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Top Nutrition and Dietetics Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Johns Hopkins University, out of 224 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 16.1% 324 4.7k#1
2Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 87.2 18.2% 322 4.1k#6
3Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 79.7 15.2% 174 2k#3
4Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 74.4 13.9% 138 1.2k#5
5Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 70.3 17.8% 237 3.1k#45
6National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 66.9 15.9% 109 1.1k#2
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 64.0 15.7% 224 2.5k#41
8University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 61.6 17.3% 66 710#7
9Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang 59.4 23.7% 425 6.7k#55
10Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina · Beijing 57.5 18.6% 594 7.6k#54
11China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 55.7 20.6% 248 3.7k#44
12Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 54.1 13.3% 77 787#12
13Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 52.6 17.0% 195 2.1k#72
14University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 51.2 17.1% 73 893#8
15Northwest A&F UniversityChina · Yangling 50.0 23.5% 159 2.8k#66
16South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 48.8 23.2% 127 2k#60
17University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 47.6 15.5% 131 1.3k#19
18Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 46.6 16.1% 135 1.2k#82
19University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 45.6 14.0% 161 1.3k#9
20London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 44.6 15.4% 69 586#22
21Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 43.7 17.0% 157 1.8k#26
22Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 42.9 14.4% 79 812#13
23Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 42.1 20.0% 344 5k#96
24National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 41.3 17.4% 92 1.3k#62
25University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 40.5 14.2% 109 1k#20
26Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 39.8 16.9% 77 934#42
27Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 39.1 24.3% 125 1.6k-
28Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 38.4 18.0% 92 1.1k-
29Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 37.8 15.9% 142 1.6k#100
30Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 37.2 9.1% 246 1.9k#10
31McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 36.5 16.9% 93 1k#38
32InsermFrance · Paris 36.0 12.7% 142 1.3k#16
33Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina · Harbin 35.4 32.8% 221 4.2k-
34Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 34.8 19.2% 93 1.1k#46
35Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 34.3 10.8% 73 708#14
36Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 33.8 22.8% 243 3.5k-
37University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 33.3 14.7% 82 920#11
38University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 32.8 12.5% 78 685#21
39University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 32.3 11.9% 74 690#15
40University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 31.8 13.9% 134 1.2k#25
41Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 31.4 14.8% 74 839#63
42Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain · Madrid 30.9 14.8% 161 2.1k#30
43Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 30.5 16.8% 165 2.1k-
44The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 30.1 17.4% 85 996#47
45Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 29.7 19.3% 92 1.1k-
46Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 29.3 12.8% 63 624#33
47The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 28.9 14.2% 107 1k#43
48Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina · Wuhan 28.5 16.7% 137 2k-
49University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 28.1 11.3% 71 496#24
50Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 27.7 18.9% 72 930-
51Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 27.3 24.2% 129 1.8k-
52KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 27.0 13.9% 108 1.1k#51
53Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 26.6 17.6% 64 650-
54Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 26.3 16.0% 128 1.7k-
55University of AucklandNew Zealand · Auckland 25.9 17.2% 102 1.1k#99
56Henan University of TechnologyChina · Zhengzhou 25.6 16.4% 175 2.5k-
57Jinan UniversityChina · Guangzhou 25.3 22.5% 75 1k-
58Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 25.0 15.6% 104 806#29
59Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 24.7 11.2% 64 489#83
60Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 24.3 16.0% 113 1.4k-
61The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 24.0 15.7% 98 806-
62King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 23.7 14.8% 76 704#80
63Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 23.4 10.4% 100 771#40
64University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 23.1 11.4% 78 659#69
65Tufts UniversityUnited States · Medford 22.9 13.3% 75 525#75
66Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 22.6 10.3% 97 729#74
67The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 22.3 11.1% 114 837-
68Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 22.0 13.6% 66 770-
69Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 21.8 10.1% 124 878-
70Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao 21.5 18.7% 65 926-
71University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 21.2 12.9% 82 880#94
72Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 21.0 12.8% 68 646-
73University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 20.7 10.6% 80 643#35
74University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 20.5 13.0% 66 671#59
75University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 20.2 15.9% 61 917-
76Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 20.0 11.8% 77 739#89
77Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 19.7 14.6% 81 613-
78Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 19.5 9.9% 60 430#70
79Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 19.3 15.6% 119 1.4k-
80Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 19.0 11.0% 90 667-
81Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 18.8 18.7% 63 798-
82Jiangsu UniversityChina · Zhenjiang 18.6 25.3% 118 1.9k-
83Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 18.3 18.1% 101 1.3k-
84University of ManitobaCanada · Winnipeg 18.1 15.1% 90 1k-
85University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 17.9 17.4% 81 814-
86International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease ResearchBangladesh · Dhaka 17.7 13.5% 61 438-
87Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 17.5 8.3% 95 516-
88Instituto de Salud Carlos IIISpain · Madrid 17.3 15.4% 68 692#88
89Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 17.1 15.3% 85 792-
90Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 16.8 13.7% 76 784#90
91Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 16.6 15.1% 112 1.2k-
92Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain · Madrid 16.4 14.3% 72 726-
93Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina · Beijing 16.2 26.0% 154 2.9k-
94Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 16.0 14.7% 75 629#79
95Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance · Paris 15.9 6.8% 217 1.3k#39
96University of GeorgiaUnited States · Athens 15.7 10.5% 68 514-
97Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 15.5 14.9% 134 1.3k-
98Korea UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 15.3 12.1% 80 663-
99University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 15.1 8.6% 102 727-
100Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 14.9 8.2% 70 492#98

institutions ranked worldwide in Nutrition and Dietetics (224). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

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.

15 to 19: 21 places19 to 23: 16 places23 to 28: 13 places28 to 32: 11 places32 to 36: 8 places36 to 40: 6 places40 to 45: 6 places45 to 49: 4 places49 to 53: 3 places53 to 57: 2 places57 to 62: 3 places62 to 66: 1 places66 to 70: 1 places70 to 74: 2 places74 to 79: 0 places79 to 83: 1 places83 to 87: 1 places87 to 91: 0 places91 to 96: 0 places96 to 100: 1 places15100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 686 works
  2. 2 Nanchang UniversityChina 476 works
  3. 3 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 433 works
  4. 4 Jiangnan UniversityChina 385 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 363 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 359 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 358 works
  8. 8 China Agricultural UniversityChina 274 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 271 works
  10. 10 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 270 works
  11. 11 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 270 works
  12. 12 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 264 works
  13. 13 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 258 works
  14. 14 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 257 works
  15. 15 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 247 works

Nutrition and Dietetics by country

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