Field · Neuroscience
Top Neuroscience Research Institutions
Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 1,168 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 | 29.0% | 1.3k | 18k | #1 |
| 2 | Stanford University United States · Stanford | 90.2 | 26.2% | 919 | 12k | #3 |
| 3 | University College London United Kingdom · London | 84.4 | 27.2% | 1.2k | 14k | #6 |
| 4 | Howard Hughes Medical Institute United States · Chevy Chase | 80.4 | 52.5% | 169 | 5.4k | #2 |
| 5 | Yale University United States · New Haven | 77.2 | 24.7% | 904 | 9.5k | #4 |
| 6 | Washington University in St. Louis United States · St Louis | 74.6 | 24.6% | 701 | 14k | #10 |
| 7 | University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco | 72.4 | 27.0% | 540 | 7k | #5 |
| 8 | Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing | 70.6 | 30.5% | 660 | 10k | #91 |
| 9 | University of California San Diego United States · San Diego | 68.9 | 23.1% | 779 | 8.8k | #8 |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore | 67.4 | 21.5% | 916 | 8.3k | #12 |
| 11 | Columbia University United States · New York | 66.1 | 25.6% | 664 | 7.9k | #7 |
| 12 | University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford | 64.8 | 28.6% | 786 | 9.1k | #19 |
| 13 | University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles | 63.7 | 24.2% | 739 | 8.5k | #11 |
| 14 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai | 62.6 | 26.2% | 794 | 8.9k | — |
| 15 | King's College London United Kingdom · London | 61.7 | 27.9% | 568 | 6.3k | #34 |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia | 60.7 | 25.2% | 744 | 7.7k | #15 |
| 17 | Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou | 59.9 | 23.2% | 738 | 8k | — |
| 18 | Peking University China · Beijing | 59.1 | 21.9% | 712 | 7k | — |
| 19 | University of Toronto Canada · Toronto | 58.3 | 19.5% | 978 | 7.8k | #30 |
| 20 | Inserm France · Paris | 57.6 | 21.9% | 733 | 7.2k | #23 |
| 21 | Sichuan University China · Chengdu | 56.9 | 26.2% | 539 | 6.3k | — |
| 22 | Cornell University United States · Ithaca | 56.2 | 25.3% | 452 | 4.8k | #22 |
| 23 | Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston | 55.6 | 25.0% | 551 | 6.2k | #26 |
| 24 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge | 55.0 | 27.1% | 659 | 7.4k | #13 |
| 25 | New York University United States · New York | 54.4 | 25.6% | 737 | 7.6k | #28 |
| 26 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan | 53.9 | 30.8% | 509 | 7.3k | — |
| 27 | University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen | 53.3 | 26.0% | 386 | 4.5k | #87 |
| 28 | Fudan University China · Shanghai | 52.8 | 22.5% | 608 | 6.5k | — |
| 29 | Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou | 52.3 | 22.2% | 650 | 6.2k | — |
| 30 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris | 51.8 | 20.7% | 904 | 7.7k | #38 |
| 31 | Karolinska Institutet Sweden · Stockholm | 51.4 | 24.6% | 439 | 4.7k | #14 |
| 32 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing | 50.9 | 27.4% | 504 | 6.7k | — |
| 33 | McGill University Canada · Montreal | 50.5 | 22.8% | 605 | 6.2k | #37 |
| 34 | Johns Hopkins Medicine United States · Baltimore | 50.1 | 24.7% | 442 | 4.8k | #31 |
| 35 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing | 49.7 | 23.2% | 545 | 5.8k | — |
| 36 | Northwestern University United States · Evanston | 49.3 | 24.8% | 516 | 5.5k | #33 |
| 37 | University of Washington United States · Seattle | 48.9 | 21.5% | 618 | 5.8k | #21 |
| 38 | University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich | 48.5 | 27.4% | 432 | 5.2k | #44 |
| 39 | University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor | 48.1 | 19.3% | 718 | 6.2k | #17 |
| 40 | Allen Institute for Brain Science United States · Seattle | 47.8 | 32.2% | 309 | 4.7k | #99 |
| 41 | Emory University United States · Atlanta | 47.4 | 18.8% | 587 | 5.2k | #32 |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh United States · Pittsburgh | 47.1 | 18.6% | 763 | 6.3k | #29 |
| 43 | University of California, Irvine United States · Irvine | 46.7 | 21.8% | 555 | 5.5k | #24 |
| 44 | Central South University China · Changsha | 46.4 | 26.4% | 456 | 5.1k | — |
| 45 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States · New York | 46.1 | 22.9% | 400 | 4.1k | #45 |
| 46 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill | 45.8 | 10.9% | 984 | 5.4k | #35 |
| 47 | Tsinghua University China · Beijing | 45.5 | 25.0% | 489 | 5.9k | — |
| 48 | University of Southern California United States · Los Angeles | 45.2 | 21.1% | 562 | 5.1k | #53 |
| 49 | University of California, Davis United States · Davis | 44.9 | 22.9% | 522 | 5.3k | #57 |
| 50 | National Institutes of Health United States · Bethesda | 44.6 | 23.3% | 336 | 4.2k | #9 |
| 51 | Nantong University China · Nantong | 44.3 | 26.6% | 282 | 3.4k | — |
| 52 | University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley | 44.1 | 29.2% | 389 | 4.9k | #25 |
| 53 | Duke University United States · Durham | 43.8 | 23.3% | 480 | 4.7k | #50 |
| 54 | Capital Medical University China · Beijing | 43.5 | 19.5% | 710 | 6.6k | — |
| 55 | Soochow University China · Suzhou | 43.3 | 22.6% | 380 | 4.6k | — |
