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Top Cell Biology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 99 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 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 29.7% 157 2.4k#1
2 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 84.9 30.8% 133 2k—
3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 76.1 29.2% 176 2.3k#79
4 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 69.8 32.2% 117 1.9k#6
5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 65.0 25.0% 191 2k#21
6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 61.0 26.7% 130 1.7k#8
7 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 57.7 28.8% 149 1.8k—
8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 54.7 25.3% 158 1.6k—
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 52.2 26.2% 138 1.7k—
10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 49.9 26.8% 145 1.5k—
11 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 47.8 22.5% 128 1.5k#5
12 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 45.9 26.8% 144 1.6k#11
13 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 44.2 29.7% 111 1.6k—
14 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 42.6 38.3% 101 1.2k—
15 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 41.1 32.2% 80 1.2k#3
16 China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 39.7 40.4% 98 1.2k—
17 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 38.3 24.5% 153 1.7k#4
18 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 37.1 31.5% 104 1k—
19 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 35.9 29.4% 97 1.3k—
20 InsermFrance · Paris 34.8 23.5% 139 1.4k#30
21 Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 33.7 37.5% 81 984—
22 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 32.7 28.4% 104 1.3k—
23 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 31.8 23.4% 115 1.1k—
24 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 30.8 24.5% 124 1.2k#17
25 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 30.0 29.5% 77 1k#12
26 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 29.1 25.9% 91 1.1k#23
27 Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 28.3 25.9% 108 824—
28 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 27.5 29.7% 76 1k#9
29 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 26.7 27.4% 107 1.2k—
30 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 26.0 23.7% 112 1k#36
31 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 25.3 27.4% 90 1.1k#56
32 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 24.6 32.4% 74 920—
33 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 23.9 21.8% 111 1.1k#29
34 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 23.3 23.8% 111 1.1k#10
35 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 22.6 25.9% 84 1.2k#18
36 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 22.0 24.2% 89 1k—
37 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 21.4 24.6% 78 839#65
38 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 20.8 23.6% 103 1.3k#14
39 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 20.3 22.2% 88 676—
40 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 19.7 31.6% 79 1k#28
41 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 19.2 29.0% 67 816—
42 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 18.7 31.6% 71 918—
43 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 18.1 14.8% 135 897#88
44 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 17.6 29.3% 79 879#83
45 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 17.2 28.7% 76 798—
46 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 16.7 24.9% 86 829—
47 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 16.2 24.9% 76 922#38
48 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 15.8 12.0% 172 820#26
49 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 15.3 21.5% 93 852#13
50 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 14.9 26.2% 66 666#46
51 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 14.4 26.8% 80 680—
52 Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 14.0 32.7% 66 822—
53 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 13.6 28.4% 74 720—
54 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 13.2 21.7% 80 867#7
55 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 12.8 20.5% 88 893#45
56 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 12.4 24.5% 67 846#48
57 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 12.0 26.5% 68 728#57
58 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 11.6 18.6% 93 775—
59 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 11.3 20.1% 81 628#71
60 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 10.9 28.2% 64 651—
61 University of MilanItaly · Milan 10.5 24.8% 66 635—
62 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 10.2 25.1% 63 645#81
63 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 9.8 15.1% 86 742#61
64 Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 9.5 22.6% 61 552—
65 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 9.2 20.7% 63 647—
66 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 8.8 22.3% 68 684—
67 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 8.5 20.3% 67 621#27
68 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 8.2 15.8% 113 948#37
69 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 7.9 12.8% 115 653—
70 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 7.5 24.5% 72 738—
71 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 7.2 22.4% 61 629#31
72 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 6.9 17.7% 80 690#42
73 University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville 6.6 19.3% 61 588#34
74 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 6.3 21.4% 64 582—
75 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 6.0 19.5% 71 597—
76 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 5.8 22.9% 63 558—
77 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 5.5 17.6% 69 585#63
78 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 5.2 18.5% 73 529—
79 Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 4.9 15.7% 84 509#39
80 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 4.6 18.3% 68 589#24
81 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 4.4 18.0% 68 456#53
82 University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 4.1 20.6% 64 454—
83 Institute of Plant ProtectionChina · Beijing 3.8 20.9% 67 461—
84 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 3.6 22.0% 63 549—
85 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 3.3 24.2% 63 621#47
86 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 3.1 20.7% 73 516#90
87 The University of OsakaJapan · Osaka 2.8 16.8% 86 554#76
88 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 2.6 15.1% 74 586—
89 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 2.3 15.8% 80 601#82
90 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 2.1 19.2% 68 586—
91 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 1.8 19.7% 60 412—
92 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 1.6 11.3% 94 422—
93 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina · Beijing 136.1 19.5% 60 422—
94 Tohoku UniversityJapan · Sendai 112.8 15.7% 74 549—
95 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 89.8 17.6% 62 423—
96 Nagoya UniversityJapan · Nagoya 67.0 13.0% 68 410#99
97 University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 44.4 15.4% 60 430#93
98 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 22.1 9.7% 68 294—
99 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia · New Delhi 0.0 3.7% 62 155—

institutions ranked worldwide in Cell Biology (99). 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.

0 – 5: 21 places5 – 10: 16 places10 – 15: 13 places15 – 20: 10 places20 – 25: 8 places25 – 30: 7 places30 – 35: 5 places35 – 40: 4 places40 – 45: 3 places45 – 50: 3 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 2 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 191 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 176 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 172 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 158 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 157 works
  6. 6 Yale UniversityUnited States 153 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 149 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 145 works
  9. 9 University of MichiganUnited States 144 works
  10. 10 InsermFrance 139 works
  11. 11 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 138 works
  12. 12 University of FloridaUnited States 135 works
  13. 13 Sichuan UniversityChina 133 works
  14. 14 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 130 works
  15. 15 University of California San DiegoUnited States 128 works

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