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Top Infectious Diseases Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 345 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 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 27.4% 352 4.9k#2
2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 88.1 32.6% 237 4.5k#13
3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 81.2 25.2% 418 4.8k#5
4 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States · Atlanta 76.3 25.6% 312 4k#1
5 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 72.5 29.4% 205 3.2k#11
6 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 69.3 29.3% 210 3.8k#8
7 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 66.7 24.9% 279 3.6k#9
8 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 64.4 30.8% 233 3.5k#12
9 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 62.4 33.0% 203 4.2k#16
10 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 60.6 32.2% 181 3.1k#3
11 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesUnited States · Bethesda 59.0 33.7% 179 2.9k#4
12 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 57.5 22.7% 292 3.1k#18
13 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 56.1 26.3% 214 3.1k#19
14 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 54.8 23.7% 255 2.9k#6
15 Pfizer (United States)United States · New York 53.7 41.0% 101 3.4k#94
16 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 52.6 28.2% 179 2.6k#100
17 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 51.5 27.7% 189 2.8k#21
18 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 50.5 25.2% 234 3k#7
19 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 49.6 22.0% 304 3k#76
20 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 48.7 6.1% 921 2.7k#10
21 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 47.9 34.4% 174 3.5k#28
22 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 47.1 22.9% 188 2.6k#23
23 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 46.3 23.2% 164 2.3k#33
24 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 45.6 23.4% 197 2.2k#14
25 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 44.9 24.5% 180 2.2k—
26 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 44.2 25.6% 184 2.8k#24
27 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 43.6 32.3% 174 2.8k#69
28 InsermFrance · Paris 43.0 22.3% 257 2.8k#25
29 The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States · Galveston 42.4 29.3% 159 2.4k#29
30 World Health OrganizationSwitzerland · Geneva 41.8 36.1% 101 1.9k#17
31 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 41.2 24.9% 147 2.2k#15
32 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 40.7 15.6% 326 2.5k#60
33 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa · Johannesburg 40.2 21.3% 198 1.8k#80
34 University of Cape TownSouth Africa · Rondebosch 39.7 24.0% 166 2k#42
35 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 39.2 22.2% 198 2.2k#48
36 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 38.7 22.5% 165 2.1k#32
37 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 38.2 26.0% 160 1.9k—
38 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 37.8 22.7% 143 1.6k#68
39 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 37.3 27.0% 136 2k#38
40 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 36.9 31.8% 118 2.1k#63
41 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 36.5 23.9% 146 1.5k#66
42 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 36.0 26.5% 146 1.8k#82
43 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 35.6 22.7% 169 1.7k#31
44 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 35.2 20.8% 171 1.8k#27
45 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 34.9 27.3% 148 2k—
46 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 34.5 23.2% 149 1.7k#39
47 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 34.1 15.6% 314 2.1k#89
48 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 33.8 33.7% 101 2.1k#45
49 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 33.4 29.5% 116 1.8k#58
50 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 33.1 23.7% 159 1.9k—
51 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 32.7 22.3% 150 1.6k#54
52 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 32.4 29.7% 127 1.6k#44
53 Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 32.1 28.2% 122 1.6k#95
54 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 31.7 26.4% 126 1.4k#55
55 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 31.4 24.7% 158 1.8k#47
56 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 31.1 23.9% 182 1.9k—
57 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 30.8 24.1% 181 2k#35
58 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 30.5 23.1% 156 1.4k#22
59 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 30.2 32.0% 111 1.7k—
60 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 29.9 23.5% 150 1.8k—
61 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa · Durban 29.7 23.4% 155 1.7k—
62 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 29.4 21.6% 140 1.2k#30
63 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 29.1 21.5% 153 1.8k#51
64 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 28.8 24.9% 128 1.5k#56
65 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 28.6 29.6% 106 1.4k—
66 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 28.3 19.9% 185 1.8k—
67 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 28.0 22.5% 132 1.7k#84
68 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 27.8 31.5% 109 1.3k—
69 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 27.5 27.0% 105 1.4k—
70 German Center for Infection ResearchGermany · Braunschweig 27.3 29.2% 104 1.6k—
71 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran · Tehran 27.1 15.2% 241 1.6k—
72 Shiraz University of Medical SciencesIran · Shiraz 26.8 13.6% 154 1k—
73 Erasmus MCNetherlands · Rotterdam 26.6 31.2% 92 1.7k#92
74 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia · New Delhi 26.3 7.8% 338 1.5k—
75 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 26.1 27.2% 116 1.4k—
76 UK Health Security AgencyUnited Kingdom · London 25.9 33.2% 81 1.8k—
77 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States · Nashville 25.7 25.4% 111 1.5k—
78 Fred Hutch Cancer CenterUnited States · Seattle 25.4 30.6% 73 1.4k#86
79 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUnited States · Boston 25.2 30.1% 63 1.3k#81
80 University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 25.0 26.2% 135 1.4k#96
81 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 24.8 16.2% 178 1.2k#71
82 University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States · Baltimore 24.6 20.3% 140 1.4k#37
83 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 24.4 18.3% 139 1.3k#73
84 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Tel Aviv 24.2 23.3% 118 1.5k—
85 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 24.0 36.6% 65 1.4k—
86 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 23.8 21.9% 127 1.5k#53
87 Makerere UniversityUganda · Kampala 23.6 18.5% 174 1k—
88 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 23.4 26.2% 109 1.3k—
89 University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 23.2 22.0% 107 1.3k—
90 Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 23.0 21.7% 142 1.3k#59
91 Gilead Sciences (United States)United States · Foster City 22.8 29.9% 76 801#93
92 Instituto de Salud Carlos IIISpain · Madrid 22.6 22.9% 122 1.2k—
93 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 22.4 19.0% 138 1.3k—
94 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 22.3 23.1% 123 1.3k#65
95 Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa · Stellenbosch 22.1 19.0% 127 1.2k—
96 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 21.9 22.9% 118 1.2k—
97 Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 21.7 27.8% 123 1.2k—
98 National Institute of Infectious DiseasesJapan · Tokyo 21.5 21.4% 131 1.6k—
99 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 21.4 19.4% 132 1.3k#46
100 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 21.2 28.4% 86 847—

institutions ranked worldwide in Infectious Diseases (345). 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.

21 – 25: 21 places25 – 29: 16 places29 – 33: 13 places33 – 37: 11 places37 – 41: 8 places41 – 45: 6 places45 – 49: 6 places49 – 53: 4 places53 – 57: 3 places57 – 61: 2 places61 – 65: 3 places65 – 68: 1 places68 – 72: 1 places72 – 76: 2 places76 – 80: 0 places80 – 84: 1 places84 – 88: 1 places88 – 92: 0 places92 – 96: 0 places96 – 100: 1 places21100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 921 works
  2. 2 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 418 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 352 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 338 works
  5. 5 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 326 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 314 works
  7. 7 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States 312 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 304 works
  9. 9 Emory UniversityUnited States 293 works
  10. 10 University of WashingtonUnited States 279 works
  11. 11 InsermFrance 257 works
  12. 12 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 255 works
  13. 13 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 250 works
  14. 14 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 241 works
  15. 15 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 237 works

Infectious Diseases by country