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Top Gender Studies Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Stanford University and University of Michigan, out of 224 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 15.0% 288 1.8k#1
2Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 87.2 14.2% 180 2.3k#3
3University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 79.7 14.6% 283 1.5k#2
4Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 74.4 18.5% 155 991#13
5University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 70.3 15.2% 273 1.3k#7
6University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 66.9 12.8% 150 624#5
7Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 64.0 23.1% 189 1.1k#16
8New York UniversityUnited States · New York 61.6 13.8% 154 921#4
9Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 59.4 14.0% 140 737#6
10University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 57.5 13.8% 139 784#17
11University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 55.7 13.5% 136 785#12
12Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 54.1 14.4% 120 662#14
13Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 52.6 12.1% 160 828#9
14University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 51.2 13.0% 103 508#26
15University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 50.0 13.6% 175 811#18
16University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 48.8 13.3% 138 718#11
17Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 47.6 14.6% 127 762#8
18University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 46.6 13.9% 141 714#21
19University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 45.6 21.7% 96 551#34
20University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 44.6 11.4% 111 410#25
21University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg 43.7 22.4% 103 727#77
22The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 42.9 15.8% 176 780#31
23Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 42.1 14.7% 115 697#32
24National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 41.3 18.8% 85 379#41
25University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 40.5 15.4% 79 574#22
26King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 39.8 16.8% 144 680#91
27The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 39.1 12.7% 138 537#15
28University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 38.4 12.7% 74 313#90
29University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 37.8 8.9% 157 542#28
30Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 37.2 11.2% 188 760#27
31Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 36.5 21.1% 70 430#37
32University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 36.0 15.4% 118 423#45
33University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 35.4 14.1% 153 795#39
34McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 34.8 16.9% 100 594#59
35Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 34.3 10.5% 121 534#52
36The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 33.8 16.3% 128 685#24
37Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm 33.3 12.0% 87 376#35
38Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 32.8 13.9% 83 406#53
39Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 32.3 17.8% 78 470#66
40Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 31.8 7.7% 267 657#55
41University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 31.4 9.5% 127 391#49
42University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 30.9 19.9% 61 334#40
43Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin 30.5 12.4% 67 241-
44Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 30.1 13.1% 141 634#48
45The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 29.7 11.6% 170 702#51
46University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 29.3 23.1% 70 487#54
47University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 28.9 15.1% 96 540#20
48Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 28.5 12.3% 174 686#23
49University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 28.1 13.5% 85 346#73
50Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 27.7 15.1% 80 451#84
51Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 27.3 12.2% 134 597#30
52University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 27.0 13.7% 77 394#44
53Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 26.6 17.6% 68 389#85
54University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 26.3 12.9% 82 337#57
55Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin 25.9 13.7% 83 380#50
56Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 25.6 19.0% 76 391#95
57University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 25.3 10.4% 91 347#46
58University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 25.0 16.8% 93 488#56
59University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 24.7 15.0% 93 470#42
60London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom · London 24.3 16.2% 109 708#33
61The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 24.0 14.5% 156 634#94
62Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 23.7 15.9% 71 440#93
63Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 23.4 19.5% 73 311-
64United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States · Washington 23.1 13.6% 78 437-
65University of YorkUnited Kingdom · York 22.9 17.4% 72 346-
66Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 22.6 10.6% 118 451-
67Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 22.3 17.3% 68 388-
68Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom · Newcastle upon Tyne 22.0 18.8% 93 511-
69University of OttawaCanada · Ottawa 21.8 15.0% 115 504#80
70Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 21.5 12.1% 94 439#76
71University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 21.2 13.3% 89 350#62
72Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 21.0 16.0% 90 459-
73University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 20.7 11.6% 98 405#38
74University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States · Amherst Center 20.5 16.9% 66 273#69
75Brown UniversityUnited States · Providence 20.2 10.5% 86 423-
76Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 20.0 14.9% 111 374-
77KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 19.7 17.1% 78 440#82
78UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 19.5 12.7% 100 449#47
79Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 19.3 11.8% 177 400-
80University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 19.0 11.4% 106 383-
81University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 18.8 13.0% 90 359-
82Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 18.6 11.8% 120 360#87
83City University of New YorkUnited States · New York 18.3 10.3% 142 499#58
84University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 18.1 16.0% 89 422-
85University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 17.9 15.6% 64 443#71
86Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 17.7 14.3% 118 545#81
87Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 17.5 11.2% 109 625-
88Uppsala UniversitySweden · Uppsala 17.3 18.4% 80 518-
89University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 17.1 13.6% 94 275#96
90University of BathUnited Kingdom · Bath 16.8 19.7% 61 374-
91University of AucklandNew Zealand · Auckland 16.6 16.5% 84 373#97
92Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia · Brisbane 16.4 20.8% 61 350#88
93Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 16.2 15.2% 68 374#60
94University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 16.0 13.0% 85 515-
95Western UniversityCanada · London 15.9 15.1% 112 527-
96University of CincinnatiUnited States · Cincinnati 15.7 15.5% 73 360-
97University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville 15.5 11.3% 98 436-
98Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 15.3 15.5% 82 345#98
99University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 15.1 8.9% 81 289#72
100University of OsloNorway · Oslo 14.9 18.5% 70 497-

institutions ranked worldwide in Gender Studies (224). 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.

15 to 19: 21 places19 to 23: 16 places23 to 28: 13 places28 to 32: 11 places32 to 36: 8 places36 to 40: 6 places40 to 45: 6 places45 to 49: 4 places49 to 53: 3 places53 to 57: 2 places57 to 62: 3 places62 to 66: 1 places66 to 70: 1 places70 to 74: 2 places74 to 79: 0 places79 to 83: 1 places83 to 87: 1 places87 to 91: 0 places91 to 96: 0 places96 to 100: 1 places15100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 320 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 313 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 308 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 306 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 289 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 238 works
  7. 7 Universitas PamulangIndonesia 236 works
  8. 8 Monash UniversityAustralia 211 works
  9. 9 Indiana UniversityUnited States 207 works
  10. 10 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 200 works
  11. 11 Stanford UniversityUnited States 199 works
  12. 12 The University of MelbourneAustralia 195 works
  13. 13 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 193 works
  14. 14 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 191 works
  15. 15 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 189 works

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