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Top Life Sciences Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 7,800 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
1Harvard University United States · Cambridge 100.0 31.1% 5k 84k#1
2Stanford University United States · Stanford 92.3 28.5% 3.6k 60k#4
3Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing 87.7 33.1% 7.9k 109k#60
4Howard Hughes Medical Institute United States · Chevy Chase 84.5 50.8% 1.2k 40k#2
5Sichuan University China · Chengdu 82.0 30.7% 4.7k 69k
6Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing 80.0 25.3% 5.5k 62k
7Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou 78.3 28.2% 5.2k 66k
8Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou 76.8 33.4% 5.7k 82k
9University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia 75.5 25.6% 3.4k 42k#10
10Washington University in St. Louis United States · St Louis 74.3 24.2% 3k 43k#9
11University of California San Diego United States · San Diego 73.2 25.6% 3.3k 44k#7
12Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai 72.3 29.6% 5.1k 68k
13Peking University China · Beijing 71.4 27.1% 4k 50k
14Yale University United States · New Haven 70.6 25.1% 3.4k 40k#5
15Cornell University United States · Ithaca 69.8 27.9% 4k 48k#13
16University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing 69.1 34.4% 4.7k 68k
17University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco 68.4 25.9% 2.4k 32k#6
18University College London United Kingdom · London 67.7 25.6% 3.4k 40k#18
19University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford 67.1 29.9% 3.2k 40k#14
20Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore 66.6 22.7% 3.6k 38k#8
21Central South University China · Changsha 66.0 28.7% 3.9k 52k
22Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan 65.5 29.7% 3.3k 45k
23Inserm France · Paris 65.0 22.8% 3.3k 36k#24
24University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor 64.5 21.9% 3.7k 39k#17
25University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles 64.1 24.5% 2.7k 32k#16
26Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris 63.6 24.0% 5.5k 53k#28
27Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston 63.2 27.7% 1.5k 22k#26
28Fudan University China · Shanghai 62.8 27.4% 3.3k 41k
29National Institutes of Health United States · Bethesda 62.4 24.6% 2.1k 32k#3
30Broad Institute United States · Cambridge 62.0 39.4% 851 23k#92
31University of Washington United States · Seattle 61.7 24.2% 2.9k 34k#12
32Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States · Cambridge 61.3 35.2% 1.4k 28k#21
33Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston 61.0 25.4% 2k 26k#25
34The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States · Houston 60.7 18.9% 2.5k 25k#59
35China Agricultural University China · Beijing 60.3 42.0% 5.5k 78k
36Tsinghua University China · Beijing 60.0 31.5% 2.2k 33k
37University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge 59.7 29.8% 2.7k 38k#20
38Columbia University United States · New York 59.4 25.9% 2.1k 27k#15
39Wuhan University China · Wuhan 59.1 31.4% 2.8k 39k
40Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States · New York 58.8 22.5% 1.9k 21k#50
41Karolinska Institutet Sweden · Stockholm 58.6 25.6% 1.9k 25k#23
42Duke University United States · Durham 58.3 23.3% 2.2k 23k#43
43Imperial College London United Kingdom · London 58.0 26.4% 2.2k 26k#52
44University of Toronto Canada · Toronto 57.8 22.7% 3.4k 32k#36
45University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen 57.5 29.0% 3k 38k#83
46University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley 57.3 31.3% 1.8k 27k#19
47Nanjing Medical University China · Nanjing 57.0 24.3% 3k 35k
48China Medical University China · Shenyang 56.8 29.9% 2k 29k
49Southern Medical University China · Guangzhou 56.6 28.2% 2.3k 29k
50Monash University Australia · Melbourne 56.3 28.0% 1.7k 21k
51Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China · Beijing 56.1 38.7% 5.4k 66k
52University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill 55.9 10.4% 5.6k 28k#34
53University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich 55.7 28.3% 1.8k 22k#49
54University of Pittsburgh United States · Pittsburgh 55.5 19.5% 2.7k 24k#38
55Soochow University China · Suzhou 55.3 24.9% 2.7k 32k
56West China Hospital of Sichuan University China · Chengdu 55.1 28.9% 1.6k 21k
57Capital Medical University China · Beijing 54.9 21.3% 2.7k 28k
58Johns Hopkins Medicine United States · Baltimore 54.7 26.6% 1.6k 21k#40
