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Top Ecology Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, out of 600 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 16.5% 3.3k 39k#1
2Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 89.2 10.6% 1.8k 14k#2
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 82.8 18.4% 634 8.4k#3
4ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 78.3 18.9% 177 2.9k#6
5Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 74.8 18.4% 258 3k#5
6University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 72.0 15.0% 268 2.7k#12
7Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 69.6 20.0% 160 2.9k#4
8Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 67.5 14.7% 272 2.8k#9
9Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 65.7 12.7% 882 7.3k#14
10Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 64.0 14.1% 453 3.9k#15
11National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States · Washington 62.5 15.7% 430 4.5k#31
12Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 61.2 15.5% 146 1.9k#7
13University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 59.9 14.9% 183 2.2k#8
14University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 58.7 16.3% 177 2k#16
15Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 57.7 17.2% 384 4.9k#17
16University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 56.7 15.9% 263 2.7k#13
17Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 55.7 14.0% 421 4.9k#10
18University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 54.8 13.2% 225 3.6k#11
19Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 54.0 17.6% 360 4.9k#25
20University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 53.2 15.1% 247 3k#23
21Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 52.4 20.0% 228 3.3k#38
22University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 51.7 15.7% 343 3.5k#29
23The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 51.0 14.6% 299 4k#19
24University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 50.3 18.0% 202 2.4k#55
25United States Geological SurveyUnited States · Reston 49.7 9.0% 645 4.4k#34
26University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara 49.1 15.9% 128 1.5k#18
27University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 48.5 14.3% 210 2.3k#30
28Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 47.9 14.4% 300 3k#56
29Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 47.4 14.7% 95 1.3k#37
30University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 46.8 16.3% 119 1.2k#32
31Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 46.3 17.4% 268 3.8k-
32Colorado State UniversityUnited States · Fort Collins 45.8 13.2% 223 2.2k#61
33Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 45.3 17.2% 148 1.8k#84
34Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 44.9 17.7% 72 861#21
35Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 44.4 16.7% 254 3.5k#76
36University of GöttingenGermany · Göttingen 44.0 18.9% 149 2k#81
37Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 43.6 15.3% 200 2.5k#42
38Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 43.1 17.1% 94 1.3k#22
39University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 42.7 17.3% 130 1.7k#64
40National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 42.3 18.1% 82 1.4k#33
41University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 41.9 13.5% 239 2.5k-
42The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 41.6 16.1% 219 2.2k#45
43Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 41.2 17.9% 204 2.4k#98
44Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 40.8 12.4% 215 2.2k-
45Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionUnited States · Falmouth 40.5 16.3% 112 1.1k#35
46Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 40.1 18.1% 152 1.9k#73
47Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 39.8 15.6% 761 8.8k-
48University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 39.5 10.5% 391 2.8k#78
49University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 39.2 16.2% 126 1.5k#87
50Smithsonian InstitutionUnited States · Washington 38.8 11.6% 290 2.2k#39
51Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 38.5 14.5% 316 3.1k-
52Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden · Uppsala 38.2 15.4% 258 2.7k#63
53National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 37.9 15.3% 171 1.6k#94
54Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 37.6 17.2% 123 1.5k#80
55University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 37.4 13.3% 249 2.3k#36
56Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm 37.1 15.6% 125 1.5k#82
57University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 36.8 13.7% 146 1.4k#28
58China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 36.5 18.4% 274 4.2k#97
59East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 36.3 16.5% 161 1.9k#85
60Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 36.0 22.6% 230 3.7k-
61University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder 35.7 12.7% 126 1.2k#27
62McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 35.5 12.9% 152 1.4k#59
63University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 35.2 12.2% 193 1.6k#41
64UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 35.0 14.6% 174 1.8k#77
65Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 34.7 14.8% 215 2.5k#99
66Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologySwitzerland · Dübendorf 34.5 21.9% 60 877#47
67Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFrance · Marseille 34.3 13.7% 187 1.6k#43
68California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena 34.0 13.1% 95 1.1k#49
69University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 33.8 11.8% 91 864-
70Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China · Guangzhou 33.6 15.2% 185 2.2k-
71University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 33.4 11.2% 184 1.6k#71
72University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 33.1 13.0% 108 923#48
73Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 32.9 15.2% 126 1.5k#79
74University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 32.7 14.1% 131 1.3k#52
75University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 32.5 15.3% 108 1.1k#67
76Université Paris Sciences et LettresFrance · Paris 32.3 15.1% 114 1.1k-
77Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 32.1 8.9% 551 3.9k#74
78King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 31.9 17.7% 115 1.2k#40
79China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan 31.7 15.2% 156 1.8k-
80Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao 31.5 9.7% 341 2.8k-
81Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 31.3 13.9% 103 964#26
82Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 31.1 17.9% 456 5k-
83Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley 30.9 17.6% 61 1.6k-
84Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 30.7 16.1% 92 993#72
85Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 30.6 13.8% 334 3.3k-
86University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 30.4 15.5% 120 1.4k-
87Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAustralia · Canberra 30.2 16.6% 346 3.7k-
88Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 30.0 13.4% 142 1.1k#95
89Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 29.8 13.7% 188 1.8k-
90University of California, Santa CruzUnited States · Santa Cruz 29.7 14.4% 121 1.3k#75
91Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 29.5 13.6% 88 1.3k#58
92Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 29.3 19.5% 129 1.4k-
93Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 29.1 13.6% 161 2k-
94Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 29.0 14.7% 79 1.2k#46
95Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 28.8 11.0% 147 1.3k-
96University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 28.6 10.2% 87 742#24
97The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 28.5 8.0% 234 1.6k-
98The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 28.3 9.9% 120 863#50
99The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 28.2 13.3% 194 2k-
100Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 28.0 16.4% 156 1.6k-

institutions ranked worldwide in Ecology (600). 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.

28 to 32: 21 places32 to 35: 16 places35 to 39: 13 places39 to 42: 11 places42 to 46: 8 places46 to 50: 6 places50 to 53: 6 places53 to 57: 4 places57 to 60: 3 places60 to 64: 2 places64 to 68: 3 places68 to 71: 1 places71 to 75: 1 places75 to 78: 2 places78 to 82: 0 places82 to 86: 1 places86 to 89: 1 places89 to 93: 0 places93 to 96: 0 places96 to 100: 1 places28100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 3.8k works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 2.6k works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 2.1k works
  4. 4 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 1k works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 883 works
  6. 6 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 782 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 730 works
  8. 8 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 728 works
  9. 9 United States Geological SurveyUnited States 703 works
  10. 10 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 624 works
  11. 11 IPB UniversityIndonesia 615 works
  12. 12 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 558 works
  13. 13 Leibniz AssociationGermany 549 works
  14. 14 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 521 works
  15. 15 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 511 works

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