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Top Health Professions Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University, out of 1,895 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.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 16.7% 2.6k 20k#1
2University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 90.8 14.7% 874 5.4k#3
3Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 85.4 14.5% 1.5k 9.4k#2
4Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 81.6 14.1% 847 6.2k#4
5University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 78.7 12.4% 1.3k 6.4k#5
6University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 76.3 17.0% 753 5.3k#11
7University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 74.2 12.9% 1k 6k#8
8University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 72.4 13.5% 2k 12k#6
9University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 70.9 14.4% 875 5.4k#9
10United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States · Washington 69.5 16.7% 623 5.3k#7
11University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 68.2 14.8% 1.2k 7.6k#13
12University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 67.1 15.2% 433 2.8k#34
13Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 66.0 12.6% 783 4.4k#10
14Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 65.0 16.7% 908 6k#19
15University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 64.1 12.5% 709 3.7k#12
16Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 63.3 14.1% 691 4.1k#16
17The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 62.5 16.5% 917 5.7k#23
18United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States · Washington 61.7 11.3% 1.2k 10k#18
19The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 61.0 16.8% 880 6.1k#24
20Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 60.3 13.2% 748 4k#14
21Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 59.7 13.5% 657 3.6k#22
22The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 59.0 17.5% 1.1k 7.4k#44
23National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 58.5 21.4% 527 4.3k#58
24Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 57.9 16.4% 591 3.9k#51
25New York UniversityUnited States · New York 57.3 12.6% 820 4.6k#20
26Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 56.8 8.0% 3.2k 3.5k#21
27National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 56.3 17.0% 402 3k#17
28University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 55.8 20.8% 358 2.8k#56
29Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 55.4 13.7% 503 3.2k#43
30Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 54.9 14.1% 455 2.9k#28
31Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 54.5 12.2% 662 3.6k#27
32UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 54.1 17.5% 676 4.5k#25
33London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 53.7 20.3% 338 2.9k#15
34King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 53.3 15.2% 878 5k#47
35Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 52.9 14.7% 536 3.4k#50
36University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 52.5 16.2% 344 2.1k#53
37InsermFrance · Paris 52.2 12.2% 998 2.9k#36
38University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 51.8 12.6% 996 5.1k#39
39Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 51.5 19.7% 523 3.9k-
40University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 51.1 15.2% 262 1.7k#38
41Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 50.8 13.9% 456 2.8k#46
42McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 50.5 13.0% 695 3.8k#32
43University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 50.2 17.1% 390 2.5k#62
44Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong 49.9 24.3% 354 3.1k-
45University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 49.6 14.5% 538 3k#35
46Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 49.3 17.1% 455 3.3k#41
47Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 49.0 10.4% 680 1.1k#78
48Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 48.7 12.8% 567 3.2k#31
49University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 48.4 13.2% 433 2.3k#37
50University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 48.2 10.0% 486 2.1k#57
51University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 47.9 15.0% 623 3.3k#26
52University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 47.6 13.5% 465 2.3k#45
53University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 47.4 12.1% 561 2.8k#30
54Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 47.1 10.7% 693 3k#49
55University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 46.9 13.2% 610 3.2k#60
56Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia · Brisbane 46.7 19.1% 314 2.6k#83
57Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 46.4 13.8% 453 2.3k#40
58University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 46.2 13.9% 354 2.1k#67
59Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 46.0 14.4% 457 2k#59
60World Health OrganizationSwitzerland · Geneva 45.7 21.0% 414 3.8k#66
61Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 45.5 19.0% 500 3.7k-
62Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 45.3 11.9% 504 2.3k#87
63Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 45.1 21.1% 622 5k-
64University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 44.9 10.8% 573 2.6k#76
65La Trobe UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 44.7 15.6% 406 2.3k#95
66University of OttawaCanada · Ottawa 44.5 13.3% 698 4.4k#61
67University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva 44.3 14.7% 277 1.3k-
68Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 44.1 10.4% 425 1.4k#52
69University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 43.9 9.7% 584 2.4k#55
70Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 43.7 18.0% 321 2.2k-
71Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States · Portland 43.5 10.8% 362 1.7k#42
72Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 43.3 19.9% 302 2.2k-
73Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 43.1 9.5% 814 3.3k#68
74The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 43.0 9.3% 930 4k#79
75Brown UniversityUnited States · Providence 42.8 12.1% 499 2.8k#71
76Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 42.6 11.1% 652 2.8k#80
77The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 42.4 12.2% 424 2.4k#73
78University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 42.3 10.9% 612 2.7k#33
79Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 42.1 21.2% 405 2.9k-
80Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 41.9 15.7% 305 2k-
81University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg 41.8 13.8% 358 2k#91
82McMaster UniversityCanada · Hamilton 41.6 13.7% 622 3.7k#85
83Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 41.4 17.0% 365 2.5k#86
84University of Southern DenmarkDenmark · Odense 41.3 12.9% 446 2.5k-
85Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 41.1 12.9% 745 3.8k#63
86Université de LyonFrance · Lyon 41.0 8.3% 675 609-
87University of BaselSwitzerland · Basel 40.8 13.8% 232 1.2k#89
88Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany · Berlin 40.7 10.6% 398 1.7k-
89Université de MontréalCanada · Montreal 40.5 11.6% 610 2.1k#70
90Uppsala UniversitySweden · Uppsala 40.4 14.8% 314 1.9k-
91Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 40.2 13.5% 506 2.7k-
92Technische Universität DresdenGermany · Dresden 40.1 12.8% 209 1.1k-
93University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 39.9 12.4% 637 3.4k#97
94Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 39.8 12.7% 276 1.4k-
95Tufts UniversityUnited States · Medford 39.7 12.6% 459 2.2k#81
96University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 39.5 12.2% 398 2k-
97Mount Sinai Health SystemUnited States · New York 39.4 9.2% 456 1.8k#69
98Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 39.2 14.8% 180 720-
99KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 39.1 16.0% 420 2.7k#82
100University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 39.0 11.4% 406 1.4k-

institutions ranked worldwide in Health Professions (1,895). 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).

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.

39 to 42: 21 places42 to 45: 16 places45 to 48: 13 places48 to 51: 11 places51 to 54: 8 places54 to 57: 6 places57 to 60: 6 places60 to 63: 4 places63 to 66: 3 places66 to 69: 2 places69 to 73: 3 places73 to 76: 1 places76 to 79: 1 places79 to 82: 2 places82 to 85: 0 places85 to 88: 1 places88 to 91: 1 places91 to 94: 0 places94 to 97: 0 places97 to 100: 1 places39100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 3.4k works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 2.9k works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 2.4k works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 2.2k works
  5. 5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 1.8k works
  6. 6 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 1.7k works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 1.7k works
  8. 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 1.6k works
  9. 9 Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency FoundationUnited States 1.5k works
  10. 10 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) 1.5k works
  11. 11 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 1.5k works
  12. 12 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 1.5k works
  13. 13 University of MichiganUnited States 1.4k works
  14. 14 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 1.4k works
  15. 15 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 1.3k works

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