Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Canada has 8,303 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 1.4% from 8,185 in 2024. That places Canada 6th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (660), followed by The University of British Columbia (613).

Single Year

8,303

+118 (+1.4%) vs 2024

Career Data

9,589

+324 (+3.5%) vs 2024

World rank by count

down 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

799

+259 (+48.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 26% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+13.3%

2022+3.4%

2023+2.0%

2024+3.8%

2025+1.4%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	6,602		7,225
2021	7,479	+13.3%	8,127	+12.5%
2022	7,737	+3.4%	8,473	+4.3%
2023	7,889	+2.0%	8,815	+4.0%
2024	8,185	+3.8%	9,265	+5.1%
2025	8,303	+1.4%	9,589	+3.5%

Top 10 institutes in Canada

By number of listed scientists

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1University of Toronto660
2The University of British Columbia613
3University of Alberta355
4Université McGill332
5University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine237
6University of Calgary235
7University of Waterloo232
8Western University217
9McMaster University196
10University of Ottawa165

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Rank in Canada	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	7	BY Bengio, Yoshua	Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3
2	12	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2
3	14	Hinton, Geoffrey	University of Toronto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4
4	30	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 3
5	36	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2
6	56	DI Dincer, Ibrahim	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 2
7	79	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 3
8	91	GG Guyatt, Gordon	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6
9	118	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
10	170	YS Yusuf, Salim	Population Health Research Institute, Ontario	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 7
11	263	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 4
12	320	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 3
13	388	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.	The Hospital for Sick Children	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 11
14	389	SP Sadorsky, Perry A.	Schulich School of Business	Energy	Rank 15
15	434	Eysenbach, Gunther	JMIR Publications	Medical Informatics	Rank 1
16	444	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 15
17	462	RC Rochman, Chelsea M.	University of Toronto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 7
18	486	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 31
19	490	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 6
20	506	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 11
21	513	RJ Rehm, Jurgen T.	University of Toronto	Substance Abuse	Rank 2
22	526	RK Rockwood, Kenneth J.	Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine	Geriatrics	Rank 1
23	535	YY Yao, Yiyu	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 37
24	544	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 14
25	601	DA Diamond, Adele	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 10
26	621	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 6
27	677	MA Mullard, Asher	Science journalist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 4
28	701	BR Bader, Richard Frederick William	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 13
29	731	MP MacIntyre, Peter Daniel	Cape Breton University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 4
30	746	MJ Morse, Janice M.Rn Ph D(Nurs)	University of Alberta	Nursing	Rank 2
31	759	KG Kaplan, Gilaad G.	Cumming School of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 14
32	783	RM Rosen, Marc A.	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 23
33	801	DJ Dahn, Jeff R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 25
34	841	BE Bialystok, Ellen	York University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 18
35	844	WZ Wang, Zhou	University of Waterloo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 56
36	849	BP Bansal, Pratima	Western University	Business & Management	Rank 29
37	862	HM Howlett, Michael P.	Simon Fraser University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 6
38	868	UM Ungar, Michael T.	Dalhousie University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 12
39	869	OT Oke, Timothy R.	The University of British Columbia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 9
40	874	BM Blaser, Martin J.	Canadian Institute for Advanced Research	Microbiology	Rank 11
41	890	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
42	924	BR Belk, Russell V.	Schulich School of Business	Marketing	Rank 9
43	1,024	BJ Berry, John W.	Queen’s University	Social Psychology	Rank 42
44	1,040	TR Touyz, Rhian M.	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 27
45	1,052	SD Stephan, Douglas W.	University of Toronto	Organic Chemistry	Rank 9
46	1,111	MR Mcintyre, Roger S.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 28
47	1,159	PJ Peck, Jamie A.	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 5
48	1,192	DJ Després, Jean Piérre	Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 17
49	1,206	WG Wright, Gerard D.	McMaster University	Microbiology	Rank 19
