Top Environmental Science Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and ETH Zurich, out of 3,334 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	16.5%	18k	254k	#1
2	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	91.5	17.8%	3.6k	54k	#3
3	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	86.5	18.2%	1k	18k	#2
4	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	82.9	16.3%	2.8k	41k	#7
5	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	80.2	17.3%	2.3k	36k	#9
6	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	77.9	16.7%	2.3k	33k	#17
7	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	76.0	18.1%	2.7k	39k	#8
8	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	74.4	9.0%	8k	62k	#4
9	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	72.9	19.0%	2k	32k	#10
10	Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing	71.6	16.7%	1.4k	22k	#12
11	China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan	70.4	18.3%	1.6k	23k	#31
12	Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin	69.4	12.3%	3k	34k	#6
13	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	68.4	15.6%	1.7k	23k	#15
14	Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing	67.5	13.7%	2.5k	30k	#33
15	Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian	66.6	16.3%	1.1k	15k	#22
16	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	65.8	14.5%	582	8k	#30
17	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	65.1	19.4%	1.1k	18k	#40
18	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	64.4	19.3%	886	14k	#25
19	Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin	63.7	18.0%	915	17k	#52
20	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Hong Kong	63.1	20.6%	597	9.7k	#27
21	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	62.5	16.1%	1.3k	17k	#11
22	Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing	61.9	17.1%	1.3k	20k	#37
23	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	61.3	15.3%	978	11k	#35
24	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	60.8	15.4%	1.5k	22k	#53
25	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	60.3	17.4%	2k	29k	#39
26	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	59.8	15.4%	846	11k	#5
27	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin	59.4	17.0%	1.8k	30k	#75
28	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	58.9	15.2%	1.1k	13k	#18
29	Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen	58.5	13.5%	1.1k	14k	#78
30	Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin	58.1	13.6%	1.7k	18k	#46
31	University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder	57.7	12.9%	876	10k	#13
32	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen	57.3	18.3%	506	8.3k	#32
33	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	56.9	14.0%	1.1k	13k	#19
34	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid	56.5	11.7%	3.1k	28k	#14
35	National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States · Washington	56.2	13.7%	1.8k	18k	#43
36	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	55.8	23.0%	870	15k	-
37	East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai	55.5	17.8%	783	11k	#74
38	Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai	55.2	14.1%	1k	14k	#77
39	Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin	54.8	15.8%	1.5k	22k	#84
40	Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha	54.5	21.5%	701	15k	#51
41	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	54.2	15.9%	440	6.6k	#28
42	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht	53.9	16.9%	977	14k	#44
43	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	53.6	16.2%	1.1k	14k	#29
44	Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing	53.4	16.2%	2.9k	38k	#34
45	China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing	53.1	19.6%	1.3k	21k	#38
46	Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou	52.8	15.0%	1.4k	17k	#92
47	Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing	52.5	14.8%	1.8k	21k	#100
48	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen	52.3	16.2%	1.5k	22k	#36
49	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	52.0	13.4%	1k	11k	#49
50	China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China · Beijing	51.8	14.8%	959	12k	#89
51	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft	51.5	12.4%	1.1k	12k	#90
52	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	51.3	15.1%	865	10k	#60
53	City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	51.1	19.6%	556	8.8k	-
54	United States Geological SurveyUnited States · Reston	50.8	9.9%	2k	16k	#21
55	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	50.6	10.9%	1.2k	12k	#24
56	State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution ControlChina · Beijing	50.4	20.7%	411	8.6k	#41
57	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	50.2	15.8%	1.1k	15k	#16
58	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia · Canberra	49.9	15.8%	1.5k	18k	#57
59	Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao	49.7	11.1%	1.7k	17k	-
60	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan	49.5	14.5%	1.1k	16k	#72
61	Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China · Guangzhou	49.3	15.9%	764	10k	#76
62	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	49.1	14.6%	774	9.1k	#68
63	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	48.9	13.1%	807	11k	#20
64	Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu	48.7	14.6%	1.7k	23k	#95
65	Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling	48.5	20.7%	1.2k	21k	#73
66	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	48.4	12.7%	795	11k	#26
67	Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe	48.2	13.4%	773	8.8k	#45
68	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station	48.0	11.7%	1.2k	13k	-
69	Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm	47.8	14.9%	657	9.8k	#59
70	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter	47.6	17.6%	859	12k	#48
71	University of ViennaAustria · Vienna	47.5	14.5%	486	5.7k	-
72	Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan	47.3	14.3%	1.3k	18k	-
73	Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologySwitzerland · Dübendorf	47.1	19.8%	294	5k	#23
74	Ministry of Ecology and EnvironmentChina · Beijing	46.9	14.1%	870	10k	#67
75	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah	46.8	19.1%	532	8k	#55
76	Guangdong University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou	46.6	15.4%	792	11k	#65
77	Nanjing Normal UniversityChina · Nanjing	46.5	13.2%	968	11k	#85
78	The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne	46.3	13.7%	1.1k	12k	#79
79	University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver	46.1	14.7%	1.4k	16k	#69
80	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing	46.0	17.7%	1.7k	22k	-
81	Central South UniversityChina · Changsha	45.8	16.6%	2.1k	29k	-
82	Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins	45.7	11.1%	1k	10k	#70
83	University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen	45.5	13.7%	870	11k	-
84	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara	45.4	15.1%	467	5.8k	#54
85	Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan	45.2	16.6%	748	12k	-
86	Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing	45.1	16.3%	892	13k	#62
87	University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis	44.9	12.7%	1k	10k	-
88	South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou	44.8	13.1%	1k	14k	-
89	California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena	44.7	12.5%	465	5.5k	#56
90	Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus	44.5	13.0%	1.1k	12k	#97
91	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei	44.4	14.4%	719	9.2k	-
92	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	44.3	12.7%	886	8.6k	#63
93	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	44.1	11.5%	902	9.3k	#61
94	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	44.0	13.8%	916	11k	#83
95	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	43.9	16.4%	573	7.8k	#58
96	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park	43.7	12.8%	781	9.9k	#93
97	Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen	43.6	17.6%	676	9.5k	-
98	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	43.5	14.8%	950	11k	-
99	Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing	43.4	16.4%	1.1k	16k	-
100	China University of Mining and TechnologyChina · Xuzhou	43.2	14.4%	1.8k	22k	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Environmental Science (3,334). 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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