2016 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 161.99 405
2 McGill University, Canada 98.41 284
3 The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada 67.60 175
4 University of Montreal (UdeM), Canada 36.35 136
5 University of Calgary (U of C), Canada 25.03 83
6 University of Alberta (U of A), Canada 24.72 80
7 University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada 23.35 75
8 Laval University (UL), Canada 19.06 76
9 McMaster University, Canada 14.74 45
10 Queen's University, Canada 14.09 34
11 University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke), Canada 11.97 25
12 Western University (UWO), Canada 11.48 46
13 University of Guelph, Canada 10.92 23
14 Dalhousie University, Canada 10.81 37
15 University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada 9.61 21
16 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 8.55 43
17 York University, Canada 7.32 15
18 Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada 6.62 28
19 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Canada 6.52 26
20 University of Victoria (UVic), Canada 5.93 17
21 University of Manitoba, Canada 4.39 30
22 Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada 3.90 18
23 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada 2.84 10
24 National Research Council (NRC), Canada 2.78 13
25 Alberta Health Services (AHS), Canada 2.70 33
26 University of Waterloo, Canada 2.63 13
27 Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Canada 2.59 15
28 University of Lethbridge, Canada 2.35 5
29 Concordia University, Canada 2.32 12
30 Unity Health Toronto, Canada 2.26 12
31 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada 2.17 23
32 University of Windsor (UWin), Canada 2.12 4
33 National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS), Canada 1.77 9
34 Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canada 1.59 6
35 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Canada 1.37 5
36 University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Canada 1.34 2
37 Lakehead University, Canada 1.34 6
38 Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Canada 1.34 18
39 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Canada 1.22 18
40 Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), Canada 1.16 11
41 Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Canada 1.07 2
42 Brock University, Canada 1.00 1
42 Royal Tyrrell Museum, Canada 1.00 1
43 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Canada 0.90 3
44 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada 0.82 27
45 Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 0.78 3
46 Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Canada 0.70 6
47 Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC), Canada 0.65 1
48 Genome Canada, Canada 0.64 30
49 Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), Canada 0.61 6
50 Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Canada 0.60 4
51 Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Canada 0.60 1
52 Mount Allison University, Canada 0.58 2
53 Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP), Canada 0.51 2
54 University of Winnipeg, Canada 0.50 5
55 Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp., Canada 0.50 1
55 Mount Royal University, Canada 0.50 1
55 Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Canada 0.50 2
56 Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), Canada 0.44 1
57 Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), Canada 0.42 4
58 Génome Québec, Canada 0.42 27
59 IWK Health Centre, Canada 0.40 8
60 AnorMed Inc., Canada 0.40 1
61 Laurentian University, Canada 0.35 4
62 British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource, Canada 0.33 1
62 Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD), Canada 0.33 1
63 University of Regina, Canada 0.32 4
64 Trent University, Canada 0.31 2
65 Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Canada 0.29 1
66 Animal Damage Control (ADC), Canada 0.25 1
66 Royal Alberta Museum, Canada 0.25 1
67 Canadian Light Source Inc., Canada 0.24 2
68 Montreal Cancer Institute (ICM), Canada 0.24 1
69 Carleton University, Canada 0.24 3
70 CReATe Fertility Centre, Canada 0.19 1
71 Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada 0.19 4
72 Bioinfo, Canada 0.19 3
73 London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Canada 0.19 6
74 Toronto Platelet Immunobiology Group (TPIG), Canada 0.19 1
75 Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment (SON Environment), Canada 0.17 1
75 MetaMixis, Inc., Canada 0.17 1
75 Cape Breton University (CBU), Canada 0.17 1
75 Hakai Institute, Canada 0.17 1
75 Rogue Research Inc., Canada 0.17 1
76 Gouvernement du Québec, Canada 0.16 2
77 Canadian Museum of History, Canada 0.15 2
78 St. Joseph's Health Care London, Canada 0.14 5
79 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Canada 0.14 1
79 University of Moncton, Canada 0.14 1
79 Health Canada (HC-SC), Canada 0.14 1
80 Canadian Blood Services, Canada 0.13 2
81 Canada Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Canada 0.13 1
82 Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada 0.12 2
83 Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Canada 0.11 1
84 Natural Resources Canada, Canada 0.10 1
85 Capital Health, Canada 0.10 1
86 Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Canada 0.09 1
86 TÉLUQ University, Canada 0.09 1
86 Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Canada 0.09 1
87 Spatio-Temporal Targeting and Amplification of Radiation Response Program (STTARR), Canada 0.08 2
87 St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Canada 0.08 1
88 Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (OAHPP), Canada 0.08 2
89 University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), Canada 0.07 2
90 Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC), Canada 0.07 1
91 Eastern Health, Canada 0.06 3
92 Intrinsik Inc., Canada 0.06 1
92 University of Quebec, Canada 0.06 1
92 Grand River Hospital, Canada 0.06 1
93 Saint Mary's University (SMU), Canada 0.05 1
94 CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB), Canada 0.05 2
95 Pancreas Centre BC, Canada 0.05 1
96 Sask Pulse Growers (SPG), Canada 0.05 3
97 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada 0.05 1
98 Kairos Therapeutics, Canada 0.04 1
99 Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health, Canada 0.04 1
100 Providence Health Care, Canada 0.03 2

Footnote

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