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Top Management Science and Operations Research Research Institutions

North Carolina State University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 259 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 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 100.0 38.4% 93 2.4k#24
2 Mangalore UniversityIndia · Mangaluru 87.5 31.3% 113 1.8k—
3 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 80.2 22.6% 243 1.9k#18
4 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 75.1 32.6% 169 1.3k#35
5 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 71.0 21.9% 228 1.2k—
6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 67.8 29.4% 193 1.4k#31
7 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 65.0 33.2% 115 1.1k#50
8 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 62.6 21.9% 209 1.4k#36
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 60.5 25.0% 194 1.3k#77
10 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 58.6 19.4% 179 1.2k#6
11 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 56.8 23.0% 151 1.2k—
12 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 55.3 30.0% 126 1.1k—
13 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 53.8 32.2% 125 1.3k—
14 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 52.5 24.9% 145 1.1k—
15 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina · Nanjing 51.3 27.4% 156 1.3k#100
16 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 50.1 28.8% 156 1.1k—
17 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia · George Town 49.0 26.1% 128 883—
18 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 48.0 28.3% 147 1.1k#27
19 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 47.0 27.1% 138 1.1k—
20 Chandigarh UniversityIndia · Mohali 46.1 19.0% 170 666—
21 University of BelgradeSerbia · Belgrade 45.2 30.6% 106 989—
22 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 44.4 26.3% 134 972—
23 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 43.6 30.9% 113 1k#92
24 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 42.8 19.2% 153 1k#16
25 Shandong University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Jinan 42.1 34.7% 95 1.1k#72
26 University of the PunjabPakistan · Lahore 41.4 41.4% 82 1.1k—
27 Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsChina · Chengdu 40.7 24.1% 122 945—
28 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 40.0 33.6% 105 1k—
29 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 39.4 28.0% 138 1.1k#41
30 Hefei University of TechnologyChina · Hefei 38.8 32.4% 91 975—
31 Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye · Istanbul 38.2 25.0% 125 895#54
32 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 37.6 20.3% 138 855—
33 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 37.1 31.2% 117 1.1k—
34 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore 36.5 19.8% 188 845—
35 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 36.0 18.0% 163 898#8
36 National Technical University of AthensGreece · Athens 35.5 33.3% 62 996—
37 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 35.0 19.9% 138 738#5
38 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 34.5 28.1% 126 948—
39 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 34.1 22.5% 126 842#71
40 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 33.6 24.0% 122 964—
41 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 33.2 24.4% 142 845#29
42 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 32.7 22.5% 124 911#1
43 Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing 32.3 25.7% 118 743—
44 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 31.9 31.8% 94 833—
45 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 31.5 26.1% 131 967—
46 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 31.1 37.1% 103 970—
47 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 30.7 13.8% 164 484—
48 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 30.3 24.1% 102 608—
49 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 30.0 28.2% 98 803—
50 Graphic Era UniversityIndia · Dehradun 29.6 20.4% 121 680—
51 Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen 29.2 24.1% 105 686—
52 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 28.9 29.5% 103 827—
53 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 28.6 19.5% 167 783#13
54 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 28.2 29.7% 94 830#59
55 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh 27.9 18.8% 125 809#4
56 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 27.6 27.6% 125 855#76
57 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 27.2 15.5% 182 775#10
58 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 26.9 22.5% 138 922#62
59 Deakin UniversityAustralia · Burwood 26.6 29.0% 88 798—
60 University of Technology SydneyAustralia · Sydney 26.3 32.6% 84 784#73
61 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing 26.0 30.4% 108 852—
62 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 25.7 18.6% 130 714#23
63 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 25.4 21.1% 94 594—
64 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 25.2 24.0% 132 1.1k—
65 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 24.9 24.1% 111 714—
66 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 24.6 27.4% 100 675#47
67 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia · Pune 24.3 20.4% 142 571—
68 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 24.1 20.4% 133 1.3k#44
69 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 23.8 17.7% 139 710#57
70 Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Milan 23.5 19.8% 130 526—
71 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 23.3 23.1% 110 535—
72 Shanghai UniversityChina · Shanghai 23.0 19.8% 148 787—
73 North China Electric Power UniversityChina · Beijing 22.8 25.5% 114 1k#97
74 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 22.5 25.1% 92 708—
75 University of TehranIran · Tehran 22.3 24.5% 100 879#79
76 City University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 22.1 25.0% 103 668#82
77 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina · Wuhan 21.8 22.7% 140 836—
78 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia · Chennai 21.6 13.3% 191 583—
79 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 21.4 20.2% 124 828#3
80 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia · Coimbatore 21.1 21.6% 110 431—
81 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Atlanta 20.9 17.3% 137 759#12
82 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 20.7 22.3% 128 678#87
83 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 20.5 26.5% 78 532#34
84 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 20.3 21.8% 110 774—
85 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 20.1 26.8% 82 615#60
86 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 19.8 26.5% 76 1.1k—
87 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Chengdu 19.6 22.2% 118 672#83
88 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 19.4 16.0% 111 681#9
89 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway · Trondheim 19.2 22.1% 108 695—
90 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 19.0 19.2% 122 698#2
91 Northeastern UniversityChina · Shenyang 18.8 24.4% 119 859—
92 Binus UniversityIndonesia · Jakarta 18.6 8.3% 242 526—
93 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 18.4 21.4% 93 584#78
94 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 18.2 17.9% 128 661#22
95 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 18.0 18.8% 106 635#43
96 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 17.9 14.4% 182 519—
97 Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 17.7 27.3% 75 579—
98 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania · Bucharest 17.5 23.4% 94 417—
99 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina · Beijing 17.3 20.0% 145 654—
100 Anhui UniversityChina · Hefei 17.1 26.0% 99 658—

institutions ranked worldwide in Management Science and Operations Research (259). 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.

17 – 21: 21 places21 – 25: 16 places25 – 30: 13 places30 – 34: 11 places34 – 38: 8 places38 – 42: 6 places42 – 46: 6 places46 – 50: 4 places50 – 54: 3 places54 – 59: 2 places59 – 63: 3 places63 – 67: 1 places67 – 71: 1 places71 – 75: 2 places75 – 79: 0 places79 – 83: 1 places83 – 88: 1 places88 – 92: 0 places92 – 96: 0 places96 – 100: 1 places17100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 243 works
  2. 2 Binus UniversityIndonesia 242 works
  3. 3 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 228 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 209 works
  5. 5 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 195 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 194 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 193 works
  8. 8 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 191 works
  9. 9 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 188 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 182 works
  11. 11 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 182 works
  12. 12 Columbia UniversityUnited States 179 works
  13. 13 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 170 works
  14. 14 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 169 works
  15. 15 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 167 works

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