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Top Geology Research Institutions

Tsinghua University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 45 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 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 100.0 43.6% 77 963#10
2 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 81.8 40.5% 100 897#11
3 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 71.1 34.7% 63 625#29
4 China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan 63.6 29.9% 117 862#17
5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 57.7 27.0% 153 903#4
6 Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Milan 52.9 32.3% 100 639#5
7 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 48.9 31.3% 106 764#20
8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 45.4 34.0% 67 587#45
9 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 42.3 41.3% 61 690#36
10 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 39.5 33.2% 61 678#2
11 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina · Beijing 37.0 12.2% 196 947#8
12 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.7 41.5% 71 642—
13 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 32.6 29.6% 85 515#56
14 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 30.7 22.5% 83 349#34
15 Politecnico di TorinoItaly · Turin 28.9 27.1% 64 398#26
16 University of FlorenceItaly · Florence 27.2 28.3% 62 278#48
17 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina · Beijing 25.6 16.1% 94 581#51
18 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 24.1 24.4% 69 407—
19 Sinopec (China)China · Beijing 22.7 13.3% 107 636#54
20 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 21.3 6.7% 208 330#61
21 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China · Beijing 20.0 15.8% 95 392#46
22 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia · Bandung 18.8 7.2% 176 280#38
23 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina · Qingdao 17.6 15.7% 65 328—
24 University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Depok 16.5 10.1% 71 147—
25 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 15.4 8.9% 119 245—
26 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China · Beijing 14.4 8.8% 87 294#93
27 Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia · Surabaya 13.4 8.0% 79 94—
28 Geological InstituteRussia · Moscow 12.5 5.4% 135 205#59
29 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 11.5 2.6% 189 247#76
30 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia · Semarang 10.7 4.7% 129 156#100
31 Meteorological, Climatological, And Geophysical AgencyIndonesia · Jakarta 9.8 5.4% 99 161—
32 Sumatera Institute of TechnologyIndonesia · Bandar Lampung 9.0 8.8% 66 83—
33 Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia · Banda Aceh 8.1 5.9% 81 143#85
34 University of BrawijayaIndonesia · Malang 7.4 7.1% 62 101—
35 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia · Sleman 6.6 1.5% 142 88—
36 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 5.9 2.6% 105 107—
37 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 5.1 3.5% 89 138#62
38 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia · Makassar 4.4 3.4% 82 70—
39 Institute of Petroleum Geology and GeophysicsRussia · Novosibirsk 3.8 2.9% 87 90#92
40 University of PattimuraIndonesia · Ambon City 3.1 2.3% 65 69—
41 Petronas (Malaysia)Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur 2.4 2.1% 65 49—
42 Moscow State UniversityTajikistan · Dushanbe 1.8 1.8% 68 57—
43 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia · Palembang 119.4 0.4% 79 45—
44 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 59.0 0.2% 66 35—
45 Pertamina (Indonesia)Indonesia · Jakarta 0.0 0.3% 63 30—

institutions ranked worldwide in Geology (45). 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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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 208 works
  2. 2 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina 196 works
  3. 3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 189 works
  4. 4 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 176 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 153 works
  6. 6 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia 142 works
  7. 7 Geological InstituteRussia 135 works
  8. 8 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 129 works
  9. 9 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia 119 works
  10. 10 China University of GeosciencesChina 117 works
  11. 11 Sinopec (China)China 107 works
  12. 12 Tongji UniversityChina 106 works
  13. 13 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 105 works
  14. 14 Wuhan UniversityChina 100 works
  15. 15 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 99 works

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