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Top Health Professions Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 1,928 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
1Harvard University United States · Cambridge 100.0 32.4% 1.1k 9.4k#1
2King's College London United Kingdom · London 90.8 27.1% 738 4.6k#19
3Vellore Institute of Technology University India · Vellore 85.5 23.4% 333 1.6k
4Sichuan University China · Chengdu 81.7 29.3% 389 3k
5University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford 78.7 30.4% 637 4.7k#14
6Saveetha University India · Chennai 76.3 14.0% 593 1.7k
7The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney 74.3 30.2% 893 6k#18
8King Saud University Saudi Arabia · Riyadh 72.5 28.9% 392 2.8k#88
9University College London United Kingdom · London 71.0 28.3% 1k 6.6k#5
10University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor 69.6 23.7% 1.1k 5.6k#2
11Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore 68.3 25.2% 1.1k 6.7k#3
12Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong · Hong Kong 67.1 40.8% 354 3.1k#100
13The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane 66.1 29.5% 686 4.9k#26
14The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne 65.1 27.6% 761 4.7k#27
15University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco 64.2 25.2% 752 4.6k#8
16University of Toronto Canada · Toronto 63.3 24.2% 1.2k 6.7k#7
17Chandigarh University India · Mohali 62.5 20.5% 296 982
18Monash University Australia · Melbourne 61.8 30.1% 781 5.5k#42
19Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome 61.1 13.4% 695 1.9k#61
20University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia 60.4 25.9% 696 4.5k#6
21Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo 59.8 8.9% 1.4k 3.2k#48
22Medical University of Lublin Poland · Lublin 59.1 19.6% 102 802
23University of Washington United States · Seattle 58.5 23.7% 868 5.3k#4
24SRM Institute of Science and Technology India · Chennai 58.0 16.4% 393 1.2k
25University of Naples Federico II Italy · Naples 57.4 30.2% 143 1k
26Peking University China · Beijing 56.9 28.3% 409 3.1k
27Stanford University United States · Stanford 56.4 25.6% 618 4.7k#12
28University of Alberta Canada · Edmonton 55.9 23.1% 615 3.3k#41
29University of Bologna Italy · Bologna 55.5 27.1% 262 1.4k
30University of Siena Italy · Siena 55.0 24.1% 74 393
31Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai 54.6 32.2% 277 2.3k
32University of Florida United States · Gainesville 54.2 18.3% 503 2.4k#56
33Yale University United States · New Haven 53.8 22.7% 658 3.7k#9
34La Trobe University Australia · Melbourne 53.4 28.6% 406 2.3k
35Macquarie University Australia · Sydney 53.0 35.2% 310 2.4k
36Stomatology Hospital China · Xi'an 52.6 19.5% 120 640
37Alexandria University Egypt · Alexandria 52.3 16.6% 272 1.1k
38National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore 51.9 35.8% 359 3.2k
39The University of Adelaide Australia · Adelaide 51.6 28.4% 309 2.2k
40KU Leuven Belgium · Leuven 51.2 26.7% 389 2.5k#43
41Karolinska Institutet Sweden · Stockholm 50.9 27.4% 510 3.3k#22
42University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill 50.6 9.2% 2k 4k#10
43University of Johannesburg South Africa · Johannesburg 50.3 25.1% 349 1.8k
44University of Minnesota United States · Minneapolis 50.0 22.7% 519 2.7k#17
45Deakin University Australia · Burwood 49.7 32.3% 486 4k#96
46University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 49.4 31.8% 319 2.5k
47Imperial College London United Kingdom · London 49.1 26.4% 451 3.1k#38
48Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway Ireland · Galway 48.8 25.6% 148 825
49The Ohio State University United States · Columbus 48.5 20.1% 607 2.8k#25
50Central South University China · Changsha 48.3 36.2% 266 2.6k
51King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia · Jeddah 48.0 24.7% 261 1.5k
52New York University United States · New York 47.8 23.8% 627 3.7k#37
53University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge 47.5 28.2% 358 2.3k#60
54Wroclaw Medical University Poland · Wroclaw 47.3 27.3% 108 709
55McMaster University Canada · Hamilton 47.0 24.9% 545 3.3k#29
56University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver 46.8 22.9% 747 3.8k#28
57University of Manchester United Kingdom · Manchester 46.6 26.6% 529 3k#16
58KIIT University India · Bhubaneswar 46.3 18.4% 145 481
59Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran 46.1 18.7% 409 1.9k
60Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston 45.9 28.2% 392 2.8k#11
61Universidade do Porto Portugal · Porto 45.7 18.7% 378 1.4k
62Boston University United States · Boston 45.4 25.2% 453 2.8k#33
63Queensland University of Technology Australia · Brisbane 45.2 33.1% 314 2.6k
64UNSW Sydney Australia · Sydney 45.0 30.7% 579 3.8k#35
65Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou 44.8 32.3% 220 1.7k
66Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston 44.6 22.6% 444 2.9k#21
67University of Wisconsin–Madison United States · Madison 44.4 19.2% 583 2.4k#20
68Yonsei University South Korea · Seoul 44.2 23.6% 388 2.1k
69Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research India · Wardha 44.0 15.1% 251 1k
70Tel Aviv University Israel · Tel Aviv 43.8 25.4% 231 1.2k#97
71University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" Italy · Caserta 43.6 31.7% 76 757
72University of Malaya Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur 43.5 24.1% 274 1.3k
73BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? · London 43.3 14.9% 1.4k 3.1k
74University of Technology Sydney Australia · Sydney 43.1 31.5% 264 1.7k
75University of Padua Italy · Padua 42.9 26.4% 222 1.2k#76
76University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles 42.7 24.3% 518 2.9k#13
77University of Rome Tor Vergata Italy · Rome 42.6 28.0% 127 822
78Manipal Academy of Higher Education India · Manipal 42.4 18.4% 300 1.2k
79Mansoura University Egypt · Al Mansurah 42.2 13.6% 219 823
80Mayo Clinic in Arizona United States · Scottsdale 42.1 20.1% 267 1.3k
81Purdue University West Lafayette United States · West Lafayette 41.9 17.7% 292 1.3k
82University of Calgary Canada · Calgary 41.7 22.7% 578 2.9k#79
83University of Catania Italy · Catania 41.6 29.5% 87 705
84University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich 41.4 25.1% 252 1.5k#82
85National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece · Athens 41.3 22.6% 225 1.2k
86Cornell University United States · Ithaca 41.1 24.3% 450 2.7k#23
87Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran 41.0 16.3% 331 1.4k
88Duke University United States · Durham 40.8 22.9% 539 2.9k#49
89University of Bern Switzerland · Bern 40.7 23.6% 202 1.1k
90King Khalid University Saudi Arabia · Abhā 40.5 27.5% 144 836
91Graphic Era University India · Dehradun 40.4 21.9% 175 669
92University of Gondar Ethiopia · Gonder 40.2 42.6% 209 1.8k
93Columbia University United States · New York 40.1 24.3% 583 3.4k#15
94Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus 39.9 22.4% 384 1.7k
95Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran 39.8 17.4% 350 1.5k
96University of Messina Italy · Messina 39.7 32.6% 74 595
97University of Birmingham United Kingdom · Birmingham 39.5 23.7% 443 2.4k#36
98Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing 39.4 30.5% 229 1.8k
99Northwestern University United States · Evanston 39.3 27.5% 476 3k#51
100Symbiosis International University India · Pune 39.1 22.2% 194 673

