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Top Geophysics Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 237 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 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 23.5% 874 6.8k#8
2 China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan 87.3 24.3% 633 4.8k#26
3 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China · Beijing 79.9 17.2% 724 4.5k#17
4 China Earthquake AdministrationChina · Beijing 74.6 19.0% 674 4.3k#47
5 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly · Rome 70.6 27.5% 424 3.4k#11
6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 67.2 27.2% 452 3.8k#5
7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 64.4 22.7% 507 3.8k#76
8 Planetary Science InstituteUnited States · Tucson 62.0 28.0% 255 2k#3
9 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 59.8 38.9% 240 2.7k#9
10 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 57.9 26.2% 326 2.6k#30
11 GFZ Helmholtz Centre for GeosciencesGermany · Potsdam 56.1 28.0% 251 2.2k#21
12 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena 54.6 40.1% 155 2k#2
13 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 53.1 24.3% 291 2.3k#51
14 United States Geological SurveyUnited States · Reston 51.7 24.1% 321 2.2k#1
15 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina · Beijing 50.5 16.7% 430 2.7k#25
16 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 49.3 26.3% 279 2.3k—
17 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina · Xuzhou 48.2 25.4% 248 1.9k—
18 Institute of Geology and GeophysicsChina · Beijing 47.1 24.6% 332 2.5k#16
19 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 46.2 25.6% 227 1.8k#15
20 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 45.2 28.2% 208 1.9k#60
21 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 44.3 17.5% 273 1.6k#14
22 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 43.5 15.5% 402 2.6k#90
23 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen 42.7 28.2% 226 1.7k—
24 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 41.9 32.3% 155 1.7k#6
25 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 41.1 2.3% 1.2k 859#10
26 Tohoku UniversityJapan · Sendai 40.4 27.9% 186 1.5k#36
27 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 39.7 25.6% 146 1k—
28 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina · Qingdao 39.1 12.8% 344 1.6k—
29 Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 38.4 18.5% 189 1.1k#69
30 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 37.8 25.6% 150 1.2k—
31 China Geological SurveyChina · Beijing 37.2 14.5% 357 1.7k—
32 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina · Beijing 36.6 14.9% 357 1.9k—
33 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina · Chengdu 36.1 16.3% 308 1.6k—
34 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 35.5 16.3% 267 1.7k—
35 The University of AdelaideAustralia · Adelaide 35.0 28.2% 112 1.1k#72
36 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 34.5 36.5% 105 960—
37 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 34.0 27.1% 113 1k#42
38 Curtin UniversityAustralia · Perth 33.5 24.4% 152 1.2k#32
39 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 33.0 29.0% 131 1.1k#4
40 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 32.5 28.6% 110 1.3k#23
41 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States · Los Alamos 32.1 20.8% 155 1.1k#37
42 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 31.6 30.5% 87 919#7
43 GNS ScienceNew Zealand · Lower Hutt 31.2 30.0% 100 967#65
44Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration?? · Beijing 30.8 24.2% 121 936—
45 Institut de physique du globe de ParisFrance · Paris 30.4 37.7% 94 989#28
46 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 30.0 26.3% 102 885#40
47 Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States · Livermore 29.6 26.2% 130 861#33
48 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China · Guangzhou 29.2 25.2% 123 1.1k—
49 Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFrance · Marseille 28.8 28.3% 115 1k—
50 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 28.5 32.3% 75 779#74
51 Scripps Institution of OceanographyUnited States · La Jolla 28.1 33.1% 81 789#19
52 Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye · Istanbul 27.7 23.3% 90 684—
53 Guangzhou Institute of GeochemistryChina · Guangzhou 27.4 25.9% 135 1.1k#81
54 University of ArizonaUnited States · Tucson 27.0 13.2% 181 871#44
55 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 26.7 19.8% 162 1.2k—
56 Sinopec (China)China · Beijing 26.4 12.7% 219 955—
57 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 26.1 22.3% 177 1.2k—
58 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 25.7 0.7% 1.4k 324—
59 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and DevelopmentChina · Beijing 25.4 14.2% 226 1.1k—
60 Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 25.1 39.4% 76 843#93
61 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 24.8 34.3% 100 998#12
62 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 24.5 21.0% 143 973#55
63 Northwest UniversityChina · Xi'an 24.2 18.8% 137 912#86
64 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 23.9 28.1% 82 668#63
65 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyJapan · Yokosuka 23.7 22.3% 140 902#75
66 University of PotsdamGermany · Potsdam 23.4 29.1% 85 778—
67 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 23.1 12.0% 237 974#87
68 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 22.8 27.9% 79 765#58
69 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 22.6 38.9% 64 682—
70 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 22.3 9.6% 203 738#22
71 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 22.0 28.4% 86 750#38
72 University of Naples Federico IIItaly · Naples 21.8 29.7% 103 731—
73 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 21.5 28.8% 84 693#62
74 Institute of GeochemistryChina · Guiyang 21.3 24.4% 111 759—
75 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 21.0 14.8% 182 881—
76 Carnegie Institution for ScienceUnited States · Washington 20.8 26.8% 73 583#20
77 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao 20.6 19.1% 134 921—
78 University of BayreuthGermany · Bayreuth 20.3 34.5% 64 785#57
79 University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 20.1 31.0% 78 724#27
80 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China · Beijing 19.9 8.4% 249 679—
81 University of Nevada, RenoUnited States · Reno 19.6 29.0% 75 538—
82 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina · Chengdu 19.4 17.4% 133 731—
83 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 19.2 27.1% 102 806#45
84 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 19.0 29.5% 87 646—
85 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 18.8 31.0% 69 614#34
86 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 18.5 30.3% 73 665—
87 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 18.3 19.2% 115 724—
88 Colorado School of MinesUnited States · Golden 18.1 16.5% 116 651#71
89 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance · Saint-Martin-d'Hères 17.9 25.9% 79 664—
90 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 17.7 22.2% 107 764—
91 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 17.5 28.1% 74 625#59
92 Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin 17.3 31.4% 65 626—
93 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara 17.1 30.3% 74 666#41
94 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 16.9 36.1% 64 673#18
95 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 16.7 21.4% 78 599—
96 University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva 16.5 26.2% 68 602—
97 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia · Dhahran 16.3 20.6% 122 694—
98 University of HoustonUnited States · Houston 16.2 19.4% 112 537—
99 Institut des Sciences de la TerreFrance · Grenoble 16.0 22.8% 82 621—
100 Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 15.8 20.5% 100 619—

institutions ranked worldwide in Geophysics (237). 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.

16 – 20: 21 places20 – 24: 16 places24 – 28: 13 places28 – 33: 11 places33 – 37: 8 places37 – 41: 6 places41 – 45: 6 places45 – 49: 4 places49 – 54: 3 places54 – 58: 3 places58 – 62: 2 places62 – 66: 1 places66 – 71: 1 places71 – 75: 2 places75 – 79: 0 places79 – 83: 1 places83 – 87: 1 places87 – 92: 0 places92 – 96: 0 places96 – 100: 1 places16100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 1.4k works
  2. 2 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 1.2k works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 874 works
  4. 4 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 724 works
  5. 5 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 673 works
  6. 6 China University of GeosciencesChina 633 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 507 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 452 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina 430 works
  10. 10 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaItaly 424 works
  11. 11 Jilin UniversityChina 402 works
  12. 12 Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterUnited States 384 works
  13. 13 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 357 works
  14. 14 China Geological SurveyChina 357 works
  15. 15 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 344 works

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