Which institution is best at Social Sciences research?

Top Social Sciences (field) Research Institutions

University of Oxford ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Cambridge, out of 5,988 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	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	100.0	16.3%	5k	23k	#2
2	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	92.0	7.0%	23k	18k	#4
3	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	87.4	14.1%	4k	14k	#7
4	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	84.1	17.2%	2.3k	16k	#1
5	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	81.5	16.4%	2.4k	17k	#3
6	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	79.4	17.3%	4.1k	22k	#12
7	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	77.6	13.2%	3.5k	7.5k	#14
8	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	76.1	19.4%	2.3k	15k	#18
9	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	74.7	14.6%	2.1k	11k	#5
10	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	73.5	12.5%	2.5k	10k	#6
11	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	72.4	14.3%	2.2k	11k	#16
12	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu	71.4	9.3%	21k	22k	#67
13	University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam	70.5	21.5%	2.4k	14k	#36
14	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	69.7	13.6%	4.8k	18k	#17
15	The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne	68.9	16.4%	3.7k	14k	#21
16	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	68.1	14.7%	3.4k	15k	#9
17	Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin	67.4	17.5%	2.9k	12k	#20
18	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	66.8	18.1%	3k	15k	#25
19	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	66.1	13.7%	2.2k	10k	#8
20	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	65.6	14.9%	1.3k	6.8k	#10
21	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	65.0	14.9%	2.2k	15k	#11
22	New York UniversityUnited States · New York	64.5	13.1%	2.8k	13k	#13
23	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh	63.9	13.2%	2.8k	9.6k	#41
24	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	63.5	16.7%	2.2k	11k	#27
25	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	63.0	15.8%	1.9k	11k	#43
26	University of ViennaAustria · Vienna	62.5	13.0%	2.5k	8.1k	#79
27	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht	62.1	17.6%	2.2k	11k	#49
28	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	61.7	13.0%	2.5k	11k	#26
29	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	61.3	18.2%	1.5k	8.8k	#29
30	University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago	60.9	8.1%	2.9k	7.1k	#15
31	Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin	60.5	12.7%	1.9k	5.2k	-
32	Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm	60.2	16.5%	1.7k	7.4k	#60
33	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	59.8	17.5%	1.5k	9.9k	#22
34	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore	59.5	13.3%	2k	10k	#23
35	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	59.1	17.3%	2.5k	10k	#32
36	University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen	58.8	15.7%	2k	8k	#34
37	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	58.5	15.6%	2.3k	12k	#82
38	King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	58.2	17.0%	2.9k	11k	#59
39	University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki	57.9	13.5%	3.1k	10k	-
40	University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	57.6	14.9%	1.5k	5.7k	-
41	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	57.3	13.6%	2.1k	10k	#19
42	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	57.0	18.8%	1.8k	9.9k	#75
43	Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	56.8	20.5%	1.8k	13k	#42
44	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	56.5	15.0%	2.1k	9.1k	#47
45	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen	56.2	18.0%	1.4k	6.7k	#52
46	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich	56.0	13.4%	2.2k	8.3k	-
47	University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	55.7	15.4%	1.7k	8.4k	#61
48	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison	55.5	12.6%	2.1k	8.6k	#37
49	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	55.3	17.5%	2.4k	13k	#65
50	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	55.0	21.5%	698	5.2k	#56
51	University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol	54.8	15.9%	1.8k	7.2k	#40
52	Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston	54.6	16.9%	1.2k	7.3k	#28
53	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	54.4	16.8%	852	7.4k	#38
54	University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver	54.1	14.2%	2.8k	11k	#46
55	Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris	53.9	8.4%	1.8k	2k	#96
56	University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow	53.7	15.9%	2.2k	8.7k	-
57	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany · Berlin	53.5	14.0%	1.5k	4.1k	#94
58	University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen	53.3	19.2%	1.8k	9.1k	#90
59	Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra	53.1	14.2%	2.7k	7.7k	#91
60	Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden	52.9	18.0%	1.9k	8k	-
61	University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham	52.7	18.3%	1.9k	7.4k	#100
62	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter	52.5	16.3%	1.5k	6.4k	#72
63	University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg	52.4	17.7%	1.6k	8.4k	-
64	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam	52.2	18.5%	1.4k	7.7k	#93
65	London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London	52.0	18.8%	2.2k	11k	#24
66	The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney	51.8	15.0%	3.1k	12k	#88
67	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	51.7	12.7%	2k	7.4k	#48
68	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	51.5	24.3%	1.5k	12k	-
69	Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham	51.3	13.9%	1.6k	7.2k	#33
70	Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham	51.2	17.8%	1.7k	6.3k	#99
71	University of OsloNorway · Oslo	51.0	18.4%	2.2k	10k	#92
72	Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus	50.8	10.5%	2.5k	8.2k	#62
73	University of MünsterGermany · Münster	50.7	10.4%	1.5k	3.1k	#78
74	Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe	50.5	13.2%	2.5k	10k	#44
75	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	50.4	13.9%	1.1k	5.4k	#31
76	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	50.2	18.5%	1.4k	9.3k	#76
77	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	50.1	20.5%	1.4k	9.2k	-
78	University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva	49.9	14.0%	1.1k	3.4k	-
79	Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta	49.8	11.5%	1.4k	5.4k	#57
80	Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg	49.6	11.8%	1.9k	5.9k	-
81	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona	49.5	12.4%	2.5k	6.3k	-
82	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	49.3	12.8%	2.8k	12k	#35
83	Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Barcelona	49.2	16.4%	1k	3.7k	#53
84	McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal	49.1	13.3%	2k	8k	#45
85	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan	48.9	8.5%	12k	11k	-
86	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès	48.8	14.8%	2.3k	7.5k	#74
87	Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington	48.7	10.6%	2.8k	9.6k	#50
88	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	48.5	18.1%	1.2k	6.9k	-
89	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta	48.4	10.3%	7.6k	8.6k	-
90	City University of New YorkUnited States · New York	48.3	10.2%	2.9k	8.2k	#51
91	Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem	48.1	13.6%	1.6k	5.2k	#98
92	University of CologneGermany · Cologne	48.0	11.2%	1.4k	3.7k	-
93	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	47.9	16.3%	1.2k	7.1k	-
94	Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia	47.8	13.2%	2.4k	5.6k	-
95	Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston	47.6	15.9%	1.1k	5.9k	#83
96	University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder	47.5	15.9%	991	5k	#54
97	University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh	47.4	11.2%	1.5k	5.5k	#39
98	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park	47.3	14.0%	1.6k	7.3k	#30
99	University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry	47.2	15.2%	1.8k	6.7k	#63
100	Goethe University FrankfurtGermany · Frankfurt am Main	47.1	11.7%	1.6k	4.5k	-

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Ranked by volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 24k works
2 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 22k works
3 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 13k works
4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 13k works
5 State University of PadangIndonesia 12k works
6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 12k works
7 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 12k works
8 State University of MalangIndonesia 8.9k works
9 State University of MakassarIndonesia 8.8k works
10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 8.8k works
11 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 8.8k works
12 State University of SemarangIndonesia 8.4k works
13 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 8.3k works
14 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 8k works
15 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 7.9k works

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