Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Canada has 8,473 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 4.3% from 8,127 in 2021. That places Canada 4th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (926), followed by The University of British Columbia (675).

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

753

+37 (+5.2%) vs 2021

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 17% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+12.5%

2022+4.3%

2023+4.0%

2024+5.1%

2025+3.5%

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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	14	YS Yusuf, Salim	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1
2	21	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 1
3	50	GG Guyatt, Gordon	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3
4	81	BY Bengio, Yoshua	Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4
5	118	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7
6	227	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 2
7	235	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 11
8	386	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 19
9	410	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 29
10	424	DJ Després, Jean Pierre	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 20
11	433	LC Li, Chao Jun	Université McGill	Organic Chemistry	Rank 11
12	487	PT Pawson, Tony	Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 35
13	497	DM Di Marzo, Vincenzo	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 49
14	572	DI Dincer, Ibrahim	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 6
15	640	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 2
16	658	SM Steriade, Mircea	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 67
17	667	MT Mak, Tak W.	University of Toronto	Immunology	Rank 32
18	695	MR Melzack, Ronald	Université McGill	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 69
19	716	BR Boyd, Robert W.	University of Ottawa	Optics	Rank 4
20	727	LA Lang, Anthony E.	Toronto Western Hospital University of Toronto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 73
21	738	HJ Hirsh, Jack	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 42
22	745	BR Bader, Richard F.W.	McMaster University	Chemical Physics	Rank 25
23	753	BZ Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.	Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 19
24	757	CD Cook, Deborah J.	McMaster University	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 4
25	759	CJ Costerton, J. W.	University of Calgary	Microbiology	Rank 11
26	762	DJ Dahn, J. R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 8
27	779	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 18
28	795	SN Sonenberg, Nahum	McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 54
29	818	SE Schiffrin, Ernesto L.	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 46
30	867	SD Sackett, David	Kilgore S. Trout Research and Education Centre	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 20
31	869	NS Nattel, Stanley	Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 52
32	885	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 19
33	886	GD Gladman, Dafna D.	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 7
34	892	CP Corkum, P. B.	University of Ottawa	General Physics	Rank 6
35	934	KM Kramer, Michael	School of Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 3
36	938	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 8
37	941	NG Norman, Geoffrey R.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 23
38	947	KR Kerbel, Robert S.	University of Toronto	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 37
39	1,050	WJ Wallace, John L.	University of Calgary	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 16
40	1,061	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 21
41	1,081	KL Kay, Lewis E.	University of Toronto	Biophysics	Rank 2
42	1,107	ZT Ziegler, T.	University of Calgary	Chemical Physics	Rank 37
43	1,123	NS Narod, Steven A.	University of Toronto	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 45
44	1,153	CS Connolly, Stuart J.	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 65
45	1,161	LG Laporte, Gilbert	HEC Montréal	Operations Research	Rank 2
46	1,171	OG Ozin, Geoffrey A.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 33
47	1,191	EA Evans, Alan	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 120
48	1,197	RK Rockwood, Kenneth	Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine	Geriatrics	Rank 3
49	1,261	HR Haynes, R. Brian	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 28
50	1,264	SD Schluter, Dolph	The University of British Columbia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 19
51	1,269	TI Tannock, Ian F.	Ontario Cancer Institute University of Toronto	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 55
52	1,271	PM Pollak, Michael	School of Medicine	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 56
53	1,307	SD Streiner, David L.	McMaster University	Psychiatry	Rank 41
54	1,313	RJ Rossant, Janet	Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 89
55	1,330	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
56	1,345	PJ Peck, Jamie	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 1
57	1,382	WT Warkentin, Theodore E.	McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 83
58	1,385	TP Tugwell, Peter	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 29
59	1,398	SA Slutsky, Arthur S.	University of Toronto	Respiratory System	Rank 10
60	1,406	TE Tulving, Endel	University of Toronto	Experimental Psychology	Rank 22
61	1,422	HS Haykin, Simon	McMaster University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 9
62	1,427	SS Suissa, Samy	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Respiratory System	Rank 11
63	1,460	PT Paus, Tomáš	University of Toronto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 152
64	1,473	AI Affleck, Ian	The University of British Columbia	Applied Physics	Rank 58
65	1,476	YY Yao, Yiyu	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 36
66	1,478	RJ Rehm, Jürgen	University of Toronto	Substance Abuse	Rank 3
67	1,493	PM Petrides, Michael	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 156
68	1,517	SD Stephan, Douglas W.	University of Toronto	Organic Chemistry	Rank 45
69	1,521	SE Sargent, Edward H.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 38
70	1,524	ZR Zatorre, Robert J.	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 159
71	1,546	DE Diamandis, Eleftherios P.	Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 1
72	1,565	KP Kubes, Paul	University of Calgary	Immunology	Rank 61
73	1,576	WJ Weitz, Jeffrey I.	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 88
74	1,633	HP Hebert, Paul D.N.	University of Guelph	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 26
75	1,674	GH Gerstein, Hertzel C.	McMaster University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 55
76	1,708	RL Rieseberg, Loren H.	The University of British Columbia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 29
77	1,711	GM Gent, Michael	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 99
78	1,751	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
79	1,760	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 29
80	1,788	JS John, Sajeev	University of Toronto	Applied Physics	Rank 68
81	1,806	PW Peltier, W. Richard	University of Toronto	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 11
82	1,848	SE Simons, Estelle F.	University of Manitoba	Allergy	Rank 6
83	1,860	SD Schindler, David	University of Alberta	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 5
84	1,862	CR Cooper, Robert G.	DeGroote School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 14
85	1,950	BE Bialystok, Ellen	York University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 31
86	1,954	OA Owen, Adrian M.	Western University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 199
87	2,004	HJ Hanley, James A.	School of Medicine	Epidemiology	Rank 8
88	2,013	WD Winter, David	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 8
89	2,069	LF Labrie, Fernand	EndoCeutics Inc.	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 75
90	2,081	PJ Pawliszyn, Janusz	University of Waterloo	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 7
91	2,087	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 38
92	2,190	Eysenbach, Gunther	University of Victoria	Medical Informatics	Rank 2
93	2,200	JI Janssen, Ian	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 16
94	2,214	SR Shephard, Roy J.	University of Toronto	Sport Sciences	Rank 3
95	2,234	BC Bombardier, Claire	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 15
96	2,241	HK Hobson, Keith A.	Western University	Ecology	Rank 40
97	2,294	EE Evans, Evan A.	The University of British Columbia	Biophysics	Rank 4
98	2,297	MJ Marshall, John C.	University of Toronto	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 9
99	2,322	BJ Berry, John W.	Queen’s University	Social Psychology	Rank 35
100	2,364	WS Walter, Stephen D.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 48
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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 career-long list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 926. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 675.

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

On the career-long list, Canada went from 7,225 scientists in 2020 to 8,473 in 2022, a change of +17.3%.

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.