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Top Transportation Research Institutions

Tsinghua University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 132 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 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 100.0 38.6% 190 2.4k#10
2 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina · Beijing 85.8 27.4% 452 3.5k#11
3 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 77.5 45.9% 187 2.3k#9
4 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 71.6 30.7% 328 2.7k#25
5 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 67.0 47.7% 139 2.1k#12
6 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 63.3 45.0% 166 1.8k#17
7 Human Growth FoundationUnited States · New York 60.1 6.9% 1.9k 349#86
8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States · Weatherford 57.4 3.9% 2.9k 330#56
9 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 55.0 40.1% 143 1.9k#37
10 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 52.8 32.5% 287 2.6k#16
11 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 50.9 40.3% 157 2k#3
12 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 49.1 34.2% 135 1.4k#59
13 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 47.5 57.5% 64 901#53
14 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 46.0 37.1% 133 1.3k#4
15 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 44.5 36.8% 94 1.2k#87
16 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 43.2 41.9% 106 1.5k#46
17 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 42.0 33.8% 101 1.2k#22
18 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 40.8 39.0% 86 1.2k#15
19 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina · Chengdu 39.7 27.2% 207 1.7k#81
20 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 38.6 36.5% 144 1.6k#82
21 Chang'an UniversityChina · Xi'an 37.6 18.0% 178 1.1k—
22 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 36.7 36.7% 110 1k#68
23 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 35.8 43.5% 70 794—
24 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 34.9 43.1% 68 993#97
25 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 34.1 39.6% 72 902#1
26 The University of TokyoJapan · Tokyo 33.3 5.8% 547 772#55
27 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 32.5 31.8% 89 915#41
28 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 31.8 31.3% 102 844#100
29 National Technical University of AthensGreece · Athens 31.0 31.7% 75 652#60
30 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 30.3 41.6% 62 718—
31 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 29.7 30.9% 94 789#5
32 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 29.0 44.5% 74 872#13
33 Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen 28.4 36.5% 77 790—
34 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 27.8 27.8% 102 919#6
35 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 27.2 1.9% 1k 276—
36 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 26.6 34.3% 87 781—
37 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina · Wuhan 26.0 26.2% 94 890—
38 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 25.5 39.5% 65 614#39
39 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 25.0 28.2% 115 928#19
40 Beijing University of TechnologyChina · Beijing 24.5 24.0% 118 883—
41 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 23.9 36.3% 78 779#43
42 Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong · Hong Kong 23.5 40.8% 63 853#28
43 Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Milan 23.0 29.7% 77 487—
44 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 22.5 34.8% 69 547#14
45 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina · Dalian 22.0 25.1% 100 864—
46 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 21.6 29.8% 91 717#78
47 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 21.1 38.0% 60 604—
48 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 20.7 25.2% 74 666#7
49 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain · Madrid 20.3 31.1% 69 525#93
50 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 19.9 31.0% 76 764—
51 Ministry of TransportChina · Beijing 19.5 29.3% 76 622—
52 Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina · Shanghai 19.1 24.4% 84 611—
53 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 18.7 29.2% 79 617—
54 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 18.3 35.7% 61 368—
55 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 17.9 30.4% 64 622#8
56 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Atlanta 17.6 30.4% 64 572#29
57 Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands · Eindhoven 17.2 31.3% 66 578#31
