Which institution is best at Nursing research?

Top Nursing Research Institutions

Ewha Womans University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 213 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	Ewha Womans University South Korea · Seoul	100.0	24.1%	67	546	#28
2	University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia	87.1	29.0%	91	931	#1
3	Yonsei University South Korea · Seoul	79.5	23.3%	88	607	#25
4	Sichuan University China · Chengdu	74.1	32.3%	144	1.5k	—
5	Alexandria University Egypt · Alexandria	70.0	19.0%	122	690	—
6	Central South University China · Changsha	66.6	39.3%	110	1.5k	—
7	King Saud University Saudi Arabia · Riyadh	63.7	25.5%	160	1.6k	—
8	Columbia University United States · New York	61.2	27.8%	62	573	#3
9	Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore	59.0	25.0%	153	1.6k	#11
10	Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo	57.1	16.7%	216	1.3k	#14
11	Monash University Australia · Melbourne	55.3	31.1%	93	1.1k	#42
12	King's College London United Kingdom · London	53.7	29.2%	67	700	#8
13	Ain Shams University Egypt · Cairo	52.2	8.1%	184	503	—
14	Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran	50.8	19.9%	105	652	—
15	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan	49.5	31.7%	91	1.2k	—
16	Mansoura University Egypt · Al Mansurah	48.3	13.4%	100	469	—
17	National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore	47.2	33.8%	77	1.2k	#75
18	Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou	46.1	36.3%	147	2.2k	—
19	Harvard University United States · Cambridge	45.1	26.3%	163	2.1k	#6
20	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tabriz	44.1	25.4%	77	684	—
21	The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney	43.2	26.0%	90	730	#34
22	Kyung Hee University South Korea · Seoul	42.3	26.4%	77	626	#33
23	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill	41.5	9.9%	253	875	#9
24	Seoul National University South Korea · Seoul	40.7	17.1%	96	655	#44
25	Tanta University Egypt · Tanta	40.0	10.9%	103	331	—
26	Padjadjaran University Indonesia · Bandung	39.2	17.0%	130	815	—
27	University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver	38.5	21.1%	76	656	#18
28	Peking University China · Beijing	37.8	22.2%	103	951	—
29	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing	37.2	25.1%	117	1.4k	—
30	Kyungpook National University South Korea · Daegu	36.6	25.7%	60	461	#84
31	University of Pittsburgh United States · Pittsburgh	35.9	19.7%	67	434	#23
32	Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou	35.4	25.4%	100	1.1k	—
33	University of Wisconsin–Madison United States · Madison	34.8	22.4%	68	541	#20
34	Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran	34.2	19.0%	118	790	#97
35	The Ohio State University United States · Columbus	33.7	20.7%	99	716	#39
36	Universidade Federal de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo	33.2	15.5%	84	357	#95
37	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Brazil · Natal	32.6	20.4%	63	345	—
38	University of Toronto Canada · Toronto	32.2	19.9%	107	784	#22
39	Duke University United States · Durham	31.7	22.0%	70	598	#37
40	Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran	31.2	19.1%	68	390	—
41	The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne	30.7	28.6%	82	930	#53
42	Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Iran · Shiraz	30.3	18.0%	82	579	—
43	China Medical University China · Shenyang	29.8	34.7%	67	782	—
44	University of Calgary Canada · Calgary	29.4	19.3%	63	546	#82
45	Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye · Istanbul	29.0	8.0%	112	312	—
46	Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Iran · Mashhad	28.6	17.8%	81	583	—
47	Karolinska Institutet Sweden · Stockholm	28.2	30.1%	70	759	#21
48	University of Minnesota United States · Minneapolis	27.8	21.3%	92	682	#12
49	Chongqing Medical University China · Chongqing	27.4	22.7%	63	542	—
50	University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford	27.0	30.1%	64	785	#100
51	Benha University Egypt · Banhā	26.7	7.7%	104	247	—
52	Deakin University Australia · Burwood	26.3	27.5%	66	602	#83
53	Emory University United States · Atlanta	25.9	16.0%	102	718	#40
54	University of Johannesburg South Africa · Johannesburg	25.6	26.2%	70	820	—
