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Top Communication Research Institutions

University of Amsterdam ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 104 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 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 100.0 56.2% 143 1.5k#1
2 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 85.1 49.0% 118 1.2k#25
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 76.3 44.3% 85 1.1k#8
4 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 70.2 43.0% 107 932#11
5 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 65.3 41.4% 109 790#3
6 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 61.4 42.7% 66 913#4
7 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 58.1 57.8% 68 699#40
8 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 55.2 41.7% 84 579#5
9 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 52.7 36.5% 94 462#78
10 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 50.4 54.1% 63 578#57
11 Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia · Brisbane 48.4 35.4% 70 500#27
12 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 46.5 51.1% 72 542#54
13 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 44.8 23.1% 124 540—
14 University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg 43.2 42.2% 64 450#30
15 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 41.7 14.7% 353 720—
16 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 40.3 46.6% 60 392#44
17 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 39.0 40.7% 76 654#9
18 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 37.8 23.8% 87 451#17
19 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 36.6 46.9% 64 562#18
20 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 35.5 38.6% 74 503#62
21 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 34.4 41.8% 79 539#2
22 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 33.4 30.0% 112 465#34
23 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 32.5 42.6% 67 383#61
24 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain · Madrid 31.6 18.7% 207 691—
25 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 30.7 41.6% 81 481#6
26 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 29.8 36.6% 66 402#53
27 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 29.0 35.9% 94 609#10
28 Universidad de MálagaSpain · Málaga 28.3 16.8% 206 508—
29 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 27.5 31.8% 81 402#46
30 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 26.8 36.3% 71 382#75
31 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany · Mainz 26.1 34.3% 73 398—
32 University of MünsterGermany · Münster 25.4 28.6% 73 297#84
33 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 24.7 37.7% 69 384#7
34 University of AlabamaUnited States · Tuscaloosa 24.1 38.5% 64 451#83
35 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 23.4 43.9% 61 342—
36 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 22.8 27.1% 82 369#22
37 Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin 22.3 35.0% 71 314—
38 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 21.7 33.2% 70 371#20
39 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Barcelona 21.1 30.9% 81 424—
40 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 20.6 22.2% 115 381#52
41 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 20.0 34.2% 75 335—
42 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 19.5 29.1% 76 315#85
43 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain · Santiago de Compostela 19.0 20.6% 103 455—
44 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 18.5 17.8% 140 473—
45 Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville 18.0 15.3% 175 409—
46 Roskilde UniversityDenmark · Roskilde 17.6 27.5% 73 178—
47 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 17.1 28.0% 70 233#64
48 Tampere UniversityFinland · Tampere 16.6 36.9% 64 288—
49 Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 16.2 36.3% 60 307—
50 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 15.8 30.3% 64 281#26
51 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 15.3 21.3% 87 279—
52 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 14.9 26.2% 79 254—
53 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain · Madrid 14.5 18.4% 93 334—
54 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 14.1 20.6% 103 296—
55 Universidad de SalamancaSpain · Salamanca 13.7 19.0% 90 274—
56 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 13.3 12.5% 129 284—
57 University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom · Sheffield 12.9 29.5% 60 254#77
58 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia · Moscow 12.6 16.5% 109 126—
59 Universitat Jaume ISpain · Castellon 12.2 21.4% 72 265—
60 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain · Zaragoza 11.8 19.6% 60 172—
61 St Petersburg UniversityRussia · Saint Petersburg 11.5 12.6% 123 108—
62 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia · Moscow 11.1 17.0% 80 163—
63 Universidad de ValladolidSpain · Valladolid 10.8 13.9% 101 290—
64 University of South AfricaSouth Africa · Pretoria 10.5 20.2% 85 161—
65 Universidad de MurciaSpain · Murcia 10.1 21.1% 75 194—
66 Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain · Logroño 9.8 14.0% 105 231—
67 University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Depok 9.5 8.8% 116 167—
68 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta 9.1 13.9% 76 72—
69 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia · Seri Kembangan 8.8 20.3% 61 171—
70 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil · Belo Horizonte 8.5 11.4% 87 116—
71 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 8.2 10.4% 97 87—
72 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 7.9 11.0% 102 93—
73 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 7.6 13.1% 65 92—
74 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil · Florianópolis 7.3 11.1% 74 77—
75 University of AlicanteSpain · Alicante 7.0 11.0% 84 183—
76 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia · Makassar 6.8 10.6% 69 80—
77 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia · Shah Alam 6.5 10.9% 81 113—
78 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 6.2 9.1% 108 75—
79 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia · Kazan’ 5.9 10.8% 94 47—
80 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia · Moscow 5.6 7.2% 121 67—
81 Binus UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta 5.4 11.1% 67 100—
82 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine · Kyiv 5.1 13.4% 63 60—
83 Universidade de VigoSpain · Vigo 4.9 13.8% 65 144—
84 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 4.6 6.9% 125 154—
85 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 4.3 7.3% 117 30—
86 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan · Dushanbe 4.1 10.1% 85 51—
87 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia · Bandung 3.8 11.9% 61 64—
88 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 3.6 4.2% 146 125—
89 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 3.4 7.2% 86 226—
90 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan 3.1 10.9% 63 49—
91 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 2.9 7.1% 76 118—
92 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil · Brasília 2.6 8.8% 80 76—
93 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil · Niterói 2.4 9.0% 64 99—
94 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 2.2 11.0% 66 110—
95 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil · Porto Alegre 1.9 7.1% 86 72—
96 Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityRussia · Moscow 1.7 8.7% 74 34—
97 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu 1.5 6.3% 70 37—
98 Moscow State Linguistic UniversityRussia · Moscow 127.9 6.0% 68 38—
99 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina · Buenos Aires 106.1 4.0% 96 57—
100 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 84.4 4.9% 84 48—

institutions ranked worldwide in Communication (104). 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.

1 – 6: 21 places6 – 11: 16 places11 – 16: 13 places16 – 21: 11 places21 – 26: 8 places26 – 31: 6 places31 – 36: 6 places36 – 41: 4 places41 – 45: 3 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 3 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 2 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places1100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 353 works
  2. 2 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 207 works
  3. 3 Universidad de MálagaSpain 206 works
  4. 4 Universidad de SevillaSpain 175 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 146 works
  6. 6 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 143 works
  7. 7 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 140 works
  8. 8 University of the Basque CountrySpain 129 works
  9. 9 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 125 works
  10. 10 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 124 works
  11. 11 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 123 works
  12. 12 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 121 works
  13. 13 University of ViennaAustria 118 works
  14. 14 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 117 works
  15. 15 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 116 works

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