2016 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 68.55 229
2 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Canada 47.69 129
3 University of Waterloo, Canada 40.16 105
4 McGill University, Canada 38.46 170
5 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 36.56 161
6 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 24.16 123
7 McMaster University, Canada 12.62 37
8 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 11.64 28
9 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 10.80 37
10 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 10.61 25
11 National Research Council (NRC), Canada 10.57 66
12 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 8.32 116
13 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 7.49 22
14 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 6.80 20
15 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Canada 6.75 64
16 TRIUMF, Canada 6.59 94
17 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 6.21 20
18 University of Manitoba, Canada 5.68 18
19 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 5.12 97
20 Western University (UWO), Canada 5.10 31
21 Queen's University, Canada 4.05 12
22 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 3.71 80
23 Dalhousie University, Canada 2.84 12
24 University of Guelph, Canada 2.37 19
25 York University, Canada 2.33 63
26 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 1.89 5
27 Laval University (UL), Canada 1.54 7
28 Canadian Light Source Inc., Canada 1.46 8
29 Concordia University, Canada 1.45 7
30 University of Winnipeg, Canada 1.45 5
31 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 1.10 7
31 Brock University, Canada 1.10 8
32 University of Quebec, Canada 1.07 4
33 Carleton University, Canada 1.02 76
34 Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada 0.99 4
35 Hydro-Québec, Canada 0.79 2
36 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 0.71 1
37 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 0.67 1
38 FPInnovations, Canada 0.58 2
39 Canadian Solar, Inc., Canada 0.50 3
40 Ballard Power Systems Inc., Canada 0.47 2
41 MPB Technologies Inc., Canada 0.40 1
41 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 0.40 1
42 St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Canada 0.38 1
43 Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. (AFCC), Canada 0.33 1
43 Trent University, Canada 0.33 1
43 Cégep de Granby, Canada 0.33 1
44 Saint Mary's University (SMU), Canada 0.32 4
45 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada 0.27 2
46 Laurentian University, Canada 0.26 3
47 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada 0.26 2
48 QKD Corporation, Canada 0.22 2
48 1-Material - Organic Nano Electronic, Canada 0.22 1
49 D-Wave Systems, Inc., Canada 0.20 1
50 Few-cycle Inc., Canada 0.15 2
51 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada 0.13 1
52 University of Regina, Canada 0.12 23
53 Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), Canada 0.11 2
53 Lakehead University, Canada 0.11 1
54 Brandon University (BU), Canada 0.08 1
54 Unity Health Toronto, Canada 0.08 1
55 Zecotek Photonics Inc., Canada 0.07 1
56 Mount Allison University, Canada 0.05 1
57 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Canada 0.05 4
58 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Canada 0.04 1
59 University of Moncton, Canada 0.03 1
60 Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Canada 0.02 1
61 Institute of Particle Physics (IPP), Canada 0.02 21
62 Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada 0.02 1
63 Acadia University, Canada 0.00 1

Footnote

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  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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