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Chemistry research in United States

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks first in United States for Chemistry research in 2022-now (#7 worldwide), followed by University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Berkeley.

United States's world rank
#2
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
31k
Top-10% rate
11.0%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Chemistry in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #772.921.1%304
2University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #1166.619.5%256
3University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #1265.320.4%266
4California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #1463.218.5%239
5Princeton UniversityPrinceton #1760.526.0%204
6University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #2157.516.7%345
7Cornell UniversityIthaca #2256.917.0%283
8Stanford UniversityStanford #2754.016.6%241
9University of ChicagoChicago #2853.518.2%205
10University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #3251.715.9%291
11Northwestern UniversityEvanston #3849.319.8%233
12University of FloridaGainesville #4546.914.2%274
13Harvard UniversityCambridge #4746.317.1%313
14Scripps Research InstituteSan Diego #4846.024.6%128
15University of MichiganAnn Arbor #5444.414.0%322
16Yale UniversityNew Haven #5943.118.1%203
17University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia #6042.914.7%206
18The University of Texas at AustinAustin #6442.013.2%283
19Rice UniversityHouston #6741.320.1%106
20University of California San DiegoSan Diego #6841.215.3%222
21Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)Rahway #7140.516.4%172
22Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #7539.815.5%160
23University of PittsburghPittsburgh #7639.612.7%182
24Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh #7739.420.0%104
25Colorado State UniversityFort Collins #7839.216.9%123
26University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara #7939.014.4%166
27The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #8138.713.5%249
28Indiana UniversityBloomington #8238.514.0%211
29Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #8737.712.2%358
30New York UniversityNew York #10235.513.8%182
31Boston CollegeBoston #10734.827.9%67
32Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #10834.714.0%204
33Emory UniversityAtlanta #11633.713.1%142
34University of UtahSalt Lake City #12033.212.5%171
35University of WashingtonSeattle #12832.39.1%234
36University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco #13132.021.6%66
37The University of Texas at DallasRichardson #13231.922.2%78
38University of California, DavisDavis #14530.613.0%199
39Virginia TechBlacksburg #14630.513.3%133
40Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #15030.112.2%382
41University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #15329.813.5%134
42University of California SystemOakland #15429.715.0%60
43University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center #15729.511.9%143
44Columbia UniversityNew York #16628.713.7%135
45Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick #16728.615.5%198
46National Institute of Standards and TechnologyGaithersburg #16928.510.6%165
47Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #17627.910.9%200
48University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill #17927.66.8%468
49University of MinnesotaMinneapolis #18227.410.1%257
50University of California, IrvineIrvine #18827.011.3%171
51University of GeorgiaAthens #19026.814.1%137
52University of California, RiversideRiverside #19426.512.2%128
53Iowa State UniversityAmes #20525.89.1%218
54Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #20725.614.0%181
55Argonne National LaboratoryLemont #21125.49.3%144
56Vanderbilt UniversityNashville #21225.310.7%118
57North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #22224.610.9%211
58Duke UniversityDurham #22624.411.4%94
59University of Illinois ChicagoChicago #22724.310.5%132
60University of HoustonHouston #22824.311.1%137

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Chemistry, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Chemistry researchers in United States?

Barry M. Trost, Stephen L. Buchwald and John F. Hartwig rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Chemistry that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Barry M. Trost#21,847 worldwide overall416.6 of 1,326 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Stephen L. Buchwald#5,628 worldwide overall360.0 of 906 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3John F. Hartwig#819 worldwide overall322.4 of 658 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Kendall N. Houk#19,632 worldwide overall357.7 of 1,268 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Krzysztof Matyjaszewski#6,600 worldwide overall277.9 of 708 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Elias James Corey#21,148 worldwide overall279.5 of 808 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jin‐Quan Yu#2,501 worldwide overall238.0 of 503 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8James Fraser Stoddart#12,981 worldwide overall230.1 of 764 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Robert Howard Grubbs#11,998 worldwide overall205.1 of 572 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10F. Dean Toste#2,339 worldwide overall183.1 of 402 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Richard R. Schrock#15,203 worldwide overall192.0 of 558 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Robert George Bergman#38,576 worldwide overall206.4 of 728 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Gregory C. Fu#8,694 worldwide overall174.6 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Philip P. Power#25,380 worldwide overall189.9 of 600 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Richard Smith#1,676 worldwide overall183.9 of 542 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Chemistry alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How United States compares with other countries in Chemistry