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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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 25.5% 581 5.2k#15
2 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 86.3 46.2% 195 1.8k#3
3 Ocean University of ChinaChina · Qingdao 78.2 18.6% 592 3.8k#63
4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 72.5 25.4% 327 2.7k#4
5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 68.1 27.0% 338 3k#49
6 National University of Defense TechnologyChina · Changsha 64.5 23.1% 218 1.2k#42
7 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina · Beijing 61.5 21.9% 335 2.5k—
8 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 58.8 26.0% 225 1.9k#96
9 Institute of OceanologyChina · Qingdao 56.5 21.7% 246 1.9k—
10 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research KielGermany · Kiel 54.4 32.4% 117 1.2k#13
11 Scripps Institution of OceanographyUnited States · La Jolla 52.5 24.0% 175 1.4k#2
12 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · 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 TasmaniaAustralia · Hobart 47.7 29.8% 93 972#46
15 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 46.4 23.5% 154 1.2k#10
16 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao 45.1 19.2% 248 2k—
17 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 43.9 22.6% 165 897—
18 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Santa Barbara 42.8 41.9% 66 1.2k#12
19 Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionUnited States · Falmouth 41.7 22.2% 217 1.5k#1
20 Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und MeeresforschungGermany · Bremerhaven 40.7 32.8% 111 1.1k#14
21 Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing 39.7 25.8% 162 1.2k—
22 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 38.8 31.4% 116 865—
23 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing 37.9 18.8% 193 1.3k—
24 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 37.1 24.5% 170 1.1k—
25 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina · Shanghai 36.3 24.9% 157 1.1k—
26 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 35.5 24.9% 148 1.1k—
27 China University of GeosciencesChina · Wuhan 34.7 28.8% 108 875—
28 National Oceanography CentreUnited Kingdom · Southampton 34.0 28.8% 115 1.1k#21
29 University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaUnited States · Honolulu 33.3 27.6% 99 959#24
30 Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementFrance · Marseille 32.6 26.0% 130 1.1k#78
31 Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 32.0 25.8% 100 864#40
32 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina · Harbin 31.4 17.1% 197 1k—
33 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina · Zhanjiang 30.8 26.5% 111 915—
34 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 30.2 34.4% 69 854#19
35 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 29.6 14.5% 205 1.1k#5
36 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 29.0 20.5% 149 1.1k—
37 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 28.5 31.3% 72 832—
38 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao 28.0 23.7% 114 662—
39 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 27.5 28.2% 85 781—
40 Oregon State UniversityUnited States · Corvallis 27.0 13.2% 185 870#6
41 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 26.5 32.2% 63 673#79
42 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 26.0 31.0% 72 612—
43 University of BremenGermany · Bremen 25.5 24.8% 81 803#65
44 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 25.1 23.8% 105 847—
45 Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUnited States · Pasadena 24.6 22.7% 86 682#8
46 UNSW SydneyAustralia · 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 UniversityCanada · Halifax 23.3 25.3% 92 728#45
49 Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina · Zhoushan 22.9 20.3% 136 928—
50 Second Institute of OceanographyChina · Hangzhou 22.5 21.1% 120 863—
51 Helmholtz-Zentrum HereonGermany · Geesthacht 22.1 32.8% 65 599—
52 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 21.8 21.9% 91 701#7
53 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 21.4 33.8% 67 647#30
54 National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationUnited States · Washington 21.0 29.1% 67 837#22
55 South China Sea Institute Of OceanologyChina · Guangzhou 20.6 21.8% 110 820—
56 Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 20.3 26.2% 72 639#81
57 East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 19.9 27.8% 83 743—
58 Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research WarnemündeGermany · Warnemünde 19.6 30.3% 69 619—
59 First Institute of OceanographyChina · Qingdao 19.3 19.1% 118 765—
60 University of California, Santa CruzUnited States · Santa Cruz 18.9 29.3% 67 852#25
61 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 18.6 29.7% 74 619#59
62Laoshan Laboratory?? · Qingdao 18.3 22.5% 103 702—
63 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 18.0 1.2% 659 306#36
64 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 17.6 27.6% 85 498—
65 Xidian UniversityChina · Xi'an 17.3 27.4% 80 361#73
66 IfremerFrance · Brest 17.0 21.5% 100 689#93
67 Fisheries and Oceans CanadaCanada · Ottawa 16.7 21.3% 96 857#56
68 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 16.4 21.7% 61 510#35
69 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 16.2 24.0% 80 690—
70 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 15.9 13.2% 136 800#66
71 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 15.6 20.1% 78 490#27
72 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark · Kongens Lyngby 15.3 23.0% 85 610—
73 Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea ResearchNetherlands · Den Burg 15.0 27.6% 65 564#43
74 University of MiamiUnited States · Coral Gables 14.8 24.9% 83 697#18
75 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 14.5 31.3% 64 345—
76 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 14.2 23.3% 72 578—
77 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 14.0 25.4% 60 539#17
78 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder 13.7 24.5% 68 587#47
79 University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom · Southampton 13.5 24.2% 77 573#51
80 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina · Qingdao 13.2 21.5% 73 518—
81 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 13.0 11.7% 146 656—
82 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 12.7 26.9% 67 537—
83 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 12.5 22.2% 87 579#23
84 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 12.3 24.8% 78 647#34
85 University of Cape TownSouth Africa · Rondebosch 12.0 18.1% 65 503—
86 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 11.8 27.1% 67 573—
87 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 11.6 22.4% 75 619—
88 National Research CouncilItaly · Rome 11.3 24.5% 76 605—
89 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 11.1 14.7% 104 578—
90 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 10.9 6.7% 200 411#38
91 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyJapan · Yokosuka 10.7 14.7% 110 611—
92 University of VictoriaCanada · Victoria 10.5 20.9% 66 440—
93 Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 10.2 4.4% 297 708—
94 Hainan UniversityChina · Haikou 10.0 25.9% 61 524—
95 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 9.8 18.2% 82 605—
96 College of MarinUnited States · Kentfield 9.6 19.7% 66 468#97
97 Universidade do PortoPortugal · Porto 9.4 25.1% 60 394—
98 Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada · St. John's 9.2 22.5% 62 414—
99 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina · Dalian 9.0 19.4% 72 493—
100 University of FloridaUnited 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.

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 659 works
  2. 2 Ocean University of ChinaChina 592 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 581 works
  4. 4 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 367 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 338 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 335 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 327 works
  8. 8 Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 297 works
  9. 9 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 293 works
  10. 10 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 249 works
  11. 11 Institute of OceanologyChina 246 works
  12. 12 Xiamen UniversityChina 225 works
  13. 13 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China 223 works
  14. 14 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 221 works
  15. 15 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 218 works

Oceanography by country