Subfield · History
Top History Research Institutions
Universidad Complutense de Madrid ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 204 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
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain · Madrid | 100.0 | 15.1% | 646 | 223 | #24 |
| 2 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge | 87.0 | 13.1% | 376 | 337 | #1 |
| 3 | University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford | 79.3 | 13.2% | 420 | 262 | #2 |
| 4 | Universitat de València Spain · Valencia | 73.9 | 19.0% | 277 | 127 | #51 |
| 5 | Universitat de Barcelona Spain · Barcelona | 69.7 | 16.5% | 249 | 90 | #87 |
| 6 | Universidad de Sevilla Spain · Seville | 66.3 | 18.9% | 314 | 122 | #90 |
| 7 | University of Glasgow United Kingdom · Glasgow | 63.4 | 14.0% | 191 | 114 | #7 |
| 8 | University of Warsaw Poland · Warsaw | 60.9 | 12.0% | 283 | 93 | — |
| 9 | King's College London United Kingdom · London | 58.7 | 16.1% | 162 | 148 | #20 |
| 10 | University of the Basque Country Spain · Leioa | 56.7 | 17.1% | 200 | 96 | #80 |
| 11 | University of Chicago United States · Chicago | 54.9 | 24.8% | 146 | 76 | #21 |
| 12 | University of Sheffield United Kingdom · Sheffield | 53.3 | 26.7% | 61 | 72 | #17 |
| 13 | Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo | 51.8 | 14.3% | 185 | 93 | #27 |
| 14 | Ca' Foscari University of Venice Italy · Venice | 50.4 | 8.9% | 228 | 39 | — |
| 15 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain · Cerdanyola del Vallès | 49.1 | 16.5% | 188 | 92 | #76 |
| 16 | University of Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam | 47.9 | 17.0% | 106 | 113 | #33 |
| 17 | University of Helsinki Finland · Helsinki | 46.7 | 18.3% | 125 | 73 | #47 |
| 18 | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom · Edinburgh | 45.7 | 13.0% | 232 | 128 | #3 |
| 19 | University of Bristol United Kingdom · Bristol | 44.6 | 13.1% | 132 | 71 | #26 |
| 20 | Universidad de Granada Spain · Granada | 43.7 | 14.3% | 185 | 71 | #95 |
| 21 | University of Oslo Norway · Oslo | 42.8 | 20.9% | 98 | 101 | #63 |
| 22 | University of Warwick United Kingdom · Coventry | 41.9 | 17.0% | 124 | 103 | #8 |
| 23 | Yale University United States · New Haven | 41.0 | 12.3% | 128 | 119 | #6 |
| 24 | Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus | 40.2 | 15.7% | 119 | 56 | #45 |
| 25 | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland · Poznan | 39.5 | 11.8% | 269 | 60 | — |
| 26 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico · Mexico City | 38.7 | 13.0% | 203 | 48 | — |
| 27 | Universidad de Salamanca Spain · Salamanca | 38.0 | 14.8% | 198 | 59 | — |
| 28 | University College London United Kingdom · London | 37.3 | 13.3% | 162 | 106 | #4 |
| 29 | University of Bologna Italy · Bologna | 36.7 | 15.0% | 134 | 64 | — |
| 30 | Jagiellonian University Poland · Krakow | 36.0 | 10.6% | 334 | 74 | — |
| 31 | University of Toronto Canada · Toronto | 35.4 | 11.7% | 156 | 75 | #12 |
| 32 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Argentina · Buenos Aires | 34.8 | 19.7% | 114 | 63 | — |
| 33 | University of St Andrews United Kingdom · St Andrews | 34.3 | 11.5% | 164 | 65 | #13 |
| 34 | Department of Archaeology Sri Lanka · Colombo | 33.7 | 28.7% | 133 | 14 | — |
| 35 | University of Birmingham United Kingdom · Birmingham | 33.1 | 15.9% | 120 | 110 | #10 |
