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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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 100.0 25.5% 9.9k 46k#5
2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 92.5 30.4% 8.4k 49k#7
3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 88.1 23.0% 8.3k 32k#10
4 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 85.0 42.1% 4.1k 35k#69
5 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 82.6 34.9% 4.7k 34k#74
6 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 80.7 29.7% 4.8k 37k#1
7 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 79.0 23.1% 8.9k 35k#13
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 77.5 32.3% 3.9k 32k#6
9 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 76.3 31.2% 5.8k 27k—
10 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 75.1 32.4% 5.2k 30k#67
11 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 74.1 28.3% 6.9k 31k#50
12 Jakarta Theological SeminaryIndonesia · Jakarta 73.2 20.5% 2k 1.4k—
13 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 72.3 34.8% 4.5k 28k#26
14 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 71.5 29.4% 4.5k 27k—
15 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 70.8 31.7% 4.6k 28k#46
16 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya 70.1 14.4% 3.9k 2.9k—
17 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 69.4 26.5% 4.6k 18k—
18 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 68.8 23.1% 5.4k 26k#11
19 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 68.2 32.9% 3.8k 24k—
20 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 67.7 25.7% 6.2k 28k#37
21 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 67.1 26.4% 5.9k 26k#49
22 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 66.6 21.4% 5.1k 26k#8
23 University of South AfricaSouth Africa · Pretoria 66.1 26.1% 5k 12k—
24 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 65.7 25.2% 6.2k 31k#3
25 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 65.2 28.0% 3.7k 20k#45
26 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong · Tai Po 64.8 48.9% 1.9k 15k—
27 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 64.4 28.9% 4.4k 25k#70
28 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 64.0 23.9% 5.4k 27k#9
29 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 63.6 25.8% 4.2k 24k#2
30 University of OsloNorway · Oslo 63.3 33.3% 3.9k 19k#72
31 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 62.9 23.9% 5.8k 21k#43
32 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 62.6 30.7% 4.2k 25k—
33 Griffith UniversityAustralia · Brisbane 62.2 35.8% 3.1k 19k#80
34 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 61.9 23.7% 4.5k 21k#14
35Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya?? · Palangkaraya 61.6 42.3% 273 1.5k—
36 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 61.3 25.9% 4.2k 18k—
37 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 61.0 25.5% 5.7k 26k#16
38 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 60.7 23.3% 4.9k 16k—
39 University of FlorenceItaly · Florence 60.4 21.5% 2.9k 10k—
40 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London 60.2 31.1% 3.7k 22k#24
41 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 59.9 24.4% 4.9k 23k#23
42 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 59.6 31.3% 4.2k 23k#56
43 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 59.4 22.8% 5.1k 19k#98
44 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 59.1 25.4% 4.9k 22k#30
45 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 58.9 25.8% 5.1k 18k—
46 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 58.7 27.4% 4.9k 22k#36
47 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 58.4 34.1% 3k 19k#63
48 Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing 58.2 32.0% 3.5k 23k—
49 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 58.0 27.0% 4.1k 28k#19
50 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 57.8 24.4% 2.7k 14k#20
51 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 57.5 36.2% 3.1k 20k—
52 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 57.3 16.4% 7.2k 18k—
53 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 57.1 31.5% 3.7k 27k—
54 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 56.9 26.9% 3.3k 19k#34
55 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 56.7 29.9% 3.4k 24k#12
56 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 56.5 27.4% 4.9k 22k#32
57 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 56.3 10.9% 25k 26k—
58 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 56.2 31.1% 3.3k 19k—
59 University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom · Sheffield 56.0 28.6% 3.2k 16k#40
60 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 55.8 34.9% 3.6k 20k#77
61 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 55.6 31.9% 4.5k 26k—
62 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 55.4 27.5% 3.2k 14k#89
63 University of TübingenGermany · Tübingen 55.3 23.7% 2.6k 9.3k—
64 Deakin UniversityAustralia · Burwood 55.1 33.2% 3.6k 21k—
65 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 54.9 36.4% 2.9k 23k—
66 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 54.8 24.1% 4.6k 16k#52
67 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 54.6 34.2% 3.5k 24k—
68 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 54.4 25.5% 4k 22k#15
69 University of AlicanteSpain · Alicante 54.3 20.8% 2.5k 7.8k—
70 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 54.1 18.9% 5.7k 20k#4
71 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 54.0 25.3% 4.3k 18k#18
72 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 53.8 21.2% 3.9k 14k—
73 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 53.7 24.1% 3.6k 14k#71
74 Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 53.5 28.8% 3.4k 15k—
75 University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 53.4 26.8% 2.8k 14k#53
76 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 53.2 17.2% 6k 15k#90
77 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 53.1 23.9% 3.8k 15k#57
78 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 53.0 29.3% 3.7k 20k#31
79 University of AucklandNew Zealand · Auckland 52.8 30.0% 3.5k 21k#97
80 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 52.7 27.7% 3.6k 16k—
81 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 52.5 27.5% 3.9k 18k#75
82 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 52.4 40.6% 2.4k 21k—
83 University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 52.3 24.8% 3.8k 16k#85
84 North-West UniversitySouth Africa · Potchefstroom 52.2 27.4% 2.9k 9.5k—
85 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa · Johannesburg 52.0 28.0% 3.1k 11k#58
86 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 51.9 26.8% 4.6k 20k#66
87 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 51.8 25.6% 3.8k 20k#47
88 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 51.7 12.7% 7.7k 20k#33
89 Curtin UniversityAustralia · Perth 51.5 38.2% 1.8k 14k—
90 University of PretoriaSouth Africa · Pretoria 51.4 23.2% 3.8k 12k#78
91 Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 51.3 22.0% 3.9k 14k—
92 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 51.2 29.5% 2.4k 17k#27
93 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 51.1 23.8% 3.2k 16k#22
94 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem 50.9 24.8% 2.9k 9.6k#96
95 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 50.8 26.8% 3k 14k—
96 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 50.7 29.3% 2.8k 14k—
97 Charles Sturt UniversityAustralia · Bathurst 50.6 30.7% 1.2k 4.2k—
98 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 50.5 26.2% 3.8k 18k#76
99 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia · Bangi 50.4 20.0% 5.3k 17k—
100 University of MilanItaly · 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.

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.

50 – 53: 21 places53 – 55: 16 places55 – 58: 13 places58 – 60: 11 places60 – 63: 8 places63 – 65: 6 places65 – 68: 6 places68 – 70: 4 places70 – 73: 3 places73 – 75: 2 places75 – 78: 3 places78 – 80: 1 places80 – 83: 1 places83 – 85: 2 places85 – 88: 0 places88 – 90: 1 places90 – 93: 1 places93 – 95: 0 places95 – 98: 0 places98 – 100: 1 places50100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 25k works
  2. 2 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 16k works
  3. 3 State University of PadangIndonesia 15k works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 14k works
  5. 5 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 14k works
  6. 6 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 13k works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12k works
  8. 8 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 12k works
  9. 9 State University of MalangIndonesia 11k works
  10. 10 State University of MakassarIndonesia 11k works
  11. 11 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 10k works
  12. 12 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 9.9k works
  13. 13 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 9.9k works
  14. 14 State University of SemarangIndonesia 9.8k works
  15. 15 State University of MedanIndonesia 9.7k works

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