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Biomedical Engineering research in United States

Harvard University ranks first in United States for Biomedical Engineering research in 2022-now (#2 worldwide), followed by Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

United States's world rank
#2
of 78 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
54k
Top-10% rate
9.8%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Biomedical Engineering in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Harvard UniversityCambridge #290.616.1%1,213
2Stanford UniversityStanford #578.115.9%740
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #970.117.5%540
4University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #3153.215.9%447
5University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #3452.014.4%377
6Cornell UniversityIthaca #3950.111.3%462
7University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia #4249.113.5%420
8University of California San DiegoSan Diego #4348.814.0%396
9Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #4448.410.6%613
10Northwestern UniversityEvanston #4548.113.9%371
11Princeton UniversityPrinceton #4647.817.4%150
12University of MichiganAnn Arbor #5046.710.1%696
13Columbia UniversityNew York #6144.012.0%372
14Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #6243.814.0%600
15University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #6543.112.1%521
16New York UniversityNew York #6742.712.5%400
17Duke UniversityDurham #7042.113.8%399
18Yale UniversityNew Haven #7141.913.1%277
19National Institutes of HealthBethesda #7241.712.7%241
20University of WashingtonSeattle #7341.59.5%474
21Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #7641.012.7%609
22California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #7740.816.5%211
23Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh #7840.614.3%261
24The University of Texas at AustinAustin #7940.510.0%416
25University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #8439.612.0%418
26Emory UniversityAtlanta #9038.712.0%325
27University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco #9538.013.3%172
28University of ChicagoChicago #9637.811.9%248
29Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #9737.79.7%575
30Boston UniversityBoston #11135.811.9%209
31University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #11335.612.0%322
32North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #11435.512.6%380
33University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #11635.212.2%227
34Washington University in St. LouisSt Louis #11735.110.3%298
35Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #12434.314.0%154
36University of PittsburghPittsburgh #12933.89.1%284
37Mayo ClinicRochester #13633.113.2%458
38Rice UniversityHouston #13733.012.9%184
39University of UtahSalt Lake City #14232.59.0%332
40Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #14632.19.3%475
41Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York #15231.513.7%172
42The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #16930.19.0%429
43University of MinnesotaMinneapolis #17329.89.2%289
44Vanderbilt UniversityNashville #17929.311.2%290
45University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara #18828.611.6%118
46The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallas #19328.39.1%145
47University of California, IrvineIrvine #19428.28.4%276
48University of FloridaGainesville #19728.09.6%384
49University of California, RiversideRiverside #20927.212.1%130
50University of VirginiaCharlottesville #21526.89.9%249
51Mount Sinai Health SystemNew York #22226.412.1%124
52Virginia TechBlacksburg #22426.310.1%304
53University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center #23425.79.7%191
54University of California, DavisDavis #23925.48.4%273
55Northeastern UniversityBoston #24025.310.2%256
56Arizona State UniversityTempe #24225.29.1%287
57United States Department of Veterans AffairsWashington #24824.911.5%154
58Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge #25024.88.3%233
59University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park #25324.67.4%243
60Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick #25724.49.4%264

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Biomedical Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Biomedical Engineering researchers in United States?

Zhong Lin Wang, George M. Whitesides and Joseph Wang rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Biomedical Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Zhong Lin Wang#5 worldwide overall537.3 of 857 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2George M. Whitesides#549 worldwide overall156.8 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Joseph Wang#2,364 worldwide overall135.0 of 250 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Menachem Elimelech#4 worldwide overall118.1 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ali Khademhosseini#1,961 worldwide overall132.5 of 315 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Arthur J. Ragauskas#28,704 worldwide overall138.1 of 382 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7John Allen Rogers#2,118 worldwide overall122.2 of 267 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Róbert Langer#654 worldwide overall113.2 of 239 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9David A. Weitz#6,707 worldwide overall99.9 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Yonggang Y. Huang#1,162 worldwide overall92.8 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Tony Jun Huang#8,972 worldwide overall91.4 of 201 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Zhanhu Guo#168 worldwide overall78.6 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Lihong V. Wang#58,364 worldwide overall115.0 of 488 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Zhenan Bao#77 worldwide overall79.2 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yu Shrike Zhang#7,698 worldwide overall82.5 of 203 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Biomedical Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How United States compares with other countries in Biomedical Engineering