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Top Health Sciences Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 11,982 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 25.9% 12k 126k#1
2 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 92.6 20.3% 8.5k 65k#5
3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 88.3 21.4% 10k 81k#2
4 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 85.2 21.0% 8.2k 69k#7
5 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 82.9 25.2% 9.6k 87k—
6 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 80.9 22.4% 6.2k 55k#3
7 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 79.3 20.8% 8.2k 65k#4
8 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 77.9 19.5% 7.9k 59k#9
9 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 76.6 19.3% 9k 62k#6
10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 75.5 23.1% 8.3k 68k#10
11 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 74.5 20.5% 8.7k 61k#13
12 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 73.5 20.6% 12k 98k—
13 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 72.7 24.3% 5.1k 41k#32
14 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 71.9 23.5% 8.2k 69k—
15 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 71.2 27.4% 4.8k 50k#21
16 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 70.5 19.0% 8.1k 59k#14
17 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 69.8 17.3% 7.7k 55k#27
18 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 69.2 23.5% 5.9k 46k#37
19 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 68.6 17.2% 6.4k 43k#35
20 InsermFrance · Paris 68.1 20.3% 7k 55k#31
21 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 67.6 19.1% 7.3k 57k#8
22 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 67.1 19.7% 5.8k 41k#29
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 66.6 8.5% 14k 44k#16
24 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 66.2 21.5% 8.1k 63k—
25 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 65.7 25.1% 4.9k 42k#51
26 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 65.3 21.1% 5.9k 49k#22
27 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 64.9 25.2% 6.9k 65k—
28 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 64.5 26.4% 5.5k 53k—
29 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 64.1 18.6% 6.2k 44k#11
30 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 63.8 20.1% 6.3k 46k#17
31 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 63.4 21.0% 4.2k 34k#15
32 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 63.1 24.1% 5k 46k#44
33 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 62.8 26.0% 5.3k 48k#24
34 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 62.5 23.2% 4.2k 34k#39
35 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 62.1 15.6% 7.2k 40k#45
36 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 61.8 25.3% 4.9k 42k#85
37 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 61.5 26.8% 5k 52k—
38 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 61.3 19.7% 6.2k 46k#20
39 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 61.0 19.9% 5.5k 45k#23
40 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 60.7 22.2% 4.8k 39k#26
41 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 60.5 27.1% 5.3k 53k—
42 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 60.2 18.9% 4.2k 29k#77
43 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States · Nashville 59.9 16.8% 4.5k 29k—
44 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 59.7 19.5% 4.9k 32k#36
45 Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 59.5 13.6% 7.8k 36k#30
46 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 59.2 19.7% 5.5k 37k#42
47 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 59.0 16.2% 7.2k 42k#34
48 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 58.8 23.9% 4.2k 33k#70
49 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 58.6 29.0% 2.9k 32k—
50 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 58.3 23.1% 5.3k 43k—
51 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 58.1 19.1% 4.9k 33k#88
52 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 57.9 19.7% 5.7k 38k#41
53 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 57.7 27.4% 3.4k 35k—
54 McMaster UniversityCanada · Hamilton 57.5 20.3% 3.9k 28k#28
55 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany · Berlin 57.3 15.8% 4.9k 31k#81
56 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 57.1 18.2% 6.3k 38k#12
57 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 56.9 17.1% 5.2k 30k#25
58 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 56.8 19.1% 7.9k 54k—
59 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 56.6 23.9% 5.5k 47k—
60 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 56.4 17.4% 4.8k 30k#18
61 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 56.2 11.4% 5.4k 18k—
62 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 56.1 17.5% 5.4k 33k—
63 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 55.9 26.6% 3.7k 36k—
64 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 55.7 28.7% 3.4k 34k—
65 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 55.5 18.8% 4.7k 41k#33
66 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUnited States · Boston 55.4 20.4% 3k 24k#64
67 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 55.2 20.3% 3.9k 28k#47
68 Erasmus MCNetherlands · Rotterdam 55.1 25.8% 3.2k 29k#76
69 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 54.9 19.4% 4.5k 30k#50
70 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 54.8 21.2% 4.6k 32k—
71 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 54.6 20.3% 5.3k 34k—
72 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 54.5 23.8% 3.9k 31k—
73 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 54.3 20.3% 4.3k 30k—
74 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 54.2 16.3% 5.5k 31k#52
75 University of MilanItaly · Milan 54.0 23.9% 4.3k 34k—
76 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 53.9 20.8% 4.3k 29k—
77 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 53.7 25.3% 3.6k 30k—
78 University Medical Center GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 53.6 24.5% 2.7k 23k—
79 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 53.5 23.8% 4.9k 45k—
80 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 53.3 17.0% 5.1k 32k#38
81 University of BernSwitzerland · Bern 53.2 25.1% 2.7k 23k—
82 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 53.1 21.5% 6k 45k—
83 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 52.9 24.8% 3.9k 34k#86
84 Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States · Portland 52.8 17.4% 4k 25k#43
85 University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 52.7 19.3% 4.3k 31k#94
86 University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 52.6 16.2% 5.2k 27k#66
87 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 52.4 23.6% 3.2k 25k—
88 University of Colorado DenverUnited States · Denver 52.3 16.6% 3.9k 23k#58
89 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 52.2 24.6% 3.7k 33k—
90 Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States · New York 52.1 17.4% 3.5k 22k—
91 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 52.0 11.6% 8.7k 36k—
92 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 51.9 13.9% 6k 31k#60
93 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 51.7 19.3% 3.1k 20k#75
94 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 51.6 25.3% 3k 28k#54
95 Leiden University Medical CenterNetherlands · Leiden 51.5 23.7% 3k 25k#73
96 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 51.4 15.2% 5.3k 30k#62
97 Stomatology HospitalChina · Xi'an 51.3 24.5% 1.5k 12k—
98 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 51.2 23.6% 2.5k 21k#71
99 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 51.1 32.9% 2.3k 24k—
100 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 51.0 20.3% 4k 30k#49

institutions ranked worldwide in Health Sciences (11,982). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

51 – 53: 21 places53 – 56: 16 places56 – 58: 13 places58 – 61: 11 places61 – 63: 8 places63 – 66: 6 places66 – 68: 6 places68 – 71: 4 places71 – 73: 3 places73 – 75: 3 places75 – 78: 2 places78 – 80: 1 places80 – 83: 1 places83 – 85: 2 places85 – 88: 0 places88 – 90: 1 places90 – 93: 1 places93 – 95: 0 places95 – 98: 0 places98 – 100: 1 places51100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14k works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 12k works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 12k works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 10k works
  5. 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 9.6k works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 9.3k works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 9k works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 8.7k works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 8.7k works
  10. 10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 8.5k works
  11. 11 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 8.3k works
  12. 12 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 8.2k works
  13. 13 Stanford UniversityUnited States 8.2k works
  14. 14 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 8.2k works
  15. 15 Yale UniversityUnited States 8.1k works

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