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Top Epidemiology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 976 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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 24.9% 797 8.1k#1
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 89.9 24.8% 835 9.9k#68
3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 84.0 21.2% 802 6.2k#2
4 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 79.9 20.0% 617 5k#7
5 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 76.6 21.1% 524 4.3k#9
6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 74.0 20.2% 581 4.8k#8
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 71.7 22.9% 504 4.5k#13
8 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 69.8 24.3% 544 5.2k—
9 InsermFrance · Paris 68.1 23.0% 498 4.5k#19
10 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 66.5 20.8% 569 4.5k#4
11 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 65.2 25.6% 576 5.3k—
12 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 63.9 29.0% 335 4.3k#20
13 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 62.7 20.9% 584 4.6k#10
14 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 61.7 20.8% 559 4.4k#26
15 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 60.7 21.1% 644 5.2k—
16 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 59.7 20.9% 425 4.2k#11
17 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 58.8 17.6% 477 3.7k#21
18 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 58.0 24.2% 592 5.1k—
19 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 57.2 19.7% 502 3.9k#17
20 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 56.5 18.4% 550 4.4k#5
21 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 55.8 25.6% 415 4.2k—
22 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 55.1 26.9% 351 3.7k—
23 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 54.4 16.4% 547 3.3k#25
24 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 53.8 30.2% 343 3.6k—
25 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 53.2 26.5% 372 4k—
26 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 52.7 25.3% 372 3.5k—
27 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 52.1 22.2% 394 3.6k#27
28 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 51.6 25.4% 360 3.4k#36
29 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 51.1 20.9% 433 3.5k#12
30 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 50.6 23.7% 416 3.8k—
31 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States · Atlanta 50.1 24.9% 303 3.6k#6
32 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 49.7 24.4% 348 3.2k#38
33 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 49.2 20.2% 339 2.8k#14
34 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 48.8 29.0% 219 2.8k#3
35 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 48.3 19.2% 488 3.3k#15
36 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 47.9 24.3% 349 3.2k#46
37 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 47.5 21.9% 374 2.8k#47
38 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 47.2 24.2% 347 3k—
39 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 46.8 18.7% 455 3.4k#28
40 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 46.4 26.2% 274 3.3k#69
41 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 46.1 25.3% 340 3.1k—
42 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 45.7 23.4% 359 2.8k—
43 China Medical UniversityChina · Shenyang 45.4 28.8% 254 2.9k—
44 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 45.0 25.2% 269 2.5k#64
45 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 44.7 26.4% 305 2.8k—
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 44.4 6.4% 1.1k 2.9k#30
47 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 44.1 30.1% 240 2.6k—
48 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 43.8 17.7% 434 3.2k#24
49 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 43.5 19.8% 296 2.4k—
50 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 43.2 21.2% 295 2.4k#16
51 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 42.9 20.3% 369 2.9k#34
52 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 42.6 23.8% 260 2.2k—
53 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 42.3 19.6% 315 2.4k#39
54 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 42.0 19.5% 367 2.5k#57
55 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 41.8 23.0% 293 2.4k—
56 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 41.5 17.0% 352 2.5k#29
57 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 41.3 19.2% 350 2.3k#49
58 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 41.0 22.3% 277 2.3k#99
59 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 40.8 34.2% 172 2.4k—
60 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 40.5 39.3% 140 2k—
61 Erasmus MCNetherlands · Rotterdam 40.3 27.4% 222 2.2k#61
62 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 40.0 14.1% 450 2.4k#58
63 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 39.8 20.6% 310 2.2k—
64 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 39.6 21.4% 346 2.7k#63
65 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 39.4 23.6% 307 2.6k#74
66 Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 39.1 12.8% 489 2.3k#51
67 Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 38.9 24.8% 202 2k#91
68 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 38.7 17.7% 344 2.6k#44
69 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 38.5 25.2% 243 2.3k#93
70 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 38.3 18.7% 343 2.3k#40
71 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 38.1 22.2% 286 2.6k—
72 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany · Berlin 37.9 17.0% 282 2.1k#97
73 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 37.7 14.7% 387 2.4k#33
74 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 37.5 24.6% 251 2.3k#54
75 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 37.3 28.6% 212 2.3k#45
76 University of MilanItaly · Milan 37.1 21.6% 255 2k—
77 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 36.9 16.4% 317 2.2k#23
78 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 36.7 26.3% 174 2.2k—
79 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 36.5 25.3% 238 2.1k#67
80 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States · Nashville 36.3 16.7% 305 2k—
81 Anhui Medical UniversityChina · Hefei 36.2 24.7% 253 2.1k—
82 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 36.0 31.7% 231 2.4k—
83 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 35.8 25.1% 181 2k#66
84 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 35.6 21.1% 291 2.1k—
85 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 35.5 24.5% 218 2.2k—
86 Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de ParisFrance · Paris 35.3 21.8% 210 1.8k#100
87 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 35.1 13.2% 410 2.4k#76
88 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States · Richmond 35.0 17.7% 236 1.9k—
89 University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 34.8 17.6% 314 2.8k#88
90 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 34.6 16.3% 389 2.1k#98
91 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 34.5 19.3% 235 1.8k—
92 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUnited States · Boston 34.3 21.1% 188 1.8k#53
93 Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 34.2 20.6% 274 2.1k#43
94 University of MiamiUnited States · Coral Gables 34.0 15.1% 347 1.9k#95
95 Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 33.8 25.4% 180 1.8k—
96 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 33.7 16.9% 304 2.1k#41
97 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States · Houston 33.5 14.4% 314 2k—
98 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 33.4 15.3% 402 2.2k#42
99 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 33.2 20.0% 314 2.3k—
100 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 33.1 26.2% 219 1.6k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Epidemiology (976). 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.

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.

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 1.1k works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 835 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 802 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 797 works
  5. 5 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 646 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 644 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 617 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 592 works
  9. 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 584 works
  10. 10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 581 works
  11. 11 Sichuan UniversityChina 576 works
  12. 12 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 569 works
  13. 13 University of TorontoCanada 559 works
  14. 14 University of WashingtonUnited States 550 works
  15. 15 Emory UniversityUnited States 547 works

Epidemiology by country