Domain · Social Sciences
Top Social Sciences Research Institutions
University of Oxford ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 10,521 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
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford | 100.0 | 25.5% | 9.9k | 46k | #5 |
| 2 | University College London United Kingdom · London | 92.5 | 30.4% | 8.4k | 49k | #7 |
| 3 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge | 88.1 | 23.0% | 8.3k | 32k | #10 |
| 4 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong · Hong Kong | 85.0 | 42.1% | 4.1k | 35k | #69 |
| 5 | University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam | 82.6 | 34.9% | 4.7k | 34k | #74 |
| 6 | Stanford University United States · Stanford | 80.7 | 29.7% | 4.8k | 37k | #1 |
| 7 | University of Toronto Canada · Toronto | 79.0 | 23.1% | 8.9k | 35k | #13 |
| 8 | Harvard University United States · Cambridge | 77.5 | 32.3% | 3.9k | 32k | #6 |
| 9 | University of Johannesburg South Africa · Johannesburg | 76.3 | 31.2% | 5.8k | 27k | — |
| 10 | Monash University Australia · Melbourne | 75.1 | 32.4% | 5.2k | 30k | #67 |
| 11 | The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne | 74.1 | 28.3% | 6.9k | 31k | #50 |
| 12 | Jakarta Theological Seminary Indonesia · Jakarta | 73.2 | 20.5% | 2k | 1.4k | — |
| 13 | University of Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam | 72.3 | 34.8% | 4.5k | 28k | #26 |
| 14 | Peking University China · Beijing | 71.5 | 29.4% | 4.5k | 27k | — |
| 15 | The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane | 70.8 | 31.7% | 4.6k | 28k | #46 |
| 16 | Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu Surabaya Indonesia · Surabaya | 70.1 | 14.4% | 3.9k | 2.9k | — |
| 17 | University of Bologna Italy · Bologna | 69.4 | 26.5% | 4.6k | 18k | — |
| 18 | New York University United States · New York | 68.8 | 23.1% | 5.4k | 26k | #11 |
| 19 | Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Hong Kong | 68.2 | 32.9% | 3.8k | 24k | — |
| 20 | The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney | 67.7 | 25.7% | 6.2k | 28k | #37 |
| 21 | King's College London United Kingdom · London | 67.1 | 26.4% | 5.9k | 26k | #49 |
| 22 | Yale University United States · New Haven | 66.6 | 21.4% | 5.1k | 26k | #8 |
| 23 | University of South Africa South Africa · Pretoria | 66.1 | 26.1% | 5k | 12k | — |
| 24 | University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor | 65.7 | 25.2% | 6.2k | 31k | #3 |
| 25 | University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich | 65.2 | 28.0% | 3.7k | 20k | #45 |
| 26 | Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Tai Po | 64.8 | 48.9% | 1.9k | 15k | — |
| 27 | UNSW Sydney Australia · Sydney | 64.4 | 28.9% | 4.4k | 25k | #70 |
| 28 | Columbia University United States · New York | 64.0 | 23.9% | 5.4k | 27k | #9 |
| 29 | University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley | 63.6 | 25.8% | 4.2k | 24k | #2 |
| 30 | University of Oslo Norway · Oslo | 63.3 | 33.3% | 3.9k | 19k | #72 |
| 31 | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom · Edinburgh | 62.9 | 23.9% | 5.8k | 21k | #43 |
| 32 | National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore | 62.6 | 30.7% | 4.2k | 25k | — |
| 33 | Griffith University Australia · Brisbane | 62.2 | 35.8% | 3.1k | 19k | #80 |
| 34 | Cornell University United States · Ithaca | 61.9 | 23.7% | 4.5k | 21k | #14 |
| 35 | Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya ?? · Palangkaraya | 61.6 | 42.3% | 273 | 1.5k | — |
