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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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Harvard University United States · Cambridge 100.0 29.0% 1.3k 18k#1
2Stanford University United States · Stanford 90.2 26.2% 919 12k#3
3University College London United Kingdom · London 84.4 27.2% 1.2k 14k#6
4Howard Hughes Medical Institute United States · Chevy Chase 80.4 52.5% 169 5.4k#2
5Yale University United States · New Haven 77.2 24.7% 904 9.5k#4
6Washington University in St. Louis United States · St Louis 74.6 24.6% 701 14k#10
7University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco 72.4 27.0% 540 7k#5
8Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing 70.6 30.5% 660 10k#91
9University of California San Diego United States · San Diego 68.9 23.1% 779 8.8k#8
10Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore 67.4 21.5% 916 8.3k#12
11Columbia University United States · New York 66.1 25.6% 664 7.9k#7
12University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford 64.8 28.6% 786 9.1k#19
13University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles 63.7 24.2% 739 8.5k#11
14Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai 62.6 26.2% 794 8.9k
15King's College London United Kingdom · London 61.7 27.9% 568 6.3k#34
16University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia 60.7 25.2% 744 7.7k#15
17Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou 59.9 23.2% 738 8k
18Peking University China · Beijing 59.1 21.9% 712 7k
19University of Toronto Canada · Toronto 58.3 19.5% 978 7.8k#30
20Inserm France · Paris 57.6 21.9% 733 7.2k#23
21Sichuan University China · Chengdu 56.9 26.2% 539 6.3k
22Cornell University United States · Ithaca 56.2 25.3% 452 4.8k#22
23Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston 55.6 25.0% 551 6.2k#26
24University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge 55.0 27.1% 659 7.4k#13
25New York University United States · New York 54.4 25.6% 737 7.6k#28
26Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan 53.9 30.8% 509 7.3k
27University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen 53.3 26.0% 386 4.5k#87
28Fudan University China · Shanghai 52.8 22.5% 608 6.5k
29Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou 52.3 22.2% 650 6.2k
30Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris 51.8 20.7% 904 7.7k#38
31Karolinska Institutet Sweden · Stockholm 51.4 24.6% 439 4.7k#14
32University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing 50.9 27.4% 504 6.7k
33McGill University Canada · Montreal 50.5 22.8% 605 6.2k#37
34Johns Hopkins Medicine United States · Baltimore 50.1 24.7% 442 4.8k#31
35Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing 49.7 23.2% 545 5.8k
36Northwestern University United States · Evanston 49.3 24.8% 516 5.5k#33
37University of Washington United States · Seattle 48.9 21.5% 618 5.8k#21
38University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich 48.5 27.4% 432 5.2k#44
39University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor 48.1 19.3% 718 6.2k#17
40Allen Institute for Brain Science United States · Seattle 47.8 32.2% 309 4.7k#99
41Emory University United States · Atlanta 47.4 18.8% 587 5.2k#32
42University of Pittsburgh United States · Pittsburgh 47.1 18.6% 763 6.3k#29
43University of California, Irvine United States · Irvine 46.7 21.8% 555 5.5k#24
44Central South University China · Changsha 46.4 26.4% 456 5.1k
45Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States · New York 46.1 22.9% 400 4.1k#45
46University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill 45.8 10.9% 984 5.4k#35
47Tsinghua University China · Beijing 45.5 25.0% 489 5.9k
48University of Southern California United States · Los Angeles 45.2 21.1% 562 5.1k#53
49University of California, Davis United States · Davis 44.9 22.9% 522 5.3k#57
50National Institutes of Health United States · Bethesda 44.6 23.3% 336 4.2k#9
51Nantong University China · Nantong 44.3 26.6% 282 3.4k
52University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley 44.1 29.2% 389 4.9k#25
53Duke University United States · Durham 43.8 23.3% 480 4.7k#50
54Capital Medical University China · Beijing 43.5 19.5% 710 6.6k
