Top Communication Research Institutions

#	Institution	Score	Top-10% rate	Works	Citations	All time
1	University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam	100.0	28.7%	143	1.5k	#6
2	University of ViennaAustria · Vienna	85.4	25.1%	118	1.2k	#30
3	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	76.8	27.5%	89	1.1k	#9
4	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	70.8	19.2%	110	793	#4
5	University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	66.1	21.1%	107	933	#11
6	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich	62.2	23.3%	100	788	#15
7	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	59.0	23.9%	67	947	#3
8	Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Barcelona	56.2	21.7%	84	442	#1
9	Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin	53.7	17.6%	90	533	#67
10	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	51.5	18.3%	80	663	#7
11	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	49.5	18.6%	87	576	#5
12	Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid	47.6	12.9%	354	722	#37
13	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison	45.9	17.8%	82	502	#18
14	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	44.4	26.0%	68	700	#26
15	University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen	42.9	18.2%	70	383	#32
16	University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen	41.6	24.5%	73	548	#52
17	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	40.3	20.4%	61	396	#16
18	Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany · Mainz	39.1	14.5%	75	413	#54
19	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	37.9	25.1%	64	562	#2
20	University of MünsterGermany · Münster	36.9	12.6%	73	297	#19
21	University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki	35.8	14.1%	97	505	-
22	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	34.9	11.9%	86	389	#82
23	New York UniversityUnited States · New York	33.9	16.2%	63	585	#14
24	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	33.0	17.2%	72	384	#47
25	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès	32.2	19.4%	130	579	#33
26	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	31.3	14.6%	94	609	#29
27	Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin	30.5	17.4%	82	544	#34
28	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	29.8	20.5%	65	363	#98
29	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	29.0	13.6%	71	374	#20
30	KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven	28.3	20.2%	64	588	#88
31	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park	27.6	19.9%	69	384	#8
32	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	27.0	14.3%	81	429	#23
33	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	26.3	19.6%	60	406	#53
34	Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia · Brisbane	25.7	22.2%	70	501	#28
35	Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia	25.1	11.0%	140	474	#72
36	Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain · Santiago de Compostela	24.5	16.6%	103	456	-
37	Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus	23.9	10.2%	114	468	#58
38	Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington	23.3	9.4%	100	476	#22
39	Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing	22.8	20.7%	84	579	#44
40	University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg	22.3	18.9%	64	450	#90
41	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona	21.7	15.3%	88	280	-
42	Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville	21.2	13.6%	176	410	#69
43	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	20.7	10.3%	86	396	#39
44	University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa	20.2	12.8%	129	285	#56
45	The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne	19.8	11.1%	77	316	#57
46	The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney	19.3	13.2%	115	382	-
47	Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada	18.9	14.4%	104	297	-
48	Lund UniversitySweden · Lund	18.4	15.9%	60	307	-
49	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	18.0	6.5%	144	315	-
50	University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville	17.6	11.4%	81	402	#77
51	University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds	17.1	11.0%	70	233	-
52	Universidad de NavarraSpain · Pamplona	16.7	14.9%	89	343	-
53	Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe	16.3	15.1%	64	281	#43
54	Universidad de MálagaSpain · Málaga	15.9	15.6%	206	508	-
55	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid	15.5	10.8%	62	157	-
56	Universidad de SalamancaSpain · Salamanca	15.2	12.4%	92	280	-
57	Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain · Madrid	14.8	16.5%	207	691	#84
58	RMIT UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	14.4	17.6%	64	438	#93
59	Tampere UniversityFinland · Tampere	14.1	9.0%	64	288	#100
60	Universidad de ValladolidSpain · Valladolid	13.7	14.3%	101	290	-
61	Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain · Logroño	13.4	16.6%	105	231	-
62	Universitat Jaume ISpain · Castellon	13.0	19.4%	72	265	-
63	Universidad de ZaragozaSpain · Zaragoza	12.7	14.3%	60	172	-
64	Universidad de MurciaSpain · Murcia	12.4	16.9%	75	196	-
65	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan	12.0	9.7%	86	226	-
66	University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom · Sheffield	11.7	14.2%	60	255	-
67	University of AlabamaUnited States · Tuscaloosa	11.4	21.2%	64	451	-
68	Moscow State Linguistic UniversityRussia · Moscow	11.1	9.9%	68	38	-
69	Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia · Moscow	10.8	7.3%	121	67	-
70	Roskilde UniversityDenmark · Roskilde	10.5	8.2%	73	178	-
71	Universidade de VigoSpain · Vigo	10.2	9.3%	65	144	-
72	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill	9.9	12.2%	89	463	#76
73	Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityRussia · Moscow	9.6	8.9%	74	34	-
74	Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain · Madrid	9.3	18.8%	93	334	-
75	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires	9.0	7.2%	106	156	-
76	Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome	8.7	18.1%	61	218	-
77	Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia · Moscow	8.5	15.2%	109	126	-
78	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu	8.2	8.9%	70	37	-
79	Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina · Buenos Aires	7.9	4.5%	99	59	-
80	University of AlicanteSpain · Alicante	7.6	12.1%	84	183	-
81	Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo	7.4	4.6%	141	173	-
82	National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia · Moscow	7.1	8.0%	80	163	-
83	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City	6.9	5.0%	147	128	-
84	Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia · Bandung	6.6	8.6%	61	64	-
85	Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil · Florianópolis	6.4	7.6%	81	78	-
86	Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine · Kyiv	6.1	10.0%	63	60	-
87	University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg	5.9	8.6%	79	254	-
88	Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro	5.6	8.1%	76	118	-
89	Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil · Niterói	5.4	5.3%	64	99	-
90	Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow	5.2	9.1%	189	149	-
91	Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil · Belo Horizonte	4.9	5.2%	87	117	-
92	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo	4.7	4.3%	84	48	-
93	St Petersburg UniversityRussia · Saint Petersburg	4.5	5.3%	123	108	-
94	Chelyabinsk State UniversityRussia · Chelyabinsk	4.2	7.7%	61	28	-
95	University of South AfricaSouth Africa · Pretoria	4.0	6.1%	85	161	-
96	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil · Porto Alegre	3.8	4.9%	86	72	-
97	Binus UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta	3.6	3.5%	67	100	-
98	Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil · Brasília	3.4	3.5%	80	76	-
99	Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford	3.2	9.6%	117	30	-
100	Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow	2.9	8.9%	108	75	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Communication (115). 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).

1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 390 works
2. 2 Universidad de MálagaSpain 223 works
3. 3 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 220 works
4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 209 works
5. 5 Universidad de SevillaSpain 195 works
6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 162 works
7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 159 works
8. 8 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 156 works
9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 155 works
10. 10 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 153 works
11. 11 University of the Basque CountrySpain 143 works
12. 12 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 141 works
13. 13 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 141 works
14. 14 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 138 works
15. 15 St Petersburg UniversityRussia 135 works

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