Which institution is best at Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics research?

Subfield · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Top Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 255 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

#	Institution	Score	Top-10% rate	Works	Citations	All time
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing	100.0	34.3%	565	4.6k	#12
2	Wageningen University & Research Netherlands · Wageningen	87.5	44.3%	170	2k	#7
3	China Agricultural University China · Beijing	80.2	37.1%	242	2.2k	#85
4	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing	75.0	40.4%	254	2.4k	#94
5	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris	71.0	24.7%	387	2.1k	#8
6	Guizhou University China · Guiyang	67.7	34.9%	214	1.6k	—
7	Northwest A&F University China · Yangling	64.9	48.6%	125	1.5k	—
8	University of California, Davis United States · Davis	62.5	38.6%	159	1.5k	#1
9	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China · Beijing	60.3	40.0%	171	1.4k	—
10	Nanjing Agricultural University China · Nanjing	58.4	41.9%	150	1.4k	—
11	University of Göttingen Germany · Göttingen	56.7	43.7%	104	1k	#21
12	Cornell University United States · Ithaca	55.2	30.5%	190	1.3k	#2
13	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China · Beijing	53.7	40.0%	144	1.5k	—
14	University of Florida United States · Gainesville	52.4	22.7%	261	1.4k	#19
15	Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement France · Paris	51.1	13.7%	391	1.1k	—
16	Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo	50.0	15.9%	416	1.3k	#45
17	University of Zurich Switzerland · Zurich	48.9	43.9%	90	828	#9
18	University of Exeter United Kingdom · Exeter	47.8	38.6%	112	926	#29
19	Lanzhou University China · Lanzhou	46.9	36.6%	104	969	—
20	University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford	45.9	35.0%	118	912	#3
21	University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver	45.1	37.6%	99	822	#28
22	Lund University Sweden · Lund	44.2	43.0%	104	860	#34
23	Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou	43.4	35.8%	83	894	—
24	Pennsylvania State University United States · State College	42.6	34.6%	121	868	#53
25	Huazhong Agricultural University China · Wuhan	41.9	42.9%	81	760	—
26	Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus	41.2	33.8%	107	781	#74
27	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico · Mexico City	40.5	12.6%	439	1.2k	#44
28	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Argentina · Buenos Aires	39.9	20.9%	252	1.1k	—
29	Michigan State University United States · East Lansing	39.2	33.2%	102	755	#30
30	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden · Uppsala	38.6	44.0%	102	957	#47
31	University of Bristol United Kingdom · Bristol	38.0	42.1%	98	847	#26
32	Beijing Normal University China · Beijing	37.5	47.7%	70	922	—
33	ETH Zurich Switzerland · Zurich	36.9	37.3%	83	866	#62
34	Institut de Recherche pour le Développement France · Marseille	36.4	29.5%	126	732	—
35	University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen	35.8	37.5%	96	744	#66
36	University of Minnesota United States · Minneapolis	35.3	33.6%	108	838	#33
37	Université de Montpellier France · Montpellier	34.8	30.8%	110	696	—
38	University of Helsinki Finland · Helsinki	34.4	36.4%	100	718	#50
39	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew United Kingdom · London	33.9	14.8%	226	758	#39
40	University of Vienna Austria · Vienna	33.4	29.9%	117	660	#91
41	University of Milan Italy · Milan	33.0	41.9%	64	537	—
42	The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane	32.5	34.1%	90	676	#40
43	Harvard University United States · Cambridge	32.1	34.3%	73	757	#6
44	University of Bonn Germany · Bonn	31.7	38.6%	72	553	#95
45	University of Georgia United States · Athens	31.3	27.2%	139	696	#37
46	Beijing Forestry University China · Beijing	30.9	26.0%	154	885	—
47	Banaras Hindu University India · Varanasi	30.5	26.2%	104	542	—
48	The University of Tokyo Japan · Tokyo	30.1	27.6%	110	695	—
49	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University China · Fuzhou	29.8	26.3%	112	736	—
50	University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa · Durban	29.4	32.5%	93	467	—
51	Sichuan Agricultural University China · Ya'an	29.0	35.7%	90	749	—
52	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States · Urbana	28.7	32.1%	106	756	#23
53	Kunming Institute of Botany China · Kunming	28.4	31.0%	95	714	—
54	University of Padua Italy · Padua	28.0	33.4%	69	574	—
55	Nanjing Forestry University China · Nanjing	27.7	33.2%	94	652	—
