Field · Social Sciences
Top Social Sciences (field) Research Institutions
University of Oxford ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 6,365 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 | University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford | 100.0 | 28.6% | 4.7k | 22k | #1 |
| 2 | University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam | 92.1 | 37.9% | 2.3k | 15k | #48 |
| 3 | University College London United Kingdom · London | 87.5 | 33.0% | 4k | 21k | #3 |
| 4 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge | 84.2 | 25.1% | 3.8k | 14k | #6 |
| 5 | University of Johannesburg South Africa · Johannesburg | 81.6 | 31.4% | 2.9k | 9.8k | #96 |
| 6 | Monash University Australia · Melbourne | 79.5 | 35.0% | 2.5k | 13k | #50 |
| 7 | University of Toronto Canada · Toronto | 77.8 | 24.7% | 4.3k | 15k | #12 |
| 8 | The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne | 76.3 | 29.4% | 3.6k | 13k | #46 |
| 9 | University of Oslo Norway · Oslo | 74.9 | 37.5% | 2.1k | 9.8k | #47 |
| 10 | University of Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam | 73.7 | 39.0% | 2.3k | 14k | #26 |
| 11 | Stanford University United States · Stanford | 72.6 | 32.0% | 2.2k | 16k | #4 |
| 12 | University of the Witwatersrand South Africa · Johannesburg | 71.6 | 28.4% | 1.7k | 5.3k | #9 |
| 13 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong · Hong Kong | 70.7 | 45.2% | 1.5k | 12k | — |
| 14 | The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane | 69.9 | 33.6% | 2.3k | 12k | #40 |
| 15 | Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Tai Po | 69.1 | 51.0% | 1k | 7.4k | — |
| 16 | The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney | 68.3 | 26.2% | 3k | 12k | #39 |
| 17 | University of Washington United States · Seattle | 67.7 | 31.1% | 1.9k | 14k | #7 |
| 18 | Griffith University Australia · Brisbane | 67.0 | 36.6% | 1.7k | 9k | #43 |
| 19 | University of Helsinki Finland · Helsinki | 66.4 | 25.7% | 3k | 9.6k | #75 |
| 20 | University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor | 65.8 | 26.3% | 3.1k | 14k | #2 |
| 21 | Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia · Bengkulu | 65.2 | 11.4% | 21k | 22k | — |
| 22 | University of Sheffield United Kingdom · Sheffield | 64.7 | 30.1% | 1.6k | 7k | #22 |
| 23 | University of Tübingen Germany · Tübingen | 64.2 | 25.9% | 1.2k | 4.6k | — |
| 24 | King's College London United Kingdom · London | 63.7 | 27.6% | 2.9k | 10k | #51 |
| 25 | University of Vienna Austria · Vienna | 63.2 | 24.8% | 2.5k | 8.1k | — |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Austin United States · Austin | 62.8 | 26.0% | 2.5k | 11k | #16 |
| 27 | Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Hong Kong | 62.4 | 35.9% | 1.8k | 9.9k | — |
| 28 | Charles Sturt University Australia · Bathurst | 62.0 | 30.9% | 731 | 2.3k | #73 |
| 29 | University of South Africa South Africa · Pretoria | 61.6 | 27.6% | 2.8k | 6.3k | — |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University United States · State College | 61.2 | 28.0% | 2.7k | 11k | #8 |
| 31 | Peking University China · Beijing | 60.8 | 29.8% | 1.8k | 9.7k | — |
| 32 | Arizona State University United States · Tempe | 60.4 | 29.1% | 2.5k | 10k | #21 |
| 33 | Australian National University Australia · Canberra | 60.1 | 24.5% | 2.7k | 7.7k | #34 |
| 34 | University of Glasgow United Kingdom · Glasgow | 59.7 | 28.7% | 2.1k | 8.2k | #70 |
| 35 | University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen | 59.4 | 29.8% | 1.9k | 7.5k | — |
