Top Materials Science Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Tsinghua University and University of Science and Technology of China, out of 2,276 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	15.4%	18k	308k	#1
2	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	91.0	16.4%	3.2k	57k	#9
3	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei	85.8	15.7%	2.7k	45k	#12
4	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	82.1	16.5%	3.1k	54k	#3
5	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	79.2	16.0%	2.9k	48k	#14
6	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	76.8	16.0%	2.9k	51k	#21
7	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	74.8	16.7%	1.6k	29k	#16
8	Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing	73.1	15.0%	1.6k	28k	#30
9	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	71.6	17.6%	804	15k	#2
10	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	70.2	19.9%	1.3k	27k	#24
11	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	69.0	13.9%	1.3k	19k	#6
12	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen	67.9	18.3%	1.1k	21k	#15
13	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	66.8	15.7%	671	11k	#7
14	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	65.9	13.7%	680	10k	#5
15	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an	65.0	14.6%	3.5k	48k	#38
16	Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun	64.1	15.3%	2.8k	49k	#26
17	Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu	63.3	14.6%	3.5k	62k	#48
18	Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai	62.6	16.4%	1.7k	32k	#31
19	South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou	61.9	15.4%	2.7k	48k	#63
20	Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin	61.2	16.1%	1.4k	27k	#51
21	Donghua UniversityChina · Shanghai	60.6	14.7%	1.6k	27k	#83
22	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin	60.0	14.0%	3.2k	49k	#53
23	Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan	59.4	13.7%	2.5k	40k	#82
24	Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha	58.9	17.0%	1.4k	26k	#49
25	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	58.4	15.6%	1.6k	29k	#55
26	City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	57.9	23.0%	893	22k	#22
27	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	57.4	18.9%	910	19k	#19
28	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	56.9	6.7%	8.3k	65k	#4
29	University of Science and Technology BeijingChina · Beijing	56.4	15.4%	2.7k	40k	#57
30	Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore · Singapore	56.0	18.3%	713	14k	#62
31	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	55.6	18.4%	425	9.4k	#8
32	Central South UniversityChina · Changsha	55.2	14.2%	2.8k	43k	#85
33	Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing	54.8	14.3%	2.1k	32k	#64
34	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	54.4	15.4%	1.8k	31k	#47
35	Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing	54.0	14.1%	2.2k	33k	-
36	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	53.6	17.8%	658	11k	#44
37	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	53.3	22.8%	847	18k	-
38	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan	52.9	14.7%	2.3k	36k	#73
39	Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing	52.6	17.2%	1.3k	21k	#33
40	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	52.3	16.6%	590	11k	#27
41	Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston	52.0	18.0%	586	12k	#11
42	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an	51.6	19.4%	2.6k	52k	-
43	East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai	51.3	13.4%	543	9.1k	#96
44	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	51.0	15.5%	691	12k	#25
45	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	50.8	15.0%	1.4k	24k	#78
46	Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian	50.5	12.4%	1.8k	24k	-
47	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	50.2	15.0%	578	8.2k	#34
48	Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing	49.9	13.4%	2k	29k	#68
49	Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael · Rehovot	49.7	12.4%	202	2.7k	#91
50	Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin	49.4	8.4%	2.6k	25k	#10
51	Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou	49.1	15.4%	2.2k	42k	-
52	École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	48.9	13.2%	582	9.2k	#13
53	Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen	48.6	16.0%	1.3k	23k	#100
54	Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin	48.4	14.2%	2.6k	41k	#39
55	Fuzhou UniversityChina · Fuzhou	48.2	14.6%	1.3k	24k	#94
56	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Hong Kong	47.9	17.3%	484	8.4k	#80
57	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	47.7	12.2%	622	7.1k	#20
58	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	47.5	13.1%	510	7k	#36
59	Henan UniversityChina · Kaifeng	47.3	13.8%	838	14k	-
60	Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesChina · Beijing	47.0	19.2%	473	10k	#28
61	Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen	46.8	13.7%	1.3k	21k	-
62	The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo	46.6	8.1%	1.4k	12k	#72
63	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	46.4	16.4%	579	10k	#99
64	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	46.2	13.3%	525	7.8k	-
65	Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy MaterialsChina · Shanghai	46.0	23.6%	279	7k	#35
66	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea · Daejeon	45.8	12.8%	746	10k	#46
67	UK Research and InnovationUnited Kingdom · Swindon	45.6	9.7%	243	2.6k	-
68	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah	45.4	17.8%	559	12k	#29
69	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	45.2	15.3%	402	7.6k	#45
70	Westlake UniversityChina · Hangzhou	45.0	18.1%	234	4.1k	-
71	Guangxi UniversityChina · Nanning	44.9	14.5%	1.5k	25k	-
72	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley	44.7	14.9%	522	8.4k	#17
73	Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul	44.5	11.6%	980	13k	#95
74	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	44.3	14.1%	602	9.9k	#75
75	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	44.1	11.6%	710	9.3k	#74
76	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	44.0	11.9%	192	2.4k	#70
77	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	43.8	15.2%	339	4.4k	#37
78	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	43.6	10.7%	362	5.2k	#52
79	Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang	43.5	15.2%	1.1k	19k	-
80	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	43.3	12.2%	323	4.5k	#32
81	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing	43.2	13.7%	588	8.2k	-
82	Dalian UniversityChina · Dalian	43.0	10.8%	681	9.5k	-
83	Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham	42.8	13.1%	206	2.6k	-
84	Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou	42.7	13.6%	1.7k	29k	-
85	Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing	42.5	11.1%	1.7k	21k	-
86	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	42.4	13.1%	578	6.9k	#40
87	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	42.2	12.8%	367	6.2k	#42
88	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	42.1	19.1%	311	6k	-
89	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	41.9	18.9%	449	9.6k	-
90	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	41.8	12.4%	849	11k	#41
91	Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina · Nanjing	41.6	10.8%	804	10k	-
92	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	41.5	11.3%	696	9k	-
93	Nanjing Tech UniversityChina · Nanjing	41.4	10.7%	1.8k	26k	-
94	Northeastern UniversityChina · Shenyang	41.2	13.3%	1.9k	24k	-
95	National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan · Tsukuba	41.1	8.6%	1.2k	14k	#58
96	Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina · Xi'an	41.0	12.9%	581	9.3k	-
97	East China University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shanghai	40.8	11.1%	1.6k	24k	-
98	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara	40.7	13.5%	358	4.9k	#18
99	Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou	40.6	15.1%	972	17k	-
100	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich	40.4	10.7%	340	3.8k	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Materials Science (2,276). 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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