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Top Archeology (Arts and Humanities) Research Institutions

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 139 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
1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 100.0 19.4% 380 570#2
2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 86.0 20.5% 280 402#3
3 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 77.7 19.7% 270 392#7
4 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 71.9 23.8% 179 367#9
5 Israel Antiquities AuthorityIsrael · Jerusalem 67.4 11.4% 630 200#57
6 University of MilanItaly · Milan 63.7 25.8% 135 343#20
7 Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Milan 60.6 27.8% 122 355#59
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 57.9 27.5% 146 369#1
9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 55.5 18.8% 219 359#4
10 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Tel Aviv 53.3 31.8% 130 242#5
11 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 51.4 14.7% 374 318#14
12 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 49.6 16.1% 332 353#22
13 University of FlorenceItaly · Florence 48.0 21.6% 147 307#12
14 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 46.5 16.9% 218 209#24
15 University of HaifaIsrael · Haifa 45.1 30.2% 141 198#39
16 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 43.8 29.5% 136 197#72
17 Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem 42.6 24.1% 151 195#11
18 Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville 41.4 16.7% 274 214#71
19 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 40.3 29.9% 90 246#53
20 University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 39.3 21.9% 185 146—
21 University of CoimbraPortugal · Coimbra 38.3 27.7% 98 238#64
22 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 37.4 21.9% 138 191#63
23 University of TübingenGermany · Tübingen 36.5 25.9% 88 202#36
24 Department of ArchaeologySri Lanka · Colombo 35.6 19.5% 200 103—
25 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia · George Town 34.8 31.9% 68 151—
26 Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 34.0 28.7% 97 195#29
27 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 33.2 18.9% 119 164#41
28 University of PisaItaly · Pisa 32.5 25.8% 97 205#27
29 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 31.8 26.5% 89 164#15
30 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 31.1 29.2% 69 215#47
31 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 30.4 17.8% 141 234—
32 University of LisbonPortugal · Lisbon 29.8 25.1% 114 191#75
33 University of Naples Federico IIItaly · Naples 29.1 22.4% 87 157—
34 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 28.5 19.6% 122 133#17
35 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly · Venice 27.9 13.4% 202 165—
36 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 27.4 26.0% 69 129#50
37 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia · Shah Alam 26.8 22.8% 155 144—
38 Universidad de ValladolidSpain · Valladolid 26.3 12.8% 146 75—
39 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 25.8 21.6% 104 179#8
40 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 25.2 24.8% 124 143—
41 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 24.7 13.8% 127 127#43
42 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 24.3 20.7% 142 143#52
43 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain · Zaragoza 23.8 12.3% 184 105—
44 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 23.3 15.8% 161 109—
45 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 22.9 18.6% 128 162#30
46 Universidad de SalamancaSpain · Salamanca 22.4 16.6% 131 97—
47 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 22.0 24.3% 81 117—
48 Universidad de MálagaSpain · Málaga 21.5 15.9% 115 128—
49 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 21.1 16.3% 131 101—
50 Institute of ArchaeologyChina · Beijing 20.7 31.9% 73 124—
51 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 20.3 19.6% 65 111#77
52 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 19.9 20.7% 95 97#83
53 University of BelgradeSerbia · Belgrade 19.5 23.9% 88 126—
54 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain · Santiago de Compostela 19.2 21.7% 111 113—
55 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal · Lisbon 18.8 24.4% 91 104#100
56 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain · Madrid 18.4 14.0% 160 97#93
57 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 18.1 25.1% 80 152—
58 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques PréventivesFrance · Metz 17.7 4.9% 258 71—
59 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland · Warsaw 17.4 27.9% 79 109—
60 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 17.0 22.4% 86 96#26
61 Austrian Academy of SciencesAustria · Vienna 16.7 24.3% 79 122—
62 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 16.4 11.3% 118 104#69
63 Universidad de CádizSpain · Cadiz 16.0 19.2% 91 101—
64 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 15.7 16.4% 127 122—
65 Universidad de AlcaláSpain · Alcalá de Henares 15.4 16.9% 76 77—
66 University of AlicanteSpain · Alicante 15.1 20.2% 104 131—
67 Politecnico di TorinoItaly · Turin 14.8 19.9% 72 154—
68 Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece · Thessaloniki 14.5 26.5% 61 98—
69 University of LjubljanaSlovenia · Ljubljana 14.2 28.9% 62 151—
70 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye · Istanbul 13.9 21.7% 75 90—
71 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance · Paris 13.6 10.2% 144 54—
72 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 13.3 21.2% 104 76—
73 University of PalermoItaly · Palermo 13.1 20.7% 72 119—
74 Instituto de HistoriaSpain · Madrid 12.8 18.3% 101 64—
75 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain · Madrid 12.5 15.9% 92 129—
76 Université de BordeauxFrance · Bordeaux 12.2 19.1% 61 99#45
77 Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom · Newcastle upon Tyne 12.0 21.5% 62 127#87
78 University of CataniaItaly · Catania 11.7 23.7% 66 92—
79 University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom · Nottingham 11.5 16.5% 73 101—
80 Instytut Archeologii i EtnologiiPoland · Warsaw 11.2 14.8% 92 38—
81 University of TurinItaly · Turin 10.9 20.9% 72 125#90
82 Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary · Budapest 10.7 18.4% 91 79—
83 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance · Toulouse 10.4 8.4% 114 57—
84 University of WrocławPoland · Wroclaw 10.2 18.4% 72 82—
85 University of LiègeBelgium · Liège 10.0 17.5% 69 75#37
86 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance · Marseille 9.7 11.6% 103 65—
87 University of ZagrebCroatia · Zagreb 9.5 16.4% 84 106—
88 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 9.3 23.8% 60 74#73
89 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael · Ramat Gan 9.0 13.5% 84 64#82
90 Universidad de MurciaSpain · Murcia 8.8 17.4% 91 61—
91 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 8.6 12.7% 100 112#89
92 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 8.4 20.5% 79 72—
93 Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin 8.1 12.3% 79 64—
94 Patrimonio NacionalSpain · Madrid 7.9 23.0% 63 43—
95 Université de LilleFrance · Lille 7.7 5.0% 170 43—
96 University of ŁódźPoland · Lodz 7.5 19.6% 78 78—
97 Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland · Torun 7.3 14.3% 87 56—
98 University of ZadarCroatia · Zadar 7.1 19.0% 65 47—
99 Film IndependentUnited States · Los Angeles 6.9 8.7% 126 59—
100 Ankara UniversityTürkiye · Ankara 6.7 13.4% 88 91—

institutions ranked worldwide in Archeology (139). 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 Israel Antiquities AuthorityIsrael 630 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 380 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 374 works
  4. 4 Universidad de GranadaSpain 332 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 280 works
  6. 6 Universidad de SevillaSpain 274 works
  7. 7 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 270 works
  8. 8 Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques PréventivesFrance 258 works
  9. 9 Ausonius Institut de Recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen ageFrance 225 works
  10. 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 219 works
  11. 11 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 218 works
  12. 12 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 203 works
  13. 13 Department of ArchaeologySri Lanka 200 works
  14. 14 University of WarsawPoland 185 works
  15. 15 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 184 works

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