Lethbridge Research and Development Centre	13	3
95	Wilfrid Laurier University	13	3
96	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	12	2
97	BC Children's Hospital Research Institute	12	5
98	Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique	12	5
99	L’École de médecine	12	4
100	UBC Sauder School of Business	12	11
101	University of Prince Edward Island Atlantic Veterinary College	12	0
102	Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology	12	5
103	Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute	11	8
104	Geological Survey of Canada	11	5
105	Hotchkiss Brain Institute	11	7
106	Schulich School of Business	11	11
107	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Dentistry	11	3
108	University of Lethbridge	11	3
109	University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine	11	2
110	Université d'Ottawa, Faculté des Sciences Sociales	11	7
111	Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill, Hôpital de Montreal Pour Enfants	10	0
112	David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science	10	7
113	Hamilton Health Sciences	10	6
114	Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute	10	5
115	Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute	10	7
116	Rady Faculty of Health Sciences	10	2
117	Robarts Research Institute	10	4
118	University of Prince Edward Island	10	6
119	Université d'Ottawa Faculté des Sciences de la Santé	10	1
120	Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé	10	3

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 649 in Canada with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.