2018 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

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 144.73 147.35 393 -1.0%
2 McGill University, Canada 89.94 75.02 247 -18.9%
3 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 58.34 47.97 162 -20.0%
4 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 39.08 37.78 147 -6.0%
5 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 26.27 25.70 71 -4.9%
6 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 23.18 21.73 75 -8.8%
7 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 18.69 18.59 58 -3.2%
8 McMaster University, Canada 15.09 16.43 48 5.9%
9 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 6.12 15.53 37 147.0%
10 Western University (UWO), Canada 17.00 11.88 49 -32.0%
11 University of Guelph, Canada 13.17 11.48 30 -15.2%
12 Laval University (UL), Canada 14.60 11.12 54 -25.9%
13 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 7.73 10.29 26 29.4%
14 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 2.96 9.37 21 208.4%
15 Dalhousie University, Canada 8.89 8.85 36 -3.2%
16 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 5.43 8.59 49 53.9%
17 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 9.03 7.63 37 -17.8%
18 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Canada 5.26 6.17 19 14.0%
19 University of Waterloo, Canada 2.34 5.96 16 147.2%
20 Queen's University, Canada 8.57 5.79 24 -34.3%
21 University of Manitoba, Canada 2.88 5.42 21 82.8%
22 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 3.97 4.31 25 5.7%
23 Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Canada 2.57 3.23 24 22.1%
24 York University, Canada 3.97 3.07 14 -24.7%
25 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada 2.17 3.03 23 35.8%
26 National Research Council (NRC), Canada 2.49 2.81 10 9.9%
27 Alberta Health Services (AHS), Canada 3.78 2.49 23 -36.0%
28 Concordia University, Canada 2.72 2.18 18 -22.1%
29 University of Lethbridge, Canada 3.99 1.79 7 -56.3%
30 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada 0.70 1.76 10 144.1%
31 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Canada 1.49 1.57 21 2.6%
32 Unity Health Toronto, Canada 1.61 1.40 16 -15.0%
33 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada 0.32 1.37 5 315.6%
34 Brock University, Canada 0.75 1.33 2 72.9%
35 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 0.68 1.29 16 83.9%
36 Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canada 0.38 1.24 8 221.3%
37 Carleton University, Canada 0.31 1.01 7 216.3%
38 Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), Canada 0.69 1.00 7 41.5%
39 Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Canada 0.89 0.90 6 -1.4%
40 University of Regina, Canada 0.17 0.89 4 398.3%
41 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Canada 0.43 0.89 6 102.6%
42 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 0.35 0.86 9 140.6%
43 Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada 0.80 0.77 5 -6.1%
44 Lakehead University, Canada 0.77 0.66 4 -16.2%
45 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 1.88 0.58 2 -69.8%
46 Canadian Light Source Inc., Canada – 0.57 4 N/A
47 Montreal Cancer Institute (ICM), Canada 0.23 0.55 5 134.5%
48 Trent University, Canada 0.03 0.50 3 1747.6%
48 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Canada 0.82 0.50 1 -40.7%
49 Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada 0.71 0.47 9 -36.0%
50 Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, Canada – 0.46 1 N/A
51 Bioinformatics Solutions Inc. (BSI), Canada – 0.40 1 N/A
52 Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canada – 0.39 2 N/A
53 Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc., Canada – 0.38 1 N/A
54 Genome Canada, Canada 0.44 0.37 14 -17.0%
55 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 0.88 0.37 3 -59.4%
56 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canada 0.03 0.31 3 800.9%
57 Health Canada (HC-SC), Canada – 0.29 2 N/A
58 Royal Tyrrell Museum, Canada 0.17 0.29 1 66.7%
59 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada 0.11 0.27 8 133.3%
60 Yukon University, Canada – 0.25 1 N/A
60 King's University, Canada – 0.25 1 N/A
60 Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada – 0.25 1 N/A
60 Pairwise Affinity, Canada – 0.25 1 N/A
61 University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada 1.15 0.25 6 -79.2%
62 British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource, Canada – 0.24 1 N/A
63 Natural Resources Canada, Canada 0.24 0.21 2 -13.5%
64 Canada Department of National Defence (DND), Canada 0.17 0.21 1 21.6%
65 Génome Québec, Canada 0.30 0.18 14 -42.0%
66 Bishop's University, Canada 0.03 0.17 1 548.3%
66 CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB), Canada 0.02 0.17 1 615.8%
67 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada 0.30 0.16 13 -47.2%
68 Maple Leaf Medical Clinic, Canada – 0.16 2 N/A
69 Bioinfo, Canada – 0.16 2 N/A
70 Yukon Department of Tourism and Culture, Canada – 0.15 2 N/A
71 Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Maladies Neuromusculaires (GRIMN), Canada – 0.14 1 N/A
72 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Canada 0.50 0.13 10 -75.0%
73 Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada 0.18 0.13 3 -31.6%
74 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 0.08 0.13 1 55.1%
74 Metlakatla First Nation, Canada 0.20 0.13 1 -39.2%
74 ChoiceWorks Ltd., Canada – 0.13 1 N/A
75 Scimitar Scientific, Canada – 0.11 1 N/A
75 École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal), Canada – 0.11 1 N/A
76 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada 0.13 0.11 2 -14.3%
77 St. Joseph's Health Care London, Canada 0.19 0.11 6 -45.4%
78 Acuitas Therapeutics, Canada – 0.11 1 N/A
79 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada 0.10 0.11 4 5.7%
80 Alberta Innovates, Canada – 0.10 1 N/A
80 HD Analytical Solutions, Canada – 0.10 1 N/A
81 Canadian Museum of History, Canada 0.03 0.09 2 169.2%
82 Global Forest Watch Canada (GFWC), Canada – 0.09 1 N/A
83 Laurentian University, Canada 0.15 0.08 1 -47.0%
83 University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada – 0.08 1 N/A
83 Cytochem, Inc., Canada – 0.08 1 N/A
84 Scattered Gold Biotechnology Inc., Canada – 0.08 1 N/A
85 Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), Canada 1.99 0.08 3 -96.3%
86 Saskatoon Health Region, Canada 0.01 0.07 2 388.9%
87 Acadia University, Canada – 0.07 2 N/A
88 ECOGENE-21 Biocluster, Canada – 0.07 1 N/A
88 Birds Canada, Canada – 0.07 1 N/A
88 CIUSSS du Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada – 0.07 1 N/A
89 PotashCorp, Canada – 0.07 3 N/A
90 Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group (TPIG), Canada – 0.07 1 N/A
91 Héma-Québec, Canada 0.13 0.07 3 -52.2%
91 Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon (CLL), Canada 0.13 0.07 3 -52.2%
92 Aurora Scientific Inc., Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
92 Spatio-Temporal Targeting and Amplification of Radiation Response Program (STTARR), Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
92 Fleming College (Sutherland Campus), Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
92 Northwest Community College (NWCC), Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
93 College of New Caledonia, Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
93 Heartland Fertility and Gynecology Clinic, Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
94 International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
94 The Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), Canada – 0.06 1 N/A
95 Gouvernement du Québec, Canada 0.02 0.05 1 120.6%
96 Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc., Canada – 0.05 1 N/A
97 Domain Therapeutics NA Inc., Canada – 0.05 1 N/A
98 StemCell Technologies, Inc., Canada 0.08 0.05 1 -47.0%
99 TÉLUQ University, Canada 0.10 0.04 3 -56.0%
100 Canadian Blood Services, Canada – 0.04 1 N/A

Footnote

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  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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