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Materials Chemistry research in United States

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks first in United States for Materials Chemistry research in 2022-now (#4 worldwide), followed by Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley.

United States's world rank
#2
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
33k
Top-10% rate
9.9%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Materials Chemistry in United States?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge #481.018.1%541
2Stanford UniversityStanford #2456.414.9%422
3University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley #2854.316.2%398
4Northwestern UniversityEvanston #3551.318.1%368
5Princeton UniversityPrinceton #4149.114.3%237
6Harvard UniversityCambridge #4647.517.8%215
7Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley #5046.414.7%352
8University of MichiganAnn Arbor #6143.713.8%358
9The University of Texas at AustinAustin #6542.811.3%312
10University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles #6642.614.9%223
11Cornell UniversityIthaca #6942.013.3%269
12Argonne National LaboratoryLemont #7241.410.0%400
13University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara #7341.215.1%218
14Pennsylvania State UniversityState College #7441.012.8%497
15Columbia UniversityNew York #7640.613.7%183
16Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge #8139.87.3%821
17University of California San DiegoSan Diego #8439.313.6%206
18University of ChicagoChicago #9537.613.0%217
19Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette #9637.412.9%444
20Rice UniversityHouston #9937.014.6%195
21University of WashingtonSeattle #10036.99.6%212
22University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana #10236.610.7%378
23Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh #10835.815.7%185
24University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison #11135.412.7%283
25Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta #11235.312.1%382
26New York UniversityNew York #11435.114.9%154
27University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia #12134.311.4%190
28California Institute of TechnologyPasadena #12433.913.6%155
29Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station #12533.811.8%400
30University of Colorado BoulderBoulder #13632.712.5%141
31University of California, RiversideRiverside #14631.713.5%149
32Brookhaven National LaboratoryUpton #14731.610.8%209
33Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore #15431.010.4%205
34University of MinnesotaMinneapolis #16030.410.3%216
35Yale UniversityNew Haven #16130.310.7%114
36National Institutes of HealthBethesda #17129.510.8%71
37University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park #19028.110.8%205
38North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh #19427.810.0%288
39University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst Center #20027.415.2%129
40The Ohio State UniversityColumbus #20726.99.8%266
41University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxville #21226.611.3%248
42University of PittsburghPittsburgh #21526.48.5%174
43National Institute of Standards and TechnologyGaithersburg #21826.212.4%203
44Duke UniversityDurham #21926.113.1%109
45University of California, IrvineIrvine #22126.011.6%154
46University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles #22225.910.8%135
47The University of Texas at DallasRichardson #23125.410.7%134
48Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos #23525.27.3%489
49Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick #23825.012.2%166
50Iowa State UniversityAmes #24724.58.8%251
51University of FloridaGainesville #24824.48.8%282
52University of Notre DameNotre Dame #25923.810.8%178
53University of UtahSalt Lake City #29322.18.9%177
54Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore #29422.18.2%229
55Arizona State UniversityTempe #29522.08.0%278
56Washington University in St. LouisSt Louis #30621.59.6%85
57University of HoustonHouston #30921.410.5%153
58Virginia TechBlacksburg #31021.49.5%178
59Vanderbilt UniversityNashville #31921.013.7%74
60Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook #32620.79.8%122

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Materials Chemistry, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Materials Chemistry researchers in United States?

Yury G. Gogotsi, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis and Zhong Lin Wang rank highest among researchers based in United States, on their papers in Materials Chemistry that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Yury G. Gogotsi#76 worldwide overall229.8 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Mercouri G. Kanatzidis#25,510 worldwide overall206.1 of 642 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Zhong Lin Wang#5 worldwide overall160.1 of 376 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Pulickel Madhavapanicker Ajayan#6,955 worldwide overall159.8 of 480 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5M. S. Dresselhaus#43,218 worldwide overall147.9 of 528 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Omar K. Farha#308 worldwide overall119.2 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gerald Jeffrey Snyder#12,836 worldwide overall127.3 of 378 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Rodney S. Ruoff#3,920 worldwide overall115.2 of 282 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Michel W. Barsoum#7,579 worldwide overall114.9 of 283 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Banglin Chen#325 worldwide overall103.3 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Rongchao Jin#1,743 worldwide overall103.7 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Xiangfeng Duan#340 worldwide overall101.1 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Steven G. Louie#15,096 worldwide overall113.1 of 311 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Mauricio Terrones#27,010 worldwide overall123.4 of 415 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Younan Xia#1,114 worldwide overall104.6 of 232 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in United States on their work in Materials Chemistry alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How United States compares with other countries in Materials Chemistry