Top Geophysics Research Institutions

#	Institution	Score	Top-10% rate	Works	Citations	All time
1	Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	100.0	13.3%	2.1k	16k	#2
2	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	87.2	20.2%	242	2.7k	#4
3	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	79.7	12.6%	1.4k	9.6k	#1
4	California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena	74.4	22.1%	193	2.3k	#5
5	Planetary Science InstituteUnited States · Tucson	70.3	15.9%	255	2k	#3
6	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	66.9	22.1%	170	1.9k	#6
7	China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan	64.1	13.0%	641	4.9k	#14
8	Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Berlin	61.6	15.5%	527	4.3k	#7
9	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen	59.4	14.4%	226	1.7k	#12
10	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	57.5	13.4%	507	3.8k	#10
11	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	55.7	17.0%	168	1.5k	#8
12	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei	54.1	14.7%	326	2.6k	#16
13	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	52.6	19.2%	123	1.3k	#9
14	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	51.3	17.4%	96	1k	#11
15	Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing	50.0	17.1%	208	1.9k	#27
16	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	48.8	13.9%	300	2.4k	#25
17	United States Geological SurveyUnited States · Reston	47.7	13.8%	395	2.8k	#13
18	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	46.6	16.4%	131	1.5k	#20
19	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly · Rome	45.6	14.1%	438	3.5k	#19
20	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	44.7	12.6%	277	1.6k	#18
21	China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China · Beijing	43.8	9.2%	724	4.5k	#23
22	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	42.9	19.5%	100	1k	#17
23	The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo	42.1	11.6%	228	1.8k	#50
24	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah	41.3	17.2%	146	1k	#15
25	China Earthquake AdministrationChina · Beijing	40.6	9.5%	957	5.8k	#80
26	Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris	39.8	20.9%	77	844	#61
27	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara	39.1	16.8%	74	666	#39
28	University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder	38.5	11.6%	106	777	#24
29	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	37.8	12.9%	180	1.3k	#75
30	Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra	37.2	13.9%	132	1.1k	#26
31	Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun	36.6	9.7%	417	2.8k	#87
32	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	36.0	24.0%	64	682	#58
33	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid	35.4	12.8%	296	1.7k	#55
34	Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan	34.9	13.4%	162	1.2k	#98
35	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	34.4	15.5%	102	885	#44
36	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyJapan · Yokosuka	33.8	9.7%	140	902	#74
37	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	33.3	17.6%	113	1k	#60
38	Central South UniversityChina · Changsha	32.8	17.0%	279	2.3k	-
39	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou	32.4	13.6%	151	1.2k	#93
40	Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China · Guangzhou	31.9	14.5%	123	1.1k	#69
41	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	31.4	11.5%	200	1k	#92
42	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	31.0	16.1%	110	795	-
43	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht	30.6	12.9%	105	818	#46
44	Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFrance · Marseille	30.1	16.4%	115	1k	#36
45	University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	29.7	12.5%	78	524	#99
46	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich	29.3	13.6%	77	705	#76
47	University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol	28.9	17.3%	78	724	#38
48	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh	28.5	15.7%	74	625	#48
49	Rice UniversityUnited States · Houston	28.1	13.9%	62	482	#28
50	Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto	27.8	8.9%	191	1.1k	-
51	Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin	27.4	19.8%	66	627	#94
52	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	27.0	19.5%	212	753	#31
53	Tohoku UniversityJapan · Sendai	26.7	15.3%	187	1.5k	-
54	GNS ScienceNew Zealand · Lower Hutt	26.3	14.5%	100	967	#83
55	University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles	26.0	18.7%	69	614	#43
56	Carnegie Institution for ScienceUnited States · Washington	25.7	11.9%	99	671	#32
57	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	25.4	19.1%	79	769	#45
58	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	25.0	16.8%	111	516	#30
59	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	24.7	13.8%	78	478	#52
60	Université Grenoble AlpesFrance · Saint-Martin-d'Hères	24.4	15.0%	86	724	#35
61	National Research CouncilItaly · Rome	24.1	14.0%	239	1.7k	-
62	Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States · Los Alamos	23.8	10.7%	156	1.1k	#85
63	China University of Mining and TechnologyChina · Xuzhou	23.5	19.0%	254	2k	-
64	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	23.2	16.2%	80	798	#49
65	Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States · Livermore	22.9	13.8%	130	861	-
66	University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds	22.6	14.2%	84	693	#89
67	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	22.4	14.9%	66	524	#42
68	Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan	22.1	18.7%	77	606	-
69	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	21.8	11.4%	70	468	#47
70	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	21.6	15.5%	81	351	#22
71	Northwest UniversityChina · Xi'an	21.3	8.9%	228	1.6k	#63
72	Colorado School of MinesUnited States · Golden	21.0	9.8%	116	651	#41
73	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Berkeley	20.8	17.1%	266	521	#53
74	Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao	20.5	10.8%	134	921	#67
75	Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing	20.3	8.1%	297	1.8k	-
76	University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton	20.0	12.6%	143	973	-
77	Chengdu University of TechnologyChina · Chengdu	19.8	10.7%	419	2.3k	-
78	University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva	19.6	16.9%	68	602	-
79	Goethe University FrankfurtGermany · Frankfurt am Main	19.3	13.3%	75	648	-
80	Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionUnited States · Falmouth	19.1	11.9%	73	342	#34
81	Université Côte d'AzurFrance · Nice	18.9	19.3%	64	751	-
82	University of PotsdamGermany · Potsdam	18.6	17.4%	85	778	#81
83	Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing	18.4	13.7%	105	664	-
84	Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing	18.2	17.3%	79	610	-
85	University of BayreuthGermany · Bayreuth	18.0	22.1%	64	785	-
86	Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham	17.8	14.1%	65	586	#70
87	The University of AdelaideAustralia · Adelaide	17.5	15.1%	112	1.1k	-
88	University of HoustonUnited States · Houston	17.3	9.6%	112	537	-
89	University of Nevada, RenoUnited States · Reno	17.1	15.9%	75	538	-
90	Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina · Beijing	16.9	8.1%	430	2.7k	-
91	Université Paris Sciences et LettresFrance · Paris	16.7	8.7%	75	408	#91
92	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an	16.5	13.3%	116	728	-
93	Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome	16.3	20.8%	110	992	-
94	China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina · Qingdao	16.1	8.9%	344	1.6k	-
95	Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris	15.9	11.9%	69	429	#62
96	University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City	15.7	12.3%	64	443	-
97	University of MünsterGermany · Münster	15.5	11.9%	71	556	#82
98	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	15.3	14.0%	62	445	#71
99	University of OsloNorway · Oslo	15.2	11.9%	106	735	-
100	Czech Academy of SciencesCzechia · Prague	15.0	7.6%	209	945	-

institutions ranked worldwide in Geophysics (225). 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).

1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 3.3k works
2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 2.4k works
3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 1.6k works
4. 4 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 1.4k works
5. 5 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 1.2k works
6. 6 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 1.1k works
7. 7 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 808 works
8. 8 China University of GeosciencesChina 723 works
9. 9 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 670 works
10. 10 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 584 works
11. 11 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 577 works
12. 12 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly 557 works
13. 13 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina 495 works
14. 14 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 486 works
15. 15 Jilin UniversityChina 465 works

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