2021 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

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# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share* 2019–2020
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 156.87 162.57 466 -4.2%
2 McGill University, Canada 85.77 86.09 291 -7.2%
3 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 69.64 53.44 219 -29.0%
4 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 25.07 33.18 101 22.4%
5 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 37.03 32.86 159 -17.9%
6 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 21.28 27.58 104 19.8%
7 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 19.33 23.04 96 10.2%
8 Laval University (UL), Canada 19.56 20.17 85 -4.6%
9 McMaster University, Canada 16.13 17.25 57 -1.1%
10 Western University (UWO), Canada 23.19 13.89 48 -44.6%
11 University of Guelph, Canada 10.90 11.26 37 -4.4%
12 Queen's University, Canada 6.62 8.81 40 23.0%
13 Dalhousie University, Canada 7.36 8.45 48 6.2%
14 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 10.13 8.11 32 -26.0%
15 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 9.03 7.40 59 -24.2%
16 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 12.02 7.27 47 -44.0%
17 University of Lethbridge, Canada 0.89 6.50 15 572.0%
18 York University, Canada 4.01 6.17 20 42.4%
19 University of Waterloo, Canada 2.24 5.40 22 123.3%
20 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 7.12 5.31 23 -31.1%
21 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 5.54 5.30 23 -11.7%
22 University of Manitoba, Canada 2.90 4.51 32 44.0%
23 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Canada 7.05 4.36 17 -42.8%
24 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada 4.28 4.34 53 -6.3%
25 Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canada 2.70 4.22 13 44.4%
26 Alberta Health Services (AHS), Canada 6.30 3.86 36 -43.3%
27 Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Canada 2.15 3.78 41 62.4%
28 Concordia University, Canada 4.23 3.47 19 -24.2%
29 Carleton University, Canada 1.91 3.30 16 59.3%
30 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 2.44 2.99 21 13.1%
31 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 3.77 2.79 17 -31.6%
32 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada 1.59 2.44 5 41.5%
33 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada 0.33 2.01 7 472.5%
34 Unity Health Toronto, Canada 3.49 1.63 21 -56.9%
35 National Research Council (NRC), Canada 2.23 1.34 10 -44.7%
36 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 0.99 1.29 22 20.6%
37 Natural Resources Canada, Canada 0.19 1.20 8 492.8%
38 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Canada 1.92 1.20 11 -42.4%
39 Trent University, Canada 0.29 1.17 3 267.5%
40 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Canada 2.01 1.11 26 -49.0%
41 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Canada 1.35 1.06 6 -27.6%
42 Brandon University (BU), Canada 1.00 1.00 1 -7.5%
43 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Canada 0.58 0.98 4 55.7%
44 Hakai Institute, Canada 1.14 0.89 4 -27.5%
45 Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada 1.11 0.87 13 -27.6%
46 Brock University, Canada 1.39 0.84 3 -44.2%
47 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 0.99 0.82 3 -24.0%
48 Acuitas Therapeutics, Canada 0.02 0.77 6 3101.3%
49 Vector Institute, Canada 0.12 0.68 18 435.7%
50 Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), Canada 0.60 0.67 7 2.3%
51 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada 1.17 0.61 9 -51.8%
52 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 1.23 0.59 5 -55.8%
53 Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA), Canada – 0.57 1 N/A
54 Algoma University, Canada – 0.54 3 N/A
55 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 1.28 0.53 3 -61.5%
56 Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), Canada – 0.50 1 N/A
57 St. Joseph's Health Care London, Canada 0.51 0.48 8 -13.4%
58 Adapsyn Biosciences, Canada 0.20 0.47 1 116.8%
59 StemCell Technologies, Inc., Canada 0.12 0.46 2 243.6%
60 Laurentian University, Canada 1.71 0.45 2 -75.9%
61 Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Canada 0.07 0.44 6 484.6%
62 University of Winnipeg, Canada 0.26 0.44 5 55.7%
63 Lallemand SAS, Canada – 0.38 1 N/A
64 Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Canada 0.16 0.38 5 114.7%
65 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada 0.06 0.36 5 477.1%
66 IWK Health Centre, Canada 0.37 0.33 7 -18.6%
67 Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Canada 0.78 0.31 6 -63.0%
68 Montreal Cancer Institute (ICM), Canada 1.30 0.28 3 -80.0%
69 Canadian Blood Services, Canada 0.07 0.27 2 272.2%
70 Providence Health Care, Canada 0.11 0.25 9 116.9%
71 University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada 0.24 0.23 9 -9.6%
72 University of Quebec, Canada 0.15 0.22 3 38.6%
73 Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada 1.71 0.20 5 -89.2%
74 Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Canada – 0.20 1 N/A
75 Willow Biosciences Inc., Canada – 0.18 1 N/A
76 Paraza Pharma Inc., Canada 0.14 0.17 1 11.6%
77 Royal Tyrrell Museum, Canada 0.05 0.17 1 192.9%
77 Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC), Canada – 0.17 1 N/A
78 SCIREQ Scientific Respiratory Equipment Inc., Canada – 0.17 2 N/A
79 Genome Canada, Canada 0.44 0.16 14 -66.9%
80 Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM), Canada 0.04 0.14 1 217.1%
80 Repare Therapeutics, Canada – 0.14 1 N/A
81 Héma-Québec, Canada 0.20 0.14 7 -34.5%
81 Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon (CLL), Canada 0.28 0.14 7 -53.3%
82 PotashCorp, Canada 0.06 0.14 3 134.1%
83 Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Canada – 0.14 1 N/A
84 VaxAlta Inc., Canada – 0.13 1 N/A
85 University of Regina, Canada 1.18 0.13 1 -90.2%
86 Bioinfo, Canada 0.03 0.12 2 273.5%
87 Nova Scotia Department of Energy, Canada – 0.12 1 N/A
88 Structura Biotechnology Inc., Canada – 0.11 1 N/A
88 Appili Therapeutics, Canada – 0.11 1 N/A
89 Yukon Department of Tourism and Culture, Canada – 0.11 3 N/A
90 Mount Royal University, Canada – 0.11 2 N/A
91 Génome Québec, Canada 0.39 0.10 12 -74.8%
91 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada 0.39 0.10 12 -74.8%
92 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Canada 0.42 0.10 1 -77.8%
92 Outer Shores Expeditions, Canada – 0.10 1 N/A
92 Vancouver Island University (VIU), Canada – 0.10 1 N/A
93 Maple Leaf Medical Clinic, Canada – 0.09 1 N/A
94 Royal Alberta Museum, Canada 0.02 0.09 2 377.0%
95 Birds Canada, Canada 0.04 0.08 1 115.8%
95 Mount Allison University, Canada 0.20 0.08 1 -61.5%
96 Chlorion Pharma, Inc., Canada – 0.08 1 N/A
97 Pancreas Centre BC, Canada – 0.07 1 N/A
98 Innova Montreal, Inc., Canada – 0.07 1 N/A
99 Developmental Origins of Chronic Diseases in Children Network (DEVOTION), Canada 0.07 0.07 1 -13.7%
100 Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP), Canada 0.09 0.07 1 -32.2%

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.
  3. Nature Index recognizes that many other factors must be taken into account when considering research quality and institutional performance; Nature Index metrics alone should not be used to assess institutions or individuals.
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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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