Hayley Zubyk examines streptomyces plates in the Institute for Infectious Disease Research lab at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario on Thursday, September 22, 2017. (Photograph by Hannah Yoon) Photograph by Hannah Yoon
Best Biology Universities in Canada: 2018 Ranking
Here are the 20 best biology programs in Canada
Program Rankings Biology - 2018
| School | Rank last year | Program reputation | Research reputation | Fractional publications | Fractional citations | Field Weighted citation impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *1. UBC | [*1] | *1 | *1 | *1 | *1 | *1 |
| *1. Toronto | [*1] | *1 | *1 | *1 | *1 | *1 |
| 3. McGill | [3] | *1 | *3 | *3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. Alberta | [4] | 4 | *3 | *3 | 4 | *13 |
| 5. McMaster | [5] | 6 | 7 | 11 | *8 | 4 |
| 6. Guelph | [6] | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | *27 |
| 7. Montréal | [8] | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | *5 |
| *8. Calgary | [7] | *8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | *13 |
| *8. Dalhousie | [*9] | 7 | *13 | 14 | 12 | *8 |
| 10. Laval | [*11] | *11 | 8 | 7 | *8 | *13 |
| 11. Ottawa | [*9] | 18 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| 12. Western | [*15] | *11 | *13 | 10 | 11 | *24 |
| *13. Queen's | [*11] | *8 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 23 |
| *13. Simon Fraser | [14] | 16 | 11 | 17 | *17 | *8 |
| 15. Waterloo | [*11] | 14 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
| 16. UQAM | [*15] | 22 | 18 | *23 | 23 | *5 |
| 17. Victoria | [*17] | 23 | *22 | *20 | *19 | *8 |
| *18. Manitoba | N/A | 21 | *19 | 12 | 13 | 26 |
| *18. Memorial | [*17] | *28 | *19 | 19 | *19 | 11 |
| 20. Saskatchewan | N/A | 17 | *13 | 13 | 14 | 33 |
*Indicates a tie
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