Field · Environmental Science
Top Environmental Science Research Institutions
Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 3,551 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
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing | 100.0 | 31.2% | 6.9k | 101k | #1 |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing | 91.5 | 32.8% | 3.6k | 54k | #27 |
| 3 | Peking University China · Beijing | 86.6 | 33.4% | 1.8k | 29k | #48 |
| 4 | Tsinghua University China · Beijing | 83.0 | 31.5% | 2.2k | 35k | #21 |
| 5 | Beijing Normal University China · Beijing | 80.3 | 32.4% | 2.3k | 34k | #66 |
| 6 | Wuhan University China · Wuhan | 78.1 | 32.3% | 2k | 28k | #75 |
| 7 | Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou | 76.2 | 29.8% | 2.1k | 30k | #77 |
| 8 | China University of Geosciences China · Wuhan | 74.6 | 35.1% | 1.6k | 23k | — |
| 9 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris | 73.1 | 23.7% | 2.4k | 24k | #5 |
| 10 | Harbin Institute of Technology China · Harbin | 71.8 | 30.5% | 1.8k | 30k | #91 |
| 11 | Central South University China · Changsha | 70.7 | 29.8% | 2.1k | 29k | #86 |
| 12 | Wageningen University & Research Netherlands · Wageningen | 69.6 | 33.3% | 1.5k | 22k | #7 |
| 13 | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research China · Beijing | 68.6 | 36.6% | 1.2k | 18k | — |
| 14 | China Agricultural University China · Beijing | 67.7 | 35.2% | 1.3k | 21k | — |
| 15 | Northwest A&F University China · Yangling | 66.9 | 38.6% | 1.2k | 21k | — |
| 16 | Chongqing University China · Chongqing | 66.1 | 32.9% | 1.3k | 20k | — |
| 17 | ETH Zurich Switzerland · Zurich | 65.3 | 37.5% | 1k | 17k | #14 |
| 18 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong · Hong Kong | 64.6 | 41.0% | 870 | 15k | #89 |
| 19 | Tongji University China · Shanghai | 64.0 | 27.1% | 1.9k | 24k | — |
| 20 | Nanjing University China · Nanjing | 63.4 | 30.7% | 1.3k | 21k | — |
| 21 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai | 62.8 | 30.0% | 1.4k | 19k | — |
| 22 | Hohai University China · Nanjing | 62.2 | 25.6% | 2.2k | 25k | — |
| 23 | Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou | 61.6 | 29.8% | 1.7k | 22k | — |
| 24 | Utrecht University Netherlands · Utrecht | 61.1 | 34.1% | 775 | 12k | #28 |
| 25 | University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford | 60.6 | 30.1% | 1k | 12k | #9 |
| 26 | The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane | 60.1 | 29.5% | 1.2k | 16k | #19 |
| 27 | National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore | 59.7 | 32.2% | 1k | 16k | #42 |
| 28 | China University of Mining and Technology China · Xuzhou | 59.2 | 26.7% | 1.8k | 22k | — |
| 29 | University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam | 58.8 | 35.7% | 867 | 14k | #94 |
| 30 | University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver | 58.4 | 28.3% | 1.3k | 14k | #12 |
| 31 | Jiangsu University China · Zhenjiang | 58.0 | 35.3% | 716 | 12k | — |
| 32 | University College London United Kingdom · London | 57.6 | 31.6% | 908 | 11k | #38 |
| 33 | Sichuan University China · Chengdu | 57.2 | 27.7% | 1.4k | 18k | — |
| 34 | Tianjin University China · Tianjin | 56.9 | 28.9% | 1.5k | 21k | — |
| 35 | Beijing Forestry University China · Beijing | 56.5 | 29.4% | 1.4k | 16k | — |
| 36 | Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus | 56.2 | 28.0% | 1.1k | 12k | #58 |
| 37 | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology China · Nanjing | 55.8 | 23.6% | 1.6k | 19k | — |
| 38 | Nanjing Forestry University China · Nanjing | 55.5 | 33.5% | 1.1k | 16k | — |
| 39 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge | 55.2 | 28.9% | 821 | 9.5k | #16 |
| 40 | University of Exeter United Kingdom · Exeter | 54.9 | 32.5% | 856 | 12k | #52 |
| 41 | UNSW Sydney Australia · Sydney | 54.6 | 28.8% | 987 | 13k | #60 |
| 42 | Harvard University United States · Cambridge | 54.3 | 28.9% | 724 | 10k | #6 |
| 43 | Stanford University United States · Stanford | 54.0 | 29.7% | 743 | 10k | #3 |
| 44 | Lanzhou University China · Lanzhou | 53.7 | 30.4% | 1.3k | 17k | — |
| 45 | Ministry of Natural Resources China · Beijing | 53.4 | 29.7% | 1.3k | 16k | — |
| 46 | Delft University of Technology Netherlands · Delft | 53.2 | 27.9% | 1.1k | 12k | #47 |
| 47 | Nankai University China · Tianjin | 52.9 | 32.4% | 906 | 17k | — |
| 48 | Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences China · Beijing | 52.6 | 33.5% | 810 | 14k | — |
| 49 | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China · Beijing | 52.4 | 31.8% | 1.3k | 18k | — |
| 50 | Shandong University China · Jinan | 52.1 | 27.3% | 1.2k | 17k | — |
| 51 | Texas A&M University United States · College Station | 51.9 | 23.6% | 1.1k | 12k | #50 |
| 52 | Chang'an University China · Xi'an | 51.7 | 29.7% | 856 | 11k | — |
| 53 | Imperial College London United Kingdom · London | 51.4 | 26.6% | 873 | 11k | #20 |
| 54 | Dalian University of Technology China · Dalian | 51.2 | 28.0% | 1.1k | 15k | — |
| 55 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan | 51.0 | 29.6% | 1.1k | 15k | — |
