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Top Orthodontics Research Institutions

King Saud University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 37 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 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 100.0 21.4% 164 1.2k#19
2 Stomatology HospitalChina · Xi'an 80.8 18.7% 180 1.2k#28
3 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia · Dammam 69.6 33.5% 68 907#56
4 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 61.6 14.4% 214 985#24
5 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 55.4 12.2% 250 1.2k#3
6 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 50.4 34.7% 70 731#7
7 University of BernSwitzerland · Bern 46.1 37.4% 77 799#5
8 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 42.4 21.3% 122 929#32
9 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 39.2 26.4% 86 831#2
10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt · Alexandria 36.2 21.1% 115 717#90
11 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 33.6 11.1% 149 589#79
12 Mansoura UniversityEgypt · Al Mansurah 31.2 12.6% 129 611#73
13 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 29.0 10.6% 174 817#15
14 Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand · Bangkok 26.9 18.8% 62 361#84
15 Damascus UniversitySyria · Damascus 25.0 20.2% 74 570—
16 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia · Jeddah 23.2 15.2% 95 559#92
17 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia · Abhā 21.5 17.5% 61 312—
18 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt · Cairo 20.0 12.1% 100 414—
19 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil · Campinas 18.5 12.0% 95 476#11
20 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye · Ankara 17.0 19.2% 61 271#68
21 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran · Tehran 15.7 10.5% 75 378#96
22 Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia · Buraidah 14.4 13.3% 61 283—
23 Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityJapan · Tokyo 13.2 11.1% 71 337#6
24 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt · Cairo 12.0 11.5% 72 257—
25 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia · Wardha 10.9 9.3% 70 303—
26 Tanta UniversityEgypt · Tanta 9.8 10.0% 73 182—
27 University of BaghdadIraq · Baghdad 8.7 5.9% 114 429—
28 Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia · Manipal 7.7 9.5% 62 255—
29 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia · Nalgonda 6.7 3.2% 115 194—
30 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran · Tehran 5.8 7.7% 63 206#88
31 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia · Ahmedabad 4.9 5.2% 85 196—
32 Faculdade São Leopoldo MandicBrazil · Campinas 4.0 4.2% 87 203—
33 Ragas Dental College & HospitalIndia · Chennai 3.2 4.6% 66 119—
34 Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed UniversityIndia · Pune 2.3 4.4% 62 135—
35 SRM Dental CollegeIndia · Chennai 1.5 3.1% 76 182—
36 University of MosulIraq · Mosul 75.9 1.9% 90 160—
37 International Association for Dental ResearchUnited States · Alexandria 0.0 0.0% 82 0—

institutions ranked worldwide in Orthodontics (37). 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.

0 – 5: 7 places5 – 10: 5 places10 – 15: 4 places15 – 20: 4 places20 – 25: 2 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 2 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 250 works
  2. 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 214 works
  3. 3 Stomatology HospitalChina 180 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 174 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 164 works
  6. 6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 149 works
  7. 7 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 129 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 122 works
  9. 9 Kamineni Institute of Dental SciencesIndia 115 works
  10. 10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 115 works
  11. 11 University of BaghdadIraq 114 works
  12. 12 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 100 works
  13. 13 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 95 works
  14. 14 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 95 works
  15. 15 University of MosulIraq 90 works

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