58 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 16.8 33.0% 60 443#69
59 Lanzhou Jiaotong UniversityChina · Lanzhou 16.5 17.9% 87 468—
60 University of TehranIran · Tehran 16.1 19.9% 72 316—
61 Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 15.8 3.4% 426 52—
62 KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden · Stockholm 15.5 26.3% 65 499#44
63 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland · Gliwice 15.1 27.3% 65 580—
64 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 14.8 27.6% 64 514#65
65 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 14.5 24.6% 63 439#48
66 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Germany · Cologne 14.2 21.4% 63 394—
67 Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsHungary · Budapest 13.9 26.5% 69 515—
68 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine · Kyiv 13.6 4.9% 270 90—
69 Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)South Korea · Seoul 13.3 4.7% 268 43—
70 Institute of EndocrinologyCzechia · Prague 13.0 5.7% 212 85—
71 Université Gustave EiffelFrance · Champs-sur-Marne 12.7 21.4% 60 315—
72 Institute of Electronic Measurements KVARZ (Russia)Russia · Nizhny Novgorod 12.4 7.4% 178 28—
73 University of BelgradeSerbia · Belgrade 12.1 9.0% 118 198—
74 Kyushu UniversityJapan · Fukuoka 11.9 3.8% 253 156—
75 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia · Shah Alam 11.6 10.1% 94 179—
76 University of Novi SadSerbia · Novi Sad 11.3 11.5% 82 142—
77 Physical Sciences (United States)United States · Andover 11.0 9.8% 121 68—
78 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 10.8 16.7% 69 297—
79 University of TikritIraq · Tikrit 10.5 1.8% 304 13—
80 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia · Bandung 10.3 13.2% 70 259—
81 Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine · Kyiv 10.0 4.6% 157 69—
82 Kyoto UniversityJapan · Kyoto 9.8 12.5% 70 177#84
83 Nagoya UniversityJapan · Nagoya 9.5 12.8% 61 184—
84 University of IndonesiaIndonesia · Depok 9.3 9.8% 70 167—
85 Kindai UniversityJapan · Osaka 9.0 5.0% 108 55—
86 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine · Kyiv 8.8 5.0% 128 41—
87 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine · Lviv 8.5 4.1% 147 58—
88Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine?? · Khmelnytskyi 8.3 4.3% 142 33—
89 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow 8.1 9.8% 71 52—
90 National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUkraine · Kyiv 7.8 8.3% 76 47—
91 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia · Yogyakarta 7.6 9.2% 63 175—
92 University of BaghdadIraq · Baghdad 7.4 4.2% 118 65—
93 Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National UniversityUkraine · Ivano-Frankivsk 7.2 3.5% 131 34—
94 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de TunisieTunisia · Aryanah 7.0 1.0% 219 9—
95 Ukrainian State University of Science and TechnologiesUkraine · Dnipro 6.7 8.1% 66 27—
96 The University of OsakaJapan · Osaka 6.5 4.6% 76 142—
97 Interregional Academy of Personnel ManagementUkraine · Kyiv 6.3 4.9% 92 36—
98 Beijing Language and Culture UniversityChina · Beijing 6.1 0.1% 227 2—
99 Pedagogical UniversityMozambique · Maputo 5.9 3.1% 118 36—
100 Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National UniversityUkraine · Lutsk 5.7 6.3% 73 37—

institutions ranked worldwide in Transportation (132). 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.

6 – 10: 21 places10 – 15: 16 places15 – 20: 13 places20 – 25: 11 places25 – 29: 8 places29 – 34: 6 places34 – 39: 6 places39 – 43: 4 places43 – 48: 3 places48 – 53: 2 places53 – 58: 3 places58 – 62: 1 places62 – 67: 1 places67 – 72: 2 places72 – 76: 0 places76 – 81: 1 places81 – 86: 1 places86 – 91: 0 places91 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places6100

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 2.9k works
  2. 2 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 1.9k works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 1k works
  4. 4 The University of TokyoJapan 547 works
  5. 5 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 452 works
  6. 6 Max Planck SocietyGermany 426 works
  7. 7 Tongji UniversityChina 328 works
  8. 8 University of TikritIraq 304 works
  9. 9 Southeast UniversityChina 287 works
  10. 10 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 270 works
  11. 11 Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)South Korea 268 works
  12. 12 Kyushu UniversityJapan 253 works
  13. 13 Basic Education College?? 234 works
  14. 14 Beijing Language and Culture UniversityChina 227 works
  15. 15 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de TunisieTunisia 219 works

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