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Top Ophthalmology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Johns Hopkins University and University College London, out of 146 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 16.3% 481 3.5k#1
2Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 86.1 16.1% 280 2k#2
3University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 78.0 15.5% 347 2.4k#3
4National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 72.2 19.2% 109 1.1k#4
5Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 67.7 15.5% 129 865#8
6Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 64.0 14.8% 388 2.5k#28
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 61.0 17.6% 272 2.4k#34
8University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 58.3 13.5% 115 632#6
9University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 55.9 15.8% 108 824#5
10The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 53.8 22.0% 125 1.5k#15
11Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 51.9 20.1% 125 949#31
12National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 50.1 19.9% 116 1.2k#7
13Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 48.5 23.9% 139 1.3k#60
14University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 47.0 16.6% 123 834#14
15University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 45.7 14.4% 189 1.2k#26
16University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 44.4 13.0% 128 851#9
17Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 43.1 12.5% 121 651#10
18Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 42.0 18.3% 108 795#20
19University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 40.9 14.9% 132 741#13
20Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong 39.9 18.3% 118 1.1k#24
21Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 38.9 17.0% 97 661#27
22Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 38.0 12.5% 256 1.5k#57
23Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 37.1 11.0% 114 581#11
24University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 36.2 14.3% 88 579#23
25New York UniversityUnited States · New York 35.4 16.9% 88 619#29
26Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 34.6 19.3% 157 1.2k#75
27Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 33.9 11.1% 203 1k#74
28Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 33.1 15.8% 97 528#18
29Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 32.4 13.4% 95 469#33
30Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 31.8 13.3% 89 448#32
31University of MiamiUnited States · Coral Gables 31.1 13.4% 238 1.2k#12
32Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 30.5 21.3% 81 695#37
33UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 29.8 19.4% 76 643#63
34Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 29.2 16.2% 274 2k#76
35InsermFrance · Paris 28.7 13.5% 120 718#30
36Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 28.1 16.6% 107 773#81
37Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States · Portland 27.5 16.3% 88 568#17
38The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 27.0 18.7% 124 1.1k#35
39Doheny Eye InstituteUnited States · Los Angeles 26.5 20.7% 75 639#40
40University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 26.0 11.6% 107 609#50
41Singapore Eye Research InstituteSingapore · Singapore 25.5 19.6% 82 820#16
42University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 25.0 18.7% 77 644#53
43Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation TrustUnited Kingdom · London 24.5 17.9% 99 791#21
44Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 24.1 11.0% 88 448#58
45Singapore National Eye CenterSingapore · Singapore 23.6 20.5% 82 823#19
46Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States · Cleveland 23.2 14.1% 102 622#61
47Thomas Jefferson UniversityUnited States · Philadelphia 22.7 9.6% 222 1.2k#25
48Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 22.3 12.3% 136 699#48
49University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 21.9 15.8% 81 446#43
50United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States · Washington 21.5 12.5% 84 520#82
51University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 21.1 15.4% 92 628#62
52Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 20.7 22.5% 61 399-
53Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris 20.3 13.9% 71 410#51
54University of BonnGermany · Bonn 20.0 21.6% 60 602#66
55Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 19.6 18.7% 141 1.5k-
56University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 19.2 12.1% 84 478#46
57Mount Sinai Health SystemUnited States · New York 18.9 15.0% 60 419#49
58University of BernSwitzerland · Bern 18.5 19.7% 62 491#65
59University of CologneGermany · Cologne 18.2 10.6% 67 341#96
60Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 17.8 15.0% 89 567#77
61University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 17.5 10.2% 62 328-
62Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 17.2 11.8% 68 354#45
63Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 16.9 10.5% 105 559-
64University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 16.5 15.5% 80 510-
65Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 16.2 13.2% 73 374#54
66Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 15.9 14.9% 163 1k-
67University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 15.6 13.4% 70 328#91
68University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 15.3 18.8% 72 567#71
69S:t Eriks ÖgonsjukhusSweden · Stockholm 15.0 5.6% 65 160-
70Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 14.8 14.2% 67 325-
71Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 14.5 12.9% 383 2.3k-
72Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Tel Aviv 14.2 7.9% 158 663-
73University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 13.9 8.9% 66 332#39
74Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 13.6 10.0% 161 725#22
75Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research InstituteUnited States · San Francisco 13.4 19.2% 66 611#95
76University of IowaUnited States · Iowa City 13.1 12.1% 74 409#52
77Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 12.8 9.5% 123 578-
78Saarland UniversityGermany · Saarbrücken 12.6 8.3% 100 312-
79Tufts UniversityUnited States · Medford 12.3 13.3% 66 411#72
80University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 12.1 8.6% 66 318#73
81Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem 11.8 6.7% 101 361-
82The University of Western AustraliaAustralia · Perth 11.6 19.2% 65 510-
83The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 11.3 10.8% 71 388-
84University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 11.1 14.5% 62 369#80
85Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 10.9 7.5% 147 628#47
86Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 10.6 13.6% 87 629-
87Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 10.4 11.2% 86 418-
88Jinan UniversityChina · Guangzhou 10.2 16.9% 73 491-
89University of RochesterUnited States · Rochester 9.9 9.9% 61 322-
90Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 9.7 18.1% 101 852-
91Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 9.5 13.3% 76 419#100
92University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 9.3 11.9% 69 353#86
93Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 9.0 16.5% 72 556-
94Tianjin Medical UniversityChina · Tianjin 8.8 9.9% 189 1.1k-
95The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 8.6 12.8% 62 344-
96Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 8.4 14.3% 76 403-
97Cleveland Eye ClinicUnited States · Brecksville 8.2 12.8% 74 403-
98He Eye HospitalChina · Shenyang 8.0 10.3% 107 413-
99Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 7.8 16.7% 108 794-
100L V Prasad Eye InstituteIndia · Hyderabad 7.6 8.5% 422 1.4k-

institutions ranked worldwide in Ophthalmology (146). 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.

8 to 12: 21 places12 to 17: 16 places17 to 21: 13 places21 to 26: 11 places26 to 31: 8 places31 to 35: 6 places35 to 40: 6 places40 to 45: 4 places45 to 49: 3 places49 to 54: 3 places54 to 58: 2 places58 to 63: 1 places63 to 68: 1 places68 to 72: 2 places72 to 77: 0 places77 to 82: 1 places82 to 86: 1 places86 to 91: 0 places91 to 95: 0 places95 to 100: 1 places8100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 617 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 545 works
  3. 3 L V Prasad Eye InstituteIndia 480 works
  4. 4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 434 works
  5. 5 Capital Medical UniversityChina 431 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 416 works
  7. 7 Aravind Eye HospitalIndia 411 works
  8. 8 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 323 works
  9. 9 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 319 works
  10. 10 Creative CommonsUnited States 306 works
  11. 11 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 304 works
  12. 12 Fudan UniversityChina 298 works
  13. 13 University of MiamiUnited States 284 works
  14. 14 Thomas Jefferson UniversityUnited States 254 works
  15. 15 Sankara NethralayaIndia 237 works

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