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Stanford University vs University of California, Berkeley

On research quality in 2022-now, Stanford University ranks #14 in the world and University of California, Berkeley #42, of 28,054 institutions. Stanford University stands higher in 12 of the 17 fields both publish in, University of California, Berkeley in 5.

Research profiles alike: 0.56similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Stanford University

United States · Stanford

World rank, 2022-now
#14
#2 all time
Works, 2022-now
24k
fractional
Top-10% rate
25.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
34%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Transplantation, Statistics and Probability.

University of California, Berkeley

United States · Berkeley

World rank, 2022-now
#42
#3 all time
Works, 2022-now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, Oceanography.

Who leads in each field?

Stanford University stands higher in 12 of 17 fields, University of California, Berkeley in 5. Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Stanford University 125 University of California, Berkeley
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#145
  2. -Arts and Humanities#76
  3. #8Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#43
  4. -Chemistry#34
  5. #22Computer Science#28
  6. #10Decision Sciences#38
  7. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
  8. #28Economics, Econometrics and Finance#52
  9. #81Engineering#105
  10. #65Environmental Science-
  11. #32Health Professions#44
  12. #3Mathematics#18
  13. #7Medicine#482
  14. #3Neuroscience#31
  15. #7Physics and Astronomy#9
  16. #20Psychology-
  17. #61Social Sciences#52

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. Medicine1.6× 0.3×
  2. Dentistry0.2× 0.1×
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.5× 0.4×
  4. Veterinary0.4× 0.2×
  5. Health Professions1.0× 0.5×
  6. Neuroscience2.3× 1.4×
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.5× 0.3×
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.6× 1.0×
  9. Psychology1.3× 1.1×
  10. Nursing0.5× 0.4×
  11. Chemical Engineering0.9× 0.9×
  12. Computer Science0.9× 1.1×
  13. Engineering0.7× 0.8×
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.1× 1.3×
  15. Social Sciences0.7× 0.9×
  16. Decision Sciences1.1× 1.4×
  17. Energy0.5× 0.7×
  18. Mathematics1.6× 2.1×
  19. Arts and Humanities0.8× 1.1×
  20. Materials Science0.5× 0.8×
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.4× 0.6×
  22. Chemistry0.5× 0.8×
  23. Physics and Astronomy1.9× 4.1×
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.2× 0.5×
  25. Environmental Science0.6× 1.9×
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.1× 7.4×
Stanford UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley

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 Stanford University leans further are at the top, University of California, Berkeley's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

2.5k5k7.5kStanford University6,042 in 2025University of California, Berkeley3,352 in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Stanford University or University of California, Berkeley?

Stanford University publishes 1.4× as much research as University of California, Berkeley in 2022-now (24k against 17k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Stanford University or University of California, Berkeley?

25.5% of Stanford University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 21.8% for University of California, Berkeley.

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Which is stronger in research, Stanford or UC Berkeley?

On research quality in 2022-now, Stanford University ranks #14 in the world and University of California, Berkeley #42, of 28,054 institutions. Stanford University stands higher in 12 of the 17 fields both publish in, University of California, Berkeley in 5.

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