Top Accounting Research Institutions

Xiamen University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Peking University and University of Hong Kong, out of 407 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	Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen	100.0	15.9%	169	1.2k	#37
2	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	88.5	17.2%	130	859	#30
3	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	81.7	13.5%	116	952	#8
4	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	76.9	13.5%	104	811	#13
5	Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing	73.2	18.7%	183	1.5k	#36
6	Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Chengdu	70.2	16.2%	218	1.5k	#69
7	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	67.6	19.0%	84	902	#3
8	New York UniversityUnited States · New York	65.4	17.6%	98	657	#2
9	University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago	63.4	21.6%	110	1.2k	#6
10	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	61.7	18.9%	98	784	#63
11	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	60.1	8.7%	159	676	#15
12	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu	58.6	4.7%	1.2k	922	#95
13	Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin	57.3	14.7%	85	474	-
14	Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia · Makassar	56.1	6.6%	1.5k	1.2k	#56
15	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	54.9	8.8%	216	673	#26
16	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an	53.9	21.1%	128	1.1k	#71
17	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	52.8	18.8%	90	693	-
18	Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing	51.9	21.5%	75	568	#89
19	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	51.0	12.1%	101	496	#14
20	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	50.1	6.5%	78	219	#24
21	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	49.3	22.3%	75	747	#5
22	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	48.6	16.2%	117	980	#48
23	Universitas StikubankIndonesia · Semarang	47.8	15.1%	195	392	-
24	Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu	47.1	18.2%	111	613	-
25	Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Beijing	46.4	16.3%	195	1.4k	-
26	City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	45.8	13.1%	101	558	#11
27	Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham	45.1	20.1%	72	560	#92
28	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	44.5	14.2%	68	438	#9
29	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	44.0	13.2%	86	527	-
30	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh	43.4	15.0%	78	479	#55
31	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	42.9	18.2%	78	670	#7
32	Universitas Esa UnggulIndonesia · Jakarta	42.3	12.8%	336	444	-
33	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	41.8	16.6%	98	659	#41
34	Northern University of MalaysiaMalaysia · Jitra	41.3	13.1%	317	1k	#86
35	Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington	40.8	18.8%	102	846	#28
36	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	40.4	18.6%	98	724	#46
37	University of Business and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah	39.9	27.0%	116	727	-
38	Universitas PamulangIndonesia · Tangerang	39.5	7.8%	1k	617	-
39	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	39.0	15.1%	65	550	#18
40	Zhongnan University of Economics and LawChina · Wuhan	38.6	18.6%	161	1.3k	-
41	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	38.2	14.1%	69	440	#20
42	University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom · Nottingham	37.8	17.3%	112	674	#74
43	Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	37.4	19.2%	65	415	#49
44	Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia · Malang	37.0	8.9%	389	469	-
45	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	36.6	15.2%	104	658	#16
46	Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesia · Bandung	36.3	6.5%	422	264	-
47	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam	35.9	15.5%	93	475	#40
48	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	35.6	12.1%	105	545	#31
49	Politeknik Keuangan Negara STANIndonesia · Banten	35.2	12.2%	158	375	-
50	Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai	34.9	16.6%	76	661	-
51	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan	34.6	25.5%	70	846	-
52	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	34.2	16.3%	82	576	-
53	Islamic University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Yogyakarta	33.9	9.9%	371	551	-
54	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	33.6	11.1%	127	420	#10
55	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	33.3	15.6%	88	577	#42
56	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	33.0	13.2%	74	439	#39
57	Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick	32.7	13.7%	78	360	#67
58	University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom · Southampton	32.4	22.8%	72	748	-
59	State University of SemarangIndonesia · Semarang	32.1	11.5%	268	458	-
60	Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra	31.9	9.6%	87	406	-
61	University of International Business and EconomicsChina · Beijing	31.6	16.7%	133	935	-
62	Dongbei University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Dalian	31.3	16.8%	99	584	-
63	Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta	31.0	8.4%	524	585	-
64	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	30.8	11.2%	79	458	#53
65	University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds	30.5	16.3%	67	338	-
66	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	30.3	11.0%	90	426	#22
67	University of Sarjanawiyata TamansiswaIndonesia · Yogyakarta	30.0	8.1%	255	325	-
68	Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan	29.8	20.9%	60	466	-
69	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam · Ho Chi Minh City	29.5	18.2%	81	602	-
70	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	29.3	13.1%	73	357	#38
71	The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney	29.1	13.2%	107	617	-
72	Jinan UniversityChina · Guangzhou	28.8	21.0%	65	570	-
73	Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta RayaIndonesia · Jakarta	28.6	12.1%	315	469	-
74	Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark · Copenhagen	28.4	16.0%	116	573	#75
75	Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham	28.1	13.7%	62	562	#27
76	Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Shanghai	27.9	16.1%	130	956	-
77	Universitas Nusa BangsaIndonesia · Bogor	27.7	7.5%	318	272	-
78	Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia · Jakarta	27.5	7.9%	968	947	-
79	National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States · Cambridge	27.3	17.0%	86	749	#1
80	University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles	27.1	14.3%	65	520	#51
81	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	26.9	11.3%	90	523	#60
82	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan	26.7	3.9%	825	564	-
83	Bocconi UniversityItaly · Milan	26.5	12.6%	96	406	#25
84	Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia · Serang	26.3	7.2%	270	338	-
85	RMIT UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	26.1	22.1%	70	537	#54
86	Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia	25.9	15.6%	75	353	#98
87	King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	25.7	7.8%	66	226	-
88	Macquarie UniversityAustralia · Sydney	25.5	23.6%	85	837	-
89	Bank IndonesiaIndonesia · Jakarta	25.3	8.6%	207	253	-
90	Sam Ratulangi UniversityIndonesia · Manado	25.1	11.7%	195	243	-
91	Universitas Pancasakti TegalIndonesia · Tegal	24.9	11.2%	87	113	-
92	Capital University of Economics and BusinessChina · Beijing	24.7	19.0%	104	809	-
93	University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen	24.6	17.4%	68	355	#68
94	University of LisbonPortugal · Lisbon	24.4	15.0%	101	491	-
95	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	24.2	9.3%	68	382	#79
96	Florida Atlantic UniversityUnited States · Boca Raton	24.0	12.1%	156	474	-
97	Muhammadiyah University of YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta	23.9	13.8%	170	340	-
98	Muhammadiyah University PurwokertoIndonesia · Purwokerto	23.7	14.1%	171	213	-
99	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia · Yogyakarta	23.5	6.1%	366	389	-
100	University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow	23.4	11.0%	63	262	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Accounting (407). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

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