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Subfield · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Top Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Research Institutions

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 1,144 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 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 100.0 16.4% 945 6.9k#4
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 90.2 17.9% 1.3k 9.1k#58
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 84.4 22.1% 810 7.5k#2
4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 80.3 22.0% 811 7.1k#68
5 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 77.1 20.1% 699 6.5k#1
6 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 74.6 21.7% 974 7.4k—
7 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 72.4 26.1% 582 5.9k—
8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 70.5 23.2% 629 5.7k—
9 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 68.8 17.9% 561 4.5k#5
10 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 67.3 20.0% 708 5.6k—
11 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 66.0 17.4% 684 4.8k#7
12 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 64.7 25.2% 544 5.2k—
13 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 63.6 21.3% 518 4.5k#20
14 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 62.5 21.0% 441 4.5k#12
15 InsermFrance · Paris 61.5 19.6% 606 4.5k#26
16 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 60.6 18.1% 607 4.4k#6
17 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 59.8 19.0% 646 4.7k—
18 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 59.0 17.5% 627 4.7k#8
19 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 58.2 18.6% 551 4.1k#9
20 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 57.5 16.8% 657 4.7k#3
21 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 56.8 18.4% 567 4k#13
22 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 56.1 21.2% 578 4.5k#88
23 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 55.5 24.1% 492 4.5k—
24 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 54.9 17.2% 500 3.4k#23
25 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 54.3 28.5% 347 3.9k—
26 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 53.7 18.1% 716 4.7k—
27 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 53.2 23.5% 392 3.6k—
28 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 52.7 22.9% 421 4.2k—
29 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 52.2 15.3% 614 3.8k#18
30 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 51.7 18.7% 631 4k—
31 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 51.2 15.9% 500 3.4k#16
32 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 50.8 15.1% 590 3.6k#21
33 Cleveland ClinicUnited States · Cleveland 50.3 12.4% 778 3.5k#11
34 Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUnited States · Boston 49.9 21.9% 295 3.1k#25
35 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 49.5 16.6% 492 3.1k#19
36 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 49.1 20.4% 442 3.2k—
37 China Medical UniversityChina · Shenyang 48.7 24.1% 431 3.9k—
38 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 48.3 21.9% 425 3.5k—
39 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 48.0 19.0% 416 3k#34
40 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 47.6 17.0% 507 3.1k#10
41 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 47.3 8.3% 832 3.3k#14
42 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 46.9 12.7% 678 3.4k#32
43 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 46.6 14.9% 498 3.4k#54
44 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 46.3 14.2% 530 2.8k#39
45 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 45.9 15.2% 430 2.4k#15
46 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 45.6 17.0% 440 2.9k#31
47 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 45.3 23.9% 271 2.5k#71
48 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 45.0 28.7% 231 2.7k—
49 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 44.7 16.1% 409 2.7k#44
50 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 44.4 15.6% 426 2.6k#28
51 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 44.2 21.1% 356 2.7k—
52 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 43.9 22.1% 244 2.5k#55
53 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 43.6 18.6% 388 2.8k#36
54 Harbin Medical UniversityChina · Harbin 43.4 23.9% 289 2.8k—
55 Tongji HospitalChina · Wuhan 43.1 26.8% 272 2.5k—
56 University of MilanItaly · Milan 42.8 20.5% 365 2.7k#90
57 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 42.6 26.8% 262 2.6k—
58 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States · Nashville 42.3 15.1% 369 2.6k#78
59 Xiangya Hospital Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 42.1 29.3% 201 2.4k—
60 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Houston 41.9 14.4% 438 2.5k#35
61 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 41.6 17.0% 337 2.6k#41
62 Fujian Medical UniversityChina · Fuzhou 41.4 17.8% 516 3k—
63 First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 41.2 18.0% 387 2.9k—
64 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 40.9 14.7% 369 2.2k#95
65 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 40.7 21.8% 340 2.9k—
66 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 40.5 13.5% 389 2k#29
67 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 40.3 22.8% 248 2.3k—
68 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 40.1 15.3% 446 2.2k#69
69 Anhui Medical UniversityChina · Hefei 39.9 22.1% 313 2.4k—
70 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 39.7 18.9% 363 2.6k#37
71 University of Colorado DenverUnited States · Denver 39.5 15.1% 406 2.5k#27
72 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 39.3 13.6% 534 2.6k#38
73 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 39.1 15.8% 415 2.4k#30
74 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina · Jinan 38.9 18.6% 372 2.5k—
75 Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de ParisFrance · Paris 38.7 21.1% 274 2.2k#80
76 Chongqing Medical UniversityChina · Chongqing 38.5 18.1% 422 2.7k—
77 German Center for Lung ResearchGermany · Giessen 38.3 23.2% 212 2.4k—
78 University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 38.1 14.7% 324 1.7k#61
79 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 38.0 20.9% 328 2.5k#42
80 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Nanjing 37.8 24.9% 211 1.8k—
81 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 37.6 18.5% 330 2.3k#33
82 University Medical Center GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 37.4 21.1% 289 2.4k—
83 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 37.3 18.2% 387 2.2k—
84 Erasmus MCNetherlands · Rotterdam 37.1 24.6% 269 2.2k#43
85 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 36.9 16.3% 344 2.1k#51
86 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 36.7 20.1% 306 2.6k—
87 Peking Union Medical College HospitalChina · Beijing 36.6 16.8% 371 2.3k—
88 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 36.4 19.6% 213 2.5k#22
89 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 36.3 30.9% 153 1.5k—
90 Qingdao UniversityChina · Qingdao 36.1 21.7% 321 2.3k—
91 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 35.9 13.7% 366 1.9k#89
92 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer CenterChina · Guangzhou 35.8 19.5% 233 2.2k—
93 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 35.6 20.1% 314 2.2k#64
94 Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 35.5 21.1% 226 1.9k—
95 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 35.3 24.4% 235 2.3k—
96 Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterUnited States · Los Angeles 35.2 16.1% 260 1.5k—
97 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 35.0 21.8% 251 2k—
98 Nanchang UniversityChina · Nanchang 34.9 21.3% 277 2.2k—
99 Renmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 34.7 34.8% 144 1.7k—
100 Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States · New York 34.6 16.8% 278 1.9k#65

institutions ranked worldwide in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1,144). 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 Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 1.3k works
  2. 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 974 works
  3. 3 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 945 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 832 works
  5. 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 811 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 810 works
  7. 7 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 778 works
  8. 8 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 725 works
  9. 9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 716 works
  10. 10 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 708 works
  11. 11 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 699 works
  12. 12 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 684 works
  13. 13 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 678 works
  14. 14 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 657 works
  15. 15 Peking UniversityChina 646 works

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine by country