Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario, Loeb Building, Associate Professor; Department of Psychology, Adelle Forth; Ph.D. President; Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Director; Psychopathy Research Lab, Student Polygraph. (Photograph by Kaja Tirrul) Photograph by Kaja Tirrul
Best psychology universities in Canada: 2019 ranking
Programs: Psychology
| School | Rank last year | Program reputation | Research reputation | Fractional publications | Fractional citations | Field weighted citation impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. UBC | [1] | *1 | *1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. Toronto | [2] | *1 | *1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3. McGill | [3] | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 4. Waterloo | [4] | *4 | 4 | 10 | *6 | 2 |
| 5. Western | [5] | *4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 6. Queen's | [6] | 6 | 6 | 19 | *17 | 1 |
| 7. Dalhousie | [9] | 11 | 12 | 15 | *13 | 4 |
| 8. McMaster | [*7] | 9 | 5 | 11 | *8 | *14 |
| *9. Alberta | [10] | 8 | 8 | *7 | 11 | 17 |
| *9. Calgary | [11] | 7 | 9 | *7 | 10 | 23 |
| 11. York | [*7] | 16 | 13 | 9 | *6 | 7 |
| 12. Victoria | [*12] | 10 | *14 | 21 | *17 | 12 |
| 13. Simon Fraser | [*12] | 12 | 11 | 14 | *13 | 16 |
| *14. Brock | [*16] | *14 | *19 | *17 | 15 | 9 |
| *14. Carleton | [*12] | *17 | *19 | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| 16. Montréal | [*16] | *14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 17. Ottawa | [19] | 22 | *23 | 5 | *8 | 20 |
| 18. Saskatchewan | N/A | 13 | *14 | 22 | 23 | 18 |
| 19. Regina | [20] | 23 | 26 | *27 | *26 | 10 |
| 20. Laval | N/A | 19 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 25 |
*Indicates a tie
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