Nobel Prize winners in Canada

2025 single-year list · 5 laureates, by prize and field

How many Nobel Prize winners in Canada are top-cited scientists?

5 Nobel laureates whose current affiliation is in Canada are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list: 3 in physics, 1 in chemistry and 1 in physiology or medicine. 2 rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Under each prize are the laureates’ main fields in the list, which can differ from the prize: pick a row to see its laureates ranked in the table of all authors.

Prize and fieldLaureatesTop 100kPrize yearsMost recent laureate
Physics312015–2024Hinton, Geoffrey E. 2024
Physics & Astronomy202015–2018Strickland, Donna 2018
Information & Communication Technologies112024Hinton, Geoffrey E. 2024
Chemistry112010Heck, Richard F. 2010
Chemistry112010Heck, Richard F. 2010
Physiology or Medicine102020Houghton, Michael A. 2020
Clinical Medicine102020Houghton, Michael A. 2020

5 Nobel laureates in Canada

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