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Top History and Philosophy of Science Research Institutions

University of Cambridge ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 54 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 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 100.0 19.0% 235 321#1
2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 82.6 16.5% 227 259#2
3 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 72.5 19.1% 156 110#39
4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 65.2 14.4% 160 135#29
5 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 59.7 16.8% 120 117#15
6 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 55.1 17.4% 78 203#3
7 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 51.2 11.3% 123 111#20
8 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 47.9 13.8% 146 119#8
9 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 44.9 20.2% 76 101#13
10 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 42.3 19.9% 66 121#31
11 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 39.9 22.1% 64 57#40
12 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 37.7 14.8% 104 100#10
13 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 35.7 16.2% 92 124#25
14 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly · Venice 33.8 17.1% 131 49—
15 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 32.1 16.6% 70 86#38
16 University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva 30.5 18.5% 80 81#57
17 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 29.0 19.2% 78 58#4
18 University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 27.5 14.3% 80 322#24
19 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 26.2 19.3% 61 56#85
20 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 24.9 11.9% 69 55#56
21 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 23.7 20.5% 69 78#16
22 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 22.5 16.9% 63 62#78
23 University of TurinItaly · Turin 21.4 23.8% 63 46—
24 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 20.3 13.5% 73 79#22
25 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsFrance · Toulouse 19.3 11.8% 66 26—
26 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 18.3 16.5% 67 114#14
27 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 17.4 16.9% 66 34—
28 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 16.5 14.0% 70 68#18
29 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 15.6 19.0% 60 45—
30 University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom · St Andrews 14.7 12.3% 70 56#52
31 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 13.9 13.8% 87 78#7
32 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 13.1 20.9% 62 101#70
33 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 12.3 14.9% 60 80#30
34 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance · Paris 11.6 9.6% 134 33—
35 University of MilanItaly · Milan 10.9 12.1% 70 46—
36 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 10.2 13.4% 78 83#80
37 Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 9.5 11.9% 83 33—
38 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance · Paris 8.8 9.4% 122 33#90
39 Film IndependentUnited States · Los Angeles 8.2 7.7% 143 23—
40 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 7.5 11.5% 61 53#50
41 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 6.9 16.1% 61 47#61
42 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 6.3 8.3% 120 56—
43 University of MünsterGermany · Münster 5.7 12.5% 72 43—
44 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 5.1 13.5% 78 66#11
45 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 4.6 15.5% 67 39—
46 Université Paris NanterreFrance · Nanterre 4.0 8.0% 114 18—
47 Université de MontréalCanada · Montreal 3.5 7.7% 62 32—
48 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance · Marseille 3.0 6.6% 80 26—
49 York UniversityCanada · Toronto 2.4 8.4% 62 61#89
50 Université de LilleFrance · Lille 1.9 5.9% 81 13—
51 Université Rennes 2France · Rennes 143.3 11.0% 61 3—
52 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 94.6 7.3% 72 35#21
53 Université Sorbonne NouvelleFrance · Paris 46.9 6.0% 68 6—
54 Université de LorraineFrance · Nancy 0.0 4.1% 73 6—

institutions ranked worldwide in History and Philosophy of Science (54). 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.

0 – 5: 10 places5 – 10: 8 places10 – 15: 7 places15 – 20: 5 places20 – 25: 5 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 2 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 235 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 227 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 160 works
  4. 4 University of ViennaAustria 156 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 146 works
  6. 6 Film IndependentUnited States 143 works
  7. 7 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance 134 works
  8. 8 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 131 works
  9. 9 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 123 works
  10. 10 École des hautes études en sciences socialesFrance 122 works
  11. 11 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 120 works
  12. 12 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 120 works
  13. 13 Université Paris NanterreFrance 114 works
  14. 14 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 104 works
  15. 15 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 92 works

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