Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Canada has 7,737 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.4% from 7,479 in 2021. That places Canada 5th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (836), followed by The University of British Columbia (645).

Single Year

7,737

+258 (+3.4%) vs 2021

Career Data

8,473

+346 (+4.3%) vs 2021

World rank by count

No change vs 2021

Institutes

650

+24 (+3.8%) vs 2021

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 17% 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%

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Rank in Canada	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3	BY Bengio, Yoshua	Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1
2	17	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4
3	23	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 2
4	34	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1
5	71	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 4
6	73	GG Guyatt, Gordon	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6
7	117	YS Yusuf, Salim	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 5
8	147	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
9	158	DI Dincer, Ibrahim	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 4
10	241	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.	Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 11
11	264	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 3
12	311	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 7
13	335	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 8
14	353	SE Sargent, Edward H.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 16
15	354	Eysenbach, Gunther	University of Victoria	Medical Informatics	Rank 1
16	386	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 2
17	398	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 8
18	415	SP Sadorsky, Perry	Schulich School of Business	Energy	Rank 10
19	420	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 11
20	432	RJ Rehm, Jürgen	University of Toronto	Substance Abuse	Rank 2
21	490	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 7
22	561	DA Diamond, Adele	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 10
23	562	BE Bialystok, Ellen	York University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 9
24	621	BR Boyd, Robert W.	University of Ottawa	Optics	Rank 2
25	653	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 16
26	687	OT Oke, Timothy R.	The University of British Columbia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 5
27	713	RK Rockwood, Kenneth	Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine	Geriatrics	Rank 1
28	716	LG Laporte, Gilbert	HEC Montréal	Operations Research	Rank 5
29	727	DM Di Marzo, Vincenzo	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 60
30	746	DJ Dahn, J. R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 16
31	749	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
32	769	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 40
33	778	WG Wright, Gerard D.	Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research	Microbiology	Rank 13
34	806	BR Bader, Richard F.W.	McMaster University	Chemical Physics	Rank 15
35	865	RM Rosen, Marc A.	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 20
36	880	WZ Wang, Zhou	University of Waterloo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 44
37	896	SH Schünemann, Holger	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 22
38	961	GD Gladman, Dafna D.	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 7
39	968	SA Slutsky, Arthur S.	University of Toronto	Respiratory System	Rank 4
40	997	KC Kremen, Claire	The University of British Columbia	Ecology	Rank 28
41	1,006	SD Streiner, David L.	McMaster University	Psychiatry	Rank 23
42	1,064	NS Nattel, Stanley	Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 30
43	1,089	PJ Peck, Jamie	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 4
44	1,091	HB Hinz, Boris	University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 49
45	1,140	SD Stephan, Douglas W.	University of Toronto	Organic Chemistry	Rank 15
46	1,142	VR Vallerand, Robert J.	Université du Québec à Montréal	Social Psychology	Rank 47
47	1,165	DJ Després, Jean Pierre	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 22
48	1,191	KG Kaplan, Gilaad	University of Calgary	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 16
49	1,231	SH Srivastava, Hari Mohan	University of Victoria	General Mathematics	Rank 4
50	1,234	YY Yao, Yiyu	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 66
51	1,278	UM Ungar, Michael	Dalhousie University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 16
52	1,280	BJ Berry, John W.	Queen’s University	Social Psychology	Rank 52
53	1,335	JI Janssen, Ian	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 12
54	1,351	MJ Marshall, John C.	University of Toronto	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 7
55	1,374	RC Rochman, Chelsea	University of Toronto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 11
56	1,378	NG Norman, Geoffrey R.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 29
57	1,403	WD Winter, David	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 6
58	1,480	LJ Liu, Juewen	Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 6
59	1,505	TP Tugwell, Peter	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 36
60	1,509	TM Tremblay, Mark S.	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 13
61	1,525	HM Howlett, Michael	Simon Fraser University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 6
62	1,540	LC Li, Chao Jun	Université McGill	Organic Chemistry	Rank 22
63	1,593	SS Suissa, Samy	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Respiratory System	Rank 8
64	1,594	KE Klonsky, E. David	University of British Columbia Okanagan	Clinical Psychology	Rank 10
65	1,595	SR Suddaby, Roy	Peter B. Gustavson School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 38
66	1,629	CW Chan, Warren C.W.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 58
67	1,699	Berardi, Umberto	Toronto Metropolitan University	Building & Construction	Rank 10
68	1,713	HP Hebert, Paul D.N.	University of Guelph	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 21
69	1,774	EA Evans, Alan	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 120
70	1,826	PD Paulhus, Delroy L.	The University of British Columbia	Social Psychology	Rank 65
71	1,888	PS Phillips, Stuart M.	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	Sport Sciences	Rank 6
72	1,928	WR Wang, Rui	York University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 52
73	1,931	BP Bansal, Pratima	Ivey Business School	Business & Management	Rank 42
74	1,941	BR Belk, Russell	Schulich School of Business	Marketing	Rank 12
75	1,969	CJ Costerton, J. W.	University of Calgary	Microbiology	Rank 35
76	2,000	TS Taylor, Steven	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Clinical Psychology	Rank 12
77	2,024	Reid, Gregor	Western University	Microbiology	Rank 37
78	2,040	MC Morin, Charles M.	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 135
79	2,055	MT Mak, Tak W.	University of Toronto	Immunology	Rank 57
80	2,086	MA Mullard, Asher	Ottawa	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 8
81	2,088	BM Brauer, Michael	The University of British Columbia	Toxicology	Rank 7
82	2,107	CP Corkum, P. B.	University of Ottawa	General Physics	Rank 17
83	2,137	IM Isman, Murray	The University of British Columbia	Entomology	Rank 4
84	2,150	SD Schindler, David	University of Alberta	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 7
85	2,187	ZG Zou, Guangyong Y.	Western University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 31
86	2,226	VS Verma, Subodh	Saint Michael's Hospital University of Toronto	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 69
87	2,245	PS Patten, Scott B.	Cumming School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 56
88	2,253	BV Baracos, Vickie E.	University of Alberta	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 73
89	2,315	GR Gifford, Robert	University of Victoria	Social Psychology	Rank 78
90	2,338	BM Buchheit, Martin	HIIT Science	Sport Sciences	Rank 8
91	2,360	BC Bernstein, Charles N.	Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 34
92	2,377	NH Nesbitt, H. W.	Western University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 31
93	2,384	SD Schluter, Dolph	The University of British Columbia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 27
94	2,393	BB Bolker, Benjamin M.	McMaster University	Ecology	Rank 79
95	2,413	ZB Zinman, Bernard	University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 43
96	2,419	SK Stanovich, Keith E.	University of Toronto	Experimental Psychology	Rank 45
97	2,443	LA Lang, Anthony E.	Toronto Western Hospital University of Toronto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 156
98	2,485	MR McIntyre, Roger S.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 61
99	2,514	AM Amabili, Marco	Université McGill	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 27
100	2,518	MacIntyre, Peter	Cape Breton University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 6
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Canada are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

7,737 scientists affiliated with Canada are on the 2022 single-year list, and 8,473 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 836. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 645.

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 7,737 in 2022, a change of +17.2%.

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.