| 36 | University of Łódź Poland · Lodz | 32.6 | 14.2% | 187 | 51 | — |
| 37 | Leiden University Netherlands · Leiden | 32.1 | 17.7% | 115 | 87 | #61 |
| 38 | Universidad de Valladolid Spain · Valladolid | 31.6 | 10.8% | 224 | 48 | — |
| 39 | Universidad de Zaragoza Spain · Zaragoza | 31.1 | 15.7% | 185 | 60 | — |
| 40 | McGill University Canada · Montreal | 30.6 | 13.8% | 73 | 45 | #35 |
| 41 | University of Padua Italy · Padua | 30.2 | 15.1% | 106 | 55 | — |
| 42 | University of Exeter United Kingdom · Exeter | 29.7 | 11.7% | 132 | 88 | #18 |
| 43 | Sapienza University of Rome Italy · Rome | 29.3 | 12.2% | 149 | 31 | — |
| 44 | Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom · London | 28.8 | 17.1% | 92 | 102 | #50 |
| 45 | Newcastle University United Kingdom · Newcastle upon Tyne | 28.4 | 19.9% | 82 | 90 | #40 |
| 46 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris | 28.0 | 11.1% | 182 | 64 | #75 |
| 47 | Film Independent United States · Los Angeles | 27.6 | 7.3% | 283 | 37 | #99 |
| 48 | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Spain · Madrid | 27.2 | 13.0% | 167 | 40 | — |
| 49 | University of Münster Germany · Münster | 26.8 | 15.5% | 75 | 46 | — |
| 50 | John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland · Lublin | 26.4 | 12.5% | 204 | 44 | — |
| 51 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Spain · Santiago de Compostela | 26.1 | 13.9% | 169 | 58 | — |
| 52 | Nicolaus Copernicus University Poland · Torun | 25.7 | 12.9% | 149 | 38 | — |
| 53 | University of Vienna Austria · Vienna | 25.3 | 10.9% | 145 | 68 | #94 |
| 54 | Universidad de Málaga Spain · Málaga | 25.0 | 18.1% | 132 | 66 | — |
| 55 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spain · Barcelona | 24.6 | 22.3% | 68 | 45 | — |
| 56 | Cornell University United States · Ithaca | 24.3 | 14.9% | 79 | 74 | #32 |
| 57 | University of Manchester United Kingdom · Manchester | 24.0 | 14.8% | 119 | 69 | #5 |
| 58 | Cardiff University United Kingdom · Cardiff | 23.6 | 12.4% | 112 | 68 | #54 |
| 59 | Freie Universität Berlin Germany · Berlin | 23.3 | 14.1% | 115 | 57 | #67 |
| 60 | University College Dublin Ireland · Dublin | 23.0 | 17.9% | 88 | 46 | #97 |
| 61 | Stanford University United States · Stanford | 22.7 | 18.8% | 84 | 151 | #31 |
| 62 | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Spain · Madrid | 22.4 | 18.4% | 109 | 55 | — |
| 63 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne France · Paris | 22.1 | 9.3% | 181 | 37 | — |
| 64 | Universidad de Murcia Spain · Murcia | 21.8 | 14.3% | 134 | 45 | — |
| 65 | Durham University United Kingdom · Durham | 21.5 | 9.4% | 170 | 69 | #11 |
| 66 | Institute of World History Russia · Moscow | 21.2 | 14.5% | 141 | 29 | — |
| 67 | Universidad Nacional de La Plata Argentina · La Plata | 20.9 | 19.1% | 73 | 33 | — |
| 68 | KU Leuven Belgium · Leuven | 20.7 | 14.0% | 122 | 67 | #65 |
| 69 | Boston College United States · Boston | 20.4 | 11.5% | 72 | 38 | — |
| 70 | University of Aberdeen United Kingdom · Aberdeen | 20.1 | 13.1% | 64 | 78 | #28 |
| 71 | University of York United Kingdom · York | 19.8 | 13.5% | 114 | 90 | #48 |
| 72 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal · Lisbon | 19.6 | 16.3% | 99 | 36 | — |
| 73 | Universidade Federal do Pará Brazil · Belém | 19.3 | 17.2% | 87 | 50 | — |