| 36 | University of Glasgow United Kingdom · Glasgow | 61.3 | 25.9% | 4.2k | 18k | — |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University United States · State College | 61.0 | 25.5% | 5.7k | 26k | #16 |
| 38 | University of Vienna Austria · Vienna | 60.7 | 23.3% | 4.9k | 16k | — |
| 39 | University of Florence Italy · Florence | 60.4 | 21.5% | 2.9k | 10k | — |
| 40 | London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom · London | 60.2 | 31.1% | 3.7k | 22k | #24 |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Austin United States · Austin | 59.9 | 24.4% | 4.9k | 23k | #23 |
| 42 | Utrecht University Netherlands · Utrecht | 59.6 | 31.3% | 4.2k | 23k | #56 |
| 43 | Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus | 59.4 | 22.8% | 5.1k | 19k | #98 |
| 44 | University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver | 59.1 | 25.4% | 4.9k | 22k | #30 |
| 45 | University of Helsinki Finland · Helsinki | 58.9 | 25.8% | 5.1k | 18k | — |
| 46 | University of Manchester United Kingdom · Manchester | 58.7 | 27.4% | 4.9k | 22k | #36 |
| 47 | Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands · Rotterdam | 58.4 | 34.1% | 3k | 19k | #63 |
| 48 | Renmin University of China China · Beijing | 58.2 | 32.0% | 3.5k | 23k | — |
| 49 | University of Washington United States · Seattle | 58.0 | 27.0% | 4.1k | 28k | #19 |
| 50 | Princeton University United States · Princeton | 57.8 | 24.4% | 2.7k | 14k | #20 |
| 51 | Nanyang Technological University Singapore · Singapore | 57.5 | 36.2% | 3.1k | 20k | — |
| 52 | Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome | 57.3 | 16.4% | 7.2k | 18k | — |
| 53 | Tsinghua University China · Beijing | 57.1 | 31.5% | 3.7k | 27k | — |
| 54 | University of Southern California United States · Los Angeles | 56.9 | 26.9% | 3.3k | 19k | #34 |
| 55 | University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia | 56.7 | 29.9% | 3.4k | 24k | #12 |
| 56 | Arizona State University United States · Tempe | 56.5 | 27.4% | 4.9k | 22k | #32 |
| 57 | Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia · Bengkulu | 56.3 | 10.9% | 25k | 26k | — |
| 58 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam | 56.2 | 31.1% | 3.3k | 19k | — |
| 59 | University of Sheffield United Kingdom · Sheffield | 56.0 | 28.6% | 3.2k | 16k | #40 |
| 60 | University of Groningen Netherlands · Groningen | 55.8 | 34.9% | 3.6k | 20k | #77 |
| 61 | Beijing Normal University China · Beijing | 55.6 | 31.9% | 4.5k | 26k | — |
| 62 | University of Exeter United Kingdom · Exeter | 55.4 | 27.5% | 3.2k | 14k | #89 |
| 63 | University of Tübingen Germany · Tübingen | 55.3 | 23.7% | 2.6k | 9.3k | — |
| 64 | Deakin University Australia · Burwood | 55.1 | 33.2% | 3.6k | 21k | — |
| 65 | Wuhan University China · Wuhan | 54.9 | 36.4% | 2.9k | 23k | — |
| 66 | Australian National University Australia · Canberra | 54.8 | 24.1% | 4.6k | 16k | #52 |
| 67 | Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou | 54.6 | 34.2% | 3.5k | 24k | — |
| 68 | University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles | 54.4 | 25.5% | 4k | 22k | #15 |
| 69 | University of Alicante Spain · Alicante | 54.3 | 20.8% | 2.5k | 7.8k | — |
| 70 | University of Chicago United States · Chicago | 54.1 | 18.9% | 5.7k | 20k | #4 |
| 71 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States · Urbana | 54.0 | 25.3% | 4.3k | 18k | #18 |
| 72 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany · Munich | 53.8 | 21.2% | 3.9k | 14k | — |
| 73 | Durham University United Kingdom · Durham | 53.7 | 24.1% | 3.6k | 14k | #71 |
