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World University / Institution Rankings 2023

In the presence of many different university ranking systems, as the "AD Scientific Index", we have developed a ranking system with a different methodology based on the principle of including only meritorious scientists. Based on Google Scholar’s total h-index scores, we have listed all academicians, who are ranked in the world in the top 2% and top Top 10% in university rankings. Furthermore, we have listed the breakdown of this ranking by main subjects. As the order of ranking principles, we used the overall top 2% scientists list primarily. Secondly, we used the ranking in the top 10%, top 20%, top 40%, top 60% and top 80% scientists list. Thirdly, the total number of scientists in the AD Scientific Index was ranked by the university. In the case of equalities within a university ranking, we used the highest rank of the scientist in the respective university as it is listed in the world ranking.

You may sort the ranking from the highest score to the lowest or vice versa in any of these fields. You can observe the fields, which move the respective university to the forefront. Furthermore, the name of the academician with the highest total h-index in the respective university is displayed with the world ranking. Top University Ranking by “AD Scientific Index” will not only list the areas, where a university is the best or has room for improvement, but also reflect the outcomes of scientist policies of the institutions. This report reveals the competency of institutions to attract prized scientists and the ability of institutions to encourage advances and retain scientists. Click for individual or institutional registration.

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Total 1.344.699 scientist, 218 country, 21.439 university

			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2023								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Universities in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %2	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	1	Harvard University	United States	1636	Private	2	Ronald C Kessler ⁱ	2919	7807	647	1627	2605	3562	4586	5669	6694	7316	7718	7791	7807
2	2	2	Stanford University	United States	1885	Private	40	Yi Cui ⁱ	2919	5176	423	1092	1618	2176	2828	3523	4256	4732	5094	5163	5176
1	1	3	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	1096	Public	74	Daniela Bortoletto ⁱ	301	3149	288	837	1278	1715	2116	2503	2838	3029	3122	3146	3149
3	3	4	National Institutes of Health	United States	1887	Public	30	Steven A Rosenberg	2919	3003	278	698	1067	1413	1743	2073	2471	2806	2982	3001	3003
4	4	5	University of California Berkeley	United States	1868	Public	112	Heather Gray ⁱ	2919	3080	269	702	1021	1342	1700	2100	2527	2812	3031	3069	3080
5	5	6	University of Michigan	United States	1817	Public	360	Goncalo Abecasis ⁱ	2919	2682	265	1041	1723	2179	2394	2524	2599	2646	2670	2681	2682
6	6	7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	1861	Institution	3	Robert Langer	2919	4368	265	715	1149	1632	2235	2909	3533	3985	4292	4355	4368
7	7	8	University of California Los Angeles	United States	1919	Public	335	Gregg C Fonarow	2919	3704	259	818	1269	1582	1928	2296	2726	3231	3597	3682	3704
8	8	9	University of California San Diego	United States	1960	Public	19	Michael Karin	2919	2930	250	760	1136	1488	1801	2147	2504	2733	2884	2924	2930
9	9	10	Columbia University New York	United States	1754	Private	83	Joseph E Stiglitz	2919	2668	242	760	1164	1507	1814	2064	2287	2494	2625	2658	2668
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2	2	11	University College London	United Kingdom	1826	Public	27	Karl Friston	301	2759	235	782	1215	1578	1941	2277	2511	2661	2745	2758	2759
10	10	12	University of Pennsylvania	United States	1740	Private	926	Ruben Gur	2919	2629	207	669	1011	1316	1632	1991	2278	2479	2602	2620	2629
11	11	13	Duke University	United States	1838	Private	38	Robert J Lefkowitz	2919	2080	200	637	925	1172	1404	1584	1770	1935	2051	2075	2080
12	12	14	Yale University	United States	1701	Private	25	Richard A Flavell	2919	2503	193	580	914	1191	1502	1843	2160	2372	2477	2498	2503
