Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Canada has 8,815 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 4.0% from 8,473 in 2022. That places Canada 5th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (945), followed by The University of British Columbia (702).

Single Year

7,889

+152 (+2.0%) vs 2022

Career Data

8,815

+342 (+4.0%) vs 2022

World rank by count

down 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

796

+43 (+5.7%) vs 2022

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 22% 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%

Top 10 institutes in Canada

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Rank in Canada	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	16	YS Yusuf, Salim	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2
2	24	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 1
3	47	GG Guyatt, Gordon	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3
4	53	BY Bengio, Yoshua	Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4
5	90	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5
6	174	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 11
7	224	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 2
8	357	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 27
9	371	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 18
10	427	DJ Després, Jean Pierre	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 20
11	436	LC Li, Chao Jun	Université McGill	Organic Chemistry	Rank 10
12	446	DI Dincer, Ibrahim	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 7
13	495	DM Di Marzo, Vincenzo	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 50
14	552	PT Pawson, Tony	Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 37
15	575	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 2
16	662	LA Lang, Anthony E.	Toronto Western Hospital University of Toronto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 65
17	678	BR Boyd, Robert W.	University of Ottawa	Optics	Rank 3
18	690	MT Mak, Tak	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre	Immunology	Rank 32
19	704	DJ Dahn, J. R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 8
20	725	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 21
21	736	SM Steriade, Mircea	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 72
22	750	MR Melzack, Ronald	Université McGill	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 75
23	758	BR Bader, Richard F.W.	McMaster University, Faculty of Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 25
24	774	CD Cook, Deborah	McMaster University	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 5
25	795	CJ Costerton, J. W.	University of Calgary	Microbiology	Rank 11
26	871	SN Sonenberg, Nahum	McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 56
27	873	SE Schiffrin, Ernesto L.	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 50
28	876	GD Gladman, Dafna D.	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 6
29	879	HJ Hirsh, Jack	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 51
30	883	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 10
31	890	TP Tugwell, Peter	L’École de médecine	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 7
32	892	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 21
33	894	NS Nattel, Stanley	Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 52
34	901	NG Norman, Geoffrey R.	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 21
35	911	DR Doll, Richard	British Columbia Cancer Agency	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 22
36	934	CP Corkum, Paul B.	University of Ottawa	General Physics	Rank 5
37	944	RK Rockwood, Kenneth	Dalhousie University	Geriatrics	Rank 3
38	965	SD Sackett, David	Kilgore S. Trout Research and Education Centre	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 24
39	971	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 22
40	987	KM Kramer, Michael S.	McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 5
41	1,031	NS Narod, Steven A.	University of Toronto	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 42
42	1,033	TR Touyz, Rhian M.	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 58
43	1,050	LG Laporte, Gilbert	HEC Montréal	Operations Research	Rank 2
44	1,061	KR Kerbel, Robert S.	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 44
45	1,153	WJ Wallace, John L.	University of Calgary	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 18
46	1,185	SE Sargent, Edward H.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 33
47	1,196	CS Connolly, Stuart	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 67
48	1,198	OG Ozin, Geoffrey	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 35
49	1,201	YY Yao, Yiyu	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 33
50	1,217	KL Kay, Lewis E.	University of Toronto	Biophysics	Rank 2
51	1,229	SD Streiner, David L.	McMaster University	Psychiatry	Rank 40
52	1,231	ZT Ziegler, T.	University of Calgary	Chemical Physics	Rank 38
53	1,233	RJ Rehm, Jürgen	University of Toronto	Substance Abuse	Rank 3
54	1,240	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
55	1,247	EA Evans, Alan	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 123
56	1,278	PJ Peck, Jamie	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 1
57	1,309	SA Slutsky, Arthur S.	University of Toronto	Respiratory System	Rank 8
58	1,327	HR Haynes, R. Brian	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 29
59	1,346	TI Tannock, Ian F.	Princess Margaret Cancer Centre	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 61
60	1,348	PM Pollak, Michael	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 62
61	1,369	SD Schluter, Dolph	The University of British Columbia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 19
62	1,407	WT Warkentin, Theodore E.	McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 83
63	1,411	RJ Rossant, Janet	University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 92
64	1,417	SS Suissa, Samy	Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research	Respiratory System	Rank 9
65	1,433	SD Stephan, Douglas W.	University of Toronto	Organic Chemistry	Rank 42
66	1,453	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
67	1,470	WJ Weitz, Jeffrey I.	Thrombosis & Atherosclerosis Research Institute	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 86
68	1,472	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 24
69	1,476	PT Paus, Tomáš	University of Toronto	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 147
70	1,512	ZR Zatorre, Robert J.	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 152
71	1,519	KP Kubes, Paul	Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases	Immunology	Rank 58
72	1,528	TE Tulving, Endel	University of Toronto	Experimental Psychology	Rank 27
73	1,543	HS Haykin, Simon	McMaster University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 9
74	1,601	HP Hebert, Paul D.N.	University of Guelph	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 23
75	1,624	PM Petrides, Michael	Institut-Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 169
76	1,636	GH Gerstein, Hertzel C.	McMaster University	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 51
77	1,639	AI Affleck, Ian	The University of British Columbia	Applied Physics	Rank 62
78	1,640	BE Bialystok, Ellen	York University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 29
79	1,665	DE Diamandis, Eleftherios P.	Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 1
80	1,713	RL Rieseberg, Loren H.	The University of British Columbia	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 26
81	1,828	PW Peltier, W. Richard	University of Toronto	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 14
82	1,852	CR Cooper, Robert G.	DeGroote School of Business	Business & Management	Rank 14
83	1,869	JS John, Sajeev	University of Toronto	Applied Physics	Rank 68
84	1,900	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 37
85	1,909	SE Simons, Estelle F.	University of Manitoba	Allergy	Rank 6
86	1,937	GM Gent, Michael	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 104
87	1,967	OA Owen, Adrian M.	Western University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 190
88	1,973	JI Janssen, Ian	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 17
89	1,983	SD Schindler, David	University of Alberta	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 5
90	2,008	Eysenbach, Gunther	JMIR Publications	Medical Informatics	Rank 2
91	2,041	MJ Marshall, John	University of Toronto	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 8
92	2,074	WD Winter, David A.	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 8
93	2,136	PJ Pawliszyn, Janusz	University of Waterloo	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 7
94	2,145	HJ Hanley, J. A.	School of Medicine	Epidemiology	Rank 12
95	2,170	BJ Berry, John W.	Queen’s University	Social Psychology	Rank 34
96	2,189	SR Shephard, Roy J.	University of Toronto	Sport Sciences	Rank 3
97	2,197	LF Labrie, Fernand	EndoCeutics Inc.	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 79
98	2,260	DA Diamond, Adele	University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 23
99	2,346	HK Hobson, Keith A.	Environment and Climate Change Canada	Ecology	Rank 44
100	2,387	BC Bombardier, Claire	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 18
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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 career-long list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 945. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 702.

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 8,815 in 2023, a change of +22.0%.

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.