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Top Condensed Matter Physics Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Max Planck Society and Peking University, out of 88 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
1Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 13.8% 1.2k 13k#4
2Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 84.5 15.6% 290 3.5k#2
3Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 75.5 16.9% 181 1.9k#24
4Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 69.0 16.9% 141 1.8k#1
5University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara 64.1 19.8% 99 1.4k#3
6Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 60.0 21.4% 125 2.2k#9
7ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 56.5 20.0% 102 1.9k#12
8Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 53.6 20.5% 85 1.1k#14
9Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 50.9 21.6% 87 1.5k#6
10Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 48.6 7.2% 680 4.2k#5
11Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 46.4 23.8% 71 1.3k#7
12University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 44.5 16.2% 229 2.5k#20
13University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 42.7 20.1% 75 841#23
14Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 41.1 15.3% 163 1.7k#56
15The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 39.5 10.6% 255 2.1k#15
16University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 38.1 20.0% 68 941#85
17University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 36.7 12.9% 205 1.8k-
18Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 35.4 14.8% 130 1.3k#37
19Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.2 11.8% 134 1.3k-
20University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 33.1 17.7% 65 697#25
21Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 32.0 9.6% 268 2k#8
22University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 31.0 11.9% 95 782#40
23Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States · Oak Ridge 30.0 11.2% 125 1.2k#10
24Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen 29.0 13.8% 112 1.3k#38
25Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 28.1 17.4% 70 805#18
26Xidian UniversityChina · Xi'an 27.2 10.5% 162 862#97
27Technische Universität DresdenGermany · Dresden 26.4 10.7% 85 777#47
28Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley 25.6 15.2% 61 747#13
29Paul Scherrer InstituteSwitzerland · Villigen 24.8 13.0% 77 805#21
30RIKENJapan · Wako 24.0 11.4% 117 914#16
31Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 23.3 13.1% 74 672#57
32École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 22.6 13.6% 89 833#22
33Argonne National LaboratoryUnited States · Lemont 21.9 13.1% 73 634#28
34Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 21.2 13.9% 130 1.4k#94
35University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 20.6 12.1% 108 1k#46
36Nagoya UniversityJapan · Nagoya 20.0 11.0% 119 824-
37Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 19.4 13.3% 97 1.1k#100
38University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 18.8 10.8% 100 815#35
39Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 18.2 8.2% 137 926#64
40National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 17.6 16.7% 69 758-
41Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States · Los Alamos 17.1 8.9% 116 963#43
42University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 16.5 14.5% 62 804#41
43Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesFrance · Paris 16.0 7.8% 110 751#29
44Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 15.5 10.0% 97 720#48
45Iowa State UniversityUnited States · Ames 15.0 8.8% 98 703#32
46University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 14.5 10.1% 71 627#34
47Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 14.0 16.5% 63 560-
48Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 13.5 16.0% 83 1k-
49National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan · Tsukuba 13.1 9.4% 123 1.1k#99
50Université Grenoble AlpesFrance · Saint-Martin-d'Hères 12.6 11.2% 74 514#36
51National Research CouncilItaly · Rome 12.2 11.4% 79 701-
52Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 11.8 12.5% 84 686-
53Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 11.3 14.0% 126 1.5k-
54Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 10.9 11.0% 143 1.4k-
55Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 10.5 16.5% 79 845-
56Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia · Prague 10.1 10.2% 87 1.2k-
57Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 9.7 12.7% 90 924-
58Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 9.3 10.5% 125 1.1k-
59Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 8.9 12.0% 74 655-
60Tohoku UniversityJapan · Sendai 8.6 5.0% 207 919-
61Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 8.2 17.6% 70 734-
62Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 7.8 12.6% 79 745-
63Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchIndia · Mumbai 7.5 5.3% 65 373-
64South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 7.1 11.9% 77 675-
65Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 6.8 11.4% 107 931-
66The University of OsakaJapan · Osaka 6.4 8.9% 105 618-
67Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 6.1 10.5% 63 495-
68Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 5.8 4.7% 66 342-
69Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan · Tokyo 5.4 7.8% 68 406-
70Polish Academy of SciencesPoland · Warsaw 5.1 6.5% 178 978-
71Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia · Bengaluru 4.8 7.7% 73 457-
72RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany · Aachen 4.5 7.9% 64 456-
73Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 4.2 13.4% 69 855-
74Shanghai UniversityChina · Shanghai 3.9 8.7% 94 614-
75Indian Institute of Technology MadrasIndia · Chennai 3.6 6.2% 66 374-
76University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Chengdu 3.3 7.6% 102 540-
77National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan · Hsinchu 3.0 8.7% 87 478-
78Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia · Mumbai 2.7 3.9% 83 447-
79Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 2.4 8.3% 61 420-
80Hokkaido UniversityJapan · Sapporo 2.1 3.6% 81 404-
81National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyJapan · Tsukuba 1.9 4.2% 69 336-
82Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina · Chengdu 1.6 7.4% 86 588-
83Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 130.7 2.1% 715 2.1k-
84Department of Atomic EnergyIndia · Mumbai 103.9 2.1% 62 266-
85National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 77.5 2.4% 126 373-
86Slovak Academy of SciencesSlovakia · Bratislava 51.3 2.4% 81 310-
87University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 25.5 1.3% 74 164-
88Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 0.0 1.0% 89 223-

institutions ranked worldwide in Condensed Matter Physics (88). 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: 18 places5 to 10: 14 places10 to 15: 12 places15 to 20: 9 places20 to 25: 7 places25 to 30: 6 places30 to 35: 4 places35 to 40: 4 places40 to 45: 3 places45 to 50: 2 places50 to 55: 2 places55 to 60: 2 places60 to 65: 1 places65 to 70: 1 places70 to 75: 0 places75 to 80: 1 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 1.4k works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 764 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 746 works
  4. 4 Max Planck SocietyGermany 317 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 309 works
  6. 6 The University of TokyoJapan 283 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 257 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 236 works
  9. 9 Tohoku UniversityJapan 226 works
  10. 10 Peking UniversityChina 205 works
  11. 11 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 196 works
  12. 12 Xidian UniversityChina 186 works
  13. 13 Tsinghua UniversityChina 182 works
  14. 14 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 162 works
  15. 15 Kyoto UniversityJapan 153 works

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