| 74 | Leiden University Netherlands · Leiden | 53.5 | 28.8% | 3.4k | 15k | — |
| 75 | University of California, Irvine United States · Irvine | 53.4 | 26.8% | 2.8k | 14k | #53 |
| 76 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris | 53.2 | 17.2% | 6k | 15k | #90 |
| 77 | University of Warwick United Kingdom · Coventry | 53.1 | 23.9% | 3.8k | 15k | #57 |
| 78 | Michigan State University United States · East Lansing | 53.0 | 29.3% | 3.7k | 20k | #31 |
| 79 | University of Auckland New Zealand · Auckland | 52.8 | 30.0% | 3.5k | 21k | #97 |
| 80 | University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen | 52.7 | 27.7% | 3.6k | 16k | — |
| 81 | University of Birmingham United Kingdom · Birmingham | 52.5 | 27.5% | 3.9k | 18k | #75 |
| 82 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China · Xi'an | 52.4 | 40.6% | 2.4k | 21k | — |
| 83 | University of Bristol United Kingdom · Bristol | 52.3 | 24.8% | 3.8k | 16k | #85 |
| 84 | North-West University South Africa · Potchefstroom | 52.2 | 27.4% | 2.9k | 9.5k | — |
| 85 | University of the Witwatersrand South Africa · Johannesburg | 52.0 | 28.0% | 3.1k | 11k | #58 |
| 86 | KU Leuven Belgium · Leuven | 51.9 | 26.8% | 4.6k | 20k | #66 |
| 87 | Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore | 51.8 | 25.6% | 3.8k | 20k | #47 |
| 88 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill | 51.7 | 12.7% | 7.7k | 20k | #33 |
| 89 | Curtin University Australia · Perth | 51.5 | 38.2% | 1.8k | 14k | — |
| 90 | University of Pretoria South Africa · Pretoria | 51.4 | 23.2% | 3.8k | 12k | #78 |
| 91 | Universität Hamburg Germany · Hamburg | 51.3 | 22.0% | 3.9k | 14k | — |
| 92 | Northwestern University United States · Evanston | 51.2 | 29.5% | 2.4k | 17k | #27 |
| 93 | Duke University United States · Durham | 51.1 | 23.8% | 3.2k | 16k | #22 |
| 94 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel · Jerusalem | 50.9 | 24.8% | 2.9k | 9.6k | #96 |
| 95 | University of Padua Italy · Padua | 50.8 | 26.8% | 3k | 14k | — |
| 96 | Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands · Nijmegen | 50.7 | 29.3% | 2.8k | 14k | — |
| 97 | Charles Sturt University Australia · Bathurst | 50.6 | 30.7% | 1.2k | 4.2k | — |
| 98 | University of Leeds United Kingdom · Leeds | 50.5 | 26.2% | 3.8k | 18k | #76 |
| 99 | National University of Malaysia Malaysia · Bangi | 50.4 | 20.0% | 5.3k | 17k | — |
| 100 | University of Milan Italy · Milan | 50.3 | 18.7% | 3.4k | 8.8k | — |
institutions ranked worldwide in Social Sciences (10,521). 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.
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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 25k works
- 2 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Indonesia 16k works
- 3 State University of Padang Indonesia 15k works
- 4 Weatherford College United States 14k works
- 5 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 14k works
- 6 Universitas Patria Artha Indonesia 13k works
- 7 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 12k works
- 8 University of Indonesia Indonesia 12k works
- 9 State University of Malang Indonesia 11k works
- 10 State University of Makassar Indonesia 11k works
- 11 Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 10k works
- 12 Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 9.9k works
- 13 University of Oxford United Kingdom 9.9k works
- 14 State University of Semarang Indonesia 9.8k works
- 15 State University of Medan Indonesia 9.7k works
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