Top Chemistry Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Max Planck Society and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, out of 1,299 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	15.6%	6.5k	91k	#1
2	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	90.3	17.8%	778	14k	#2
3	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	84.7	16.8%	1.4k	20k	#3
4	Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin	80.7	20.2%	1.1k	20k	#20
5	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	77.6	16.0%	457	5.8k	#5
6	Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu	75.0	14.5%	1.4k	19k	#21
7	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	72.9	21.1%	304	4.9k	#17
8	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	71.0	16.6%	915	14k	#26
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	69.4	17.2%	840	12k	#24
10	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	67.9	17.4%	1.1k	17k	#66
11	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	66.6	19.5%	256	4.3k	#4
12	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	65.3	20.4%	266	5.4k	#11
13	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei	64.2	16.0%	894	14k	#18
14	California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena	63.2	18.5%	239	3.8k	#7
15	Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing	62.2	17.0%	747	11k	#40
16	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen	61.3	21.8%	531	10k	#12
17	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	60.5	26.0%	204	4.9k	#19
18	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	59.7	18.3%	306	4.6k	#33
19	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	58.9	21.1%	464	8.7k	#31
20	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	58.2	16.9%	408	5.5k	#27
21	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison	57.5	16.7%	345	4.9k	#34
22	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	56.9	17.0%	283	5k	#16
23	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	56.3	17.7%	602	8.7k	#79
24	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	55.7	18.3%	586	10k	#53
25	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	55.1	13.9%	806	12k	#37
26	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	54.6	7.3%	4.5k	32k	#6
27	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	54.0	16.6%	241	3.7k	#25
28	University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago	53.5	18.2%	205	3.6k	#52
29	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	53.0	15.9%	508	7.8k	-
30	Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun	52.6	15.5%	954	14k	#97
31	University of MünsterGermany · Münster	52.1	18.4%	368	7.7k	#9
32	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	51.7	15.9%	291	3.8k	#8
33	Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing	51.2	14.1%	464	6k	#55
34	Henan Normal UniversityChina · Xinxiang	50.8	19.0%	654	10k	#71
35	École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	50.4	14.3%	328	4.2k	#10
36	Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai	50.0	14.4%	694	9.1k	#80
37	Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou	49.6	12.3%	700	8.6k	#63
38	Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston	49.3	19.8%	233	4.6k	#22
39	Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan	48.9	12.3%	738	9.2k	-
40	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin	48.5	19.8%	508	9.1k	-
41	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah	48.2	20.1%	255	4.9k	#47
42	Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen	47.9	14.2%	619	8.5k	#74
43	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an	47.5	14.2%	616	8.1k	#93
44	South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou	47.2	13.0%	767	10k	#72
45	University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville	46.9	14.1%	274	3.1k	#92
46	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	46.6	17.5%	322	4.6k	-
47	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	46.3	17.2%	313	4.5k	#23
48	Scripps Research InstituteUnited States · San Diego	46.0	24.6%	128	2.7k	#35
49	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	45.7	15.6%	374	6.1k	#42
50	Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou	45.4	15.3%	996	15k	-
51	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Hong Kong	45.2	16.1%	218	2.7k	-
52	University of GöttingenGermany · Göttingen	44.9	16.5%	260	4k	#54
53	Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha	44.6	16.4%	465	7.8k	-
54	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	44.4	14.0%	322	4.4k	#14
55	Henan UniversityChina · Kaifeng	44.1	14.9%	338	4.9k	-
56	Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin	43.9	14.4%	891	12k	#50
57	ShanghaiTech UniversityChina · Shanghai	43.6	20.5%	232	3.9k	#88
58	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing	43.4	15.0%	322	3.9k	-
59	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	43.1	18.1%	203	3k	#43
60	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	42.9	14.8%	206	2.9k	#13
61	Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesChina · Beijing	42.7	18.7%	369	6.1k	#82
62	Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia · Bengaluru	42.4	12.0%	339	3.6k	-
63	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea · Daejeon	42.2	16.6%	216	3.4k	-
64	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	42.0	13.2%	283	3.3k	#32
65	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	41.8	18.3%	303	5.1k	#65
66	Central South UniversityChina · Changsha	41.6	13.3%	580	8.1k	-
67	Rice UniversityUnited States · Houston	41.4	20.1%	106	1.7k	-
68	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	41.1	15.3%	222	2.9k	#44
69	Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian	40.9	12.1%	566	6.8k	-
70	East China University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shanghai	40.7	10.8%	881	11k	-
71	Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)United States · Rahway	40.5	16.4%	172	2.6k	-
72	Ruhr University BochumGermany · Bochum	40.3	10.6%	271	2.7k	-
73	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	40.2	15.7%	244	3k	#68
74	RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany · Aachen	40.0	13.1%	443	5.2k	#70
75	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley	39.8	15.5%	160	2.4k	#36
76	University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh	39.6	12.7%	182	1.9k	#77
77	Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh	39.4	20.0%	104	1.6k	#28
78	Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins	39.2	17.0%	123	2k	-
79	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara	39.1	14.5%	166	1.9k	#60
80	Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen	38.9	17.4%	272	4.2k	-
81	The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus	38.7	13.5%	249	3.1k	-
82	Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington	38.5	14.0%	211	2.4k	-
83	East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai	38.4	14.5%	454	6.1k	-
84	Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang	38.2	14.1%	448	5.6k	-
85	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	38.0	10.8%	332	3.3k	#51
86	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	37.9	16.9%	211	3.2k	-
87	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station	37.7	12.2%	358	4.2k	#64
88	Technische Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin	37.5	13.0%	208	2.6k	#46
89	Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsChina · Shanghai	37.4	22.2%	131	2.6k	#56
90	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	37.2	10.6%	308	3.2k	#90
91	University of WürzburgGermany · Würzburg	37.1	11.8%	252	2.6k	#49
92	Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina · Xi'an	36.9	13.5%	290	3.5k	-
93	Institute for Basic ScienceSouth Korea · Daejeon	36.8	18.4%	108	1.9k	#86
94	Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing	36.6	16.0%	572	8.5k	-
95	Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore · Singapore	36.5	17.1%	229	2.9k	-
96	Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing	36.3	17.4%	706	8.1k	-
97	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an	36.2	16.3%	297	4.6k	-
98	University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol	36.0	15.9%	168	2k	#58
99	Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich	35.9	13.1%	405	4.3k	#41
100	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan	35.8	13.7%	514	7.2k	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Chemistry (1,299). 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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