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Top Organic Chemistry Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 615 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 25.1% 1.1k 16k#2
2 University of MünsterGermany · Münster 89.2 35.3% 241 6.5k#4
3 Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 82.9 32.2% 640 11k#44
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 78.4 26.2% 685 10k#58
5 Henan Normal UniversityChina · Xinxiang 74.9 34.4% 507 7.8k—
6 Shanghai Institute of Organic ChemistryChina · Shanghai 72.1 31.2% 479 8.1k#9
7 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shenzhen 69.7 33.6% 345 6.9k#84
8 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 67.6 24.1% 770 10k#42
9 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 65.8 24.3% 454 6.5k#29
10 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 64.1 49.3% 108 3.8k#13
11 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 62.7 36.4% 293 5.4k#48
12 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 61.3 25.1% 570 8.3k#89
13 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 60.1 29.4% 376 5.6k#43
14 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 58.9 24.9% 488 7.2k#56
15 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 57.8 27.6% 381 6.3k#47
16 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 56.8 26.7% 308 4.9k#91
17 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shanghai 55.9 19.9% 505 5.8k—
18 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 55.0 25.3% 431 5.8k#95
19 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 54.1 23.5% 435 5.3k#69
20 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 53.3 26.5% 401 5.7k—
21 Hangzhou Normal UniversityChina · Hangzhou 52.6 28.4% 257 3.7k—
22 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 51.9 13.1% 771 6.7k#6
23 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 51.2 24.1% 433 5k—
24 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina · Beijing 50.5 17.9% 384 5.3k—
25 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 49.9 32.4% 211 3.9k#62
26 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany · Aachen 49.3 27.2% 259 3.8k#20
27 Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 48.7 22.2% 373 3.7k—
28 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 48.1 30.7% 342 4k—
29 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 47.6 26.7% 171 3.4k#39
30 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 47.0 29.9% 346 4.9k—
31 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 46.5 37.3% 131 3.3k#36
32 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 46.0 27.6% 197 3.5k#18
33 Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 45.6 25.1% 219 3.2k—
34 University of GöttingenGermany · Göttingen 45.1 34.4% 158 3k#10
35 Max-Planck-Institut für KohlenforschungGermany · Mülheim 44.6 40.7% 129 2.6k#12
36 East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 44.2 24.1% 265 3.4k#72
37 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 43.8 20.9% 348 4.1k—
38 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 43.4 23.8% 266 3.6k#52
39 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular SciencesChina · Beijing 42.9 26.4% 229 3.7k#73
40 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 42.6 23.1% 361 4.2k—
41 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia · Phagwāra 42.2 18.3% 234 1.4k—
42 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore 41.8 22.1% 321 3.3k—
43 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 41.4 23.7% 274 3.7k—
44 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 41.1 18.9% 414 4.7k—
45 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 40.7 36.8% 133 2.6k#16
46 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 40.4 39.6% 118 2.6k#19
47 National Research CentreEgypt · Giza 40.0 25.2% 365 4k—
48 Central China Normal UniversityChina · Wuhan 39.7 33.9% 158 2.6k#78
49 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 39.4 17.5% 385 4.2k—
50 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 39.1 21.4% 343 4.4k—
51 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 38.8 21.3% 292 3.7k—
52 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 38.5 35.3% 94 2.3k#5
53 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 38.2 27.3% 172 2.8k#51
54 University of South ChinaChina · Hengyang 37.9 35.9% 123 2.3k—
55 ShanghaiTech UniversityChina · Shanghai 37.6 34.0% 137 2.4k—
56 Jiangxi Normal UniversityChina · Nanchang 37.3 25.2% 207 2.7k—
57 Yangzhou UniversityChina · Yangzhou 37.0 20.0% 246 2.8k—
58 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 36.8 29.7% 190 2.8k—
59 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Pasadena 36.5 42.9% 91 2.1k#11
60 Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)United States · Rahway 36.2 35.4% 90 1.8k#90
61 University of DelhiIndia · New Delhi 36.0 14.5% 284 2.2k—
62 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 35.7 35.7% 103 2.3k#33
63 Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia · Bengaluru 35.5 23.4% 206 2.4k—
64 Fuzhou UniversityChina · Fuzhou 35.2 21.6% 247 3.3k—
65 Changzhou UniversityChina · Changzhou 35.0 19.5% 323 3.5k—
66 Scripps Research InstituteUnited States · San Diego 34.8 43.7% 104 2.3k#1
67 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 34.5 30.9% 104 1.8k#17
68 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina · Hangzhou 34.3 18.5% 448 5.3k—
69 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 34.1 26.2% 193 2.7k#55
70 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 33.8 33.4% 117 2.1k#24
71 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 33.6 30.9% 152 2.5k—
72 Wuhan Institute of TechnologyChina · Wuhan 33.4 21.4% 150 1.7k—
73 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao 33.2 19.6% 270 2.9k—
74 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt · Cairo 33.0 30.2% 212 2.9k—
75 Qingdao UniversityChina · Qingdao 32.8 28.9% 149 2.3k—
76 Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 32.6 21.0% 299 3.3k—
77 Westlake UniversityChina · Hangzhou 32.4 34.6% 105 1.9k—
78 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 32.2 25.1% 174 1.9k—
79 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 32.0 21.1% 235 3k—
80 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina · Nanjing 31.8 17.5% 421 4.3k—
81 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 31.6 31.6% 119 2.2k#31
82 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt · Cairo 31.4 26.3% 213 2.3k—
83 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 31.2 19.8% 276 3k—
84 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 31.0 28.9% 169 2.4k—
85 Northeast Normal UniversityChina · Changchun 30.8 26.1% 136 2k—
86 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 30.6 26.5% 218 2.8k—
87 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 30.5 26.9% 176 2.5k#28
88 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 30.3 25.7% 130 2k#22
89 Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaChina · Beijing 30.1 22.0% 181 2k—
90 N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryRussia · Moscow 29.9 7.5% 528 3.2k—
91 Henan UniversityChina · Kaifeng 29.8 25.0% 171 2.2k—
92 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 29.6 15.7% 308 2.5k#14
93 Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 29.4 12.7% 326 2.6k#8
94 The University of OsakaJapan · Osaka 29.3 12.1% 364 3k#15
95 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 29.1 22.4% 152 1.6k#26
96 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 28.9 15.1% 231 2.2k#50
97 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 28.8 31.7% 122 2.2k—
98 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia · Abhā 28.6 21.6% 220 2.5k—
99 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia · Ghaziabad 28.4 10.3% 548 3.8k—
100 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 28.3 25.2% 134 2.2k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Organic Chemistry (615). 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 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 1.1k works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 771 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 770 works
  4. 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 685 works
  5. 5 Nankai UniversityChina 640 works
  6. 6 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 570 works
  7. 7 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 548 works
  8. 8 N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic ChemistryRussia 528 works
  9. 9 Henan Normal UniversityChina 507 works
  10. 10 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 505 works
  11. 11 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 488 works
  12. 12 Shanghai Institute of Organic ChemistryChina 479 works
  13. 13 Zhejiang UniversityChina 454 works
  14. 14 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina 448 works
  15. 15 Lanzhou UniversityChina 435 works

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