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Subfield · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Top Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 569 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 23.8% 587 6.4k#1
2 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 89.1 21.0% 544 7.1k#2
3 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 82.7 26.4% 421 4k—
4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 78.1 24.6% 532 4.5k#79
5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 74.6 24.7% 482 4.3k#87
6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 71.8 21.1% 518 5.3k#4
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 69.3 21.0% 445 3.3k#6
8 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States · New York 67.2 19.9% 372 3k#9
9 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 65.4 18.4% 417 3.3k#3
10 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 63.7 21.5% 366 3.8k—
11 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore 62.2 21.7% 329 2.5k—
12 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 60.8 27.8% 309 3k#95
13 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 59.6 15.7% 424 1.7k—
14 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 58.4 16.1% 412 2.9k#12
15 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 57.3 25.3% 291 2.7k—
16 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 56.3 18.4% 336 3.2k#7
17 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 55.3 21.8% 274 2.4k#27
18 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 54.4 20.0% 282 2k#37
19 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 53.6 26.1% 231 2.5k#14
20 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 52.8 19.2% 515 3.3k—
21 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States · Houston 52.0 14.0% 446 2.4k#24
22 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 51.3 20.7% 375 2.7k—
23 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 50.6 19.8% 269 2.2k#22
24 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 49.9 20.0% 365 2.9k#16
25 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 49.3 18.7% 360 2.8k#30
26 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 48.6 28.1% 194 1.9k#85
27 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 48.0 22.1% 247 2.2k#62
28 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 47.5 17.7% 359 2.4k#10
29 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 46.9 28.4% 159 1.9k—
30 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 46.4 22.6% 252 2.2k#19
31 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 45.9 20.3% 288 2.3k—
32 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 45.4 21.7% 256 2.4k#31
33 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 44.9 19.4% 259 2.1k#11
34 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States · New York 44.4 19.3% 246 1.8k#61
35 InsermFrance · Paris 44.0 19.7% 294 2.2k#39
36 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Rochester 43.5 18.3% 276 2.2k#15
37 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 43.1 27.8% 157 1.7k#70
38 Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere ScientificoItaly · Rome 42.7 23.6% 239 2.1k—
39 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States · Scottsdale 42.3 14.8% 328 1.8k#68
40 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 41.9 22.4% 275 2.3k—
41 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 41.5 16.6% 293 1.9k#20
42 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 41.1 24.3% 220 1.8k—
43 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 40.7 18.5% 327 2.1k—
44 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 40.3 29.9% 140 1.7k#97
45 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 40.0 26.4% 166 1.9k#45
46 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 39.6 21.2% 237 2k#28
47 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 39.3 26.1% 188 2.4k#59
48 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 39.0 19.0% 239 1.8k#73
49 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Chengdu 38.7 21.9% 231 1.7k—
50 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 38.3 18.6% 288 2k#54
51 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 38.0 27.4% 171 1.7k—
52 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 37.7 14.7% 315 1.9k#13
53 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 37.4 13.3% 328 1.8k#35
54 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 37.1 15.9% 331 2k#8
55 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 36.8 26.9% 221 1.9k—
56 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 36.5 20.8% 209 1.7k—
57 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 36.3 24.3% 223 1.8k—
58 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 36.0 15.7% 246 1.6k#44
59 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 35.7 14.8% 355 2k#21
60 Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen 35.5 30.0% 120 1.2k—
61 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 35.2 26.4% 205 1.9k—
62 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 34.9 16.7% 304 1.8k#26
63 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 34.7 16.6% 259 2k#17
64 Chitkara UniversityIndia · Chandigarh 34.4 18.1% 233 1.5k—
65 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 34.2 15.9% 264 1.8k#40
66 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States · Dallas 34.0 17.5% 262 1.5k#33
67 Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia · Manipal 33.7 18.5% 165 925—
68 Medical University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 33.5 23.2% 256 1.7k#91
69 University of MilanItaly · Milan 33.3 25.2% 143 1.4k—
70 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 33.0 25.9% 150 1.4k#55
71 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 32.8 19.9% 240 1.7k—
72 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 32.6 7.0% 472 1.4k#52
73 Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 32.4 28.4% 118 1.2k—
74 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 32.2 24.4% 147 1.5k—
75 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 31.9 27.8% 147 1.5k—
76 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 31.7 19.8% 184 1.7k—
77 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia · Chennai 31.5 12.5% 342 1.4k—
78 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany · Aachen 31.3 20.5% 136 1.5k—
79 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 31.1 18.3% 262 1.8k#47
80 University Hospital HeidelbergGermany · Heidelberg 30.9 22.6% 155 1.6k—
81 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 30.7 19.0% 184 1.3k#41
82 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 30.5 19.1% 211 1.5k—
83 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 30.3 34.2% 95 1.2k—
84 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 30.2 27.7% 149 1.4k—
85 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 30.0 21.0% 178 1.5k#5
86 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 29.8 16.5% 267 1.6k—
87 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 29.6 21.6% 161 1.3k—
88 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 29.4 22.8% 173 1.7k#38
89 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 29.2 19.9% 200 1.3k—
90 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia · New Delhi 29.1 8.8% 397 1.2k—
91 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States · Birmingham 28.9 17.2% 204 1.2k#72
92 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 28.7 27.0% 127 1.1k—
93 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States · Jacksonville 28.6 19.8% 206 1.5k—
94 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 28.4 20.4% 184 1.3k—
95 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 28.2 20.4% 164 1.1k—
96 Leiden University Medical CenterNetherlands · Leiden 28.1 21.5% 153 1.2k#82
97 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 27.9 19.8% 159 1.2k#67
98 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands · Amsterdam 27.7 20.1% 183 1.4k—
99 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 27.6 21.0% 166 1.2k—
100 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 27.4 21.1% 206 1.4k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (569). 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 Harvard UniversityUnited States 587 works
  2. 2 Stanford UniversityUnited States 544 works
  3. 3 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 532 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 518 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 515 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 482 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 472 works
  8. 8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 446 works
  9. 9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 445 works
  10. 10 Saveetha UniversityIndia 424 works
  11. 11 Sichuan UniversityChina 421 works
  12. 12 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 417 works
  13. 13 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 412 works
  14. 14 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 397 works
  15. 15 Peking UniversityChina 375 works

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