3	3	15	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	1209	Public	78	Nicholas Wareham ⁱ	301	1990	183	494	737	924	1125	1306	1524	1799	1952	1983	1990
1	4	16	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare	Italy	1951	Institution	234	Anna Maria Zanetti ⁱ	151	967	180	424	605	711	782	852	902	939	965	967	967
13	13	17	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	1851	Public	436	Donald Truhlar	2919	3629	179	732	1213	1574	1911	2339	2798	3290	3565	3615	3629
1	14	18	University of Toronto	Canada	1827	Public	59	Pekka Sinervo ⁱ	272	3046	173	662	1142	1556	1915	2301	2661	2891	3017	3044	3046
4	5	19	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	1907	Public	64	Peter J Barnes ⁱ	301	2155	168	590	958	1247	1504	1764	1977	2079	2137	2152	2155
14	15	20	University of Wisconsin Madison	United States	1848	Public	23	Fuquan Wang ⁱ	2919	2132	157	626	981	1290	1540	1729	1914	2043	2118	2128	2132
15	16	21	University of California San Francisco	United States	1864	Public	610	Zena Werb	2919	1954	156	429	651	854	1041	1278	1553	1771	1920	1951	1954
16	17	22	Johns Hopkins University	United States	1876	Private	12	Bert Vogelstein	2919	1881	152	493	757	1001	1212	1454	1665	1786	1865	1877	1881
17	18	23	University of California Davis	United States	1905	Public	1024	Jay Belsky	2919	2505	151	643	985	1262	1533	1802	2052	2292	2461	2497	2505
18	19	24	University of Pittsburgh	United States	1787	Public	529	Jane Cauley ⁱ	2919	2188	148	503	852	1130	1402	1680	1925	2088	2168	2186	2188
2	20	25	University of British Columbia	Canada	1908	Public	982	Michael Hayden ⁱ	272	2384	147	626	996	1332	1624	1879	2142	2285	2365	2384	2384
19	21	26	University of Southern California	United States	1880	Private	383	Paul Thompson	2919	2066	147	486	831	1075	1307	1550	1771	1940	2044	2061	2066
5	6	27	King's College London	United Kingdom	1829	Public	69	Tim D Spector ⁱ	301	1587	133	419	670	898	1109	1306	1469	1534	1579	1585	1587
20	22	28	University of California Irvine	United States	1965	Public	507	Carl Cotman	2919	1716	132	468	701	872	1044	1227	1403	1587	1691	1712	1716
1	7	29	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich	Switzerland	1855	Public	202	Aebersold R	83	2007	131	414	641	846	1120	1378	1670	1852	1982	2003	2007
21	23	30	New York University	United States	1831	Private	774	Dan Littman	2919	2028	130	473	733	956	1159	1420	1663	1864	1999	2024	2028
1	1	31	University of Sydney	Australia	1850	Public	975	Edward C Holmes	138	2127	129	485	848	1149	1426	1690	1857	1972	2091	2123	2127
22	24	32	Pennsylvania State University	United States	1855	Public	1025	Bruce E Logan	2919	2392	127	546	945	1289	1602	1883	2131	2284	2373	2386	2392
23	25	33	University of Texas Austin	United States	1883	Public	368	Nicholas A Peppas	2919	2359	127	503	856	1157	1436	1751	2018	2207	2330	2353	2359
2	2	34	University of Queensland	Australia	1909	Public	327	Roy F Baumeister	138	2242	123	551	979	1297	1615	1889	2079	2188	2230	2242	2242
24	26	35	Princeton University	United States	1746	Private	224	Daniel Marlow ⁱ	2919	1168	123	291	421	533	654	800	950	1053	1150	1167	1168
25	27	36	University of Florida	United States	1853	Public	305	Dimitri Bourilkov ⁱ	2919	2439	122	585	1036	1384	1709	2003	2242	2373	2426	2438	2439
26	28	37	University of Chicago	United States	1891	Private	44	Mark Oreglia ⁱ	2919	1470	122	357	537	707	858	1024	1166	1310	1439	1463	1470
3	3	38	Monash University	Australia	1958	Public	221	Jordan Nash ⁱ	138	2481	121	549	987	1378	1736	2070	2294	2403	2468	2478	2481
27	29	39	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	United States	1789	Public	512	Barry Popkin ⁱ	2919	1850	118	476	777	1026	1244	1461	1649	1760	1834	1847	1850
28	30	40	Washington University Saint Louis	United States	1853	Private	5	Graham Colditz ⁱ	2919	1548	117	389	594	763	915	1063	1228	1406	1523	1543	1548
3	31	41	McGill University	Canada	1821	Public	57	Andreas Warburton ⁱ	272	2724	115	505	874	1158	1429	1673	1912	2145	2346	2677	2724
1	8	42	Utrecht University	Netherlands	1636	Public	163	Diederick E. Grobbee ⁱ	99	1641	112	435	686	891	1078	1243	1391	1549	1624	1637	1641