56	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany · Munich	27.4	40.2%	98	570	#72
57	University of Bern Switzerland · Bern	27.0	39.7%	72	616	#76
58	The Ohio State University United States · Columbus	26.7	28.6%	92	555	#81
59	Charles University Czechia · Prague	26.4	24.6%	113	590	—
60	University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley	26.1	33.1%	86	647	#5
61	Jagiellonian University Poland · Krakow	25.8	37.2%	97	518	—
62	University of Guelph Canada · Guelph	25.5	27.4%	107	650	#78
63	The University of Western Australia Australia · Perth	25.2	37.8%	84	567	#35
64	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil · São Paulo	24.9	16.5%	215	731	—
65	University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge	24.7	36.0%	85	570	#4
66	Yangzhou University China · Yangzhou	24.4	35.6%	76	664	—
67	Macquarie University Australia · Sydney	24.1	35.8%	69	531	#88
68	University of Lausanne Switzerland · Lausanne	23.9	39.3%	62	507	#84
69	Institute of Botany China · Beijing	23.6	34.7%	63	529	—
70	Ghent University Belgium · Ghent	23.3	39.6%	72	581	—
71	South China Agricultural University China · Guangzhou	23.1	31.8%	95	776	—
72	The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne	22.8	31.3%	77	535	#80
73	University of Arizona United States · Tucson	22.6	34.7%	75	594	#18
74	The University of Texas at Austin United States · Austin	22.3	40.6%	60	681	#10
75	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil · Belo Horizonte	22.1	27.1%	118	505	—
76	Colorado State University United States · Fort Collins	21.8	29.3%	82	501	—
77	Agricultural Research Service United States · Washington	21.6	25.6%	102	651	#65
78	The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney	21.4	29.4%	75	560	#69
79	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil · Porto Alegre	21.1	20.7%	135	531	—
80	University of Wisconsin–Madison United States · Madison	20.9	29.5%	86	571	#11
81	Arizona State University United States · Tempe	20.7	30.8%	86	600	#67
82	Universidade do Porto Portugal · Porto	20.5	34.1%	67	521	—
83	University of Toronto Canada · Toronto	20.3	31.1%	87	542	#20
84	University of Palermo Italy · Palermo	20.0	33.8%	60	409	—
85	Sorbonne Université France · Paris	19.8	21.1%	115	478	—
86	University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor	19.6	33.2%	86	556	#14
87	North Carolina State University United States · Raleigh	19.4	27.2%	96	558	#83
88	Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou	19.2	24.6%	98	647	—
89	Natural History Museum United Kingdom · London	19.0	8.6%	250	420	#55
90	Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil · Curitiba	18.8	15.4%	200	531	—
91	University of California, Riverside United States · Riverside	18.6	32.1%	77	562	#38
92	University of Pretoria South Africa · Pretoria	18.4	23.5%	106	569	—
93	École Pratique des Hautes Études France · Paris	18.2	27.2%	82	433	—
94	Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement France · Paris	18.0	15.9%	138	401	—
95	Australian National University Australia · Canberra	17.8	34.8%	68	522	#27
96	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Czechia · Prague	17.6	32.1%	76	484	—
97	Tel Aviv University Israel · Tel Aviv	17.4	19.6%	101	497	—
98	Universidade Federal de Viçosa Brazil · Viçosa	17.3	21.5%	136	550	—
99	Iowa State University United States · Ames	17.1	32.2%	60	421	#92
100	National Museum of Natural History United States · Washington	16.9	15.5%	131	430	—

institutions ranked worldwide in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (255). 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.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 565 works
2 Botanical Survey of India India 540 works
3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico 439 works
4 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 416 works
5 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement France 391 works
6 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 387 works
7 Sunchon National University South Korea 338 works
8 Universidad de Ibagué Colombia 289 works
9 University of Florida United States 261 works
10 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 255 works
11 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Argentina 252 works
12 Natural History Museum United Kingdom 250 works
13 China Agricultural University China 242 works
14 Zoological Institute Russia 240 works
15 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew United Kingdom 226 works

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