Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Canada has 7,889 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 2.0% from 7,737 in 2022. That places Canada 5th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (856), followed by The University of British Columbia (657).

Single Year

7,889

+152 (+2.0%) vs 2022

Career Data

8,815

+342 (+4.0%) vs 2022

World rank by count

No change vs 2022

Institutes

677

+27 (+4.2%) vs 2022

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 19% 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

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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	13	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3
3	23	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1
4	29	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 2
5	74	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 3
6	77	GG Guyatt, Gordon	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6
7	103	DI Dincer, Ibrahim	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 4
8	122	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
9	132	YS Yusuf, Salim	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 6
10	292	SP Sadorsky, Perry	Schulich School of Business	Energy	Rank 10
11	321	RJ Rehm, Jürgen	University of Toronto	Substance Abuse	Rank 2
12	328	SE Sargent, Edward H.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 14
13	356	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 4
14	361	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 7
15	372	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 8
16	390	Eysenbach, Gunther	JMIR Publications	Medical Informatics	Rank 1
17	430	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 2
18	448	YY Yao, Yiyu	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 30
19	462	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 9
20	478	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 6
21	490	RK Rockwood, Kenneth	Dalhousie University	Geriatrics	Rank 1
22	506	DA Diamond, Adele	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 9
23	569	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 10
24	619	RM Rosen, Marc A.	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 16
25	635	RC Rochman, Chelsea M.	University of Toronto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 8
26	639	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 41
27	662	BE Bialystok, Ellen	York University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 12
28	685	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
29	692	BR Boyd, Robert W.	University of Ottawa	Optics	Rank 3
30	713	SH Schünemann, Holger J.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 19
31	733	BR Bader, Richard F.W.	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 13
32	748	MA Mullard, Asher	Ottawa	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3
33	749	TR Touyz, Rhian M.	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 23
34	750	LG Laporte, Gilbert	HEC Montréal	Operations Research	Rank 6
35	755	OT Oke, Timothy R.	The University of British Columbia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 5
36	813	WG Wright, Gerard D.	Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research	Microbiology	Rank 15
37	841	WZ Wang, Zhou	University of Waterloo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 49
38	844	DJ Després, Jean Pierre	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 14
39	882	DJ Dahn, J. R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 23
40	943	SD Stephan, Douglas W.	University of Toronto	Organic Chemistry	Rank 9
41	945	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 22
42	946	UM Ungar, Michael	Dalhousie University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 12
43	975	SD Streiner, David L.	McMaster University	Psychiatry	Rank 22
44	996	KG Kaplan, Gilaad G.	Cumming School of Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 15
45	1,042	MacIntyre, Peter	Cape Breton University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 4
46	1,045	PJ Peck, Jamie	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 5
47	1,073	DM Di Marzo, Vincenzo	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 71
48	1,154	MJ Morse, Janice M.	University of Alberta	Nursing	Rank 2
49	1,185	KC Kremen, Claire	The University of British Columbia	Ecology	Rank 28
50	1,210	MR McIntyre, Roger S.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 26
51	1,265	VR Vallerand, Robert J.	Université du Québec à Montréal	Social Psychology	Rank 52
52	1,285	IM Isman, Murray B.	The University of British Columbia	Entomology	Rank 2
53	1,290	MC Morin, Charles M.	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 85
54	1,291	BP Bansal, Pratima	Ivey Business School	Business & Management	Rank 36
55	1,298	SA Slutsky, Arthur S.	University of Toronto	Respiratory System	Rank 4
56	1,312	MJ Marshall, John	University of Toronto	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 7
57	1,334	HM Howlett, Michael	Simon Fraser University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 6
58	1,335	BJ Berry, John W.	Queen’s University	Social Psychology	Rank 54
59	1,386	NG Norman, Geoffrey R.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 34
60	1,447	BR Belk, Russell	Schulich School of Business	Marketing	Rank 10
61	1,489	JI Janssen, Ian	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 14
62	1,556	TM Tremblay, Mark S.	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 15
63	1,582	LJ Liu, Juewen	Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 6
64	1,583	HB Hinz, Boris	University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 55
65	1,586	LC Li, Chao Jun	Université McGill	Organic Chemistry	Rank 19
66	1,677	NS Nattel, Stanley	Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 49
67	1,727	ZG Zou, Guangyong Y.	Western University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 24
68	1,730	Berardi, Umberto	Toronto Metropolitan University	Building & Construction	Rank 12
69	1,738	HW Hamilton, William L.	Université McGill	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 86
70	1,749	GD Gladman, Dafna D.	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 9
71	1,754	WD Winter, David A.	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 7
72	1,764	SR Sutton, Richard S.	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 87
73	1,766	BV Baracos, Vickie	University of Alberta	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 48
74	1,793	SR Suddaby, Roy	University of Victoria	Business & Management	Rank 50
75	1,824	KE Klonsky, E. David	The University of British Columbia	Clinical Psychology	Rank 13
76	1,825	CJ Costerton, J. W.	University of Calgary	Microbiology	Rank 36
77	1,838	GD Garrison, D. R.	University of Calgary	Education	Rank 17
78	1,870	BB Byrne, Barbara	University of Ottawa	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 10
79	1,871	CJ Chen, Jing M.	University of Toronto	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 12
80	1,952	PD Paulhus, Delroy L.	The University of British Columbia	Social Psychology	Rank 69
81	1,958	SX Shen, Xuemin	University of Waterloo	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 14
82	1,964	NS Narod, Steven A.	University of Toronto	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 57
83	2,024	SS Suissa, Samy	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Respiratory System	Rank 7
84	2,028	TS Taylor, Steven	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Clinical Psychology	Rank 15
85	2,116	WJ Weitz, Jeffrey I.	Thrombosis & Atherosclerosis Research Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 62
86	2,163	Reid, Gregor	Lawson Health Research Institute	Microbiology	Rank 40
87	2,176	FJ Famiglietti, James S.	Global Institute for Water Security	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 24
88	2,191	LA Lang, Anthony E.	Toronto Western Hospital University of Toronto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 124
89	2,238	VS Verma, Subodh	Saint Michael's Hospital University of Toronto	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 70
90	2,250	KP Kubes, Paul	Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases	Immunology	Rank 57
91	2,258	TP Tugwell, Peter	L’École de médecine	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 15
92	2,295	PS Patten, Scott B.	Cumming School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 58
93	2,337	GR Gifford, Robert	University of Victoria	Social Psychology	Rank 79
94	2,342	LA Langley, Ann	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 58
95	2,390	CW Chan, Warren C.W.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 82
96	2,420	HP Hebert, Paul D.N.	University of Guelph	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 21
97	2,436	ZB Zinman, Bernard	Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 44
98	2,447	PG Pennycook, Gordon	University of Regina	Experimental Psychology	Rank 43
99	2,463	SK Stanovich, Keith E.	University of Toronto	Experimental Psychology	Rank 44
100	2,475	CJ Chaput, Jean Philippe	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 27
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Canada are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

7,889 scientists affiliated with Canada are on the 2023 single-year list, and 8,815 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 856. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 657.

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 7,889 in 2023, a change of +19.5%.

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.