59ETH Zurich Switzerland · Zurich 54.5 37.4% 1.7k 28k
60Shandong University China · Jinan 54.3 28.4% 2.7k 34k
61Emory University United States · Atlanta 54.1 18.9% 2.3k 20k#41
62The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne 53.9 27.3% 2.5k 29k#64
63Northwestern University United States · Evanston 53.8 23.8% 2k 23k#44
64The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center United States · Dallas 53.6 23.8% 1.6k 19k#29
65National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore 53.4 29.0% 2k 27k
66Huazhong Agricultural University China · Wuhan 53.3 38.0% 3.8k 51k
67Jilin University China · Changchun 53.1 31.9% 2.8k 36k
68New York University United States · New York 52.9 24.8% 2.1k 24k#33
69University of Florida United States · Gainesville 52.8 19.7% 5k 35k#88
70Jiangsu University China · Zhenjiang 52.6 41.0% 2.5k 38k
71University of Science and Technology of China China · Hefei 52.4 27.4% 1.8k 23k
72Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States · New York 52.3 22.4% 1.3k 19k#48
73University of Chicago United States · Chicago 52.1 21.0% 2.3k 21k#32
74Columbia University Irving Medical Center United States · New York 52.0 24.4% 1.1k 13k
75St. Jude Children's Research Hospital United States · Memphis 51.8 26.7% 782 12k
76University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver 51.7 24.3% 2.6k 26k#45
77King's College London United Kingdom · London 51.5 25.9% 1.7k 18k#75
78The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane 51.4 26.4% 2.6k 29k#95
79Northwest A&F University China · Yangling 51.2 43.4% 4.1k 59k
80University of California, Davis United States · Davis 51.1 24.8% 3.7k 35k#42
81University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 51.0 27.0% 1.7k 20k
82Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China · Beijing 50.8 38.3% 4.3k 55k
83Heidelberg University Germany · Heidelberg 50.7 25.5% 1.7k 20k#58
84Baylor College of Medicine United States · Houston 50.6 22.2% 1.8k 18k#47
85Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine China · Nanjing 50.4 27.2% 1.9k 22k
86Tongji Hospital China · Wuhan 50.3 31.4% 1.2k 18k
87Center for Life Sciences China · Beijing 50.2 44.4% 651 14k
88McGill University Canada · Montreal 50.0 26.0% 2.4k 27k#56
89The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney 49.9 25.5% 2.2k 22k
90Nanjing Agricultural University China · Nanjing 49.8 38.0% 4.5k 57k
91Boston Children's Hospital United States · Boston 49.7 26.1% 925 13k#73
92The Ohio State University United States · Columbus 49.5 20.0% 3.1k 26k#76
93Stanford Medicine United States · Stanford 49.4 33.8% 582 12k
94China Pharmaceutical University China · Nanjing 49.3 30.1% 1.8k 24k
95Northeast Agricultural University China · Harbin 49.2 44.9% 2.8k 44k
96First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University China · Zhengzhou 49.1 25.6% 1.4k 19k
97Dana-Farber Cancer Institute United States · Boston 49.0 25.9% 909 14k#35
98Technical University of Munich Germany · Munich 48.8 28.3% 1.7k 21k
99University of Edinburgh United Kingdom · Edinburgh 48.7 26.0% 1.8k 20k#66
100Université Paris Cité France · Paris 48.6 25.0% 1.3k 15k

institutions ranked worldwide in Life Sciences (7,800). 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.

49 – 51: 21 places51 – 54: 16 places54 – 56: 13 places56 – 59: 11 places59 – 61: 8 places61 – 64: 6 places64 – 67: 6 places67 – 69: 4 places69 – 72: 3 places72 – 74: 3 places74 – 77: 2 places77 – 79: 1 places79 – 82: 1 places82 – 85: 2 places85 – 87: 0 places87 – 90: 1 places90 – 92: 1 places92 – 95: 0 places95 – 97: 0 places97 – 100: 1 places49100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 7.9k works
  2. 2 Zhejiang University China 5.7k works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 5.6k works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 5.5k works
  5. 5 China Agricultural University China 5.5k works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 5.5k works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China 5.4k works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen University China 5.2k works
  9. 9 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 5.1k works
  10. 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 5.1k works
  11. 11 Harvard University United States 5k works
  12. 12 University of Florida United States 5k works
  13. 13 Sichuan University China 4.7k works
  14. 14 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 4.7k works
  15. 15 IPB University Indonesia 4.7k works

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