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Top Pathology and Forensic Medicine Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 268 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 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 22.1% 272 2.7k#1
2 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 87.6 24.1% 271 2.6k#91
3 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 80.4 15.9% 331 2.3k#8
4 Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina · Hefei 75.2 61.1% 91 1.7k—
5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 71.2 20.9% 267 2.3k—
6 Tea Research InstituteChina · Hangzhou 68.0 54.1% 91 1.5k—
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 65.2 17.4% 337 2.2k#99
8 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 62.8 27.6% 158 1.7k—
9 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 60.7 16.7% 214 1.6k#27
10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 58.8 20.4% 177 1.5k#3
11 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 57.1 23.2% 192 1.7k—
12 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 55.6 18.7% 221 1.8k#2
13 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 54.1 28.4% 160 1.8k—
14 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 52.8 16.5% 197 1.5k#4
15 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 51.6 16.5% 223 2.5k#10
16 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 50.4 17.1% 274 1.8k—
17 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 49.3 18.5% 195 1.4k#7
18 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 48.3 19.0% 187 1.3k#6
19 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 47.3 17.6% 230 1.4k—
20 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 46.4 21.3% 183 1.5k#85
21 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 45.5 19.6% 165 1.5k#5
22 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 44.7 22.3% 120 1.2k#26
23 InsermFrance · Paris 43.9 18.8% 181 1.4k#22
24 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 43.2 19.2% 203 1.3k—
25 Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 42.4 40.3% 65 977—
26 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 41.7 17.5% 186 1.3k#15
27 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 41.1 19.3% 174 1.3k#23
28 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 40.4 22.9% 148 1.3k#16
29 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 39.8 21.2% 155 1.4k—
30 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 39.2 15.9% 182 1.4k#12
31 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 38.6 20.6% 173 1.3k—
32 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 38.0 19.2% 112 1k#35
33 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 37.5 15.8% 165 1.1k#14
34 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 36.9 15.1% 154 1k#80
35 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 36.4 22.2% 111 1.1k#46
36 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 35.9 18.1% 176 1.1k#17
37 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 35.4 16.5% 139 1.1k#19
38 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 34.9 20.6% 128 1k#24
39 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 34.5 25.3% 118 1.1k—
40 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 34.0 15.9% 176 1.3k#21
41 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 33.6 16.1% 153 903#25
42 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 33.1 20.5% 130 1k—
43 China Medical UniversityChina · Shenyang 32.7 30.0% 94 973—
44 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran · Tehran 32.3 12.0% 214 1k—
45 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 31.9 20.7% 138 949—
46 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 31.5 22.3% 122 951—
47 Anhui Medical UniversityChina · Hefei 31.1 23.3% 115 969—
48 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 30.8 28.2% 97 979—
49 Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 30.4 11.2% 211 972#33
50 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 30.0 22.6% 116 915—
51 University of MiamiUnited States · Coral Gables 29.7 18.4% 137 817#71
52 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany · Berlin 29.3 16.0% 138 838#49
53 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 29.0 15.2% 143 949#18
54 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 28.7 19.7% 130 1k—
55 Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang 28.3 26.0% 89 892—
56 Neurological SurgeryUnited States · Rockville Centre 28.0 19.9% 139 833#87
57 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 27.7 38.8% 66 811—
58 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 27.4 16.0% 129 868—
59 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 27.1 27.3% 71 763—
60 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 26.8 22.8% 92 889#68
61 Brown UniversityUnited States · Providence 26.5 18.9% 106 673—
62 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 26.2 17.0% 110 760#59
63 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 25.9 23.0% 107 767—
64 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 25.6 20.7% 90 700#55
65 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 25.3 17.9% 127 782#32
66 Tongji HospitalChina · Wuhan 25.1 25.1% 82 946—
67 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 24.8 21.8% 102 837#40
68 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 24.5 10.8% 219 847—
69 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 24.3 13.3% 164 822#43
70 Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly · Milan 24.0 24.4% 78 679—
71 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 23.8 25.7% 76 832—
72 Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited States · Boston 23.5 19.8% 87 802#20
73 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 23.3 15.2% 134 758#38
74 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 23.0 16.4% 121 788#41
75 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 22.8 25.8% 75 747—
76 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 22.5 24.7% 80 671#60
77 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 22.3 15.3% 128 756#44
78 University of MilanItaly · Milan 22.1 19.2% 96 733#72
79 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 21.8 25.5% 70 761—
80 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 21.6 22.6% 72 837—
81 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 21.4 13.1% 129 715#48
82 Union HospitalChina · Shatin 21.2 28.3% 64 684—
83 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 21.0 16.2% 108 753#36
84 Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom · London 20.8 23.6% 68 601—
85 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 20.5 26.1% 60 669#9
86 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 20.3 24.0% 75 660—
87 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 20.1 20.5% 82 670#73
88 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 19.9 28.6% 65 603—
89 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 19.7 23.9% 71 816#29
90 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 19.5 17.8% 88 699#50
91 Qilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 19.3 22.8% 74 575—
92 Fujian Medical UniversityChina · Fuzhou 19.1 14.6% 124 758—
93 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 18.9 7.7% 197 762#31
94 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 18.7 14.2% 129 722#34
95 Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de ParisFrance · Paris 18.5 19.5% 84 669—
96 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 18.4 19.1% 102 692—
97 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 18.2 13.4% 118 670—
98 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 18.0 12.2% 127 600#54
99 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina · Jinan 17.8 18.4% 89 576—
100 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Nanjing 17.6 23.3% 82 723—

institutions ranked worldwide in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (268). 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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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 337 works
  2. 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 331 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 274 works
  4. 4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 274 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 272 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 271 works
  7. 7 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 267 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 230 works
  9. 9 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 223 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 221 works
  11. 11 Cairo UniversityEgypt 219 works
  12. 12 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 215 works
  13. 13 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 214 works
  14. 14 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 211 works
  15. 15 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 209 works

Pathology and Forensic Medicine by country