2019 tables: Institutions - biological sciences - academic

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 147.35 153.59 438 -2.4%
2 McGill University, Canada 75.02 76.26 241 -4.8%
3 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 47.97 54.05 182 5.5%
4 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 37.78 41.41 149 2.7%
5 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 25.70 27.39 79 -0.2%
6 Western University (UWO), Canada 11.88 21.77 53 71.6%
7 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 21.73 20.83 87 -10.2%
8 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 18.59 20.66 60 4.1%
9 Laval University (UL), Canada 11.12 16.59 61 39.7%
10 Queen's University, Canada 5.79 14.66 34 137.1%
11 McMaster University, Canada 16.43 13.99 47 -20.3%
12 Dalhousie University, Canada 8.85 11.32 35 19.8%
13 University of Guelph, Canada 11.48 9.20 28 -25.0%
14 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 7.63 8.61 34 5.6%
15 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 10.29 7.16 18 -34.8%
16 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 15.53 6.65 24 -59.9%
17 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 9.37 6.14 22 -38.6%
18 York University, Canada 3.07 4.72 9 43.9%
19 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 0.86 4.35 18 375.6%
20 St. Michael's Hospital, Canada 1.40 3.59 13 139.7%
21 University of Manitoba, Canada 5.42 3.21 15 -44.5%
22 University of Lethbridge, Canada 1.79 3.17 7 65.4%
23 Concordia University, Canada 2.18 2.90 19 24.9%
24 University of Waterloo, Canada 5.96 2.70 9 -57.5%
25 Brock University, Canada 1.33 2.09 3 46.9%
26 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 4.31 1.78 18 -61.3%
27 University of Regina, Canada 0.89 1.66 4 74.3%
28 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 0.58 1.50 5 140.1%
29 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 1.29 1.24 13 -10.2%
30 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 0.37 0.79 2 101.5%
31 University of Moncton, Canada – 0.75 1 N/A
32 Carleton University, Canada 1.01 0.73 5 -32.2%
33 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Canada 0.50 0.69 4 29.8%
34 Trent University, Canada 0.50 0.60 5 12.5%
35 Laurentian University, Canada 0.08 0.56 3 529.6%
36 Lakehead University, Canada 0.66 0.51 4 -28.0%
37 Mount Allison University, Canada – 0.42 2 N/A
38 University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada 0.08 0.39 2 339.3%
39 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada 1.37 0.38 3 -74.0%
40 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada 0.11 0.38 4 222.1%
41 University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada 0.25 0.27 3 2.2%
42 Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada 0.47 0.27 7 -46.3%
43 Acadia University, Canada 0.07 0.25 2 222.1%
44 Mount Royal University, Canada – 0.20 1 N/A
45 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada 0.27 0.20 7 -32.2%
46 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada 0.11 0.13 6 9.8%
47 Northwest Community College (NWCC), Canada 0.06 0.11 1 66.5%
48 Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada 0.13 0.06 4 -57.2%
48 TÉLUQ University, Canada 0.04 0.06 4 22.9%
49 University of Quebec, Canada – 0.05 2 N/A
50 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada – 0.04 1 N/A
50 St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Canada – 0.04 1 N/A
51 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 0.13 0.04 1 -68.8%
52 Marianopolis College, Canada – 0.04 1 N/A
53 Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon (CLL), Canada 0.07 0.03 1 -62.4%
54 University of Winnipeg, Canada – 0.03 1 N/A
55 Bishop's University, Canada 0.17 0.02 1 -88.8%
56 Algoma University, Canada 0.02 0.01 1 -63.0%
56 Saint Mary's University (SMU), Canada – 0.01 1 N/A

Footnote

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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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