6	9	43	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	1824	Public	177	Darren Price ⁱ	301	1566	111	471	704	852	1067	1283	1441	1538	1560	1566	1566
29	32	44	Vanderbilt University	United States	1873	Private	364	Julia Velkovska ⁱ	2919	1505	109	400	634	810	998	1154	1321	1449	1494	1502	1505
30	33	45	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign	United States	1867	Public	96	Mark Neubauer ⁱ	2919	2143	107	452	787	1063	1311	1595	1857	2025	2118	2137	2143
31	34	46	University of Maryland	United States	1856	Public	1267	Liangbing Hu	2919	1890	104	493	811	1041	1230	1448	1654	1797	1878	1888	1890
32	35	47	University of California Santa Barbara	United States	1921	Public	190	Alan Heeger ⁱ	2919	1109	102	296	440	576	716	833	975	1045	1097	1106	1109
33	36	48	Emory University	United States	1836	Private	430	Peter W Wilson ⁱ	2919	1569	101	336	545	717	884	1028	1203	1418	1541	1562	1569
1	1	49	National University of Singapore	Singapore	1905	Private	255	Barry Halliwell	43	1910	100	475	787	1065	1345	1558	1737	1844	1896	1906	1910
2	10	50	University of Groningen	Netherlands	1614	Public	979	Cisca Wijmenga ⁱ	99	1374	98	368	602	783	947	1084	1215	1318	1363	1370	1374
34	37	51	Northwestern University	United States	1851	Private	237	John A Rogers	2919	1674	98	282	474	657	884	1132	1368	1547	1641	1671	1674
35	38	52	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	1900	Private	267	Krzysztof Matyjaszewski	2919	1465	97	341	545	708	856	1027	1215	1357	1442	1457	1465
36	39	53	Texas A&M University	United States	1876	Public	850	Othmane Bouhali ⁱ	2919	2310	94	491	957	1325	1625	1911	2130	2251	2301	2305	2310
37	40	54	Arizona State University	United States	1885	Public	880	Elinor Ostrom	2919	1523	93	422	745	994	1170	1299	1407	1478	1511	1521	1523
1	11	55	Catholic University of Leuven	Belgium	1834	Public	1012	Jan Staessen ⁱ	81	1589	92	362	600	810	1006	1170	1324	1497	1575	1586	1589
1	12	56	Spanish National Research Council	Spain	1939	Public	704	Damià Barceló	228	2066	91	647	1165	1479	1677	1849	1959	2028	2062	2065	2066
3	13	57	Leiden University	Netherlands	1575	Public	738	Ewout W. Steyerberg	99	1285	91	288	465	621	752	900	1052	1206	1276	1285	1285
4	41	58	University of Alberta	Canada	1908	Public	258	Roger Moore ⁱ	272	2010	90	450	801	1110	1358	1603	1804	1932	1988	2008	2010
38	42	59	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	1876	Public	290	Kevin Stenson ⁱ	2919	1552	89	360	586	765	944	1139	1291	1437	1525	1545	1552
39	43	60	Mayo Clinic	United States	1972	Company	142	Dennis W Dickson	2919	1205	89	270	439	611	762	893	1004	1132	1193	1204	1205
40	44	61	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	1885	Public	10	Zhong Lin Wang ⁱ	2919	1748	88	384	656	860	1071	1277	1493	1637	1723	1746	1748
4	4	62	University of Melbourne	Australia	1853	Public	91	Martin Sevior ⁱ	138	2160	87	501	888	1231	1511	1788	1997	2117	2152	2157	2160
5	5	63	University of New South Wales	Australia	1949	Public	1249	Louisa Degenhardt ⁱ	138	2060	86	448	860	1199	1454	1726	1920	2005	2049	2058	2060
2	14	64	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	1969	Public	11	Michael Graetzel ⁱ	83	1231	86	295	470	604	720	830	949	1118	1213	1227	1231
41	45	65	University of Arizona	United States	1885	Public	46	John Rutherfoord ⁱ	2919	1571	85	366	630	865	1061	1262	1413	1505	1560	1568	1571
5	46	66	McMaster University	Canada	1887	Public	14	Gordon Guyatt	272	1176	85	329	520	666	796	908	997	1110	1164	1174	1176
4	15	67	Erasmus University	Netherlands	1970	Private	1065	Frank Verhulst ⁱ	99	1036	84	251	399	519	634	731	864	968	1027	1033	1036
42	47	68	University of Washington	United States	1861	Public	243	Ali H Mokdad ⁱ	2919	653	84	215	299	370	429	471	531	596	639	651	653
1	16	69	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	1861	Institution	486	Tomas Hökfelt	88	1270	81	283	476	629	817	941	1069	1180	1258	1268	1270
43	48	70	Michigan State University	United States	1855	Public	68	Joey Huston ⁱ	2919	1691	80	351	641	897	1133	1340	1501	1615	1677	1687	1691
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44	49	71	M D Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas	United States	1941	Public	673	Ronald A Depinho	2919	931	80	216	334	434	562	688	798	874	921	931	931
