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

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