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Linguistics and Language research in Canada

University of British Columbia ranks first in Canada for Linguistics and Language research in 2022-now (#6 worldwide), followed by University of Toronto.

Canada's world rank
#8
of 24 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
774
Top-10% rate
16.6%
Ranked institutions
2

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

What is the best university for Linguistics and Language in Canada?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of British ColumbiaVancouver #649.619.9%70
2University of TorontoToronto #841.512.9%86

Institutions in Canada above the floor of 40 fractional works in Linguistics and Language, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Linguistics and Language researchers in Canada?

Sali A. Tagliamonte, Shana Poplack and Murray J. Munro rank highest among researchers based in Canada, on their papers in Linguistics and Language that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Sali A. Tagliamonte#22,836 worldwide overall23.5 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Shana Poplack#61,835 worldwide overall16.2 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Murray J. Munro#26,946 worldwide overall13.2 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Jim Cummins#48,227 worldwide overall14.3 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Tracey M. Derwing#33,097 worldwide overall14.2 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ryūko Kubota#23,647 worldwide overall12.3 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Bonny Norton#22,614 worldwide overall11.8 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Wallace E. Lambert#63,480 worldwide overall11.1 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9R. C. Gardner#33,010 worldwide overall11.6 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Fred H. Genesee#32,518 worldwide overall11.8 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Guofang Li#79,623 worldwide overall10.0 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Pavel Trofimovich#130,585 worldwide overall11.1 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Pramod Kumar Sah#35,166 worldwide overall8.2 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Monica S. Heller#300,330 worldwide overall11.0 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Krista Byers‐Heinlein#12,652 worldwide overall7.7 of 9 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Canada on their work in Linguistics and Language 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 Linguistics and Language