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Top Spectroscopy Research Institutions

Harbin Institute of Technology ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 66 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 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 100.0 33.9% 110 2.4k#96
2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 83.5 20.0% 341 3.8k#21
3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 73.8 14.5% 271 2.2k#12
4 Donghua UniversityChina · Shanghai 66.9 39.5% 64 1.5k—
5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 61.6 19.8% 207 2.2k—
6 Nankai UniversityChina · Tianjin 57.2 31.0% 90 1.8k#81
7 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Zhengzhou 53.6 24.7% 103 1.6k—
8 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 50.4 24.3% 117 1.5k#66
9 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 47.6 21.4% 116 1.2k#7
10 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 45.0 21.3% 142 1.5k—
11 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 42.8 23.0% 130 1.6k—
12 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina · Shanghai 40.7 19.4% 106 1.4k#74
13 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 38.8 28.0% 79 1k#16
14 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 37.0 18.7% 128 1.3k—
15 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 35.4 22.0% 86 996—
16 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 33.8 23.1% 97 1.1k#78
17 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 32.4 19.8% 127 1.4k—
18 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina · Nanjing 31.0 34.1% 76 1.3k—
19 Shanxi UniversityChina · Taiyuan 29.7 34.1% 72 1.1k—
20 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 28.5 23.4% 96 1.1k—
21 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 27.3 18.6% 136 1.1k#11
22 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 26.2 27.5% 85 1.4k—
23 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 25.2 19.4% 93 979#6
24 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 24.1 23.7% 92 1.3k—
25 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 23.2 22.7% 101 1k#9
26 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 22.2 22.5% 70 1k#57
27 East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 21.3 27.8% 65 837—
28 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 20.5 23.0% 68 900#10
29 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 19.6 21.0% 100 1.1k—
30 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 18.8 22.7% 84 1k—
31 Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 18.0 29.5% 67 979—
32 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 17.3 19.5% 115 1.2k—
33 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 16.5 25.1% 79 985—
34 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina · Nanjing 15.8 23.1% 79 998—
35 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 15.1 27.8% 68 980#13
36 Jiangsu UniversityChina · Zhenjiang 14.5 28.8% 67 904—
37 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 13.8 22.4% 75 938—
38 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 13.2 19.6% 84 977—
39 Guangxi UniversityChina · Nanning 12.6 24.8% 72 905—
40 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Nanjing 12.0 25.6% 75 899—
41 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 11.4 21.7% 71 718#47
42 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 10.8 18.0% 90 939—
43 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 10.2 22.2% 67 813#46
44 Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen 9.7 23.6% 76 751—
45 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 9.1 24.5% 66 970—
46 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 8.6 21.1% 75 835—
47 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 8.1 25.1% 60 839#37
48 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 7.6 21.0% 72 797#24
49 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 7.1 18.6% 70 736—
50 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 6.6 18.8% 73 606—
51 Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 6.2 23.0% 71 755—
52 University of JinanChina · Jinan 5.7 22.3% 64 770—
53 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore 5.2 20.3% 66 670—
54 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 4.8 9.3% 90 593#28
55 Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 4.4 12.5% 73 477#51
56 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 3.9 14.6% 62 438—
57 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 3.5 15.4% 66 592—
58 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 3.1 14.8% 61 556#50
59 Ningbo UniversityChina · Ningbo 2.7 8.9% 84 620—
60 University of DelhiIndia · New Delhi 2.3 10.9% 65 398—
61 The University of OsakaJapan · Osaka 1.9 8.2% 79 448#83
62 St Petersburg UniversityRussia · Saint Petersburg 149.2 7.7% 88 410—
63 Tohoku UniversityJapan · Sendai 111.0 9.1% 65 334—
64 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 73.4 2.7% 136 443—
65 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 36.4 4.4% 90 228#76
66 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow 0.0 2.8% 63 187—

institutions ranked worldwide in Spectroscopy (66). 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.

0 – 5: 13 places5 – 10: 10 places10 – 15: 8 places15 – 20: 7 places20 – 25: 5 places25 – 30: 5 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 341 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 271 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 207 works
  4. 4 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 141 works
  5. 5 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 136 works
  6. 6 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 136 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 130 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 128 works
  9. 9 Jilin UniversityChina 127 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 117 works
  11. 11 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 116 works
  12. 12 Tianjin UniversityChina 115 works
  13. 13 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 110 works
  14. 14 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 106 works
  15. 15 Zhengzhou UniversityChina 103 works

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