institutions

100 of 37,530 institutions, ranked by Weighted total paper score. Click a column to sort the loaded rows. Metrics count papers published 1951–2026, not retracted, categorized by OpenAlex as article, book, review, book-chapter or conference-paper, cited at least 1 time, and written by no more than 20 authors. A column's info gives the years it covers.

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Sum of the paper scores of the entity's papers. A paper with several institutions counts for each of them on a softened scale: with n of them, each is credited 1 / (1 + ln n) of its score. Covers papers published 1951–2025, the years with paper scores.

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		All 37,530 institutions
#	Name	Citations	Papers	Hit papers	Hit rate	Weighted total paper score rank	Top-2000 mean	h-index	h-index since 2010	h-index since 2020
1	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, 🇫🇷	31,673,373	1,007,319	5,691	0.57%	120,293	2.14	1,004	728	309
2	Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, 🇨🇳	23,387,782	746,650	6,390	0.87%	106,008	2.03	852	776	414
3	Harvard University Cambridge, 🇺🇸	32,466,602	505,332	11,154	2.2%	97,174	2.74	1,430	935	387
4	Stanford University Stanford, 🇺🇸	20,532,991	332,538	7,408	2.2%	74,405	2.59	1,255	824	320
5	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 🇺🇸	16,620,972	353,172	4,511	1.3%	73,477	2.16	1,016	619	256
6	University of Toronto Toronto, 🇨🇦	14,387,149	360,850	3,802	1.1%	64,067	2.07	889	621	282
7	University of Washington Seattle, 🇺🇸	16,104,289	309,961	4,874	1.6%	62,923	2.16	1,007	637	274
8	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, 🇺🇸	15,804,143	272,720	5,079	1.9%	60,661	2.33	1,076	665	262
9	University College London London, 🇬🇧	14,649,507	358,071	4,286	1.2%	60,407	2.06	888	644	306
10	Cornell University Ithaca, 🇺🇸	14,162,499	299,266	3,970	1.3%	59,658	2.09	974	594	265
11	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, 🇺🇸	16,143,573	321,781	4,518	1.4%	58,356	2.13	988	634	264
12	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, 🇺🇸	13,968,514	275,988	4,055	1.5%	57,227	2.07	947	603	253
13	University of Cambridge Cambridge, 🇬🇧	12,920,315	272,435	3,969	1.5%	56,326	2.07	914	619	287
14	University of Oxford Oxford, 🇬🇧	13,513,942	283,369	4,337	1.5%	55,308	2.24	941	675	300
15	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, 🇺🇸	11,569,808	252,606	2,751	1.1%	54,992	1.88	845	510	200
16	The University of Tokyo Tokyo, 🇯🇵	9,950,963	342,164	1,727	0.51%	54,219	1.59	682	450	197
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, 🇺🇸	15,130,279	225,521	5,538	2.5%	53,186	2.32	1,150	706	279
18	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, 🇺🇸	13,062,852	262,900	3,746	1.4%	52,586	2.01	938	606	255
19	Yale University New Haven, 🇺🇸	12,457,449	237,947	3,721	1.6%	52,111	1.98	937	575	250
20	Columbia University New York, 🇺🇸	12,355,068	238,927	3,771	1.6%	48,646	2.02	934	589	250
21	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, 🇺🇸	10,770,001	245,570	2,705	1.1%	48,320	1.83	816	498	203
22	Tsinghua University Beijing, 🇨🇳	7,645,174	263,669	2,885	1.1%	47,794	1.75	637	594	348
23	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, 🇺🇸	9,677,227	232,615	2,370	1.0%	47,602	1.78	798	464	188
24	University of California San Diego San Diego, 🇺🇸	12,254,764	226,335	3,762	1.7%	47,001	2.04	951	618	272
25	Pennsylvania State University State College, 🇺🇸	8,705,332	226,054	2,078	0.92%	45,427	1.67	728	454	196
26	University of British Columbia Vancouver, 🇨🇦	9,102,407	232,644	2,451	1.1%	45,106	1.75	746	512	230
27	Zhejiang University Hangzhou, 🇨🇳	6,216,188	249,812	1,839	0.75%	44,135	1.54	497	474	306
