Subfield · Oceanography
Top Oceanography Research Institutions
Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 156 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
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing | 100.0 | 25.5% | 581 | 5.2k | #15 |
| 2 | Wuhan University China · Wuhan | 86.3 | 46.2% | 195 | 1.8k | #3 |
| 3 | Ocean University of China China · Qingdao | 78.2 | 18.6% | 592 | 3.8k | #63 |
| 4 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris | 72.5 | 25.4% | 327 | 2.7k | #4 |
| 5 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing | 68.1 | 27.0% | 338 | 3k | #49 |
| 6 | National University of Defense Technology China · Changsha | 64.5 | 23.1% | 218 | 1.2k | #42 |
| 7 | Ministry of Natural Resources China · Beijing | 61.5 | 21.9% | 335 | 2.5k | — |
| 8 | Xiamen University China · Xiamen | 58.8 | 26.0% | 225 | 1.9k | #96 |
| 9 | Institute of Oceanology China · Qingdao | 56.5 | 21.7% | 246 | 1.9k | — |
| 10 | GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Germany · Kiel | 54.4 | 32.4% | 117 | 1.2k | #13 |
| 11 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography United States · La Jolla | 52.5 | 24.0% | 175 | 1.4k | #2 |
| 12 | ETH Zurich Switzerland · Zurich | 50.8 | 46.4% | 70 | 982 | #52 |
| 13 | Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) China · Guangzhou | 49.2 | 24.3% | 223 | 2k | — |
| 14 | University of Tasmania Australia · Hobart | 47.7 | 29.8% | 93 | 972 | #46 |
| 15 | University of California San Diego United States · San Diego | 46.4 | 23.5% | 154 | 1.2k | #10 |
| 16 | Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology China · Qingdao | 45.1 | 19.2% | 248 | 2k | — |
| 17 | Northwestern Polytechnical University China · Xi'an | 43.9 | 22.6% | 165 | 897 | — |
| 18 | University of California, Santa Barbara United States · Santa Barbara | 42.8 | 41.9% | 66 | 1.2k | #12 |
| 19 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution United States · Falmouth | 41.7 | 22.2% | 217 | 1.5k | #1 |
| 20 | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Germany · Bremerhaven | 40.7 | 32.8% | 111 | 1.1k | #14 |
| 21 | Hohai University China · Nanjing | 39.7 | 25.8% | 162 | 1.2k | — |
| 22 | Tongji University China · Shanghai | 38.8 | 31.4% | 116 | 865 | — |
| 23 | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology China · Nanjing | 37.9 | 18.8% | 193 | 1.3k | — |
| 24 | Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou | 37.1 | 24.5% | 170 | 1.1k | — |
| 25 | Shanghai Ocean University China · Shanghai | 36.3 | 24.9% | 157 | 1.1k | — |
| 26 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai | 35.5 | 24.9% | 148 | 1.1k | — |
| 27 | China University of Geosciences China · Wuhan | 34.7 | 28.8% | 108 | 875 | — |
| 28 | National Oceanography Centre United Kingdom · Southampton | 34.0 | 28.8% | 115 | 1.1k | #21 |
| 29 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa United States · Honolulu | 33.3 | 27.6% | 99 | 959 | #24 |
| 30 | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement France · Marseille | 32.6 | 26.0% | 130 | 1.1k | #78 |
| 31 | Sorbonne Université France · Paris | 32.0 | 25.8% | 100 | 864 | #40 |
| 32 | Harbin Engineering University China · Harbin | 31.4 | 17.1% | 197 | 1k | — |
| 33 | Guangdong Ocean University China · Zhanjiang | 30.8 | 26.5% | 111 | 915 | — |
| 34 | Princeton University United States · Princeton | 30.2 | 34.4% | 69 | 854 | #19 |
| 35 | University of Washington United States · Seattle | 29.6 | 14.5% | 205 | 1.1k | #5 |
| 36 | Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou | 29.0 | 20.5% | 149 | 1.1k | — |
| 37 | Beijing Normal University China · Beijing | 28.5 | 31.3% | 72 | 832 | — |
| 38 | Shandong University of Science and Technology China · Qingdao | 28.0 | 23.7% | 114 | 662 | — |
| 39 | Tsinghua University China · Beijing | 27.5 | 28.2% | 85 | 781 | — |
| 40 | Oregon State University United States · Corvallis | 27.0 | 13.2% | 185 | 870 | #6 |
| 41 | Utrecht University Netherlands · Utrecht | 26.5 | 32.2% | 63 | 673 | #79 |
| 42 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia · Jeddah | 26.0 | 31.0% | 72 | 612 | — |
| 43 | University of Bremen Germany · Bremen | 25.5 | 24.8% | 81 | 803 | #65 |
| 44 | Tianjin University China · Tianjin | 25.1 | 23.8% | 105 | 847 | — |
| 45 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory United States · Pasadena | 24.6 | 22.7% | 86 | 682 | #8 |
| 46 | UNSW Sydney Australia · Sydney | 24.2 | 30.4% | 74 | 804 | #33 |
| 47 | Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) China · Zhuhai | 23.8 | 22.9% | 114 | 1k | — |
| 48 | Dalhousie University Canada · Halifax | 23.3 | 25.3% | 92 | 728 | #45 |
| 49 | Zhejiang Ocean University China · Zhoushan | 22.9 | 20.3% | 136 | 928 | — |
| 50 | Second Institute of Oceanography China · Hangzhou | 22.5 | 21.1% | 120 | 863 | — |
| 51 | Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Germany · Geesthacht | 22.1 | 32.8% | 65 | 599 | — |
| 52 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States · Cambridge | 21.8 | 21.9% | 91 | 701 | #7 |
| 53 | Aarhus University Denmark · Aarhus | 21.4 | 33.8% | 67 | 647 | #30 |
| 54 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration United States · Washington | 21.0 | 29.1% | 67 | 837 | #22 |
