Canada's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Canada has 8,185 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.8% from 7,889 in 2023. That places Canada 5th in the world by number of listed scientists. University of Toronto has the most listed scientists (1,023), followed by The University of British Columbia (767).

Single Year

8,185

+296 (+3.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

9,265

+450 (+5.1%) vs 2023

World rank by count

No change vs 2023

Institutes

540

-137 (-20.2%) vs 2023

Scientists in Canada on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 24% 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	5	BY Bengio, Yoshua	University of Montreal	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2
2	8	Hinton, Geoffrey	University of Toronto	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4
3	12	MD Moher, David	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2
4	26	BA Becke, Axel D.	Dalhousie University	Chemical Physics	Rank 2
5	27	AP Austin, Peter C.	Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1
6	72	WD Wishart, David S.	University of Alberta	Developmental Biology	Rank 3
7	87	GG Guyatt, Gordon	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 6
8	95	DI Dincer, Ibrahim	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 3
9	124	HA Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 1
10	158	YS Yusuf, Salim	McMaster University	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 6
11	250	SP Sadorsky, Perry	York University	Energy	Rank 10
12	308	MD Miller, Danny	HEC Montréal	Business & Management	Rank 10
13	330	GB Glick, Bernard R.	University of Waterloo	Microbiology	Rank 3
14	366	YY Yao, Yiyu	University of Regina	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 26
15	378	SE Sargent, Edward H.	University of Toronto	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 11
16	392	RJ Rehm, Jürgen	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	Substance Abuse	Rank 2
17	396	Eysenbach, Gunther	JMIR Publications	Medical Informatics	Rank 1
18	456	BE Bialystok, Ellen	York University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 8
19	479	SF Shahidi, Fereidoon	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Food Science	Rank 3
20	480	DD Drucker, Daniel J.	University of Toronto	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 9
21	508	BR Boyd, Robert W.	University of Ottawa	Optics	Rank 2
22	509	LP Legendre, Pierre	University of Montreal	Ecology	Rank 11
23	536	DA Diamond, Adele	The University of British Columbia	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 9
24	551	RK Rockwood, Kenneth	Dalhousie University	Geriatrics	Rank 1
25	588	PW Pedrycz, Witold	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 41
26	593	HR Hancock, Robert E.W.	The University of British Columbia	Microbiology	Rank 6
27	601	RC Rochman, Chelsea M.	University of Toronto	Environmental Sciences	Rank 9
28	608	SH Schünemann, Holger	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 16
29	622	BR Bader, Richard F.W.	McMaster University	Chemical Physics	Rank 11
30	632	FL Fahrig, Lenore	Carleton University	Ecology	Rank 16
31	664	WZ Wang, Zhou	University of Waterloo	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 47
32	707	KG Kaplan, Gilaad G.	University of Calgary	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 12
33	736	LG Laporte, Gilbert	HEC Montréal	Operations Research	Rank 6
34	755	WG Wright, Gerard D.	McMaster University	Microbiology	Rank 7
35	782	HM Howlett, Michael	Simon Fraser University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 4
36	804	PD Pauly, Daniel	The University of British Columbia	Fisheries	Rank 1
37	820	RM Rosen, Marc A.	Ontario Tech University	Energy	Rank 23
38	844	TR Touyz, R.	L'Institut de Recherche du Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 24
39	851	DJ Dahn, J. R.	Dalhousie University	Energy	Rank 25
40	943	UM Ungar, Michael	Dalhousie University	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 12
41	954	OT Oke, Timothy R.	The University of British Columbia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 7
42	971	MA Mullard, Asher	Science journalist	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 3
43	990	SD Streiner, David L.	McMaster University	Psychiatry	Rank 26
44	994	SD Stephan, Douglas W.	University of Toronto	Organic Chemistry	Rank 7
45	1,023	BP Bansal, Pratima	Ivey Business School	Business & Management	Rank 34
46	1,024	DJ Després, Jean Pierre	Université Laval, Faculté de médecine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 16
47	1,082	MC Morin, Charles M.	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 67
48	1,088	BF Berkes, Fikret	University of Manitoba	Ecology	Rank 28
49	1,111	HW Hamilton, William	Université McGill	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 67
50	1,169	VR Vallerand, Robert J.	Université du Québec à Montréal	Social Psychology	Rank 49
51	1,171	KC Kremen, Claire	The University of British Columbia	Ecology	Rank 32
