Computer Science research in Canada
University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#54 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo.
- Canada's world rank
- #8 of 128 countries, 2022-now
- Works, 2022-now
- 26k
- Top-10% rate
- 11.6%
- Ranked institutions
- 54
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Computer Science in Canada?
Institutions in Canada above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.
Who are the top Computer Science researchers in Canada?
Witold Pedrycz, Xuemin Shen and Fei Richard Yu rank highest among researchers based in Canada, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Witold Pedrycz#160,986 worldwide overall401.2 of 1,464 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Xuemin Shen#208,598 worldwide overall400.6 of 975 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Fei Richard Yu#93,321 worldwide overall255.7 of 648 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Yoshua Bengio#2,922 worldwide overall165.3 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Ahmed E. Hassan#21,005 worldwide overall203.7 of 390 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Geoffrey E. Hinton#999 worldwide overall118.1 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Baochun Li#53,732 worldwide overall129.0 of 369 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Victor C. M. Leung#747,692 worldwide overall268.4 of 1,084 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Jian Pei#114,723 worldwide overall155.2 of 376 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Gautam Srivastava#136,118 worldwide overall169.0 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Raquel Urtasun#2,105 worldwide overall89.0 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Yiyu Y. Yao#113,641 worldwide overall135.4 of 391 papers here in the top 10%
- 13John Mylopoulos#124,267 worldwide overall116.7 of 483 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Jiangchuan Liu#117,991 worldwide overall107.4 of 426 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Bram Adams#63,402 worldwide overall97.7 of 237 papers here in the top 10%
Ranked among researchers based in Canada on their work in Computer Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.
How Canada compares with other countries in Computer Science
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What are the best universities for computer science in Canada?
University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#54 worldwide), followed by University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo.