Field · Chemistry · United States
Chemistry research in United States
Princeton University ranks first in United States for Chemistry research in 2022–2025 (#26 worldwide), followed by University of California, Berkeley and Cornell University.
- United States's world rank
- #2 of 73 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 31k
- Top-10% rate
- 16.9%
- Ranked institutions
- 60
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Chemistry in United States?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton | #26 | 54.7 | 36.9% | 200 |
| 2 | University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley | #44 | 47.4 | 30.5% | 234 |
| 3 | Cornell UniversityIthaca | #51 | 45.3 | 28.0% | 262 |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge | #61 | 42.8 | 28.7% | 288 |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison | #62 | 42.6 | 27.6% | 337 |
| 6 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston | #67 | 41.5 | 30.3% | 222 |
| 7 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena | #70 | 40.9 | 31.7% | 202 |
| 8 | University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles | #79 | 39.2 | 31.7% | 226 |
| 9 | University of ChicagoChicago | #86 | 38.1 | 29.6% | 201 |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana | #89 | 37.6 | 25.0% | 289 |
| 11 | University of MichiganAnn Arbor | #107 | 35.0 | 22.9% | 297 |
| 12 | Yale UniversityNew Haven | #111 | 34.5 | 25.7% | 197 |
| 13 | The Ohio State UniversityColumbus | #113 | 34.3 | 22.2% | 235 |
| 14 | Scripps Research InstituteSan Diego | #117 | 33.8 | 42.8% | 128 |
| 15 | Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station | #123 | 33.1 | 18.0% | 343 |
| 16 | Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)Rahway | #133 | 32.0 | 27.0% | 169 |
| 17 | University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara | #149 | 30.4 | 21.5% | 166 |
| 18 | Harvard UniversityCambridge | #152 | 30.2 | 26.1% | 164 |
| 19 | Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley | #158 | 29.6 | 23.6% | 156 |
| 20 | Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette | #160 | 29.4 | 18.1% | 382 |
| 21 | Colorado State UniversityFort Collins | #170 | 28.6 | 26.5% | 123 |
| 22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill | #174 | 28.3 | 10.3% | 456 |
| 23 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia | #182 | 27.6 | 24.5% | 202 |
| 24 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin | #183 | 27.6 | 19.1% | 281 |
| 25 | The University of Texas at DallasRichardson | #186 | 27.4 | 37.9% | 78 |
| 26 | Stanford UniversityStanford | #210 | 25.7 | 27.3% | 171 |
| 27 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh | #223 | 24.8 | 27.7% | 104 |
| 28 | University of PittsburghPittsburgh | #233 | 24.2 | 23.6% | 175 |
| 29 | University of FloridaGainesville | #237 | 24.0 | 22.5% | 232 |
| 30 | Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge | #261 | 22.6 | 13.4% | 215 |
| 31 | New York UniversityNew York | #263 | 22.5 | 23.3% | 128 |
| 32 | Rice UniversityHouston | #267 | 22.3 | 31.1% | 106 |
| 33 | University of North TexasDenton | #268 | 22.3 | 14.3% | 112 |
| 34 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta | #286 | 21.4 | 17.7% | 179 |
| 35 | University of UtahSalt Lake City | #289 | 21.2 | 19.8% | 166 |
| 36 | University of California San DiegoSan Diego | #296 | 20.9 | 19.8% | 186 |
| 37 | Argonne National LaboratoryLemont | #308 | 20.3 | 14.9% | 144 |
| 38 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore | #324 | 19.6 | 19.4% | 157 |
| 39 | Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick | #328 | 19.5 | 23.4% | 186 |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State UniversityState College | #336 | 19.1 | 17.2% | 186 |
| 41 | The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio | #340 | 19.0 | 21.4% | 92 |
| 42 | University of California, DavisDavis | #341 | 18.9 | 17.5% | 198 |
| 43 | University of MinnesotaMinneapolis | #359 | 18.2 | 14.6% | 255 |
| 44 | Columbia UniversityNew York | #368 | 17.9 | 22.3% | 117 |
| 45 | University of Illinois ChicagoChicago | #370 | 17.8 | 19.6% | 131 |
| 46 | Arizona State UniversityTempe | #374 | 17.6 | 16.8% | 137 |
| 47 | Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing | #399 | 16.7 | 19.9% | 210 |
| 48 | North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh | #400 | 16.7 | 17.0% | 211 |
| 49 | University of Colorado BoulderBoulder | #408 | 16.4 | 22.8% | 117 |
| 50 | Pfizer (United States)New York | #413 | 16.3 | 22.3% | 104 |
| 51 | Boston CollegeBoston | #428 | 15.8 | 38.7% | 67 |
| 52 | Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington | #434 | 15.6 | 22.0% | 133 |
| 53 | University of HoustonHouston | #442 | 15.3 | 15.6% | 137 |
| 54 | University of WashingtonSeattle | #449 | 15.1 | 17.9% | 224 |
| 55 | University of California, RiversideRiverside | #476 | 14.3 | 20.7% | 128 |
| 56 | University of GeorgiaAthens | #477 | 14.3 | 21.9% | 137 |
| 57 | University of California, IrvineIrvine | #492 | 13.8 | 15.1% | 170 |
| 58 | University of VirginiaCharlottesville | #500 | 13.6 | 17.2% | 132 |
| 59 | Emory UniversityAtlanta | #509 | 13.4 | 20.9% | 132 |
| 60 | University of CincinnatiCincinnati | #520 | 13.1 | 18.5% | 81 |
Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Chemistry, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Chemistry researchers in United States?
John A. Pople, Peter A. Kollman and William L. Jorgensen rank highest among researchers based in United States.
- 1John A. Pople#77 worldwide overall11k citations · 100 works
- 2Peter A. Kollman#128 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 45 works
- 3William L. Jorgensen#209 worldwide overall4.5k citations · 50 works
- 4Donald G. Truhlar#255 worldwide overall8.4k citations · 105 works
- 5K. Barry Sharpless#863 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 112 works
- 6Michael J. S. Dewar#993 worldwide overall4.3k citations · 180 works
- 7Corwin Hansch#1,127 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 59 works
- 8Martin Karplus#1,154 worldwide overall4.7k citations · 63 works
- 9Linus Pauling#1,259 worldwide overall2k citations · 61 works
- 10David W. C. MacMillan#1,296 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 91 works
- 11Christopher J. Cramer#1,385 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 45 works
- 12George M. Whitesides#1,739 worldwide overall4.8k citations · 84 works
- 13Warren J. Hehre#1,992 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 67 works
- 14Christopher N. Bowman#2,300 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 45 works
- 15Omar K. Farha#2,847 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 59 works
How United States compares with other countries in Chemistry