28	The Ohio State University Columbus, 🇺🇸	7,923,006	228,030	1,838	0.81%	43,450	1.64	685	453	207
29	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, 🇨🇳	5,693,339	246,394	1,769	0.73%	43,115	1.52	477	453	289
30	Imperial College London London, 🇬🇧	9,347,342	226,361	2,941	1.3%	42,830	1.89	773	577	276
31	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, 🇨🇳	7,796,647	295,882	2,482	0.86%	42,222	1.62	546	538	338
32	Inserm Paris, 🇫🇷	13,114,659	329,617	2,822	0.86%	41,725	1.82	807	588	274
33	University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, 🇺🇸	11,755,950	206,012	3,361	1.6%	41,718	1.97	916	608	246
34	University of Florida Gainesville, 🇺🇸	7,763,141	236,183	1,621	0.69%	41,669	1.56	648	448	192
35	University of California, Davis Davis, 🇺🇸	8,397,371	203,179	1,870	0.93%	41,611	1.62	697	460	191
36	Kyoto University Kyoto, 🇯🇵	7,350,910	246,074	1,161	0.47%	40,221	1.44	626	385	166
37	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, 🇺🇸	9,196,776	198,556	2,567	1.3%	39,750	1.83	800	531	222
38	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, 🇺🇸	7,844,129	186,803	2,275	1.2%	39,466	1.77	767	513	218
39	Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, 🇧🇷	5,432,566	283,826	733	0.26%	39,332	1.26	444	353	169
40	Northwestern University Evanston, 🇺🇸	9,097,285	187,204	2,715	1.5%	39,056	1.86	814	564	245
41	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸	8,618,336	197,051	2,074	1.1%	38,604	1.69	745	483	203
42	The University of Sydney Sydney, 🇦🇺	7,252,469	221,335	1,949	0.89%	38,377	1.67	628	498	246
43	The University of Melbourne Melbourne, 🇦🇺	7,513,329	219,346	2,097	0.96%	37,579	1.71	670	530	241
44	National Institutes of Health Bethesda, 🇺🇸	14,179,968	203,049	3,553	1.8%	37,330	2.02	986	596	217
45	National University of Singapore Singapore, 🇸🇬	7,094,821	194,529	2,370	1.2%	37,265	1.72	643	550	304
46	McGill University Montreal, 🇨🇦	7,618,658	193,041	1,839	0.96%	36,363	1.63	698	457	205
47	KU Leuven Leuven, 🇧🇪	6,909,996	193,776	1,895	0.99%	36,185	1.64	653	501	213
48	Peking University Beijing, 🇨🇳	6,141,585	228,352	2,052	0.91%	36,020	1.61	565	506	295
49	University of Alberta Edmonton, 🇨🇦	6,016,744	185,244	1,325	0.72%	35,880	1.48	580	421	196
50	Purdue University West Lafayette West Lafayette, 🇺🇸	5,995,652	175,751	1,308	0.75%	35,745	1.49	610	403	177
51	University of Chicago Chicago, 🇺🇸	8,710,813	167,903	2,611	1.6%	35,716	1.89	849	498	206
52	University of Manchester Manchester, 🇬🇧	6,880,621	193,197	1,681	0.88%	35,557	1.63	642	464	211
53	University of Southern California Los Angeles, 🇺🇸	7,594,115	184,695	2,043	1.1%	35,541	1.69	730	457	191
54	The University of Queensland Brisbane, 🇦🇺	6,974,630	192,560	1,953	1.0%	35,232	1.65	655	524	236
55	Washington University in St. Louis St Louis, 🇺🇸	8,598,333	158,868	2,355	1.5%	34,991	1.80	806	513	207
56	UNSW Sydney Sydney, 🇦🇺	6,146,624	187,332	1,812	0.98%	32,517	1.62	607	487	252
57	Michigan State University East Lansing, 🇺🇸	6,025,707	157,419	1,541	0.99%	32,079	1.58	656	415	175
58	Texas A&M University College Park, 🇺🇸	5,713,714	171,061	1,175	0.69%	32,038	1.45	597	391	178
59	New York University New York, 🇺🇸	7,641,264	169,391	2,198	1.3%	31,924	1.76	785	471	205
60	The University of Osaka Osaka, 🇯🇵	5,611,809	201,879	847	0.42%	31,915	1.32	580	344	136
61	Lund University Lund, 🇸🇪	5,774,279	161,072	1,213	0.76%	31,525	1.44	574	381	174
62	Duke University Durham, 🇺🇸	8,049,620	170,411	2,347	1.4%	31,418	1.76	771	507	210
63	Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, 🇨🇳	4,266,475	175,812	1,329	0.77%	31,397	1.46	452	441	298
64	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, 🇺🇸	6,523,837	168,955	1,531	0.91%	31,288	1.58	679	429	186