| 36 | London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom · London | 59.1 | 32.9% | 2.2k | 11k | #18 |
| 37 | Deakin University Australia · Burwood | 58.8 | 33.5% | 2k | 9.1k | #99 |
| 38 | University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley | 58.5 | 27.5% | 2k | 11k | #5 |
| 39 | Indonesia University of Education Indonesia · Bandung | 58.2 | 16.4% | 11k | 18k | — |
| 40 | University of Manchester United Kingdom · Manchester | 57.9 | 30.2% | 2.4k | 9.9k | #31 |
| 41 | Leiden University Netherlands · Leiden | 57.6 | 30.6% | 1.9k | 7.6k | #89 |
| 42 | Utrecht University Netherlands · Utrecht | 57.3 | 34.0% | 2.1k | 11k | #57 |
| 43 | Nanyang Technological University Singapore · Singapore | 57.1 | 38.2% | 1.5k | 8.8k | #94 |
| 44 | University of Gothenburg Sweden · Gothenburg | 56.8 | 36.6% | 1.6k | 8.3k | — |
| 45 | Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus | 56.5 | 23.8% | 2.5k | 7.9k | #82 |
| 46 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States · Chapel Hill | 56.3 | 13.9% | 3.5k | 8.8k | #17 |
| 47 | University of Bologna Italy · Bologna | 56.0 | 28.0% | 2k | 6.7k | — |
| 48 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris | 55.8 | 14.9% | 2.9k | 4.9k | #97 |
| 49 | University of Lisbon Portugal · Lisbon | 55.6 | 22.2% | 1.8k | 4.8k | — |
| 50 | Durham University United Kingdom · Durham | 55.3 | 27.9% | 1.7k | 6.3k | #65 |
| 51 | Yale University United States · New Haven | 55.1 | 21.9% | 2.2k | 10k | #20 |
| 52 | New York University United States · New York | 54.9 | 24.7% | 2.4k | 11k | #24 |
| 53 | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom · Edinburgh | 54.7 | 26.1% | 2.8k | 9.3k | #37 |
| 54 | University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver | 54.5 | 27.2% | 2.5k | 9.9k | #28 |
| 55 | Beijing Normal University China · Beijing | 54.2 | 33.1% | 2.1k | 11k | — |
| 56 | University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich | 54.0 | 30.3% | 1.6k | 8.1k | #100 |
| 57 | University of Bergen Norway · Bergen | 53.8 | 34.9% | 990 | 4.7k | — |
| 58 | UNSW Sydney Australia · Sydney | 53.6 | 28.9% | 2k | 8.5k | #98 |
| 59 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States · Urbana | 53.4 | 26.6% | 2k | 7.3k | #13 |
| 60 | National University of Singapore Singapore · Singapore | 53.3 | 31.6% | 2.1k | 11k | — |
| 61 | University of Exeter United Kingdom · Exeter | 53.1 | 30.1% | 1.5k | 6.3k | — |
| 62 | University of California, Irvine United States · Irvine | 52.9 | 28.6% | 1.4k | 6.5k | #55 |
| 63 | Columbia University United States · New York | 52.7 | 24.9% | 2.4k | 9.8k | #15 |
| 64 | University of Cape Town South Africa · Rondebosch | 52.5 | 29.1% | 1.2k | 4k | #30 |
| 65 | Stockholm University Sweden · Stockholm | 52.3 | 34.0% | 1.7k | 6.9k | — |
| 66 | Michigan State University United States · East Lansing | 52.2 | 31.4% | 1.9k | 9.4k | #29 |
| 67 | State University of Padang Indonesia · Padang | 52.0 | 12.1% | 11k | 12k | — |
| 68 | University of Groningen Netherlands · Groningen | 51.8 | 38.1% | 1.6k | 8.1k | — |
| 69 | Universitas Patria Artha Indonesia · Makassar | 51.7 | 7.8% | 6.4k | 5.2k | — |
| 70 | Wuhan University China · Wuhan | 51.5 | 31.7% | 1.2k | 6.9k | — |
| 71 | Cornell University United States · Ithaca | 51.3 | 26.1% | 2k | 9.3k | #27 |
| 72 | Curtin University Australia · Perth | 51.2 | 39.1% | 839 | 5.5k | — |
| 73 | University of North Texas United States · Denton | 51.0 | 26.7% | 891 | 3.3k | — |
| 74 | Lund University Sweden · Lund | 50.9 | 31.9% | 1.8k | 7.7k | — |
