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Top Neurology (Medicine) Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 336 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 23.0% 381 3.9k#2
2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 88.1 26.2% 342 3.9k#1
3 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 81.1 21.4% 281 2.8k#5
4 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 76.2 18.5% 308 2.6k#6
5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 72.3 31.0% 158 2.3k#10
6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 69.2 19.5% 319 2.6k#4
7 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 66.5 22.3% 285 2.4k#3
8 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 64.3 21.2% 234 2k#28
9 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 62.2 15.5% 527 3.3k—
10 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 60.4 20.6% 193 2.4k#16
11 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 58.8 16.6% 274 2.3k#25
12 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 57.3 18.3% 246 2k#14
13 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 55.9 16.3% 302 2k#17
14 InsermFrance · Paris 54.6 20.9% 260 2.2k#12
15 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 53.4 18.3% 292 2.2k#11
16 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 52.3 23.1% 228 2.1k#57
17 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 51.3 22.2% 199 1.9k#13
18 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 50.3 19.0% 292 2.1k#7
19 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 49.4 24.4% 161 1.6k#30
20 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany · Berlin 48.5 19.1% 184 1.5k#46
21 Neurological SurgeryUnited States · Rockville Centre 47.7 12.6% 416 2.2k#23
22 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 46.9 28.1% 168 1.7k#32
23 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 46.1 17.4% 262 1.7k#49
24 National Hospital for Neurology and NeurosurgeryUnited Kingdom · London 45.4 27.0% 143 1.7k#15
25 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 44.7 22.0% 174 1.7k#31
26 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 44.0 27.0% 146 1.8k#19
27 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 43.3 20.4% 182 1.6k#21
28 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 42.7 25.6% 131 1.5k#53
29 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 42.1 14.1% 248 1.5k#22
30 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 41.5 16.5% 265 1.9k—
31 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 41.0 19.2% 186 1.8k#35
32 German Center for Neurodegenerative DiseasesGermany · Bonn 40.4 34.3% 103 1.4k#73
33 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 39.9 19.5% 194 1.6k—
34 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 39.4 22.8% 177 1.3k#72
35 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 38.9 15.2% 214 1.4k#20
36 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 38.4 20.9% 125 1.4k#9
37 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 37.9 18.4% 163 1.4k#24
38 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 37.5 20.0% 169 1.4k#18
39 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 37.0 18.4% 164 1.3k—
40 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 36.6 13.5% 235 1.6k#36
41 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 36.2 16.1% 257 1.6k—
42 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 35.7 16.9% 182 1.1k#45
43 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 35.3 15.6% 180 1.2k#27
44 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 34.9 23.6% 136 1.3k#50
45 Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 34.6 22.1% 137 1.2k—
46 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 34.2 28.7% 96 1.2k#58
47 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 33.8 15.2% 179 1.2k#37
48 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 33.5 22.6% 153 1.3k#61
49 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 33.1 25.3% 103 1k#54
50 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 32.7 27.7% 90 1.1k#99
51 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 32.4 23.9% 98 1.3k#70
52 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 32.1 27.3% 84 1.2k#8
53 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 31.7 15.8% 166 1.1k#43
54 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 31.4 16.8% 173 1.1k#34
55 Radboud University Medical CenterNetherlands · Nijmegen 31.1 30.8% 82 1.1k#98
56 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 30.8 18.4% 173 1.3k—
57 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 30.5 19.0% 146 1.1k#33
58 Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 30.2 9.9% 250 989#41
59 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 29.9 20.2% 136 1.1k—
60 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 29.6 16.3% 198 1.4k—
61 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 29.3 17.9% 185 1.3k—
62 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUnited States · Boston 29.1 20.1% 111 932—
63 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 28.8 24.0% 108 1.1k—
64 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 28.5 15.1% 142 903#42
65 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 28.2 16.1% 160 1.2k—
66 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 28.0 17.8% 139 939#96
67 University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 27.7 19.2% 132 1k#95
68 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 27.5 18.1% 140 1.2k#74
69 Erasmus MCNetherlands · Rotterdam 27.2 27.0% 96 1.2k#60
70 University of IowaUnited States · Iowa City 27.0 17.2% 125 799#62
71 University Medical Center UtrechtNetherlands · Utrecht 26.7 27.1% 97 920#67
72 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 26.5 18.7% 143 1.1k—
73 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany · Düsseldorf 26.2 23.1% 93 824#80
74 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 26.0 19.5% 111 880#40
75 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 25.8 18.7% 122 926#56
76 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 25.6 16.2% 166 995—
77 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 25.3 21.7% 101 883#52
78 Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 25.1 23.6% 96 983#26
79 Uppsala UniversitySweden · Uppsala 24.9 28.3% 93 895—
80 Leiden University Medical CenterNetherlands · Leiden 24.7 23.5% 84 864—
81 University Health NetworkCanada · Toronto 24.5 25.0% 89 858—
82 Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly · Milan 24.2 24.2% 96 1k—
83 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 24.0 15.6% 153 907—
84 WinnMedUnited States · Decorah 23.8 12.7% 181 893—
85 Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly · Milan 23.6 27.5% 68 726—
86 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States · Nashville 23.4 16.6% 115 734—
87 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 23.2 26.7% 66 886—
88 University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 23.0 12.6% 171 838#90
89 Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de ParisFrance · Paris 22.8 20.6% 101 813—
90 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 22.6 15.8% 148 820#55
91 Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States · Portland 22.5 18.7% 104 660#44
92 Agostino Gemelli University PolyclinicItaly · Rome 22.3 23.2% 94 946—
93 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 22.1 12.5% 209 1k—
94 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 21.9 16.8% 111 740#47
95 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 21.7 18.0% 118 936—
96 University of MiamiUnited States · Coral Gables 21.5 11.0% 196 853#63
97 Beijing Tian Tan HospitalChina · Beijing 21.4 16.4% 157 1k—
98 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 21.2 21.3% 96 876#88
99 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 21.0 18.8% 114 931—
100 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 20.8 23.0% 83 790—

institutions ranked worldwide in Neurology (336). 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 – 56: 3 places56 – 60: 3 places60 – 64: 2 places64 – 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 Capital Medical UniversityChina 527 works
  2. 2 Neurological SurgeryUnited States 416 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 386 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 381 works
  5. 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 342 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 319 works
  7. 7 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 308 works
  8. 8 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 302 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 292 works
  10. 10 Mayo ClinicUnited States 292 works
  11. 11 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 285 works
  12. 12 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 281 works
  13. 13 Yale UniversityUnited States 273 works
  14. 14 Sichuan UniversityChina 265 works
  15. 15 University of FloridaUnited States 262 works

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