50	1,215	CJ Chen, Jing M.	University of Toronto	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 5
51	1,228	HW Hamilton, William L.	Quebec AI Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 74
52	1,268	BM Biesinger, Mark C.	Western University	Applied Physics	Rank 34
53	1,274	SR Suddaby, Roy	Peter B. Gustavson School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 45
54	1,288	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 32
55	1,306	TC Timothy Coombs, W. Timothy	Centre for Crisis and Risk Communications	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 3
56	1,325	VR Vallerand, Robert J.	Université du Québec à Montréal	Social Psychology	Rank 51
57	1,345	KC Kremen, Claire	The University of British Columbia	Ecology	Rank 33
58	1,359	NG Norman, Geoffrey R.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 32
59	1,360	MC Morin, Charles M.	Centre de recherche CERVO	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 81
60	1,400	SD Streiner, David L.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 32
61	1,419	HB Hinz, Boris	St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 40
62	1,465	KE Klonsky, Elisha David	The University of British Columbia	Clinical Psychology	Rank 8
63	1,467	SH Srivastava, Hari M.	University of Victoria	General Mathematics	Rank 4
64	1,539	BB Byrne, Barbara M.	Université d'Ottawa, Faculté des Sciences Sociales	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 11
65	1,563	TA Tricco, Andrea C.	Unity Health Toronto	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 39
66	1,658	LA Langley, Ann	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 62
67	1,681	TM Tremblay, Mark S.	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 14
68	1,767	CD Chicco, Davide	University of Toronto	Bioinformatics	Rank 11
69	1,782	SX Shen, Xuemin Sherman	University of Waterloo	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 17
70	1,819	BO Boiral, Olivier	Université Laval	Business & Management	Rank 68
71	1,836	LJ Liu, Juewen	University of Waterloo	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 7
72	1,854	PD Paulhus, Delroy L.	The University of British Columbia	Social Psychology	Rank 71
73	1,856	Berardi, Umberto	Toronto Metropolitan University	Building & Construction	Rank 15
74	1,897	NS Nattel, Stanley	Université de Montréal, Faculté de Médecine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 51
75	1,907	GJ Grimshaw, Jeremy M.	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 45
76	1,921	GD Gladman, Dafna D.	University Health Network	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 10
77	1,934	AA Aghakouchak, Amir	United Nations University Institute for Water	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 25
78	1,953	CW Chan, Warren W.C.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 70
79	1,960	GR Gifford, Robert D.	University of Victoria	Social Psychology	Rank 74
80	2,003	GM Gänzle, Michael G.	University of Alberta	Microbiology	Rank 34
81	2,008	BM Brauer, Michael	The University of British Columbia	Toxicology	Rank 6
82	2,064	LC Li, Chaojun Junx	Université McGill	Organic Chemistry	Rank 21
83	2,079	JI Janssen, Ian A.N.	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 20
84	2,127	MJ Marshall, John C.	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 8
85	2,128	CJ Chaput, Jean Philippe	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 21
86	2,184	IM Isman, Murray B.	The University of British Columbia	Entomology	Rank 5
87	2,213	WD Winter, David A.	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 6
88	2,228	AA Aspuru-Guzik, Alan	University of Toronto	Chemical Physics	Rank 44
89	2,245	EA Emadi, Ali N.	McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 5
90	2,251	SA Saks, Alan M.	University of Toronto	Business & Management	Rank 72
91	2,256	GD Garrison, D. Randy	University of Calgary	Education	Rank 30
92	2,323	TP Tugwell, Peter S.L.	Université d'Ottawa, Faculté de Médecine	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 13
93	2,345	SR Sutton, Richard S.	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 132
94	2,369	RC Raffel, Colin	Vector Institute	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 133
95	2,374	MJ Mogil, Jeffrey S.	Université McGill	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 121
96	2,418	LA Lang, Anthony E.	Toronto Western Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 123
97	2,431	Aluko, Rotimi Emmanuel	University of Manitoba	Food Science	Rank 18
98	2,490	BS Bachu, Stefan	InnoTech Alberta	Energy	Rank 69
99	2,526	ZG Zou, Guangyong	Western University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 33
100	2,534	KL Kirmayer, Laurence J.	Université McGill	Psychiatry	Rank 53
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Canada are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,303 scientists affiliated with Canada are on the 2025 single-year list, and 9,589 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Canada has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2025 single-year list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 660. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 613.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Canada changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Canada went from 6,602 scientists in 2020 to 8,303 in 2025, a change of +25.8%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.