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Energy research in Canada

University of Toronto ranks first in Canada for Energy research in 2022–2025 (#194 worldwide), followed by University of Alberta and University of Waterloo.

Canada's world rank
#17
of 73 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
2.3k
Top-10% rate
18.9%
Ranked institutions
10

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Energy in Canada?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of TorontoToronto #19419.522.1%124
2University of AlbertaEdmonton #19819.221.4%165
3University of WaterlooWaterloo #23216.821.5%115
4University of British ColumbiaVancouver #23716.423.3%109
5University of CalgaryCalgary #28813.418.4%128
6Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's #31712.023.2%60
7Ontario Tech UniversityOshawa #36010.019.5%122
8Concordia UniversityMontreal #4088.128.5%66
9Western UniversityLondon #4715.924.3%68
10McGill UniversityMontreal #5732.915.4%64

Institutions in Canada above the floor of 40 fractional works in Energy, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Energy researchers in Canada?

Edward H. Sargent, Vaclav Smil and David Sinton rank highest among researchers based in Canada.

  1. 1Edward H. Sargent#9,070 worldwide overall3.6k citations · 23 works
  2. 2Vaclav Smil#15,173 worldwide overall538 citations · 11 works
  3. 3David Sinton#19,020 worldwide overall872 citations · 13 works
  4. 4Yunwei Li#20,207 worldwide overall2k citations · 10 works
  5. 5Fariborz Haghighat#38,607 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 15 works
  6. 6Steven Holdcroft#47,305 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 18 works
  7. 7Jiujun Zhang#48,166 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 34 works
  8. 8Xueliang Sun#50,839 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 19 works
  9. 9Ralph Matthews#54,225 worldwide overall395 citations · 10 works
  10. 10Jean‐Pol Dodelet#56,822 worldwide overall832 citations · 13 works
  11. 11Yasser Abdel‐Rady I. Mohamed#59,423 worldwide overall610 citations · 14 works
  12. 12Kamal Al‐Haddad#66,822 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 24 works
  13. 13David P. Wilkinson#67,301 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 24 works
  14. 14Michael Fowler#71,862 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 19 works
  15. 15İbrahim Dinçer#72,991 worldwide overall5.9k citations · 192 works

How Canada compares with other countries in Energy