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Energy research in United States

University of California, Berkeley ranks first in United States for Energy research in 2022-now (#31 worldwide), followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Michigan.

United States's world rank
#2
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
12k
Top-10% rate
9.5%
Ranked institutions
43

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

What is the best university for Energy in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #3147.715.4%169
2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #4342.713.7%169
3University of MichiganAnn Arbor #5638.79.6%122
4Stanford UniversityStanford #5937.812.7%168
5Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #6137.314.0%153
6Yale UniversityNew Haven #6935.515.3%90
7Harvard UniversityCambridge #7234.818.6%65
8Princeton UniversityPrinceton #8532.317.1%74
9Cornell UniversityIthaca #9131.216.8%95
10University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #9530.615.3%82
11Rice UniversityHouston #9830.118.2%70
12Argonne National LaboratoryLemont #11827.311.9%108
13Columbia UniversityNew York #12526.413.4%81
14The University of Texas at AustinAustin #14024.714.1%117
15University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #14923.78.6%100
16California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #15323.311.5%68
17Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #16722.011.8%112
18University of California, DavisDavis #16921.811.7%78
19Northwestern UniversityEvanston #17021.713.9%66
20Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge #17221.59.0%110
21Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #17821.011.2%152
22University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #18720.310.4%64
23Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh #18820.29.5%69
24University of ChicagoChicago #20319.012.3%63
25University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #20618.815.5%79
26University of California, IrvineIrvine #21318.318.3%68
27Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #21917.910.8%132
28National Laboratory of the RockiesGolden #22117.79.3%234
29University of HoustonHouston #23716.713.3%61
30Arizona State UniversityTempe #25415.69.4%120
31Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #25515.511.1%62
32University of UtahSalt Lake City #30113.08.5%67
33University of California San DiegoSan Diego #31212.510.0%67
34North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #33111.614.8%68
35Colorado School of MinesGolden #34510.99.1%63
36Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #35210.68.7%122
37Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing #3879.25.4%69
38The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #4038.66.8%75
39University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill #4636.43.2%130
40United States Department of DefenseWashington #4955.44.8%82
41Sandia National LaboratoriesAlbuquerque #5473.92.8%108
42Electric Power Research InstitutePalo Alto #5603.55.0%110
43Weatherford CollegeWeatherford #658109.09.1%104

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

Who are the top Energy researchers in United States?

Liming Dai, Dionysios D. Dionysiou and Mietek Jaroniec rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Energy that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Liming Dai#1,102 worldwide overall68.5 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Dionysios D. Dionysiou#1,542 worldwide overall65.4 of 155 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mietek Jaroniec#35,736 worldwide overall53.8 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Dong Su#13,774 worldwide overall51.7 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Gang Wu#1,887 worldwide overall49.8 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Thomas Francisco Jaramillo#4,915 worldwide overall51.9 of 131 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Nenad M. Marković#3,790 worldwide overall43.1 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Allen J. Bard#5,016 worldwide overall42.2 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Prashant V. Kamat#5,773 worldwide overall39.9 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Pulickel Madhavapanicker Ajayan#6,955 worldwide overall37.5 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Guihua Yu#59 worldwide overall34.8 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Peidong Yang#219 worldwide overall33.8 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Thomas J. Meyer#36,793 worldwide overall41.8 of 144 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Shouheng Sun#2,076 worldwide overall32.5 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Daniel G. Nocera#38,544 worldwide overall36.6 of 98 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Energy 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 Energy