2018 tables: Institutions - physical sciences - academic

The 2018 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 57.59 55.36 191 -5.0%
2 University of Waterloo, Canada 34.70 29.82 80 -15.1%
3 McGill University, Canada 31.48 29.77 160 -6.5%
4 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 27.66 26.35 156 -5.9%
5 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 30.35 25.21 116 -17.9%
6 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 6.31 16.40 44 156.9%
7 McMaster University, Canada 13.14 10.80 33 -18.8%
8 Western University (UWO), Canada 6.18 10.37 24 65.8%
9 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 8.84 10.13 30 13.3%
10 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 6.95 8.15 110 15.9%
11 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 7.90 8.10 89 1.4%
12 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 5.35 6.94 20 28.3%
13 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 7.05 6.57 22 -7.9%
14 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 7.60 6.42 94 -16.6%
15 University of Manitoba, Canada 8.23 6.14 20 -26.3%
16 York University, Canada 2.69 5.93 85 117.4%
17 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 7.00 5.66 23 -20.1%
18 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 3.20 4.82 17 48.9%
19 TRIUMF, Canada 4.36 3.63 83 -17.8%
20 Laval University (UL), Canada 1.29 3.24 8 148.4%
21 Dalhousie University, Canada 1.92 3.08 13 58.4%
22 Queen's University, Canada 1.57 2.96 15 86.7%
23 Concordia University, Canada 1.06 2.09 10 95.4%
24 University of Guelph, Canada 2.57 1.86 26 -28.3%
25 Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), Canada 0.27 1.55 4 469.8%
26 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 0.81 1.23 4 51.3%
27 University of Lethbridge, Canada 1.37 0.96 9 -31.2%
28 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada 1.00 0.94 4 -6.9%
29 University of Moncton, Canada 0.11 0.82 4 626.2%
30 Carleton University, Canada 2.13 0.78 74 -64.0%
31 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada – 0.73 3 N/A
32 Laurentian University, Canada 0.13 0.56 11 325.5%
33 University of Quebec, Canada 1.31 0.55 4 -58.7%
34 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 0.14 0.50 4 247.6%
35 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 0.64 0.37 5 -42.8%
36 Saint Mary's University (SMU), Canada 0.36 0.32 10 -12.1%
37 St. Michael's Hospital, Canada 0.15 0.18 1 19.1%
38 John Abbott College (JAC), Canada – 0.13 1 N/A
39 Lakehead University, Canada – 0.12 2 N/A
40 University of Regina, Canada 0.18 0.08 7 -55.8%
41 Brock University, Canada 0.87 0.08 5 -90.8%
42 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada 0.20 0.06 1 -69.1%
43 University of Winnipeg, Canada 0.51 0.06 4 -88.5%
44 St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Canada – 0.05 1 N/A
45 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada 0.02 0.04 1 141.6%
46 Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), Canada – 0.03 2 N/A
47 Mount Allison University, Canada 0.34 0.02 1 -93.7%
48 OCAD University (OCAD U), Canada – 0.01 1 N/A
48 Fanshawe College, Canada – 0.01 1 N/A
48 Trent University, Canada – 0.01 1 N/A
48 Conestoga College, Canada – 0.01 1 N/A
48 Sheridan College, Canada – 0.01 1 N/A
48 Nipissing University, Canada – 0.01 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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