Research Funders in Canada and the Journals That Publish Their Research

In short22 research funders from Canada are named in the recent research articles of 2,190 journals we checked. The biggest is Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (927 journals). Below: the funders, then the journals that publish their funded research most often.

Research funders in Canada

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada927 journalsSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada794 journalsCanadian Institutes of Health Research421 journalsCanada Research Chairs56 journalsMitacs40 journalsFonds de Recherche du Québec-Société et Culture33 journalsInternational Development Research Centre24 journalsFonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé18 journalsGovernment of Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council18 journalsCanada Research Chairs Program17 journalsCanada Foundation for Innovation16 journalsPublic Health Agency of Canada15 journalsUniversity of Toronto14 journalsCanadian Institutes for Health Research14 journalsFisheries and Oceans Canada14 journalsUniversity of British Columbia14 journalsFonds de recherche du Québec13 journalsSocial Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada12 journalsMichael Smith Health Research BC11 journalsHealth Canada11 journalsAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada11 journalsCanada First Research Excellence Fund11 journals

Journals that publish research funded in Canada most often

#JournalFunder mentionsFunders from CanadaIndexingImpact factor*Median review time
1FACETS95 in 200 articles7SCIE2.43n/a
2Canadian Journal of Plant Science74 in 200 articles2SCIE1.17n/a
3Canadian Journal of Public Health63 in 200 articles6SSCI1.75212 days
4Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism58 in 200 articles4SCIE2.96n/a
5Canadian Journal of Chemistry50 in 200 articles4SCIE1.02n/a
6Canadian Journal of Animal Science48 in 164 articles3SCIE1.33n/a
7Botany47 in 111 articles4SCIE1.00n/a
8Arctic Science45 in 184 articles2SCIE1.92n/a
9Biochemistry and Cell Biology44 in 129 articles4SCIE1.82n/a
10The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry41 in 200 articles3SCIE SSCI3.84n/a
11Canadian Journal of Microbiology40 in 155 articles3SCIE2.89n/a
12Canadian Journal of Statistics39 in 97 articles2SCIE0.68314 days
13Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement35 in 115 articles5SSCI1.10n/a
14International Journal of Drug Policy34 in 200 articles3SSCI3.81n/a
15Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering32 in 200 articles2SCIE1.76n/a
16ACS Food Science & Technology28 in 200 articles1ESCI3.39n/a
17Canadian Journal of Soil Science28 in 103 articles2SCIE1.75n/a
18Insurance Mathematics and Economics27 in 200 articles1SCIE SSCI1.55n/a
19CJC Open27 in 200 articles2ESCI1.27n/a
20Journal of Neurophysiology26 in 200 articles2SCIE2.86128 days
21American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology25 in 200 articles1SCIE2.26104 days
22Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering25 in 160 articles2SCIE1.42n/a
23Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology24 in 200 articles2SCIE2.48n/a
24Hippocampus24 in 185 articles2SCIE3.02160 days
25Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology23 in 155 articles3SCIE2.39n/a
26Neurobiology of Aging23 in 200 articles2SCIE3.74n/a
27Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease23 in 168 articles1ESCI1.73n/a
28Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews22 in 200 articles2SCIE16.22n/a
29Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne22 in 105 articles6SSCI1.03n/a
30Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada22 in 200 articles3ESCI1.09n/a
31International Journal of Circumpolar Health21 in 135 articles2SCIE SSCI2.20124 days
32Journal of Dairy Science20 in 200 articles2SCIE4.49n/a
33Autonomic Neuroscience20 in 200 articles2SCIE2.57n/a
34Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology20 in 125 articles2SCIE2.98n/a
35Archives of Sexual Behavior20 in 200 articles4SSCI2.73270 days
36Genome19 in 139 articles1SCIE1.88n/a
37Journal of Comparative Physiology B19 in 124 articles1SCIE2.77131 days
38Canadian Journal of Forest Research19 in 200 articles2SCIE2.11n/a
39Biological Psychiatry19 in 200 articles2SCIE1.36n/a
40Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry18 in 200 articles1SCIE4.45n/a

"Funder mentions" adds up how often the funders from Canada are named in the journal's recent research articles (up to 200 from the last 24 months); one article that names two of them counts twice. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from Crossref.

Research funders of other countries

United StatesChinaGermanySouth KoreaSpainAustraliaUnited KingdomIndiaBrazilItalySwedenEuropean UnionIndonesiaSaudi ArabiaJapanDenmarkSouth AfricaAustriaFinlandIranNew ZealandSwitzerlandCzech RepublicMalaysiaThailandHong KongIrelandHungaryInternationalIsraelKazakhstanNetherlandsNorwayTaiwanVietnamBelgiumMexicoRussiaSerbiaArgentinaChileEgyptFrancePolandQatarSingaporeSlovakiaColombiaEstoniaGreecePortugalTurkeyUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesBangladeshBulgariaCroatiaGeorgiaLithuaniaMacauMoroccoNigeriaOmanPakistanRomaniaSlovenia

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Frequently asked questions

Which research funders in Canada fund the most published research?

By the number of journals that name them in recent research articles: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada Research Chairs, Mitacs. In all, 22 funders from Canada are named in at least 10 journals.

Which journals publish the most research funded in Canada?

Counting the funder mentions of all 22 funders together: FACETS, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, Canadian Journal of Public Health, Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, Canadian Journal of Chemistry.

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Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; the country is that of the funding body.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; funders named in at least 10 journals are grouped by the country of the funding body. Updated: 29 October 2026.