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Top Biophysics Research Institutions

Tsinghua University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 15 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 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 100.0 30.8% 92 1k#46
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 74.4 30.1% 68 1.2k#1
3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 59.4 26.2% 120 1.1k#49
4 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 48.8 29.2% 69 1.2k#3
5 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 40.6 31.0% 64 805#66
6 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 33.8 31.4% 70 750#18
7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 28.1 20.5% 116 846#14
8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 23.2 26.9% 73 804—
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 18.9 32.2% 62 673—
10 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 15.0 23.0% 92 699#62
11 Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen 11.5 23.1% 61 454—
12 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 8.2 20.8% 61 517#15
13 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 5.3 15.4% 70 412#35
14 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 2.5 17.2% 63 375#30
15 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 0.0 11.4% 65 255#37

institutions ranked worldwide in Biophysics (15). 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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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 120 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 116 works
  3. 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 92 works
  4. 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 91 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 73 works
  6. 6 The University of TokyoJapan 71 works
  7. 7 University of WashingtonUnited States 70 works
  8. 8 Stanford UniversityUnited States 69 works
  9. 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 68 works
  10. 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 65 works
  11. 11 Peking UniversityChina 64 works
  12. 12 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 63 works
  13. 13 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 62 works
  14. 14 Shenzhen UniversityChina 61 works
  15. 15 University of California San DiegoUnited States 61 works

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