Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Canada
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Clean Technologies Research Institute51 works
30.86
2Upper Canada College70 works
23.78
3Cegep de Sept Iles89 works
18.16
4Dr. Jack McKenzie Limerick Pulp & Paper Research & Education Centre315 works
17.81
5International Business University103 works
14.92
6Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada727 works
13.51
7Michener Institute282 works
10.52
8Institute for Comparative Genomics121 works
10.18
9Hotchkiss Brain Institute9,728 works
9.54
10Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics30 works
9.17
11Institut sur le vieillissement et la participation sociale des ainĂ©s de lâUniversitĂ© Laval24 works
8.83
12Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College1,551 works
8.82
13Lethbridge Polytechnic253 works
7.83
14CĂ©gep de Sorel-Tracy23 works
7.80
15Centre for Water Resources Studies305 works
7.70
16MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance14 works
7.50
17Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence263 works
7.48
18Canadian Centre for Vaccinology769 works
6.74
19Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health Research Institute328 works
6.30
20Nova Scotia Community College219 works
6.16
21Quest University Canada292 works
6.15
22CĂ©gep de l'Abitibi TĂ©miscamingue70 works
5.92
23St. Boniface Hospital5,062 works
5.81
24University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus16,735 works
5.73
26McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre1,398 works
5.71
27Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research10,144 works
5.69
28McMaster University185,880 works
5.65
29University of Toronto580,519 works
5.47
30Humber Polytechnic889 works
5.38
31Centre for Transformative Nursing and Health Research11 works
5.33
32Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec9,108 works
5.31
33CollĂšge MacDonald6,221 works
5.13
34Brescia University College503 works
5.02
35Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec522 works
5.02
36Brain Repair Centre283 works
5.00
37Rocky Mountain College9 works
5.00
38Royal Roads University2,045 works
4.92
39University of Waterloo157,348 works
4.91
40McGill University304,067 works
4.84
41University of the Fraser Valley2,478 works
4.80
42University of Calgary198,660 works
4.75
43University of Victoria74,133 works
4.75
44University of Alberta267,051 works
4.64
45Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique25,717 works
4.62
46Northern Lakes College11 works
4.50
47Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society29 works
4.48
48Western University174,380 works
4.33
49Cegep de Saint Jerome91 works
4.33
50Vancouver Island University1,921 works
4.27
Highlights
Within Canada, Clean Technologies Research Institute ranks first in 2026 with 30.86, followed by Upper Canada College (23.78) and Cegep de Sept Iles (18.16).
Across 50 entries, values run from 30.86 (Clean Technologies Research Institute) to 4.27 (Vancouver Island University), with a median of 5.71.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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