| 55 | South China Sea Institute Of Oceanology China · Guangzhou | 20.6 | 21.8% | 110 | 820 | — |
| 56 | Universität Hamburg Germany · Hamburg | 20.3 | 26.2% | 72 | 639 | #81 |
| 57 | East China Normal University China · Shanghai | 19.9 | 27.8% | 83 | 743 | — |
| 58 | Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde Germany · Warnemünde | 19.6 | 30.3% | 69 | 619 | — |
| 59 | First Institute of Oceanography China · Qingdao | 19.3 | 19.1% | 118 | 765 | — |
| 60 | University of California, Santa Cruz United States · Santa Cruz | 18.9 | 29.3% | 67 | 852 | #25 |
| 61 | The University of Western Australia Australia · Perth | 18.6 | 29.7% | 74 | 619 | #59 |
| 62 | Laoshan Laboratory ?? · Qingdao | 18.3 | 22.5% | 103 | 702 | — |
| 63 | University of California, Berkeley United States · Berkeley | 18.0 | 1.2% | 659 | 306 | #36 |
| 64 | Harbin Institute of Technology China · Harbin | 17.6 | 27.6% | 85 | 498 | — |
| 65 | Xidian University China · Xi'an | 17.3 | 27.4% | 80 | 361 | #73 |
| 66 | Ifremer France · Brest | 17.0 | 21.5% | 100 | 689 | #93 |
| 67 | Fisheries and Oceans Canada Canada · Ottawa | 16.7 | 21.3% | 96 | 857 | #56 |
| 68 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge | 16.4 | 21.7% | 61 | 510 | #35 |
| 69 | Dalian University of Technology China · Dalian | 16.2 | 24.0% | 80 | 690 | — |
| 70 | The University of Tokyo Japan · Tokyo | 15.9 | 13.2% | 136 | 800 | #66 |
| 71 | The University of Texas at Austin United States · Austin | 15.6 | 20.1% | 78 | 490 | #27 |
| 72 | Technical University of Denmark Denmark · Kongens Lyngby | 15.3 | 23.0% | 85 | 610 | — |
| 73 | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Netherlands · Den Burg | 15.0 | 27.6% | 65 | 564 | #43 |
| 74 | University of Miami United States · Coral Gables | 14.8 | 24.9% | 83 | 697 | #18 |
| 75 | Beihang University China · Beijing | 14.5 | 31.3% | 64 | 345 | — |
| 76 | The University of Melbourne Australia · Melbourne | 14.2 | 23.3% | 72 | 578 | — |
| 77 | Stanford University United States · Stanford | 14.0 | 25.4% | 60 | 539 | #17 |
| 78 | University of Colorado Boulder United States · Boulder | 13.7 | 24.5% | 68 | 587 | #47 |
| 79 | University of Southampton United Kingdom · Southampton | 13.5 | 24.2% | 77 | 573 | #51 |
| 80 | China University of Petroleum, East China China · Qingdao | 13.2 | 21.5% | 73 | 518 | — |
| 81 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico · Mexico City | 13.0 | 11.7% | 146 | 656 | — |
| 82 | University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford | 12.7 | 26.9% | 67 | 537 | — |
| 83 | Delft University of Technology Netherlands · Delft | 12.5 | 22.2% | 87 | 579 | #23 |
| 84 | University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver | 12.3 | 24.8% | 78 | 647 | #34 |
| 85 | University of Cape Town South Africa · Rondebosch | 12.0 | 18.1% | 65 | 503 | — |
| 86 | Shandong University China · Jinan | 11.8 | 27.1% | 67 | 573 | — |
| 87 | Nanjing University China · Nanjing | 11.6 | 22.4% | 75 | 619 | — |
| 88 | National Research Council Italy · Rome | 11.3 | 24.5% | 76 | 605 | — |
| 89 | Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo | 11.1 | 14.7% | 104 | 578 | — |
| 90 | University of California, Los Angeles United States · Los Angeles | 10.9 | 6.7% | 200 | 411 | #38 |
| 91 | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Japan · Yokosuka | 10.7 | 14.7% | 110 | 611 | — |
| 92 | University of Victoria Canada · Victoria | 10.5 | 20.9% | 66 | 440 | — |
| 93 | Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences Russia · Moscow | 10.2 | 4.4% | 297 | 708 | — |
| 94 | Hainan University China · Haikou | 10.0 | 25.9% | 61 | 524 | — |
| 95 | Fudan University China · Shanghai | 9.8 | 18.2% | 82 | 605 | — |
| 96 | College of Marin United States · Kentfield | 9.6 | 19.7% | 66 | 468 | #97 |
| 97 | Universidade do Porto Portugal · Porto | 9.4 | 25.1% | 60 | 394 | — |
| 98 | Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada · St. John's | 9.2 | 22.5% | 62 | 414 | — |
| 99 | Dalian Maritime University China · Dalian | 9.0 | 19.4% | 72 | 493 | — |
| 100 | University of Florida United States · Gainesville | 8.8 | 21.3% | 60 | 402 | — |
institutions ranked worldwide in Oceanography (156). 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.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of California, Berkeley United States 659 works
- 2 Ocean University of China China 592 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 581 works
- 4 Purdue University West Lafayette United States 367 works
- 5 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 338 works
- 6 Ministry of Natural Resources China 335 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 327 works
- 8 Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 297 works
- 9 Michigan State University United States 293 works
- 10 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology China 249 works
- 11 Institute of Oceanology China 246 works
- 12 Xiamen University China 225 works
- 13 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) China 223 works
- 14 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 221 works
- 15 National University of Defense Technology China 218 works