| 75 | Eötvös Loránd University Hungary · Budapest | 50.7 | 17.7% | 1.6k | 2.6k | — |
| 76 | Tsinghua University China · Beijing | 50.6 | 33.8% | 1.4k | 8.9k | — |
| 77 | Obuda University Hungary · Budapest | 50.4 | 17.4% | 295 | 554 | — |
| 78 | Harvard University United States · Cambridge | 50.3 | 33.6% | 1.4k | 10k | #23 |
| 79 | National University of Malaysia Malaysia · Bangi | 50.1 | 17.6% | 3.1k | 6.8k | — |
| 80 | University of Auckland New Zealand · Auckland | 50.0 | 31.0% | 1.7k | 7.6k | #87 |
| 81 | University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles | 49.8 | 28.8% | 1.8k | 9.3k | #10 |
| 82 | Uppsala University Sweden · Uppsala | 49.7 | 30.5% | 1.5k | 6.4k | — |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin–Madison United States · Madison | 49.5 | 29.4% | 2.1k | 8.4k | #14 |
| 84 | University of Birmingham United Kingdom · Birmingham | 49.4 | 27.6% | 1.9k | 7.3k | #67 |
| 85 | University of Bristol United Kingdom · Bristol | 49.3 | 27.7% | 1.8k | 7.1k | #61 |
| 86 | Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou | 49.1 | 35.9% | 1.3k | 8.3k | — |
| 87 | State University of Malang Indonesia · Malang | 49.0 | 14.2% | 8.3k | 10k | — |
| 88 | University of Pretoria South Africa · Pretoria | 48.9 | 22.6% | 1.9k | 4.5k | — |
| 89 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany · Munich | 48.8 | 23.8% | 1.7k | 5.8k | — |
| 90 | University of Southern California United States · Los Angeles | 48.6 | 30.3% | 1.4k | 8k | #45 |
| 91 | Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands · Nijmegen | 48.5 | 32.5% | 1.3k | 5.8k | — |
| 92 | European University Institute Italy · Florence | 48.4 | 34.3% | 913 | 4.2k | — |
| 93 | State University of Semarang Indonesia · Semarang | 48.2 | 14.3% | 7.2k | 7.7k | — |
| 94 | University of Malaya Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur | 48.1 | 21.3% | 2.3k | 5.8k | — |
| 95 | University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia | 48.0 | 34.3% | 1.4k | 9.3k | #35 |
| 96 | University of Indonesia Indonesia · Depok | 47.9 | 12.5% | 7k | 8.6k | — |
| 97 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam | 47.8 | 31.1% | 1.5k | 7.1k | — |
| 98 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain · Cerdanyola del Vallès | 47.7 | 24.7% | 2k | 5.9k | #85 |
| 99 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel · Jerusalem | 47.5 | 26.7% | 1.5k | 5.1k | — |
| 100 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway · Trondheim | 47.4 | 39.7% | 1.1k | 6.1k | — |
institutions ranked worldwide in Social Sciences (6,365). 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 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 21k works
- 2 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Indonesia 12k works
- 3 State University of Padang Indonesia 11k works
- 4 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 11k works
- 5 Weatherford College United States 10k works
- 6 State University of Malang Indonesia 8.3k works
- 7 State University of Makassar Indonesia 7.8k works
- 8 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta Indonesia 7.6k works
- 9 Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 7.4k works
- 10 Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 7.3k works
- 11 State University of Semarang Indonesia 7.2k works
- 12 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 7.2k works
- 13 State University of Medan Indonesia 7.1k works
- 14 Human Growth Foundation United States 7k works
- 15 University of Mataram Indonesia 7k works
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