55Soochow University China · Suzhou 43.3 22.6% 380 4.6k
56Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston 43.0 25.3% 277 3.3k#60
57Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States · Cambridge 42.8 34.4% 291 5.1k#27
58Stanford Medicine United States · Stanford 42.5 33.3% 145 2.5k
59Baylor College of Medicine United States · Houston 42.3 23.2% 314 3.1k#46
60Monash University Australia · Melbourne 42.0 24.3% 453 4.5k
61The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney 41.8 22.0% 519 4.9k
62University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver 41.6 18.5% 521 4.4k#39
63China Medical University China · Shenyang 41.3 30.2% 233 3.2k
64National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore 41.1 28.9% 322 5.6k
65Imperial College London United Kingdom · London 40.9 24.9% 443 4.8k#59
66Columbia University Irving Medical Center United States · New York 40.7 25.5% 218 2.5k
67The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne 40.5 23.7% 512 4.7k#79
68University of Florida United States · Gainesville 40.3 17.1% 651 4.6k#90
69Nanjing Medical University China · Nanjing 40.1 21.1% 412 4.4k
70Princeton University United States · Princeton 39.8 34.6% 225 3.3k#47
71University of Edinburgh United Kingdom · Edinburgh 39.6 23.4% 402 3.7k#62
72University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 39.5 24.4% 369 3.5k
73Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome 39.3 23.9% 501 4.2k
74The Ohio State University United States · Columbus 39.1 18.8% 466 3.4k#69
75University of Alabama at Birmingham United States · Birmingham 38.9 19.7% 297 2.4k
76University of Chicago United States · Chicago 38.7 16.9% 598 3.9k#42
77Southern Medical University China · Guangzhou 38.5 25.5% 284 3.1k
78Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany · Berlin 38.3 15.9% 446 3.4k#97
79ETH Zurich Switzerland · Zurich 38.1 31.5% 234 3.4k
80The University of Texas at Austin United States · Austin 38.0 21.8% 472 3.9k#83
81University of Basel Switzerland · Basel 37.8 26.3% 174 2.3k
82Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Italy · Rome 37.6 24.1% 314 3.2k
83University of Minnesota United States · Minneapolis 37.4 19.8% 545 5.3k#52
84Neurological Surgery United States · Rockville Centre 37.3 23.6% 280 3.2k#88
85Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany · Munich 37.1 19.5% 503 4.3k#81
86Xi'an Jiaotong University China · Xi'an 36.9 23.2% 372 3.8k
87Wuhan University China · Wuhan 36.8 26.1% 309 3.6k
88The University of Tokyo Japan · Tokyo 36.6 12.7% 692 4.5k#66
89Shandong University China · Jinan 36.4 26.4% 328 3.6k
90Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo 36.3 12.5% 574 3.2k
91Jinan University China · Guangzhou 36.1 30.4% 185 2.6k
92Tongji University China · Shanghai 36.0 24.3% 264 2.6k
93Boston University United States · Boston 35.8 22.9% 445 4.3k#58
94University of Illinois Chicago United States · Chicago 35.7 19.1% 282 2.3k
95West China Hospital of Sichuan University China · Chengdu 35.5 24.4% 281 2.8k
96Seoul National University South Korea · Seoul 35.4 20.9% 371 3.6k
97Southeast University China · Nanjing 35.2 23.9% 334 3.8k
98Chinese Institute for Brain Research China · Beijing 35.1 28.6% 278 3.8k
99Yonsei University South Korea · Seoul 34.9 19.5% 350 3.3k
100University 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.

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 University College London United Kingdom 1.2k works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 984 works
  4. 4 University of Toronto Canada 978 works
  5. 5 Stanford University United States 919 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins University United States 916 works
  7. 7 Yale University United States 905 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 904 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 794 works
  10. 10 University of Oxford United Kingdom 786 works
  11. 11 University of California San Diego United States 779 works
  12. 12 University of Pittsburgh United States 763 works
  13. 13 University of Pennsylvania United States 744 works
  14. 14 University of California, Los Angeles United States 739 works
  15. 15 Zhejiang University China 738 works

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