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Top Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 828 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 27.8% 875 8.1k#1
2 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 89.7 24.3% 765 5.6k#2
3 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 83.6 23.3% 627 4.4k#6
4 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 79.4 31.2% 431 3.9k#3
5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 76.0 25.2% 523 4k#13
6 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 73.3 27.9% 337 3.2k#21
7 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 71.0 21.8% 547 3.4k#11
8 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 69.1 20.8% 652 4k#17
9 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 67.3 21.5% 548 4.1k#10
10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 65.7 9.5% 1.3k 3.6k#7
11 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 64.3 25.0% 337 3k#4
12 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 63.0 26.2% 488 3.7k#25
13 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 61.8 28.5% 440 3.7k#36
14 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 60.7 22.5% 518 3.5k#5
15 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 59.7 20.3% 617 3.5k#16
16 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 58.7 27.8% 398 3.2k#23
17 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 57.8 22.2% 508 3.2k#12
18 Deakin UniversityAustralia · Burwood 57.0 31.4% 314 2.8k#53
19 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 56.2 27.3% 367 2.9k#28
20 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 55.4 29.0% 341 2.7k#58
21 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 54.7 25.1% 368 2.6k#39
22 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 54.0 21.1% 384 2.7k#22
23 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 53.3 36.2% 272 2.7k#15
24 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 52.7 22.6% 345 2.3k#20
25 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 52.1 30.3% 316 2.7k#33
26 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 51.5 21.5% 366 2.3k#18
27 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 50.9 14.4% 698 3.3k#62
28 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 50.4 22.5% 414 2.4k#35
29 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 49.9 24.3% 341 2.6k#19
30 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 49.4 16.9% 478 2.4k#71
31 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 48.9 23.9% 312 2.3k—
32 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 48.4 21.3% 432 2.7k#40
33 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 48.0 19.4% 318 2.2k#50
34 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 47.5 24.0% 333 2.5k—
35 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 47.1 22.5% 261 1.6k#57
36 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 46.7 29.2% 240 2k#26
37 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 46.3 20.7% 318 2.3k#24
38 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 45.9 20.1% 430 2.2k#32
39 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 45.5 21.4% 341 2.2k#31
40 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 45.1 17.7% 353 1.8k#51
41 InsermFrance · Paris 44.7 21.9% 311 2.1k#45
42 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 44.4 21.8% 374 2.2k#38
43 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 44.0 32.9% 208 1.7k#89
44 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands · Wageningen 43.7 36.7% 158 1.8k—
45 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 43.3 30.9% 218 2.2k—
46 McMaster UniversityCanada · Hamilton 43.0 23.1% 297 1.9k#48
47 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 42.7 25.2% 299 2.5k—
48 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 42.4 32.9% 171 2k—
49 Tufts UniversityUnited States · Medford 42.1 24.4% 208 1.7k#55
50 Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 41.8 24.9% 284 1.9k#47
51 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 41.5 20.3% 366 2.1k#60
52 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 41.2 30.0% 229 2.1k—
53 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 40.9 21.2% 293 2k#44
54 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 40.6 28.3% 218 1.9k—
55 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 40.4 26.5% 264 2.1k—
56 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 40.1 20.7% 316 1.9k#30
57 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 39.8 17.0% 353 1.9k#69
58 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 39.6 23.5% 270 2k#56
59 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 39.3 24.1% 244 1.9k#68
60 University of GondarEthiopia · Gonder 39.1 37.9% 179 1.5k—
61 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 38.8 29.0% 166 1.7k#8
62 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 38.6 20.1% 310 1.9k#67
63 Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States · Portland 38.3 20.3% 276 1.8k#72
64 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 38.1 16.8% 366 1.8k#52
65 Brown UniversityUnited States · Providence 37.9 19.3% 282 1.7k#88
66 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 37.6 20.8% 320 2k#14
67 University College DublinIreland · Dublin 37.4 25.5% 177 1.4k—
68 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 37.2 23.2% 245 1.7k#37
69 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States · Aurora 37.0 23.2% 256 1.6k—
70 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 36.8 17.7% 381 1.9k#96
71 University of MilanItaly · Milan 36.6 26.9% 194 1.7k—
72 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 36.3 17.9% 363 1.8k#34
73 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 36.1 20.6% 323 1.9k#61
74 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States · Atlanta 35.9 31.3% 173 1.8k#9
75 Shiraz University of Medical SciencesIran · Shiraz 35.7 20.6% 210 1.3k—
76 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran · Tehran 35.5 17.5% 384 2.1k—
77 World Health OrganizationSwitzerland · Geneva 35.4 39.1% 100 1.7k#29
78 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 35.2 27.3% 183 1.5k—
79 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 35.0 26.5% 188 1.4k#76
80 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.8 25.9% 193 1.7k—
81 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 34.6 24.3% 222 1.6k#70
82 University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 34.4 20.2% 294 1.7k—
83 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 34.2 22.4% 249 1.5k—
84 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 34.1 27.6% 163 1.4k—
85 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 33.9 22.7% 261 1.5k#42
86 University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States · Baltimore 33.7 20.1% 259 1.5k#79
87 University of OttawaCanada · Ottawa 33.5 22.7% 265 1.7k#92
88 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 33.4 21.9% 264 1.6k#49
89 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 33.2 15.6% 325 1.4k#43
90 University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 33.0 17.8% 332 1.5k#98
91 Universidade do PortoPortugal · Porto 32.9 21.8% 226 1.3k—
92 Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom · Belfast 32.7 24.9% 155 1.3k—
93 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia · New Delhi 32.5 11.8% 423 1.5k—
94 University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 32.4 22.1% 192 1.4k#80
95 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 32.2 18.3% 288 1.4k#54
96 Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 32.1 44.4% 97 1.2k#64
97 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 31.9 25.4% 192 1.4k—
98 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 31.8 22.3% 256 1.7k—
99 Erasmus MCNetherlands · Rotterdam 31.6 28.8% 167 1.4k#99
100 University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 31.5 23.0% 199 1.2k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (828). 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.

31 – 35: 21 places35 – 38: 16 places38 – 42: 13 places42 – 45: 11 places45 – 49: 8 places49 – 52: 6 places52 – 55: 6 places55 – 59: 4 places59 – 62: 3 places62 – 66: 2 places66 – 69: 3 places69 – 73: 1 places73 – 76: 1 places76 – 79: 2 places79 – 83: 0 places83 – 86: 1 places86 – 90: 1 places90 – 93: 0 places93 – 97: 0 places97 – 100: 1 places31100

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 1.3k works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 875 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 765 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 698 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 652 works
  6. 6 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 627 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 617 works
  8. 8 University of WashingtonUnited States 548 works
  9. 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 547 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 523 works
  11. 11 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 518 works
  12. 12 Stanford UniversityUnited States 508 works
  13. 13 The University of SydneyAustralia 487 works
  14. 14 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 478 works
  15. 15 Monash UniversityAustralia 440 works

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