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Top Safety Research Research Institutions

University of Oxford ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Stanford University and Harvard University, out of 107 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 100.0 18.4% 158 2k#3
2Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 85.2 18.3% 116 1.4k#2
3Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 76.5 18.9% 103 917#1
4Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 70.3 15.6% 104 1.1k#10
5University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 65.6 15.0% 150 1.3k#11
6University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 61.7 14.4% 154 1.2k#8
7University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 58.4 15.4% 126 1.6k#12
8University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 55.5 15.1% 86 836#16
9University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 53.0 17.1% 84 837#5
10New York UniversityUnited States · New York 50.7 10.8% 124 742#7
11University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 48.7 13.2% 201 1.4k#17
12Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 46.8 13.3% 62 726#31
13University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 45.1 15.2% 96 989#42
14University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 43.5 18.2% 73 1.1k#24
15Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh 42.0 19.1% 94 1.1k#45
16The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 40.7 14.8% 98 596#23
17Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 39.4 19.2% 114 1.2k#18
18University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 38.1 15.6% 65 520#14
19Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 37.0 11.0% 85 527#4
20Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 35.9 15.0% 84 521#20
21University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 34.8 10.5% 125 601#28
22University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 33.9 14.3% 82 721#50
23Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 32.9 6.6% 239 727#27
24Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 32.0 16.3% 72 550#53
25The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 31.1 16.5% 105 722#46
26University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 30.3 15.2% 76 596#30
27Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 29.5 14.1% 65 852#9
28University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 28.7 13.2% 98 514#37
29Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 27.9 16.4% 82 829#91
30University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 27.2 10.4% 88 499#13
31Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 26.5 16.8% 87 586#72
32UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 25.8 15.1% 87 544#41
33University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 25.2 12.2% 74 553#19
34The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 24.5 15.0% 94 851#62
35Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 23.9 12.0% 141 862#26
36Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 23.3 10.9% 134 690#29
37University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 22.7 15.9% 68 532#44
38National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 22.2 15.6% 71 705#49
39Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 21.6 10.4% 76 705-
40Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 21.1 13.8% 68 433#38
41McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 20.5 12.7% 78 440#57
42King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 20.0 11.6% 77 484#93
43University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 19.5 15.7% 67 880#43
44The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 19.0 9.3% 124 517#58
45Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 18.5 10.6% 130 702#77
46Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 18.1 10.3% 108 814#59
47Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 17.6 13.2% 76 970#99
48University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 17.2 12.1% 103 584#56
49University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 16.7 14.3% 107 673-
50University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville 16.3 13.3% 78 643#68
51Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 15.9 15.8% 61 892-
52University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 15.4 15.4% 66 456#70
53University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 15.0 12.0% 74 444#15
54North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Raleigh 14.6 9.8% 70 528-
55Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 14.2 17.1% 64 524-
56The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 13.9 12.3% 110 569#97
57Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 13.5 11.4% 94 821#65
58Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra 13.1 13.0% 65 360-
59Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 12.7 12.2% 64 648#82
60University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 12.4 14.9% 60 413#33
61Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Atlanta 12.0 12.4% 68 533-
62Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 11.7 11.1% 74 469-
63Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakówPoland · Krakow 11.3 7.2% 123 38-
64KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 11.0 10.0% 67 371-
65University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 10.7 10.2% 105 630-
66Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 10.3 13.1% 66 240-
67University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 10.0 8.3% 62 405-
68City University of New YorkUnited States · New York 9.7 10.5% 84 329#98
69Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 9.4 6.6% 70 349-
70Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain · Cerdanyola del Vallès 9.1 13.0% 63 214#66
71George Mason UniversityUnited States · Fairfax 8.8 11.2% 92 458-
72John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland · Lublin 8.5 12.0% 175 91-
73Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 8.2 14.1% 62 173-
74Virginia TechUnited States · Blacksburg 7.9 7.9% 82 294-
75Universidad César VallejoPeru · Lima 7.6 14.5% 105 189-
76Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 7.3 12.2% 96 158-
77Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville 7.0 16.8% 63 323-
78University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 6.8 9.4% 62 259#90
79University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 6.5 13.8% 70 714-
80University of KansasUnited States · Lawrence 6.2 9.0% 73 315-
81Florida International UniversityUnited States · Miami 6.0 8.4% 61 510-
82Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa · Stellenbosch 5.7 12.1% 63 354-
83Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland · Warsaw 5.4 6.8% 142 39#94
84Clemson UniversityUnited States · Clemson 5.2 10.4% 65 391-
85University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 4.9 6.7% 175 489#67
86Deakin UniversityAustralia · Burwood 4.7 18.1% 62 535-
87Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 4.4 4.7% 73 247-
88University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 4.2 12.3% 135 612-
89University of WarsawPoland · Warsaw 3.9 6.0% 69 115-
90University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa · Johannesburg 3.7 10.8% 67 288-
91University of North Carolina at CharlotteUnited States · Charlotte 3.5 7.1% 60 246-
92York UniversityCanada · Toronto 3.2 8.2% 65 244-
93Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 3.0 5.7% 69 69-
94Georgia State UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 2.8 8.0% 77 343-
95Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 2.5 4.8% 84 199-
96University of South AfricaSouth Africa · Pretoria 2.3 9.7% 137 609-
97Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland · Poznan 2.1 6.5% 99 63-
98University of GhanaGhana · Accra 1.9 15.7% 63 302-
99Film IndependentUnited States · Los Angeles 1.7 4.1% 67 201-
100University of PretoriaSouth Africa · Pretoria 144.8 10.7% 84 403-

institutions ranked worldwide in Safety Research (107). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

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.

1 to 6: 21 places6 to 11: 16 places11 to 16: 13 places16 to 21: 11 places21 to 26: 8 places26 to 31: 6 places31 to 36: 6 places36 to 41: 4 places41 to 46: 3 places46 to 51: 3 places51 to 56: 2 places56 to 61: 1 places61 to 66: 1 places66 to 70: 2 places70 to 75: 0 places75 to 80: 1 places80 to 85: 1 places85 to 90: 0 places90 to 95: 0 places95 to 100: 1 places1100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 272 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 238 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 208 works
  4. 4 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 188 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 181 works
  6. 6 University of MichiganUnited States 179 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 174 works
  8. 8 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 163 works
  9. 9 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 161 works
  10. 10 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 155 works
  11. 11 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 150 works
  12. 12 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 149 works
  13. 13 University of WashingtonUnited States 147 works
  14. 14 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 146 works
  15. 15 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 144 works

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