| 74 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain · Madrid | 19.1 | 11.9% | 173 | 68 | — |
| 75 | University of Leeds United Kingdom · Leeds | 18.8 | 12.7% | 111 | 64 | #29 |
| 76 | New York University United States · New York | 18.6 | 15.5% | 88 | 58 | #41 |
| 77 | University of Groningen Netherlands · Groningen | 18.3 | 18.7% | 72 | 41 | — |
| 78 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam | 18.1 | 14.5% | 73 | 48 | — |
| 79 | University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen | 17.8 | 16.3% | 85 | 92 | #66 |
| 80 | Utrecht University Netherlands · Utrecht | 17.6 | 11.7% | 132 | 51 | #57 |
| 81 | University of Geneva Switzerland · Geneva | 17.4 | 15.3% | 90 | 43 | — |
| 82 | Polish Academy of Sciences Poland · Warsaw | 17.1 | 18.4% | 75 | 42 | — |
| 83 | University of Castilla-La Mancha Spain · Ciudad Real | 16.9 | 11.5% | 122 | 25 | — |
| 84 | The University of Sydney Australia · Sydney | 16.7 | 13.0% | 81 | 53 | #39 |
| 85 | York University Canada · Toronto | 16.5 | 18.5% | 63 | 47 | #55 |
| 86 | Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina · Buenos Aires | 16.2 | 11.4% | 142 | 38 | — |
| 87 | Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom · Belfast | 16.0 | 14.2% | 81 | 50 | #25 |
| 88 | Uppsala University Sweden · Uppsala | 15.8 | 15.9% | 78 | 64 | — |
| 89 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil · Rio de Janeiro | 15.6 | 12.2% | 106 | 43 | — |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin–Madison United States · Madison | 15.4 | 17.9% | 76 | 61 | #22 |
| 91 | Instituto de Historia Spain · Madrid | 15.2 | 13.7% | 124 | 22 | — |
| 92 | Lund University Sweden · Lund | 15.0 | 16.6% | 67 | 41 | — |
| 93 | The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne | 14.8 | 12.6% | 99 | 51 | #44 |
| 94 | The Open University United Kingdom · Milton Keynes | 14.6 | 12.4% | 72 | 50 | #68 |
| 95 | Royal Holloway University of London United Kingdom · Egham | 14.4 | 11.1% | 77 | 56 | #60 |
| 96 | Universidad de Extremadura Spain · Badajoz | 14.2 | 18.0% | 65 | 27 | — |
| 97 | University of Milan Italy · Milan | 14.0 | 11.1% | 131 | 29 | — |
| 98 | Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków Poland · Krakow | 13.8 | 12.0% | 124 | 19 | — |
| 99 | University of Virginia United States · Charlottesville | 13.6 | 12.3% | 71 | 30 | #53 |
| 100 | University of Leicester United Kingdom · Leicester | 13.4 | 15.4% | 66 | 34 | #38 |
institutions ranked worldwide in History (204). 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 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain 646 works
- 2 University of Oxford United Kingdom 420 works
- 3 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 375 works
- 4 Jagiellonian University Poland 333 works
- 5 Universidad de Sevilla Spain 314 works
- 6 University of Warsaw Poland 283 works
- 7 Film Independent United States 283 works
- 8 Universitat de València Spain 277 works
- 9 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland 269 works
- 10 Universitat de Barcelona Spain 249 works
- 11 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 232 works
- 12 Ca' Foscari University of Venice Italy 228 works
- 13 Universidad de Valladolid Spain 224 works
- 14 Université Paris Nanterre France 209 works
- 15 John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Poland 204 works