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Top Biotechnology Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Harvard University and Zhejiang University, out of 38 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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 15.8% 321 4k#2
2Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 80.9 13.2% 96 965#1
3Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 69.8 17.0% 128 1.6k#29
4Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 61.9 15.3% 126 1.3k#26
5University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 55.8 10.6% 65 566#4
6Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 50.7 12.7% 67 664#6
7Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 46.5 18.8% 103 1.4k#46
8Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 42.8 15.0% 99 1.1k#47
9Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 39.6 21.9% 186 2.4k#56
10National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 36.7 13.9% 68 689#3
11China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 34.1 18.1% 95 1.4k#37
12Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 31.7 15.2% 258 2.6k#70
13Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 29.5 13.8% 71 614#60
14Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 27.5 17.0% 62 676#67
15Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang 25.6 18.6% 131 1.7k#93
16Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 23.8 6.0% 198 982#7
17Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 22.1 12.4% 93 874#13
18Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 20.5 12.4% 66 664#83
19South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 19.1 20.1% 62 929#54
20Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 17.6 16.9% 75 1k#72
21Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 16.3 15.7% 66 758-
22Jiangsu UniversityChina · Zhenjiang 15.0 31.6% 80 1.4k-
23Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 13.8 15.1% 64 650-
24Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 12.6 17.2% 91 1k-
25Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 11.5 12.3% 93 834-
26Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 10.4 8.4% 67 496#94
27Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 9.4 5.7% 96 534#38
28The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 8.4 16.4% 78 422#40
29Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia · New Delhi 7.4 10.8% 102 930-
30Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina · Beijing 6.5 26.8% 66 995-
31United States Department of AgricultureUnited States · Washington 5.6 7.3% 119 850-
32Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil · Campinas 4.7 14.8% 60 829-
33Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 3.9 6.4% 87 591-
34Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 3.1 5.1% 65 418-
35Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 2.3 3.9% 272 1.1k-
36Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia · New Delhi 148.6 9.1% 120 888-
37National Research CentreEgypt · Giza 73.3 9.8% 70 540-
38Islamic Azad University, TehranIran · Tehran 0.0 6.1% 79 411-

institutions ranked worldwide in Biotechnology (38). 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).

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.

0 to 5: 7 places5 to 10: 5 places10 to 15: 4 places15 to 20: 4 places20 to 25: 3 places25 to 30: 3 places30 to 35: 2 places35 to 40: 2 places40 to 45: 1 places45 to 50: 1 places50 to 55: 1 places55 to 60: 1 places60 to 65: 1 places65 to 70: 1 places70 to 75: 0 places75 to 80: 0 places80 to 85: 1 places85 to 90: 0 places90 to 95: 0 places95 to 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 374 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 303 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 298 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 228 works
  5. 5 Jiangnan UniversityChina 213 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 154 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 151 works
  8. 8 Nanchang UniversityChina 146 works
  9. 9 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 137 works
  10. 10 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 133 works
  11. 11 Sichuan UniversityChina 126 works
  12. 12 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 118 works
  13. 13 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 117 works
  14. 14 Harvard UniversityUnited States 115 works
  15. 15 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 112 works

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