Which institution is best at Social Sciences research?

Top Social Sciences Research Institutions

University of Oxford ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Cambridge, out of 9,585 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	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	100.0	15.2%	11k	49k	#4
2	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	92.4	6.8%	43k	49k	#3
3	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	88.0	14.0%	8.6k	34k	#6
4	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	84.9	16.9%	7.2k	55k	#1
5	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	82.4	16.2%	5.4k	41k	#2
6	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	80.5	16.8%	8.8k	52k	#7
7	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	78.8	12.8%	5.9k	30k	#9
8	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	77.3	14.7%	4.5k	25k	#5
9	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	76.0	13.9%	5.8k	18k	#13
10	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	74.9	13.2%	5.1k	25k	#17
11	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	73.8	18.5%	4.8k	34k	#23
12	University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago	72.9	9.7%	5.9k	20k	#11
13	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	72.0	14.0%	6.8k	34k	#14
14	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	71.2	13.2%	5.3k	27k	#8
15	New York UniversityUnited States · New York	70.5	13.0%	6.3k	31k	#10
16	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	69.8	14.4%	2.7k	14k	#12
17	University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam	69.1	19.5%	4.7k	29k	#37
18	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	68.5	16.4%	3.7k	26k	#15
19	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	67.9	12.8%	10k	45k	#16
20	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	67.3	15.6%	4.8k	30k	#42
21	The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne	66.8	15.7%	7.2k	33k	#24
22	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	66.3	16.1%	4.6k	28k	#29
23	Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin	65.8	16.5%	5.6k	25k	#25
24	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	65.3	16.5%	6.1k	33k	#34
25	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh	64.9	13.1%	5.9k	22k	#44
26	Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	64.5	18.0%	4.7k	39k	#33
27	University of ViennaAustria · Vienna	64.1	13.0%	4.9k	16k	#77
28	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	63.7	13.9%	4.7k	31k	#19
29	King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	63.3	16.1%	6.2k	27k	#46
30	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	62.9	20.0%	1.7k	13k	#36
31	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich	62.5	12.8%	5.2k	20k	#82
32	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore	62.2	13.5%	4.7k	26k	#20
33	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	61.9	16.1%	2.2k	17k	#18
34	University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	61.5	15.2%	3.9k	22k	#28
35	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	61.2	13.4%	4.6k	24k	#21
36	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	60.9	15.1%	5.1k	29k	#74
37	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht	60.6	16.6%	4.5k	25k	#47
38	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	60.3	17.9%	3.1k	20k	#31
39	University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	60.0	13.6%	3.2k	13k	-
40	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	59.8	15.8%	5.1k	23k	#41
41	Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston	59.5	15.4%	2.8k	19k	#22
42	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	59.2	12.8%	5k	24k	#32
43	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	59.0	16.9%	3.9k	28k	#63
44	University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol	58.7	14.4%	3.8k	16k	#54
45	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam	58.5	17.4%	3.3k	22k	#67
46	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	58.2	23.3%	4.1k	35k	-
47	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison	58.0	12.6%	4.3k	19k	#35
48	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	57.8	18.5%	3.8k	24k	#88
49	University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen	57.5	15.2%	4k	18k	#40
50	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	57.3	15.3%	4.8k	27k	#65
51	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu	57.1	9.0%	25k	26k	-
52	University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen	56.9	18.1%	4k	24k	#97
53	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany · Berlin	56.7	13.2%	3.1k	9.4k	#85
54	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen	56.5	16.5%	3.2k	16k	#66
55	Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam	56.3	16.3%	3.4k	19k	#79
56	Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin	56.1	11.9%	3.8k	10k	-
57	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	55.9	16.6%	4.9k	29k	#98
58	Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham	55.7	13.7%	3.6k	19k	#27
59	The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney	55.5	14.7%	6.6k	30k	#91
60	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	55.3	16.9%	3.7k	24k	-
61	University of OsloNorway · Oslo	55.2	17.4%	4.3k	20k	#89
62	Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem	55.0	12.9%	3k	10k	#71
63	Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm	54.8	15.6%	3.2k	14k	#94
64	University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki	54.6	13.7%	5.3k	20k	-
65	Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston	54.5	15.6%	2.6k	16k	#48
66	Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra	54.3	14.0%	4.6k	16k	-
67	University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham	54.1	16.9%	4k	18k	-
68	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	54.0	12.8%	4.3k	18k	#59
69	Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing	53.8	15.1%	1.8k	11k	-
70	University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver	53.7	13.9%	5.6k	26k	#51
71	Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg	53.5	11.3%	2.9k	10k	-
72	Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus	53.4	11.1%	5.4k	20k	#50
73	University of MünsterGermany · Münster	53.2	11.2%	3.1k	7.9k	#69
74	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	53.1	13.4%	2.8k	15k	#30
75	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	52.9	18.5%	3.8k	27k	-
76	Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis	52.8	12.6%	2.5k	12k	#55
77	London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London	52.6	18.0%	3.8k	22k	#26
78	McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal	52.5	13.0%	4.4k	21k	#43
79	Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris	52.3	8.9%	3.7k	6.1k	-
80	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter	52.2	15.8%	3.2k	15k	#84
81	Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg	52.1	12.1%	4.3k	17k	#70
82	City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	51.9	16.8%	2.4k	15k	#56
83	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	51.8	17.6%	3k	24k	-
84	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara	51.7	13.4%	2k	8.7k	#52
85	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	51.5	18.7%	2.7k	18k	-
86	University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow	51.4	14.4%	4.4k	19k	-
87	Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington	51.3	11.2%	5.8k	23k	#49
88	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	51.2	12.4%	5.9k	27k	#57
89	University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh	51.0	11.8%	3.3k	15k	#39
90	Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Barcelona	50.9	15.6%	1.9k	6.6k	#62
91	University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg	50.8	15.8%	2.9k	15k	-
92	Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta	50.7	11.1%	3k	13k	#45
93	Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe	50.6	13.3%	4.9k	22k	#58
94	KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven	50.4	13.6%	4.7k	20k	#61
95	University of BonnGermany · Bonn	50.3	11.3%	2.3k	6.6k	-
96	Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden	50.2	17.2%	3.7k	17k	-
97	Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai	50.1	15.4%	2.9k	17k	-
98	University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva	50.0	13.8%	2.5k	9.3k	-
99	Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick	49.9	12.0%	3.7k	16k	#81
100	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	49.8	16.9%	2.5k	17k	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Social Sciences (9,585). 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 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 46k works
2 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 27k works
3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 22k works
4 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 17k works
5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 17k works
6 State University of PadangIndonesia 16k works
7 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 16k works
8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15k works
9 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 14k works
10 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 13k works
11 State University of MalangIndonesia 12k works
12 State University of MakassarIndonesia 12k works
13 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 12k works
14 University of TorontoCanada 12k works
15 State University of SemarangIndonesia 11k works

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