45	50	72	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	United States	1884	Public	92	Craig Thompson ⁱ	2919	922	80	199	293	380	472	582	686	812	900	920	922
1	17	73	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	1479	Public	35	Matthias Mann	38	985	77	362	667	854	928	960	973	980	982	984	985
46	51	74	University of Iowa	United States	1847	Public	522	James Wetzel ⁱ	2919	1258	77	313	547	731	907	1050	1162	1228	1251	1255	1258
6	6	75	Australian National University	Australia	1946	Public	1209	Yuri S Kivshar	138	1320	76	342	592	763	930	1088	1223	1283	1314	1318	1320
47	52	76	University of Virginia	United States	1819	Public	662	Robert M Strieter	2919	1477	76	326	584	752	933	1134	1302	1405	1461	1476	1477
48	53	77	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	United States	1931	Private	129	Paolo Calafiura ⁱ	2919	1042	76	247	394	546	667	810	928	1009	1039	1041	1042
49	54	78	Ohio State University	United States	1870	Public	56	Carlo Croce	2919	1911	75	402	726	1037	1286	1497	1690	1818	1895	1907	1911
2	18	79	Ghent University	Belgium	1817	Public	579	Marc Van Montagu	81	1285	75	302	492	655	841	997	1132	1219	1271	1282	1285
3	19	80	Universität Zürich	Switzerland	1833	Public	299	Florencia Canelli ⁱ	83	1021	75	266	426	562	679	807	906	969	1013	1018	1021
50	55	81	University of Utah	United States	1850	Public	2089	James Ehleringer	2919	1516	74	346	608	843	1056	1220	1377	1467	1513	1516	1516
51	56	82	Boston University	United States	1869	Private	48	Ralph B D'Agostino ⁱ	2919	945	69	267	414	544	649	749	845	898	935	945	945
1	2	83	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1963	Public	1502	Qian Wang	19	1155	68	238	383	506	603	692	778	895	1071	1151	1155
52	57	84	Purdue University	United States	1869	Public	439	Norbert Neumeister ⁱ	2919	1864	67	391	710	1011	1253	1477	1672	1778	1846	1861	1864
1	20	85	French National Centre for Scientific Research	France	1939	Public	118	José Ocariz ⁱ	450	1379	67	323	583	789	952	1117	1264	1353	1378	1379	1379
7	21	86	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	1900	Public	2006	Christine H Foyer	301	1473	66	309	580	800	981	1165	1351	1437	1469	1473	1473
53	58	87	California Institute of Technology Caltech	United States	1891	Private	213	Si Xie ⁱ	2919	644	66	149	217	281	339	414	499	584	634	642	644
5	22	88	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	1632	Public	2581	Rajamani Krishna	99	1264	65	284	481	666	821	948	1065	1185	1251	1261	1264
6	23	89	VU University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	1880	Private	340	Dorret I Boomsma ⁱ	99	1008	65	230	393	529	648	743	864	951	1001	1008	1008
8	24	90	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1583	Public	343	Ian Deary	301	1495	64	347	599	809	985	1176	1327	1441	1486	1491	1495
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9	25	91	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	1876	Company	20	George Davey Smith	301	1205	64	242	412	587	725	882	1016	1147	1197	1204	1205
1	26	92	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	1837	Public	86	Christine Kourkoumelis ⁱ	63	1433	63	330	614	840	1028	1188	1314	1400	1431	1433	1433
1	3	93	Tsinghua University	China	1911	Public	33	Xiaofeng Wang ⁱ	942	2342	63	285	541	739	911	1050	1206	1454	1858	2290	2342
7	7	94	University of Adelaide	Australia	1874	Public	204	Paul Jackson ⁱ	138	1165	63	278	495	681	844	987	1094	1147	1161	1164	1165
2	27	95	Università degli Studi di Padova	Italy	1222	Public	481	Mia Tosi ⁱ	151	1389	61	325	639	891	1061	1185	1283	1364	1387	1389	1389
54	59	96	NASA Ames Research Center	United States	1939	Public	338	Regina Caputo ⁱ	2919	1541	61	313	558	754	955	1133	1306	1481	1533	1540	1541
7	28	97	Wageningen University & Research Centre	Netherlands	1918	Public	411	Willem M De Vos	99	1208	61	309	520	679	818	935	1034	1139	1198	1207	1208
6	60	98	University of Calgary	Canada	1966	Public	1090	Marcello Tonelli ⁱ	272	1319	61	282	522	692	875	1051	1196	1275	1313	1319	1319
55	61	99	Stony Brook University	United States	1957	Public	666	Bee Christopher ⁱ	2919	809	61	210	339	432	515	589	656	729	795	808	809
8	8	100	University of Western Australia	Australia	1911	Public	788	Graeme J Hankey ⁱ	138	1105	59	257	482	635	768	872	977	1056	1097	1104	1105