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University of Toronto

In research, University of Toronto stands highest in Social Sciences (#7 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#11 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#11 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Theoretical Computer Science, General Decision Sciences and Library and Information Sciences — Theoretical Computer Science is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#42
of 28,054 · #28 all time
Rank in Canada
#1
of 403
Research works
221k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1M
36.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Toronto known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7 of 10,521 23.1%8,932 #13
Health SciencesDomain #11 of 11,982 20.5%8,725 #13
MedicineField #11 of 10,443 19.8%7,289 #17
Social SciencesField #7 of 6,365 24.7%4,302 #12
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #6 of 2,578 24.1%1,518 #20
PsychologyField #6 of 2,181 24.6%1,647 #10
Decision SciencesField #3 of 703 19.4%336 —
Gender StudiesSubfield #1 of 201 26.7%232 —
Life SciencesDomain #44 of 7,800 22.7%3,409 #36
Social PsychologySubfield #4 of 664 26.7%443 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Toronto sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#13 #7
  2. Health Sciences#13 #11
  3. Medicine#17 #11
  4. Social Sciences#12 #7
  5. Sociology and Political Science#20 #6
  6. Psychology#10 #6
  7. Life Sciences#36 #44
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Toronto specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Theoretical Computer Science takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 22.5 works4.6×
  2. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 23.1 works4.2×
  3. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 22.2 works4.0×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 146.5 works3.3×
  5. Public AdministrationSubfield · 48.2 works3.1×
  6. ClassicsSubfield · 50.8 works3.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 411 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 1,662 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 272 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.09× its world share, 978 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 85 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 63 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 290 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 1,789 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 312 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 124 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 2,627 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 1,007 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 544 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 466 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 604 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 114 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 1,205 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 7,289 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 107 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 1,402 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 539 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 336 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 706 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 1,647 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 4,302 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Toronto?

Ranked on the composite score, Sharon E. Straus, Ian Hacking and L. Sylvia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Toronto.

  1. 1 Sharon E. Straus Canada · #623 worldwide 6k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Ian Hacking Canada · #791 worldwide 1.3k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 L. Sylvia Canada · #948 worldwide 2.3k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 Bernard M. Dickens Canada · #1,213 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 W.M. Wonham Canada · #1,218 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
  6. 6 H. S. M. Coxeter Canada · #1,398 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Geoffrey E. Hinton Canada · #1,487 worldwide 22k citations · 79 works
  8. 8 Keith E. Stanovich Canada · #2,163 worldwide 2.2k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Rebecca J. Cook Canada · #2,510 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 John C. Marshall Canada · #2,642 worldwide 1.6k citations · 152 works
All ranked researchers at University of Toronto

Which keywords describe research at University of Toronto?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Mental Health, Identity, Depression, Quality of Life, Public Health and Gender.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1,373▲ 1.20×136 topics
  2. Globalization814▲ 1.44×144 topics
  3. Machine Learning751▼ 0.79×90 topics
  4. Deep Learning723▼ 0.73×82 topics
  5. Mental Health705▲ 1.67×45 topics
  6. Inflammation643◆ 1.07×83 topics
  7. Quality of Life584▲ 1.40×58 topics
  8. Climate Change564▼ 0.72×107 topics
  9. Public Health563▲ 1.34×68 topics
  10. Depression519▲ 2.0×23 topics
  11. Identity494▲ 2.4×73 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress448◆ 0.95×63 topics
  13. Risk Factors422▲ 1.33×37 topics
  14. History398▲ 1.97×56 topics
  15. Treatment392◆ 1.12×52 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease389▲ 1.21×39 topics
  17. Gender381▲ 2.4×56 topics
  18. Healthcare354◆ 1.09×37 topics
  19. Nationalism354▲ 2.6×31 topics
  20. Religion324▲ 2.4×40 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders323▲ 1.97×20 topics
  22. Colonialism320▲ 2.3×45 topics
  23. Clinical Trials320▲ 1.65×19 topics
  24. Ethics320▲ 2.3×53 topics
  25. Anxiety305▲ 2.2×12 topics
  26. Genetics299▲ 1.48×27 topics
  27. Mortality284▲ 1.70×13 topics
  28. Social Support276▲ 1.72×19 topics
  29. Culture271▲ 1.77×35 topics
  30. Neoliberalism262▲ 2.5×28 topics
  31. Prevalence240▲ 2.0×15 topics
  32. Primary Care238▲ 2.2×15 topics
  33. Adolescents231▲ 2.1×10 topics
  34. Health Disparities218▲ 2.9×9 topics
  35. Health Equity216▲ 2.7×6 topics
  36. Emotion Regulation205▲ 2.3×9 topics
  37. Neuroscience204▲ 2.4×17 topics
  38. Neurobiology190▲ 2.5×10 topics
  39. Mortality Risk184▲ 2.7×6 topics
  40. Intersectionality171▲ 3.3×16 topics

Which research topics does University of Toronto publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Canadian Identity and History.

COVID-19 and Mental Health74COVID-19 and Mental Health: 74 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …69Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 69 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 68 fractional worksCanadian Identity and Hi…68Canadian Identity and History: 68 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…68Innovations in Medical Education: 68 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 60 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 58 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…58Health disparities and outcomes: 58 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 57 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 56 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyHealth InformaticsEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 74 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 69 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 68 works
  4. 4 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 68 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 68 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 60 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 58 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 58 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 57 works
  10. 10 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 56 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Toronto's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Toronto

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.