55	Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai	25.3	31.8%	133	1.6k	—
56	Jilin University China · Changchun	24.9	39.6%	108	1.5k	—
57	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Brazil · Florianópolis	24.6	16.8%	79	432	#79
58	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey United States · New Brunswick	24.3	19.8%	71	526	#94
59	Universiti Putra Malaysia Malaysia · Seri Kembangan	23.9	12.5%	97	688	—
60	University of Gondar Ethiopia · Gonder	23.6	28.9%	126	1.2k	—
61	University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor	23.3	22.7%	84	855	#2
62	University of Alberta Canada · Edmonton	23.0	24.7%	95	873	#7
63	Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Iran · Isfahan	22.7	17.1%	98	707	—
64	Airlangga University Indonesia · Surabaya	22.4	5.5%	191	427	—
65	Zagazig University Egypt · Zagazig	22.1	11.0%	100	396	—
66	Cairo University Egypt · Giza	21.9	15.2%	168	915	—
67	Minia University Egypt · Minya	21.6	9.2%	61	158	—
68	The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane	21.3	23.2%	94	834	—
69	KU Leuven Belgium · Leuven	21.0	25.7%	104	1k	#74
70	University of Florida United States · Gainesville	20.8	13.7%	113	726	#60
71	Menoufia University Egypt · Shibīn al Kawm	20.5	7.9%	71	160	—
72	University of Washington United States · Seattle	20.2	20.2%	86	726	#10
73	Korea University South Korea · Seoul	20.0	21.6%	81	674	—
74	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil · Porto Alegre	19.7	14.9%	79	434	—
75	University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco	19.5	26.4%	71	646	#4
76	University of Ghana Ghana · Accra	19.2	19.9%	79	460	—
77	Hacettepe University Türkiye · Ankara	19.0	13.5%	74	305	—
78	Ege University Türkiye · Izmir	18.7	11.9%	90	351	—
79	Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus	18.5	22.5%	80	580	—
80	University of Nigeria Nigeria · Nsukka	18.3	10.2%	85	289	—
81	National University of Malaysia Malaysia · Bangi	18.0	16.6%	60	487	—
82	King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia · Jeddah	17.8	22.5%	66	569	—
83	University of Auckland New Zealand · Auckland	17.6	29.2%	79	750	—
84	Qingdao University China · Qingdao	17.4	31.5%	64	748	—
85	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil · Campinas	17.1	22.2%	138	1.3k	#77
86	Atatürk University Türkiye · Erzurum	16.9	15.1%	84	463	—
87	Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome	16.7	25.3%	71	789	—
88	Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston	16.5	26.1%	69	1.1k	#15
89	University of Saskatchewan Canada · Saskatoon	16.3	27.0%	66	612	—
90	Soochow University China · Suzhou	16.1	24.2%	68	634	—
91	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil · Rio de Janeiro	15.9	17.4%	77	474	—
92	Universidade Federal do Ceará Brazil · Fortaleza	15.7	12.4%	65	265	#88
93	Medical University of Warsaw Poland · Warsaw	15.5	18.7%	61	429	—
94	Cornell University United States · Ithaca	15.3	24.7%	108	928	—
95	Yale University United States · New Haven	15.1	23.6%	79	798	#35
96	Zhengzhou University China · Zhengzhou	14.9	32.8%	61	835	—
97	Capital Medical University China · Beijing	14.7	23.2%	80	691	—
98	University of Alabama at Birmingham United States · Birmingham	14.5	19.2%	76	486	#64
99	Northeast Agricultural University China · Harbin	14.3	51.3%	221	4.2k	—
100	Chulalongkorn University Thailand · Bangkok	14.1	18.9%	61	401	—

institutions ranked worldwide in Nursing (213). 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 Jiangnan University China 345 works
2 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology China 295 works
3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 253 works
4 China Agricultural University China 244 works
5 Northeast Agricultural University China 221 works
6 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 216 works
7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China 199 works
8 Airlangga University Indonesia 191 works
9 Ain Shams University Egypt 185 works
10 Henan University of Technology China 176 works
11 Cairo University Egypt 168 works
12 Yangzhou University China 168 works
13 University of Indonesia Indonesia 166 works
14 Harvard University United States 163 works
15 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 160 works

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