| 56 | Hunan University China · Changsha | 50.8 | 38.5% | 688 | 14k | — |
| 57 | The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne | 50.5 | 26.7% | 1.1k | 12k | #36 |
| 58 | Cornell University United States · Ithaca | 50.3 | 27.7% | 908 | 10k | #15 |
| 59 | Southeast University China · Nanjing | 50.1 | 28.7% | 1.1k | 14k | — |
| 60 | University of Florida United States · Gainesville | 49.9 | 20.9% | 1.4k | 11k | #34 |
| 61 | Xiamen University China · Xiamen | 49.7 | 29.3% | 1.1k | 13k | — |
| 62 | University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley | 49.5 | 13.6% | 1.7k | 10k | #2 |
| 63 | Fudan University China · Shanghai | 49.3 | 28.7% | 919 | 13k | — |
| 64 | State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse China · Nanjing | 49.1 | 31.8% | 883 | 17k | — |
| 65 | University of Washington United States · Seattle | 48.9 | 26.3% | 1k | 11k | #4 |
| 66 | Ocean University of China China · Qingdao | 48.8 | 23.8% | 1.7k | 17k | — |
| 67 | Chengdu University of Technology China · Chengdu | 48.6 | 31.5% | 844 | 9.1k | — |
| 68 | Nanjing Agricultural University China · Nanjing | 48.4 | 31.9% | 892 | 13k | — |
| 69 | Technical University of Munich Germany · Munich | 48.2 | 28.9% | 839 | 9.2k | #70 |
| 70 | Michigan State University United States · East Lansing | 48.0 | 18.0% | 1.2k | 8.6k | #33 |
| 71 | University of Tehran Iran · Tehran | 47.9 | 22.6% | 1.1k | 12k | — |
| 72 | University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen | 47.7 | 28.4% | 802 | 10k | #68 |
| 73 | Saveetha University India · Chennai | 47.5 | 21.9% | 741 | 8.3k | — |
| 74 | The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney | 47.4 | 28.2% | 773 | 8.8k | #82 |
| 75 | Yale University United States · New Haven | 47.2 | 31.0% | 556 | 7.7k | #10 |
| 76 | Monash University Australia · Melbourne | 47.0 | 31.2% | 684 | 8.2k | — |
| 77 | King Saud University Saudi Arabia · Riyadh | 46.9 | 27.2% | 939 | 12k | — |
| 78 | University of California, Davis United States · Davis | 46.7 | 25.8% | 1k | 10k | #18 |
| 79 | University of Helsinki Finland · Helsinki | 46.6 | 30.6% | 800 | 8.8k | #72 |
| 80 | Northeast Agricultural University China · Harbin | 46.4 | 37.7% | 634 | 11k | — |
| 81 | Colorado State University United States · Fort Collins | 46.2 | 23.5% | 1k | 10k | #30 |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University United States · State College | 46.1 | 23.2% | 948 | 9.7k | #24 |
| 83 | East China Normal University China · Shanghai | 45.9 | 32.9% | 779 | 11k | — |
| 84 | Shenzhen University China · Shenzhen | 45.8 | 31.0% | 676 | 9.5k | — |
| 85 | Guizhou University China · Guiyang | 45.7 | 29.1% | 790 | 9.3k | — |
| 86 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing) China · Beijing | 45.5 | 27.5% | 959 | 12k | — |
| 87 | Xinjiang University China · Ürümqi | 45.4 | 27.0% | 755 | 8.8k | — |
| 88 | United States Geological Survey United States · Reston | 45.2 | 18.4% | 1.4k | 10k | #8 |
| 89 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia · Dhahran | 45.1 | 32.7% | 630 | 9.9k | — |
| 90 | University of Leeds United Kingdom · Leeds | 45.0 | 29.4% | 593 | 8.2k | #54 |
| 91 | University of Lisbon Portugal · Lisbon | 44.8 | 24.1% | 973 | 9.6k | — |
| 92 | University of Tübingen Germany · Tübingen | 44.7 | 34.4% | 431 | 3.6k | — |
| 93 | Zhengzhou University China · Zhengzhou | 44.6 | 24.4% | 992 | 13k | — |
| 94 | Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome | 44.4 | 24.0% | 1k | 7.8k | — |
| 95 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China · Xi'an | 44.3 | 27.0% | 925 | 11k | — |
| 96 | Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences China · Beijing | 44.2 | 25.8% | 940 | 13k | — |
| 97 | University of Technology Sydney Australia · Sydney | 44.0 | 30.8% | 652 | 11k | — |
| 98 | South China University of Technology China · Guangzhou | 43.9 | 24.0% | 992 | 13k | — |
| 99 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden · Uppsala | 43.8 | 31.1% | 920 | 11k | #67 |
| 100 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia · Jeddah | 43.7 | 33.1% | 532 | 8k | — |
institutions ranked worldwide in Environmental Science (3,551). 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.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 6.9k works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 3.6k works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 2.4k works
- 4 Beijing Normal University China 2.3k works
- 5 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 2.2k works
- 6 Hohai University China 2.2k works
- 7 Tsinghua University China 2.2k works
- 8 Zhejiang University China 2.1k works
- 9 Central South University China 2.1k works
- 10 Wuhan University China 2k works
- 11 Tongji University China 1.9k works
- 12 China University of Mining and Technology China 1.8k works
- 13 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico 1.8k works
- 14 Peking University China 1.8k works
- 15 Harbin Institute of Technology China 1.8k works
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