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ETH Zurich vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

On research quality in 2022-now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks #19 in the world and ETH Zurich #21, of 28,054 institutions. ETH Zurich stands higher in 8 of the 13 fields both publish in, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 5.

Research profiles alike: 0.86very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

ETH Zurich

Switzerland · Zurich

World rank, 2022-now
#21
#25 all time
Works, 2022-now
14k
fractional
Top-10% rate
30.1%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Theoretical Computer Science, Hardware and Architecture.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States · Cambridge

World rank, 2022-now
#19
#4 all time
Works, 2022-now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
27.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Who leads in each field?

ETH Zurich stands higher in 8 of 13 fields, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 5. Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

ETH Zurich 85 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1. #34Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #17Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#24
  3. #25Chemistry#28
  4. #18Computer Science#36
  5. -Decision Sciences#50
  6. #6Earth and Planetary Sciences#36
  7. #44Engineering#89
  8. #15Environmental Science#78
  9. #85Materials Science#66
  10. #9Mathematics#8
  11. #207Medicine#353
  12. #53Neuroscience#19
  13. #5Physics and Astronomy#1

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.7× 0.2×
  2. Veterinary0.6× 0.2×
  3. Nursing0.4× 0.1×
  4. Environmental Science1.5× 0.8×
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.2× 1.9×
  6. Chemistry2.1× 1.4×
  7. Dentistry0.1× 0.1×
  8. Medicine0.3× 0.3×
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.5× 0.5×
  10. Engineering1.6× 1.6×
  11. Computer Science1.6× 1.6×
  12. Chemical Engineering2.1× 2.2×
  13. Mathematics2.6× 2.7×
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.2× 1.3×
  15. Energy1.3× 1.4×
  16. Health Professions0.2× 0.3×
  17. Materials Science1.4× 1.7×
  18. Social Sciences0.4× 0.5×
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.9× 1.1×
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.5× 0.6×
  21. Neuroscience1.1× 1.4×
  22. Decision Sciences1.2× 1.7×
  23. Physics and Astronomy3.3× 4.7×
  24. Psychology0.4× 0.6×
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.5× 0.8×
  26. Arts and Humanities0.3× 0.5×
ETH ZurichMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where ETH Zurich leans further are at the top, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2k4k6kETH Zurich3,251 in 2025Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,956 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, ETH Zurich or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

ETH Zurich publishes 1.1× as much research as Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022-now (14k against 13k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, ETH Zurich or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

30.1% of ETH Zurich's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 27.8% for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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