| 56 | Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston | 43.0 | 25.3% | 277 | 3.3k | #60 |
| 57 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States · Cambridge | 42.8 | 34.4% | 291 | 5.1k | #27 |
| 58 | Stanford Medicine United States · Stanford | 42.5 | 33.3% | 145 | 2.5k | — |
| 59 | Baylor College of Medicine United States · Houston | 42.3 | 23.2% | 314 | 3.1k | #46 |
| 60 | Monash University Australia · Melbourne | 42.0 | 24.3% | 453 | 4.5k | — |
| 61 | The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney | 41.8 | 22.0% | 519 | 4.9k | — |
| 62 | University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver | 41.6 | 18.5% | 521 | 4.4k | #39 |
| 63 | China Medical University China · Shenyang | 41.3 | 30.2% | 233 | 3.2k | — |
| 64 | National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore | 41.1 | 28.9% | 322 | 5.6k | — |
| 65 | Imperial College London United Kingdom · London | 40.9 | 24.9% | 443 | 4.8k | #59 |
| 66 | Columbia University Irving Medical Center United States · New York | 40.7 | 25.5% | 218 | 2.5k | — |
| 67 | The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne | 40.5 | 23.7% | 512 | 4.7k | #79 |
| 68 | University of Florida United States · Gainesville | 40.3 | 17.1% | 651 | 4.6k | #90 |
| 69 | Nanjing Medical University China · Nanjing | 40.1 | 21.1% | 412 | 4.4k | — |
| 70 | Princeton University United States · Princeton | 39.8 | 34.6% | 225 | 3.3k | #47 |
| 71 | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom · Edinburgh | 39.6 | 23.4% | 402 | 3.7k | #62 |
| 72 | University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam | 39.5 | 24.4% | 369 | 3.5k | — |
| 73 | Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome | 39.3 | 23.9% | 501 | 4.2k | — |
| 74 | The Ohio State University United States · Columbus | 39.1 | 18.8% | 466 | 3.4k | #69 |
| 75 | University of Alabama at Birmingham United States · Birmingham | 38.9 | 19.7% | 297 | 2.4k | — |
| 76 | University of Chicago United States · Chicago | 38.7 | 16.9% | 598 | 3.9k | #42 |
| 77 | Southern Medical University China · Guangzhou | 38.5 | 25.5% | 284 | 3.1k | — |
| 78 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany · Berlin | 38.3 | 15.9% | 446 | 3.4k | #97 |
| 79 | ETH Zurich Switzerland · Zurich | 38.1 | 31.5% | 234 | 3.4k | — |
| 80 | The University of Texas at Austin United States · Austin | 38.0 | 21.8% | 472 | 3.9k | #83 |
| 81 | University of Basel Switzerland · Basel | 37.8 | 26.3% | 174 | 2.3k | — |
| 82 | Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Italy · Rome | 37.6 | 24.1% | 314 | 3.2k | — |
| 83 | University of Minnesota United States · Minneapolis | 37.4 | 19.8% | 545 | 5.3k | #52 |
| 84 | Neurological Surgery United States · Rockville Centre | 37.3 | 23.6% | 280 | 3.2k | #88 |
| 85 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany · Munich | 37.1 | 19.5% | 503 | 4.3k | #81 |
| 86 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China · Xi'an | 36.9 | 23.2% | 372 | 3.8k | — |
| 87 | Wuhan University China · Wuhan | 36.8 | 26.1% | 309 | 3.6k | — |
| 88 | The University of Tokyo Japan · Tokyo | 36.6 | 12.7% | 692 | 4.5k | #66 |
| 89 | Shandong University China · Jinan | 36.4 | 26.4% | 328 | 3.6k | — |
| 90 | Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo | 36.3 | 12.5% | 574 | 3.2k | — |
| 91 | Jinan University China · Guangzhou | 36.1 | 30.4% | 185 | 2.6k | — |
| 92 | Tongji University China · Shanghai | 36.0 | 24.3% | 264 | 2.6k | — |
| 93 | Boston University United States · Boston | 35.8 | 22.9% | 445 | 4.3k | #58 |
| 94 | University of Illinois Chicago United States · Chicago | 35.7 | 19.1% | 282 | 2.3k | — |
| 95 | West China Hospital of Sichuan University China · Chengdu | 35.5 | 24.4% | 281 | 2.8k | — |
| 96 | Seoul National University South Korea · Seoul | 35.4 | 20.9% | 371 | 3.6k | — |
| 97 | Southeast University China · Nanjing | 35.2 | 23.9% | 334 | 3.8k | — |
| 98 | Chinese Institute for Brain Research China · Beijing | 35.1 | 28.6% | 278 | 3.8k | — |
| 99 | Yonsei University South Korea · Seoul | 34.9 | 19.5% | 350 | 3.3k | — |
| 100 | University of Wisconsin–Madison United States · Madison | 34.8 | 18.6% | 537 | 4k | #36 |
institutions ranked worldwide in Neuroscience (1,168). 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.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harvard University United States 1.3k works
- 2 University College London United Kingdom 1.2k works
- 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 984 works
- 4 University of Toronto Canada 978 works
- 5 Stanford University United States 919 works
- 6 Johns Hopkins University United States 916 works
- 7 Yale University United States 905 works
- 8 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 904 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 794 works
- 10 University of Oxford United Kingdom 786 works
- 11 University of California San Diego United States 779 works
- 12 University of Pittsburgh United States 763 works
- 13 University of Pennsylvania United States 744 works
- 14 University of California, Los Angeles United States 739 works
- 15 Zhejiang University China 738 works
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