2017 tables: Institutions - physical sciences - academic

The 2017 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

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# Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 68.55 57.59 204 -14.0%
2 University of Waterloo, Canada 40.16 34.70 93 -11.6%
3 McGill University, Canada 38.46 31.48 148 -16.2%
4 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 24.16 30.35 131 28.6%
5 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 36.56 27.66 152 -22.6%
6 McMaster University, Canada 12.62 13.14 37 6.5%
7 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 10.80 8.84 38 -16.2%
8 University of Manitoba, Canada 5.68 8.23 19 48.3%
9 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 3.71 7.90 87 117.6%
10 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 5.12 7.60 96 52.0%
11 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 6.21 7.05 21 16.1%
12 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 10.61 7.00 19 -32.4%
13 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 8.32 6.95 109 -14.5%
14 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 7.49 6.31 32 -13.8%
15 Western University (UWO), Canada 5.10 6.18 22 24.0%
16 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 11.64 5.35 22 -53.0%
17 TRIUMF, Canada 6.59 4.36 93 -32.2%
18 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 6.80 3.20 9 -51.9%
19 York University, Canada 2.33 2.69 84 18.3%
20 University of Guelph, Canada 2.37 2.57 17 10.9%
21 Carleton University, Canada 1.02 2.13 78 114.1%
22 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada 0.27 2.00 3 654.1%
23 Dalhousie University, Canada 2.84 1.92 9 -30.8%
24 Queen's University, Canada 4.05 1.57 10 -60.4%
25 University of Lethbridge, Canada – 1.37 5 N/A
26 University of Quebec, Canada 1.07 1.31 7 25.7%
27 Laval University (UL), Canada 1.54 1.29 10 -14.3%
28 Concordia University, Canada 1.45 1.06 13 -25.6%
29 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada 0.26 1.00 1 297.5%
30 Brock University, Canada 1.10 0.87 7 -19.1%
31 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 0.40 0.81 3 106.1%
32 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 1.10 0.64 9 -40.6%
33 Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada – 0.53 3 N/A
34 University of Winnipeg, Canada 1.45 0.51 5 -63.7%
35 Saint Mary's University (SMU), Canada 0.32 0.36 7 16.4%
36 Mount Allison University, Canada 0.05 0.34 3 570.8%
37 Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada 0.99 0.27 4 -72.3%
38 Cape Breton University (CBU), Canada – 0.25 2 N/A
39 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 0.67 0.21 1 -67.7%
40 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada – 0.20 1 N/A
41 University of Regina, Canada 0.12 0.18 8 56.4%
42 Marianopolis College, Canada – 0.18 2 N/A
43 Brandon University (BU), Canada 0.08 0.17 1 104.7%
44 St. Michael's Hospital, Canada 0.08 0.15 1 82.0%
45 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 1.89 0.14 6 -92.2%
46 Laurentian University, Canada 0.26 0.13 2 -49.5%
47 Bishop's University, Canada – 0.13 1 N/A
47 Okanagan College, Canada – 0.13 1 N/A
47 Champlain College Lennoxville, Canada – 0.13 1 N/A
48 University of Moncton, Canada 0.03 0.11 1 286.6%
49 Cégep Garneau, Canada – 0.02 1 N/A
49 University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada – 0.02 1 N/A
49 Cégep de Thetford, Canada – 0.02 1 N/A
50 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada – 0.02 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  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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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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