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Top Computational Theory and Mathematics Research Institutions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks first in 2022-now, followed by ETH Zurich and University of Oxford, out of 306 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.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 18.0% 236 2.4k#2
2ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 87.9 14.5% 220 1.6k#3
3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 80.8 14.0% 260 1.4k#11
4Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 75.8 13.3% 568 4.3k#10
5University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 71.9 14.8% 168 1.3k#17
6Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 68.7 18.1% 152 1.5k#1
7Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 66.0 21.0% 115 645#6
8University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 63.7 19.1% 129 1k#5
9Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 61.6 7.6% 1.4k 4.2k#4
10Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 59.8 14.6% 184 1k#19
11Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 58.1 18.1% 104 1.5k#12
12Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 56.6 16.0% 258 2k#25
13New York UniversityUnited States · New York 55.2 19.2% 127 1k#8
14University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 53.9 12.9% 146 1.1k#14
15Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 52.7 12.1% 205 1k#33
16Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 51.6 20.8% 116 1.1k#61
17California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena 50.5 20.4% 67 514#20
18National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 49.5 9.9% 200 867#27
19Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 48.6 12.4% 194 1.4k#54
20Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 47.7 14.3% 251 1.7k#60
21Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 46.8 14.4% 78 461#32
22Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 46.0 12.8% 260 1.8k#37
23Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh 45.2 13.5% 191 2k#9
24National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 44.5 16.0% 81 2.5k#69
25École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 43.8 17.6% 124 917#15
26Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 43.1 17.0% 199 1.9k-
27University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 42.4 13.1% 105 948#82
28University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 41.8 10.8% 159 1.1k#16
29Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 41.2 12.6% 134 717#53
30Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 40.6 19.7% 108 912#35
31Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 40.0 12.0% 146 910#44
32Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 39.4 13.9% 88 543#30
33Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 38.9 13.6% 112 728#7
34University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 38.4 13.6% 100 696#31
35Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 37.9 14.2% 144 966#73
36Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Hong Kong 37.4 18.7% 66 408#77
37Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Atlanta 36.9 12.8% 168 1k#29
38University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 36.4 13.3% 163 1.1k#22
39University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 36.0 11.5% 146 759#68
40Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 35.5 13.2% 92 483#94
41University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 35.1 11.1% 132 826#26
42Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 34.7 16.5% 181 1.4k#89
43Technische Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin 34.3 13.4% 116 577#65
44Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen 33.9 14.4% 107 899#43
45Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael · Haifa 33.5 9.7% 181 529#23
46University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 33.1 21.0% 69 593#67
47Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 32.7 15.6% 162 1.7k#86
48Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 32.4 12.7% 134 778-
49University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 32.0 12.8% 127 852#66
50Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 31.7 14.7% 157 1.1k-
51City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong 31.3 17.0% 83 736#50
52Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 31.0 16.4% 173 1.9k#59
53The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 30.6 14.7% 108 601#18
54Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 30.3 13.6% 128 733#49
55University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 30.0 11.5% 94 360#38
56Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 29.7 16.7% 92 729#95
57Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 29.4 14.7% 180 958-
58Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 29.1 12.2% 220 1.6k-
59East China University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shanghai 28.8 18.2% 106 895-
60Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 28.5 12.0% 123 713#81
61University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 28.2 15.2% 103 552#40
62University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 27.9 10.2% 102 515-
63IBM (United States)United States · Armonk 27.6 28.7% 62 1.1k-
64University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 27.3 12.5% 75 463#71
65Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 27.1 15.7% 207 1.7k-
66Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 26.8 18.7% 132 1k-
67University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 26.5 13.5% 101 563#56
68Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong 26.3 25.0% 73 853-
69University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 26.0 12.0% 102 387-
70Shanghai UniversityChina · Shanghai 25.8 20.6% 113 834-
71Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea · Daejeon 25.5 16.1% 77 703-
72Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 25.3 12.1% 116 711#64
73University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 25.0 11.0% 81 304-
74Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael · Rehovot 24.8 10.1% 68 184#21
75University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 24.6 9.9% 98 468#24
76Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 24.3 12.5% 71 436#58
77Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem 24.1 10.2% 74 302#80
78Central China Normal UniversityChina · Wuhan 23.9 15.6% 84 290-
79Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 23.7 12.3% 71 418#63
80UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 23.4 16.1% 74 398#76
81Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 23.2 15.9% 93 814#83
82Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Tel Aviv 23.0 11.4% 129 487#55
83The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 22.8 7.5% 152 574-
84University of BonnGermany · Bonn 22.6 11.3% 89 495#87
85Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 22.4 13.5% 110 767-
86Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 22.2 13.4% 190 1.3k-
87Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 22.0 13.6% 62 302#85
88Technische Universität DresdenGermany · Dresden 21.8 9.4% 97 425#52
89Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 21.6 13.4% 160 1k-
90University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 21.4 14.7% 60 365#34
91Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong 21.2 14.4% 73 369-
92Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 21.0 13.5% 174 1.3k-
93Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 20.8 16.0% 85 737-
94East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 20.6 10.7% 111 553-
95University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 20.4 9.6% 65 321#45
96Anhui UniversityChina · Hefei 20.3 15.5% 119 837-
97Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia · Bengaluru 20.1 11.7% 91 341-
98Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 19.9 12.1% 138 733#93
99Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 19.7 13.8% 103 946-
100Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 19.5 18.1% 142 922-

institutions ranked worldwide in Computational Theory and Mathematics (306). 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.

20 to 24: 21 places24 to 28: 16 places28 to 32: 13 places32 to 36: 11 places36 to 40: 8 places40 to 44: 6 places44 to 48: 6 places48 to 52: 4 places52 to 56: 3 places56 to 60: 2 places60 to 64: 3 places64 to 68: 1 places68 to 72: 1 places72 to 76: 2 places76 to 80: 0 places80 to 84: 1 places84 to 88: 1 places88 to 92: 0 places92 to 96: 0 places96 to 100: 1 places20100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 1.5k works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 856 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 646 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 321 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 299 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 294 works
  7. 7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 288 works
  8. 8 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 287 works
  9. 9 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 265 works
  10. 10 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 254 works
  11. 11 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 253 works
  12. 12 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 247 works
  13. 13 Northeastern UniversityChina 239 works
  14. 14 Central South UniversityChina 233 works
  15. 15 Xidian UniversityChina 233 works

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