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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

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

44 – 46: 21 places46 – 49: 16 places49 – 52: 13 places52 – 55: 11 places55 – 58: 8 places58 – 61: 6 places61 – 63: 6 places63 – 66: 4 places66 – 69: 3 places69 – 72: 2 places72 – 75: 3 places75 – 77: 1 places77 – 80: 1 places80 – 83: 2 places83 – 86: 0 places86 – 89: 1 places89 – 92: 1 places92 – 94: 0 places94 – 97: 0 places97 – 100: 1 places44100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 6.9k works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 3.6k works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 2.4k works
  4. 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 2.3k works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 2.2k works
  6. 6 Hohai UniversityChina 2.2k works
  7. 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 2.2k works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 2.1k works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 2.1k works
  10. 10 Wuhan UniversityChina 2k works
  11. 11 Tongji UniversityChina 1.9k works
  12. 12 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 1.8k works
  13. 13 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 1.8k works
  14. 14 Peking UniversityChina 1.8k works
  15. 15 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 1.8k works

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