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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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 100.0 15.1% 646 223#24
2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 87.0 13.1% 376 337#1
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 79.3 13.2% 420 262#2
4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 73.9 19.0% 277 127#51
5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 69.7 16.5% 249 90#87
6 Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville 66.3 18.9% 314 122#90
7 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 63.4 14.0% 191 114#7
8 University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 60.9 12.0% 283 93—
9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 58.7 16.1% 162 148#20
10 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 56.7 17.1% 200 96#80
11 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 54.9 24.8% 146 76#21
12 University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom · Sheffield 53.3 26.7% 61 72#17
13 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 51.8 14.3% 185 93#27
14 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly · Venice 50.4 8.9% 228 39—
15 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 49.1 16.5% 188 92#76
16 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 47.9 17.0% 106 113#33
17 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 46.7 18.3% 125 73#47
18 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 45.7 13.0% 232 128#3
19 University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 44.6 13.1% 132 71#26
20 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 43.7 14.3% 185 71#95
21 University of OsloNorway · Oslo 42.8 20.9% 98 101#63
22 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom · Coventry 41.9 17.0% 124 103#8
23 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 41.0 12.3% 128 119#6
24 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 40.2 15.7% 119 56#45
25 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 39.5 11.8% 269 60—
26 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 38.7 13.0% 203 48—
27 Universidad de SalamancaSpain · Salamanca 38.0 14.8% 198 59—
28 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 37.3 13.3% 162 106#4
29 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 36.7 15.0% 134 64—
30 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 36.0 10.6% 334 74—
31 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 35.4 11.7% 156 75#12
32 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 34.8 19.7% 114 63—
33 University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom · St Andrews 34.3 11.5% 164 65#13
34 Department of ArchaeologySri Lanka · Colombo 33.7 28.7% 133 14—
35 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 33.1 15.9% 120 110#10
36 University of ŁódźPoland · Lodz 32.6 14.2% 187 51—
37 Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 32.1 17.7% 115 87#61
38 Universidad de ValladolidSpain · Valladolid 31.6 10.8% 224 48—
39 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain · Zaragoza 31.1 15.7% 185 60—
40 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 30.6 13.8% 73 45#35
41 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 30.2 15.1% 106 55—
42 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 29.7 11.7% 132 88#18
43 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 29.3 12.2% 149 31—
44 Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom · London 28.8 17.1% 92 102#50
45 Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom · Newcastle upon Tyne 28.4 19.9% 82 90#40
46 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 28.0 11.1% 182 64#75
47 Film IndependentUnited States · Los Angeles 27.6 7.3% 283 37#99
48 Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain · Madrid 27.2 13.0% 167 40—
49 University of MünsterGermany · Münster 26.8 15.5% 75 46—
50 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland · Lublin 26.4 12.5% 204 44—
51 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain · Santiago de Compostela 26.1 13.9% 169 58—
52 Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityPoland · Torun 25.7 12.9% 149 38—
53 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 25.3 10.9% 145 68#94
54 Universidad de MálagaSpain · Málaga 25.0 18.1% 132 66—
55 Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain · Barcelona 24.6 22.3% 68 45—
56 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 24.3 14.9% 79 74#32
57 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 24.0 14.8% 119 69#5
58 Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom · Cardiff 23.6 12.4% 112 68#54
59 Freie Universität BerlinGermany · Berlin 23.3 14.1% 115 57#67
60 University College DublinIreland · Dublin 23.0 17.9% 88 46#97
61 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 22.7 18.8% 84 151#31
62 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain · Madrid 22.4 18.4% 109 55—
63 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance · Paris 22.1 9.3% 181 37—
64 Universidad de MurciaSpain · Murcia 21.8 14.3% 134 45—
65 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Durham 21.5 9.4% 170 69#11
66 Institute of World HistoryRussia · Moscow 21.2 14.5% 141 29—
67 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina · La Plata 20.9 19.1% 73 33—
68 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 20.7 14.0% 122 67#65
69 Boston CollegeUnited States · Boston 20.4 11.5% 72 38—
70 University of AberdeenUnited Kingdom · Aberdeen 20.1 13.1% 64 78#28
71 University of YorkUnited Kingdom · York 19.8 13.5% 114 90#48
72 Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal · Lisbon 19.6 16.3% 99 36—
73 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil · Belém 19.3 17.2% 87 50—
74 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain · Madrid 19.1 11.9% 173 68—
75 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 18.8 12.7% 111 64#29
76 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 18.6 15.5% 88 58#41
77 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 18.3 18.7% 72 41—
78 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 18.1 14.5% 73 48—
79 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 17.8 16.3% 85 92#66
80 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 17.6 11.7% 132 51#57
81 University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva 17.4 15.3% 90 43—
82 Polish Academy of SciencesPoland · Warsaw 17.1 18.4% 75 42—
83 University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain · Ciudad Real 16.9 11.5% 122 25—
84 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 16.7 13.0% 81 53#39
85 York UniversityCanada · Toronto 16.5 18.5% 63 47#55
86 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina · Buenos Aires 16.2 11.4% 142 38—
87 Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom · Belfast 16.0 14.2% 81 50#25
88 Uppsala UniversitySweden · Uppsala 15.8 15.9% 78 64—
89 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 15.6 12.2% 106 43—
90 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 15.4 17.9% 76 61#22
91 Instituto de HistoriaSpain · Madrid 15.2 13.7% 124 22—
92 Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 15.0 16.6% 67 41—
93 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 14.8 12.6% 99 51#44
94 The Open UniversityUnited Kingdom · Milton Keynes 14.6 12.4% 72 50#68
95 Royal Holloway University of LondonUnited Kingdom · Egham 14.4 11.1% 77 56#60
96 Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain · Badajoz 14.2 18.0% 65 27—
97 University of MilanItaly · Milan 14.0 11.1% 131 29—
98 Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakówPoland · Krakow 13.8 12.0% 124 19—
99 University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville 13.6 12.3% 71 30#53
100 University of LeicesterUnited 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. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 646 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 420 works
  3. 3 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 375 works
  4. 4 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 333 works
  5. 5 Universidad de SevillaSpain 314 works
  6. 6 University of WarsawPoland 283 works
  7. 7 Film IndependentUnited States 283 works
  8. 8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 277 works
  9. 9 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 269 works
  10. 10 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 249 works
  11. 11 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 232 works
  12. 12 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 228 works
  13. 13 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 224 works
  14. 14 Université Paris NanterreFrance 209 works
  15. 15 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 204 works

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