Which institution is best at Physical Sciences research?

Top Physical Sciences Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Tsinghua University and ETH Zurich, out of 10,670 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

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Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#	Institution	Score	Top-10% rate	Works	Citations	All time
1	Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	100.0	14.5%	131k	1.6M	#1
2	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	92.5	17.1%	34k	461k	#5
3	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	88.2	16.7%	9.8k	123k	#2
4	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	85.1	16.2%	9.6k	122k	#7
5	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	82.6	15.8%	30k	350k	#30
6	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	80.7	15.1%	31k	337k	#9
7	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	79.0	16.3%	18k	216k	#28
8	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	77.6	16.8%	9.7k	134k	#3
9	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	76.3	15.1%	26k	331k	#4
10	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	75.2	18.7%	12k	179k	#19
11	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	74.1	15.0%	22k	256k	#27
12	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	73.2	16.6%	16k	209k	#21
13	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	72.3	7.8%	76k	483k	#6
14	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	71.5	15.7%	12k	144k	#8
15	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei	70.8	14.6%	20k	247k	#20
16	Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing	70.1	14.8%	12k	154k	#58
17	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	69.5	20.1%	8k	114k	#44
18	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	68.8	15.7%	8.2k	104k	#14
19	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	68.3	14.1%	17k	192k	#29
20	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin	67.7	15.1%	31k	341k	#59
21	Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing	67.2	15.6%	19k	218k	#26
22	Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu	66.7	14.8%	19k	255k	#49
23	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	66.2	21.7%	11k	179k	#25
24	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen	65.7	17.2%	8.5k	118k	#13
25	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Hong Kong	65.3	19.9%	6.5k	94k	#42
26	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an	64.9	15.1%	28k	295k	#31
27	Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai	64.5	14.2%	14k	160k	#64
28	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	64.1	17.8%	5.1k	64k	#15
29	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	63.7	14.8%	8.4k	94k	#33
30	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	63.3	23.1%	11k	170k	-
31	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	63.0	14.1%	6.5k	67k	#22
32	Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin	62.6	9.4%	27k	219k	#11
33	Central South UniversityChina · Changsha	62.3	16.1%	23k	294k	#71
34	Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin	62.0	16.0%	9.4k	151k	#74
35	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	61.7	15.4%	8.3k	93k	#50
36	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan	61.4	15.5%	22k	267k	#48
37	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	61.1	15.9%	12k	117k	#10
38	École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	60.8	13.7%	6.5k	71k	#12
39	Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha	60.5	18.7%	12k	175k	#69
40	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	60.2	12.3%	9.5k	84k	#17
41	Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing	60.0	13.5%	22k	220k	#92
42	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	59.7	16.3%	7.9k	97k	#60
43	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	59.4	13.3%	7k	72k	#23
44	Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan	59.2	13.5%	18k	200k	#81
45	South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou	59.0	14.1%	18k	216k	#53
46	City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	58.7	21.7%	8.1k	135k	#70
47	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	58.5	14.5%	6.9k	74k	#16
48	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft	58.3	13.2%	11k	99k	#41
49	California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena	58.0	14.5%	6.3k	68k	#18
50	Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian	57.8	14.5%	17k	183k	#79
51	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	57.6	13.5%	7.1k	70k	#35
52	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	57.4	12.6%	8.9k	78k	#24
53	Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun	57.2	14.8%	15k	196k	-
54	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an	57.0	16.5%	21k	243k	-
55	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	56.8	13.8%	5.6k	60k	#36
56	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison	56.6	12.8%	6.2k	57k	#61
57	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	56.4	11.8%	8.1k	79k	#37
58	Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich	56.2	11.7%	10k	88k	#57
59	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea · Daejeon	56.0	13.5%	7.6k	78k	#95
60	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara	55.9	14.4%	3.7k	41k	#32
61	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	55.7	11.1%	9k	77k	#66
62	Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen	55.5	13.1%	10k	123k	#88
63	China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan	55.3	17.0%	8.3k	102k	-
64	Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin	55.2	13.9%	21k	250k	#51
65	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah	55.0	17.3%	5k	73k	#40
66	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	54.8	14.0%	9.6k	104k	#65
67	Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh	54.7	14.9%	5.9k	66k	#62
68	University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder	54.5	12.5%	5.6k	56k	#34
69	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	54.4	15.5%	3.7k	42k	#52
70	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	54.2	14.9%	9.2k	102k	-
71	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	54.0	12.4%	8.9k	88k	#54
72	University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago	53.9	13.1%	3.9k	37k	#67
73	Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing	53.7	14.2%	20k	181k	#76
74	The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo	53.6	8.0%	14k	91k	#63
75	Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen	53.5	15.8%	11k	138k	#87
76	Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing	53.3	15.0%	24k	236k	-
77	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park	53.2	12.6%	6.3k	61k	#45
78	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	53.0	19.1%	5.4k	69k	-
79	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing	52.9	16.4%	4.4k	54k	-
80	Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore · Singapore	52.8	17.2%	4.7k	71k	-
81	Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston	52.6	15.9%	3.6k	51k	#46
82	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	52.5	12.5%	6.4k	61k	#83
83	Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou	52.4	13.9%	12k	170k	-
84	Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul	52.2	11.4%	9k	83k	-
85	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley	52.1	15.0%	4.6k	50k	#38
86	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	52.0	15.5%	5.7k	72k	#73
87	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	51.9	14.3%	3.4k	37k	#47
88	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore	51.7	12.2%	5.7k	52k	#75
89	University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver	51.6	13.6%	7.8k	80k	#98
90	Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Atlanta	51.5	11.9%	9.2k	80k	#55
91	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station	51.4	11.1%	8.5k	74k	#78
92	Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing	51.2	13.5%	11k	100k	-
93	University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville	51.1	10.3%	6.8k	49k	-
94	Alphabet (United States)United States · Mountain View	51.0	22.4%	2.7k	70k	-
95	New York UniversityUnited States · New York	50.9	14.6%	5.7k	53k	#85
96	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	50.8	14.9%	8.1k	89k	#82
97	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	50.7	16.8%	5.7k	72k	#93
98	Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou	50.6	12.5%	6.9k	75k	-
99	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh	50.5	12.6%	5.5k	49k	-
100	Hefei University of TechnologyChina · Hefei	50.3	11.5%	9.3k	79k	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Physical Sciences (10,670). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

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Ranked by volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 147k works
2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 85k works
3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 84k works
4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 38k works
5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 34k works
6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 34k works
7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 33k works
8 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 32k works
9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 31k works
10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 29k works
11 Southeast UniversityChina 27k works
12 Central South UniversityChina 26k works
13 Tongji UniversityChina 25k works
14 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 25k works
15 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 24k works

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