Three universities gain Research Infosource’s designation of Research University of the Year in their category for their performance on a balanced set of input and output measures. These full-service universities demonstrated superior performance on key measures of research success.
Rank
Medical
Score*
1
University of Toronto
96.9
2
McGill University
86.3
3
McMaster University
80.0
Rank
Comprehensive
Score*
1
University of Waterloo
96.2
2
University of Guelph
86.2
3
University of Victoria
82.3
Rank
Undergraduate
Score*
1
Ontario Tech University
82.6
2
Université du Québec à Rimouski
76.8
3
Lakehead University
76.3
Notes:
*The score in each category is out of a possible 100 points based on the following measures and weighting: total sponsored research income (20%), research intensity per faculty (20%), research intensity per graduate student (10%), total number of publications in leading journals (20%), publication intensity (20%) and publication impact (10%). For each measure in each category, the top ranking institution was assigned a score of 100 and the other institutions’ scores were allocated points and calculated based on their ranking positions.