52	1,231	PJ Peck, Jamie	The University of British Columbia	Geography	Rank 8
53	1,263	CW Coombs, W. Timothy	Centre for Crisis and Risk Communications	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 2
54	1,265	HB Hinz, Boris	University of Toronto	Developmental Biology	Rank 40
55	1,279	CJ Chen, Jingming	University of Toronto	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 7
56	1,325	KV Kumar, V.	Brock University	Marketing	Rank 10
57	1,363	MJ Marshall, John	University of Toronto	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 7
58	1,433	LJ Liu, Juewen	University of Waterloo	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 6
59	1,474	MR McIntyre, Roger S.	University of Toronto	Psychiatry	Rank 34
60	1,487	NS Nattel, Stanley	University of Montreal	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 39
61	1,506	GD Garrison, D. Randy	University of Calgary	Education	Rank 21
62	1,562	BR Belk, Russell W.	York University	Marketing	Rank 13
63	1,577	KE Klonsky, E. David	The University of British Columbia	Clinical Psychology	Rank 10
64	1,594	NG Norman, Geoff	McMaster University	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 37
65	1,599	GJ Grimshaw, Jeremy M.	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 38
66	1,637	BO Boiral, Olivier	Université Laval	Business & Management	Rank 57
67	1,686	Berardi, Umberto	Toronto Metropolitan University	Building & Construction	Rank 13
68	1,690	SK Schulz, Kenneth F.	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 40
69	1,728	SX Shen, Xuemin	University of Waterloo	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 15
70	1,732	BB Byrne, Barbara M.	University of Ottawa	Social Sciences Methods	Rank 11
71	1,746	MacIntyre, Peter	Cape Breton University	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 7
72	1,837	TM Tremblay, Mark S.	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 16
73	1,859	DM Di Marzo, Vincenzo	Université Laval	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 108
74	1,884	JI Janssen, Ian	Queen’s University	Public Health	Rank 17
75	1,937	MS Mohammad, Saif M.	National Research Council Canada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 106
76	1,945	BM Biesinger, Mark C.	Western University	Applied Physics	Rank 55
77	1,956	GD Gladman, Dafna	University of Toronto	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 11
78	2,007	IM Isman, Murray B.	The University of British Columbia	Entomology	Rank 4
79	2,011	PD Paulhus, Delroy L.	The University of British Columbia	Social Psychology	Rank 73
80	2,016	TM Tonelli, Marcello	University of Calgary	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 9
81	2,017	LC Li, Chao Jun	Université McGill	Organic Chemistry	Rank 25
82	2,063	TS Taylor, Steven	The University of British Columbia	Clinical Psychology	Rank 16
83	2,074	GR Gifford, Robert	University of Victoria	Social Psychology	Rank 76
84	2,075	ZG Zou, Guangyong Y.	Western University	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 28
85	2,133	CJ Chaput, Jean Philippe	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa	Public Health	Rank 21
86	2,166	SR Sutton, Richard S.	University of Alberta	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 122
87	2,168	MJ Mogil, Jeffrey S.	Université McGill	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 119
88	2,180	LA Lang, Anthony E.	Toronto Western Hospital	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 121
89	2,209	TA Tricco, Andrea C.	University of Toronto	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 49
90	2,212	WD Winter, David A.	University of Waterloo	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 9
91	2,255	SA Slutsky, Arthur S.	University of Toronto	Respiratory System	Rank 7
92	2,283	TP Tugwell, Peter	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 12
93	2,288	EA Emadi, Ali	McMaster University	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 7
94	2,292	BV Baracos, Vickie	University of Alberta	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 58
95	2,301	CP Corkum, Paul	University of Ottawa	Optics	Rank 14
96	2,337	SK Stanovich, Keith E.	University of Toronto	Experimental Psychology	Rank 41
97	2,467	NH Nesbitt, H. Wayne	Western University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 25
98	2,471	PS Phillips, Stuart M.	McMaster University	Sport Sciences	Rank 4
99	2,484	PS Patten, Scott	University of Calgary	Psychiatry	Rank 64
100	2,565	BM Brauer, Michael	The University of British Columbia	Toxicology	Rank 9
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Canada are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

8,185 scientists affiliated with Canada are on the 2024 single-year list, and 9,265 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, University of Toronto has the most listed scientists from Canada, with 1,023. It is followed by The University of British Columbia with 767.

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 8,185 in 2024, a change of +24.0%.

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.