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Top Epidemiology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University, out of 927 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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 16.6% 2.3k 21k#1
2National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 89.9 22.2% 785 11k#2
3Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 83.9 13.5% 1.3k 9.5k#3
4Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 79.7 15.6% 752 5.9k#5
5InsermFrance · Paris 76.4 15.5% 937 8.2k#7
6United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States · Washington 73.8 18.2% 617 8k#4
7Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 71.5 19.4% 532 6.7k#25
8University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 69.6 18.4% 469 5.7k#12
9University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 67.8 15.0% 674 5.5k#6
10Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 66.3 13.6% 738 5.9k#20
11University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 64.9 14.3% 1.1k 8.7k#10
12University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 63.6 13.9% 762 5.8k#8
13University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 62.5 13.5% 772 6.1k#11
14Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 61.4 14.0% 544 4k#30
15Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 60.4 13.3% 696 5k#17
16Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 59.4 16.8% 502 5k#34
17Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 58.5 12.4% 759 5.1k#19
18University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 57.7 12.1% 667 5k#9
19Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 56.9 13.7% 470 3.7k#15
20Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 56.2 14.3% 491 3.5k#22
21University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 55.4 15.4% 727 6.2k#24
22University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 54.8 14.3% 313 2.9k#29
23Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 54.1 13.4% 551 4k#18
24United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States · Washington 53.5 11.7% 675 5k#23
25Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 52.9 15.3% 1k 9.1k-
26University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 52.3 15.0% 514 4.9k#14
27University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 51.8 15.0% 537 4.7k#43
28The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 51.2 14.4% 583 5.1k#27
29University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 50.7 12.0% 661 4.4k#26
30Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 50.2 16.0% 447 3.8k#35
31University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 49.7 12.7% 514 3.6k#31
32Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 49.3 18.9% 358 3.3k#40
33Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 48.8 13.0% 1.3k 7.8k#16
34Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 48.4 11.9% 684 4.2k#21
35London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 48.0 17.0% 230 2.5k#28
36University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 47.5 18.1% 294 3.3k#49
37Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 47.1 14.0% 427 3.3k#37
38Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 46.8 11.7% 531 3.5k#36
39Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 46.4 14.4% 1k 8.9k-
40Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 46.0 15.2% 884 7.9k-
41Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 45.6 18.6% 319 3.1k#48
42Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 45.3 12.8% 360 2.3k#68
43Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 44.9 16.2% 350 2.7k#45
44University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 44.6 14.3% 330 2.9k#63
45Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 44.3 14.7% 273 1.6k#39
46Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 44.0 16.7% 1.1k 9.8k-
47McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 43.6 12.1% 466 3.6k#55
48Mount Sinai Health SystemUnited States · New York 43.3 11.5% 609 4.2k#32
49National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 43.0 16.3% 342 3.8k#96
50Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 42.7 14.1% 1k 9.6k-
51Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de ParisFrance · Paris 42.4 13.9% 349 2.5k#53
52Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 42.2 14.4% 804 7.1k-
53The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 41.9 11.8% 386 2.7k#47
54University of BernSwitzerland · Bern 41.6 16.9% 295 2.5k#69
55Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 41.3 15.9% 281 2.8k#57
56University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 41.1 19.7% 211 2.3k#94
57University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 40.8 15.2% 354 3k#61
58University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 40.6 13.3% 569 4.1k#78
59University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 40.3 14.5% 230 1.7k#97
60King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 40.1 14.9% 405 3.2k-
61Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong 39.8 17.5% 322 3.8k-
62New York UniversityUnited States · New York 39.6 12.6% 579 3.6k#58
63Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 39.4 15.7% 936 11k-
64Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 39.1 13.6% 384 3.1k#64
65Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States · Cleveland 38.9 12.3% 470 2.9k#67
66University of BaselSwitzerland · Basel 38.7 16.6% 198 2.4k#83
67University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 38.5 12.4% 319 2.4k#51
68Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin 38.2 18.3% 178 1.9k#38
69The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 38.0 11.1% 742 4k#90
70Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 37.8 13.8% 277 2.1k#52
71Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 37.6 12.1% 457 3k#33
72University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg 37.4 16.3% 250 2.2k-
73KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 37.2 17.1% 310 2.9k-
74Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 37.0 10.4% 549 3.4k#41
75University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 36.8 11.4% 418 2.2k#87
76World Health OrganizationSwitzerland · Geneva 36.6 18.6% 249 7.8k#50
77UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 36.4 13.8% 373 2.9k-
78The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 36.2 13.2% 619 4.3k#100
79Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany · Berlin 36.0 11.8% 282 2.1k-
80Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 35.9 11.0% 555 3.4k#71
81Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 35.7 13.8% 425 3.5k-
82University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 35.5 11.9% 360 2.4k#59
83Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 35.3 14.2% 310 2.5k#80
84Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 35.1 16.1% 423 4.4k-
85Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 35.0 16.7% 244 2.1k#77
86University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 34.8 21.6% 121 1.6k-
87Kaiser PermanenteUnited States · Oakland 34.6 12.2% 253 1.4k#46
88Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 34.5 12.0% 268 2k#79
89University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 34.3 11.7% 359 2.4k#91
90Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 34.1 17.2% 540 5.6k-
91Instituto de Salud Carlos IIISpain · Madrid 34.0 15.1% 421 3.9k#70
92Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 33.8 16.2% 99 1.3k#60
93University of OsloNorway · Oslo 33.7 14.9% 272 2.3k-
94University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 33.5 11.6% 471 2.7k#92
95Fred Hutch Cancer CenterUnited States · Seattle 33.3 17.9% 95 928#44
96Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States · Portland 33.2 11.9% 312 1.9k#65
97University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 33.0 15.7% 225 2.1k-
98The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 32.9 13.7% 418 3.2k-
99University of CincinnatiUnited States · Cincinnati 32.7 10.4% 471 2.6k#73
100University of CologneGermany · Cologne 32.6 15.2% 169 1.3k-

institutions ranked worldwide in Epidemiology (927). 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.

33 to 36: 21 places36 to 39: 16 places39 to 43: 13 places43 to 46: 11 places46 to 49: 8 places49 to 53: 6 places53 to 56: 6 places56 to 60: 4 places60 to 63: 3 places63 to 66: 2 places66 to 70: 3 places70 to 73: 1 places73 to 76: 1 places76 to 80: 2 places80 to 83: 0 places83 to 87: 1 places87 to 90: 1 places90 to 93: 0 places93 to 97: 0 places97 to 100: 1 places33100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 2.7k works
  2. 2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 1.5k works
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 1.5k works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 1.4k works
  5. 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 1.4k works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 1.4k works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 1.3k works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 1.2k works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 1.2k works
  10. 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 1.2k works
  11. 11 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 1.2k works
  12. 12 InsermFrance 1.1k works
  13. 13 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 1.1k works
  14. 14 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 1k works
  15. 15 Peking UniversityChina 1k works

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