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Top Physiology (Medicine) Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 548 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 27.0% 603 7.5k#1
2 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 89.0 29.9% 387 4.5k—
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 82.6 24.0% 380 4.1k#7
4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 78.0 24.1% 454 4.6k—
5 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 74.5 21.1% 349 3.5k#2
6 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 71.6 23.4% 301 3.3k#3
7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 69.1 20.5% 408 3.5k#4
8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 67.0 21.8% 337 3.5k#5
9 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 65.2 20.6% 294 3.2k#8
10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 63.5 28.2% 294 3.4k—
11 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 62.0 19.1% 347 3.2k#14
12 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 60.6 26.6% 284 3.5k#11
13 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 59.3 27.3% 292 3k—
14 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 58.2 18.5% 330 2.7k#9
15 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 57.1 21.8% 273 2.8k#12
16 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 56.0 23.0% 337 2.9k—
17 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 55.1 24.7% 302 2.8k#38
18 InsermFrance · Paris 54.2 18.5% 366 3.2k#27
19 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 53.3 18.0% 326 2.6k#10
20 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 52.5 32.7% 225 2.9k—
21 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 51.7 23.9% 246 2.4k#33
22 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 51.0 23.8% 216 2.5k#22
23 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 50.3 29.5% 235 2.8k—
24 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 49.6 28.1% 257 2.7k—
25 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 49.0 16.9% 365 2.6k#18
26 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 48.3 22.3% 332 2.9k—
27 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 47.7 23.4% 259 2.5k#28
28 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 47.2 20.3% 261 2.6k#19
29 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 46.6 25.3% 236 2.6k#36
30 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 46.1 28.8% 215 2.3k—
31 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 45.5 16.8% 317 2.3k#13
32 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 45.0 19.9% 271 2.1k#24
33 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 44.6 26.5% 171 2k—
34 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 44.1 17.5% 378 2.6k#16
35 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 43.6 29.5% 216 2.6k—
36 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 43.2 25.7% 180 2.6k#58
37 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 42.7 26.6% 224 2.4k#85
38 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 42.3 18.6% 334 2.5k#32
39 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 41.9 21.2% 199 2.5k#20
40 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 41.5 7.8% 615 2.1k#30
41 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 41.1 23.4% 198 1.9k#21
42 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 40.7 29.0% 160 2k—
43 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 40.4 17.8% 262 2.2k#64
44 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 40.0 22.5% 211 1.9k#29
45 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 39.6 22.6% 233 2.2k—
46 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 39.3 20.4% 208 1.8k#39
47 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 38.9 33.1% 135 1.9k—
48 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 38.6 21.3% 239 2.2k#34
49 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 38.3 23.4% 198 1.9k#26
50 University of MilanItaly · Milan 38.0 24.9% 200 1.9k#97
51 China Medical UniversityChina · Shenyang 37.7 34.4% 154 2.2k—
52 McMaster UniversityCanada · Hamilton 37.3 19.2% 196 1.6k#55
53 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 37.0 26.8% 149 1.8k#25
54 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 36.7 17.6% 219 2.1k#37
55 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 36.5 20.1% 225 2k#62
56 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 36.2 25.7% 190 2.1k—
57 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 35.9 36.2% 148 2.1k—
58 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 35.6 20.2% 194 1.8k#17
59 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 35.3 12.1% 425 2.2k#96
60 University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 35.1 21.4% 198 1.8k#46
61 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 34.8 22.4% 196 1.6k—
62 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 34.6 19.9% 238 1.8k—
63 Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 34.3 16.8% 234 1.8k—
64 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 34.1 21.7% 212 1.8k#67
65 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 33.8 18.4% 232 1.7k#41
66 University of Naples Federico IIItaly · Naples 33.6 32.5% 121 1.6k—
67 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 33.3 27.5% 165 1.8k—
68 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 33.1 33.4% 139 1.6k—
69 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 32.9 17.7% 245 1.7k#45
70 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 32.6 24.1% 176 1.7k#66
71 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 32.4 31.1% 150 1.5k—
72 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 32.2 35.0% 129 1.6k—
73 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 32.0 22.1% 210 1.8k#48
74 University of GothenburgSweden · Gothenburg 31.7 22.0% 171 1.6k#51
75 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 31.5 23.7% 178 1.7k—
76 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 31.3 15.3% 248 1.6k#47
77 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 31.1 14.3% 292 2k#50
78 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 30.9 15.0% 295 1.8k#80
79 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 30.7 18.3% 203 1.9k#77
80 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 30.5 17.2% 237 1.7k#35
81 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece · Athens 30.3 23.3% 171 1.5k—
82 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 30.1 16.8% 224 1.6k#53
83 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 29.9 22.6% 150 1.7k#6
84 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 29.7 19.8% 197 1.8k#73
85 China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 29.6 37.9% 99 1.6k—
86 Wake Forest UniversityUnited States · Winston-Salem 29.4 19.0% 178 1.4k#89
87 Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 29.2 21.0% 185 1.7k#40
88 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 29.0 17.2% 206 1.5k#57
89 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 28.8 20.9% 184 1.6k#23
90 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 28.6 18.2% 241 1.7k—
91 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands · Maastricht 28.5 24.9% 141 1.6k#61
92 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 28.3 27.1% 139 1.5k—
93 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 28.1 25.5% 169 1.5k—
94 University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly · Bari 28.0 30.5% 106 1.3k—
95 UK Dementia Research InstituteUnited Kingdom · London 27.8 39.4% 62 1.5k—
96 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 27.6 24.0% 139 1.6k—
97 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 27.5 25.1% 145 1.3k—
98 Lund UniversitySweden · Lund 27.3 21.1% 149 1.7k#52
99 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 27.1 26.7% 127 1.5k#87
100 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States · Aurora 27.0 16.7% 172 1.1k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Physiology (548). 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.

27 – 31: 21 places31 – 34: 16 places34 – 38: 13 places38 – 42: 11 places42 – 45: 8 places45 – 49: 6 places49 – 53: 6 places53 – 56: 4 places56 – 60: 3 places60 – 63: 2 places63 – 67: 3 places67 – 71: 1 places71 – 74: 1 places74 – 78: 2 places78 – 82: 0 places82 – 85: 1 places85 – 89: 1 places89 – 93: 0 places93 – 96: 0 places96 – 100: 1 places27100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 615 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 603 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 454 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 425 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 409 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 387 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 380 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 378 works
  9. 9 InsermFrance 365 works
  10. 10 University of PittsburghUnited States 365 works
  11. 11 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 349 works
  12. 12 Stanford UniversityUnited States 347 works
  13. 13 Peking UniversityChina 337 works
  14. 14 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 337 works
  15. 15 University of TorontoCanada 334 works

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