Ecology research in United States

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Harvard UniversityCambridge	#7	69.6	20.0%	160
2	Cornell UniversityIthaca	#8	67.5	14.7%	272
3	National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationWashington	#11	62.5	15.7%	430
4	Stanford UniversityStanford	#12	61.2	15.5%	146
5	University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley	#13	59.9	14.9%	183
6	University of WashingtonSeattle	#16	56.7	15.9%	263
7	University of California San DiegoSan Diego	#18	54.8	13.2%	225
8	United States Geological SurveyReston	#25	49.7	9.0%	645
9	University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara	#26	49.1	15.9%	128
10	University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison	#27	48.5	14.3%	210
11	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge	#29	47.4	14.6%	95
12	University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles	#30	46.8	16.3%	119
13	Colorado State UniversityFort Collins	#32	45.8	13.2%	223
14	Princeton UniversityPrinceton	#34	44.9	17.7%	72
15	Yale UniversityNew Haven	#38	43.1	17.1%	94
16	National Institutes of HealthBethesda	#40	42.3	18.0%	82
17	Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionFalmouth	#45	40.5	16.3%	112
18	University of FloridaGainesville	#48	39.5	10.5%	391
19	Smithsonian InstitutionWashington	#50	38.8	11.6%	290
20	University of California, DavisDavis	#55	37.4	13.3%	249
21	University of MichiganAnn Arbor	#57	36.8	13.8%	146
22	University of Colorado BoulderBoulder	#61	35.7	12.7%	126
23	California Institute of TechnologyPasadena	#68	34.0	13.1%	95
24	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana	#71	33.4	11.2%	184
25	Duke UniversityDurham	#81	31.3	13.9%	103
26	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley	#83	30.9	17.7%	61
27	University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz	#90	29.7	14.4%	121
28	Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore	#91	29.5	13.6%	88
29	Columbia UniversityNew York	#94	29.0	14.7%	79
30	Pennsylvania State UniversityState College	#95	28.8	11.0%	147
31	University of ChicagoChicago	#96	28.6	10.3%	87
32	The University of Texas at AustinAustin	#98	28.3	9.9%	120
33	University of MinnesotaMinneapolis	#103	27.5	12.0%	156
34	University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaHonolulu	#106	27.1	13.3%	125
35	Oregon State UniversityCorvallis	#108	26.8	12.0%	212
36	The Ohio State UniversityColumbus	#109	26.7	10.7%	186
37	Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing	#110	26.5	12.9%	192
38	Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station	#115	25.8	9.6%	213
39	University of MontanaMissoula	#122	24.9	9.7%	116
40	University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park	#123	24.8	12.6%	119
41	University of GeorgiaAthens	#125	24.5	8.0%	214
42	United States Department of AgricultureWashington	#127	24.3	12.1%	714
43	University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center	#135	23.3	12.0%	112
44	Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette	#146	22.1	10.5%	134
45	Arizona State UniversityTempe	#151	21.6	10.8%	126
46	North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh	#157	21.0	8.9%	150
47	University of California, RiversideRiverside	#158	20.9	12.8%	70
48	University of ArizonaTucson	#169	19.8	9.6%	133
49	Virginia TechBlacksburg	#171	19.6	9.1%	151
50	University of UtahSalt Lake City	#177	19.1	12.0%	72
51	University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles	#179	18.9	12.3%	71
52	Iowa State UniversityAmes	#180	18.8	8.0%	100
53	Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick	#195	17.6	8.4%	97
54	Indiana UniversityBloomington	#199	17.2	8.5%	104
55	University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxville	#201	17.1	10.0%	118
56	University of ConnecticutStorrs	#202	17.0	12.4%	97
57	Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta	#215	16.0	11.0%	61
58	University of Nebraska–LincolnLincoln	#217	15.9	9.2%	133
59	Florida State UniversityTallahassee	#225	15.3	10.8%	65
60	University of WyomingLaramie	#226	15.3	8.6%	98

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Ecology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Jizhong Z. Zhou, James M. Tiedje and Eugene V. Koonin rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Ecology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Jizhong Z. Zhou#5,206 worldwide overall93.3 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2James M. Tiedje#897 worldwide overall65.7 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Eugene V. Koonin#520 worldwide overall64.4 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Rob Knight#370 worldwide overall60.6 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Noah Fierer#38 worldwide overall59.5 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Matthew B. Sullivan#794 worldwide overall54.7 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Yiqi Luo#2,208 worldwide overall53.0 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Zhili He#16,073 worldwide overall53.1 of 110 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Jed A. Fuhrman#5,128 worldwide overall52.3 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Jillian F. Banfield#2,518 worldwide overall50.0 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11James H. Brown#8,301 worldwide overall50.3 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12David M. Karl#12,343 worldwide overall53.9 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Gregory P. Asner#8,713 worldwide overall57.0 of 179 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Julian D. Olden#5,421 worldwide overall51.4 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Edward F. DeLong#4,434 worldwide overall46.8 of 94 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Ecology alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.