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Top Software Research Institutions

Beihang University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 4 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 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 100.0 20.1% 102 663#43
2 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 50.0 36.2% 61 520#21
3 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 20.8 29.7% 96 728#41
4 National University of Defense TechnologyChina · Changsha 0.0 17.1% 92 404#80

institutions ranked worldwide in Software (4). 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.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beihang UniversityChina 102 works
  2. 2 Nanjing UniversityChina 96 works
  3. 3 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 92 works
  4. 4 Peking UniversityChina 61 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 57 works
  6. 6 Technical University of MunichGermany 51 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 50 works
  8. 8 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 47 works
  9. 9 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 47 works
  10. 10 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 46 works
  11. 11 University of StuttgartGermany 43 works
  12. 12 Zhejiang UniversityChina 39 works
  13. 13 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 39 works
  14. 14 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 38 works
  15. 15 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works

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