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