65	Monash University Melbourne, 🇦🇺	5,800,929	179,844	1,696	0.95%	31,108	1.59	576	479	243
66	University of Maryland, College Park College Park, 🇺🇸	6,688,192	158,153	1,918	1.2%	31,093	1.67	721	472	206
67	University of Arizona Tucson, 🇺🇸	6,379,227	165,722	1,477	0.90%	31,026	1.56	662	397	161
68	Tohoku University Sendai, 🇯🇵	4,625,679	194,292	669	0.35%	30,728	1.23	467	327	143
69	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, 🇨🇳	3,485,199	162,820	975	0.61%	30,483	1.32	385	367	238
70	Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou, 🇨🇳	4,473,186	185,757	1,309	0.72%	30,399	1.44	451	431	276
71	Central South University Changsha, 🇨🇳	3,561,916	163,265	1,146	0.72%	29,862	1.38	391	382	273
72	Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, 🇺🇸	9,367,234	169,564	3,049	1.8%	29,791	1.92	871	588	239
73	University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, 🇬🇧	6,075,541	158,782	1,737	1.1%	29,548	1.62	649	463	209
74	University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, 🇩🇰	6,118,530	167,875	1,606	0.97%	29,411	1.60	606	472	211
75	Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, 🇸🇪	6,917,854	162,444	1,644	1.0%	29,291	1.57	652	460	204
76	Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 🇸🇬	5,094,509	144,481	2,023	1.4%	29,135	1.61	588	552	283
77	Princeton University Princeton, 🇺🇸	7,207,599	123,715	2,555	2.1%	28,644	1.87	834	491	195
78	ETH Zurich Zurich, 🇨🇭	6,488,110	148,804	2,077	1.4%	28,452	1.69	647	529	239
79	Sichuan University Chengdu, 🇨🇳	3,503,037	165,879	1,054	0.65%	28,173	1.35	376	365	258
80	Seoul National University Seoul, 🇰🇷	4,667,369	173,418	796	0.46%	28,144	1.30	480	399	190
81	University of Hong Kong Pok Fu Lam, 🇭🇰	5,389,380	157,899	1,745	1.1%	28,078	1.59	583	460	268
82	Heidelberg University Heidelberg, 🇩🇪	6,540,920	181,651	1,479	0.82%	28,026	1.57	627	459	199
83	Utrecht University Utrecht, 🇳🇱	5,893,595	140,462	1,529	1.1%	27,870	1.57	623	453	206
84	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, 🇺🇸	5,431,593	138,130	1,672	1.2%	27,851	1.60	663	486	217
85	University of Utah Salt Lake City, 🇺🇸	5,544,689	144,098	1,278	0.89%	27,675	1.48	615	395	162
86	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an, 🇨🇳	3,245,611	147,049	966	0.67%	27,670	1.36	403	388	241
87	University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, 🇳🇱	5,669,804	150,683	1,538	1.0%	26,954	1.53	607	446	191
88	Emory University Atlanta, 🇺🇸	6,074,042	141,611	1,547	1.1%	26,191	1.56	674	440	186
89	Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, 🇺🇸	8,910,081	146,549	3,290	2.3%	25,998	1.93	880	584	257
90	Technical University of Munich Munich, 🇩🇪	4,716,123	147,039	1,200	0.82%	25,950	1.47	554	418	191
91	Sapienza University of Rome Rome, 🇮🇹	4,047,147	162,492	710	0.44%	25,938	1.25	442	329	173
92	University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, 🇨🇳	4,294,666	149,457	1,396	0.95%	25,824	1.46	505	483	281
93	University of Iowa Iowa City, 🇺🇸	5,052,864	124,352	1,015	0.82%	25,398	1.38	600	343	134
94	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, 🇺🇸	6,503,518	108,473	2,057	1.9%	25,307	1.73	782	437	174
95	University of Bristol Bristol, 🇬🇧	5,259,322	127,595	1,333	1.1%	25,262	1.57	604	418	173
96	Mayo Clinic Rochester, 🇺🇸	6,164,940	131,760	1,715	1.3%	25,258	1.61	657	444	178
97	Arizona State University Tempe, 🇺🇸	4,888,596	126,745	1,291	1.0%	25,069	1.53	627	412	172
98	King's College London London, 🇬🇧	5,382,706	146,059	1,731	1.2%	24,902	1.60	608	485	225
99	Wuhan University Wuhan, 🇨🇳	3,362,478	141,028	1,054	0.76%	24,899	1.37	421	406	283
100	Boston University Boston, 🇺🇸	6,396,632	136,473	1,794	1.3%	24,851	1.64	731	470	174