Question 1

How strong is science in Canada?

Accepted Answer

Canada ranks #8 of 189 countries on research quality in 2022-now (#7 all time), with 394k research works and 11.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

Question 2

What is Canada strongest at in science?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, Canada ranks highest in Medicine (#7 of 152), Emergency Medicine (#2 of 43) and Health Professions (#6 of 106). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medical Terminology, Public Administration and Library and Information Sciences.

Question 3

Which universities in Canada lead research?

Accepted Answer

University of Toronto, McGill University and University of British Columbia rank highest in Canada on research quality in 2022-now.

Question 4

Who are the top researchers in Canada?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Henrich, Xueliang Andy Sun and Edward Hartley Sargent rank highest among researchers based in Canada.

Question 5

Which cities in Canada are research hubs?

Accepted Answer

By research output, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver.

Question 6

How much of Canada's research is open access?

Accepted Answer

34% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 23% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

Question 7

Is Canada's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

Question 8

Which keywords describe research in Canada?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Public Health, Inflammation and Quality of Life.

Question 9

Which fields of science does Canada work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Canada is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (12%), Engineering (12%).

Question 10

Which countries have research most like Canada's?

Accepted Answer

United States has the research profile closest to Canada's (similarity 0.87 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Neuroscience, followed by Netherlands and Sweden.

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