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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TOPS RANKINGS OF CANADIAN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
University of Western Ontario and University of British Columbia also make strong showings
Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK - September 27, 2005 - Based on impact (or average
citations per paper) and total citations, the University of Toronto is the “top
performer” in multiple fields among Canadian research universities. This is according to
the September/October issue of Science Watch—the bi-monthly newsletter published by
Thomson Scientific, a business of The Thomson Corporation.
The Science Watch study uses the Thomson Scientific University Science Indicators to
examine the research of 46 Canadian universities in 21 scientific fields spanning 2000
to 2004.
Between 2000 and 2004, the University of Toronto produced the most work—25,883 papers
published in journals indexed by Thomson Scientific. The University of British Columbia
produced the second highest number of papers, 14,819; while McGill University published
13,996.
n total citations, the University of Toronto topped 15 fields: chemistry; materials
science; engineering; space science; mathematics; ecology/environment; clinical
medicine; immunology; biology and biochemistry; molecular biology/genetics;
neurosciences; pharmacology; psychology/psychiatry; education; and economics and
business. The University of British Columbia ranked first in four fields: physics;
geosciences; plant and animal science; and microbiology.