institutions ranked worldwide in Health Professions (1,928). 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.

39 – 42: 21 places42 – 45: 16 places45 – 48: 13 places48 – 51: 11 places51 – 54: 8 places54 – 57: 6 places57 – 60: 6 places60 – 63: 4 places63 – 67: 3 places67 – 70: 2 places70 – 73: 3 places73 – 76: 1 places76 – 79: 1 places79 – 82: 2 places82 – 85: 0 places85 – 88: 1 places88 – 91: 1 places91 – 94: 0 places94 – 97: 0 places97 – 100: 1 places39100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 2k works
  2. 2 University of Indonesia Indonesia 1.6k works
  3. 3 Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation United States 1.5k works
  4. 4 Weatherford College United States 1.5k works
  5. 5 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? 1.4k works
  6. 6 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 1.4k works
  7. 7 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang Indonesia 1.3k works
  8. 8 Airlangga University Indonesia 1.3k works
  9. 9 University of Toronto Canada 1.2k works
  10. 10 Harvard University United States 1.1k works
  11. 11 Johns Hopkins University United States 1.1k works
  12. 12 Herbalife (Australia) Australia 1.1k works
  13. 13 University of Michigan United States 1.1k works
  14. 14 University College London United Kingdom 1k works
  15. 15 The University of Sydney Australia 893 works

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