2026 Nature Index

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Institution rankings

Nature • June, 20, 2026

PositionInstitutionCountShare
1Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)112933161.09
2Harvard University39881171.85
3University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)34891021.18
4Zhejiang University (ZJU)2667970.87
5Peking University (PKU)3871945.54
6University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)4560915.61
7Tsinghua University3262901.71
8Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)2658874.79
9Nanjing University (NJU)2368874.24
10Fudan University2437779.95
11Sichuan University (SCU)1445750.68
12Max Planck Society3100734.56
13Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)1887711.99
14French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)4874648.49
15Stanford University2151623.87
16Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres3170598.00
17Jilin University (JLU)1130532.94
18Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)1224524.67
19Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)2251514.92
20Shandong University (SDU)1569488.87
21The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)1443484.27
22Nankai University (NKU)1380484.01
23Wuhan University (WHU)1096474.98
24Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)1341454.92
25Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU)1079436.13
26National Institutes of Health (NIH)1256430.54
27University of Oxford1798430.23
28Central South University (CSU)993425.76
29Xiamen University (XMU)981420.25
30University of Michigan (U-M)1507413.86
31University of Cambridge1562412.99
32Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)1199402.99
33Soochow University969393.42
34Tianjin University (TJU)1398387.75
35University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)1238385.95
36Tongji University1064381.84
37Yale University1396381.67
38University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)1387379.35
39South China University of Technology (SCUT)833375.89
40University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)1474371.16
41University of Pennsylvania (Penn)1319369.12
42Northwestern University (NU)1096368.91
43Cornell University1253357.49
44Johns Hopkins University (JHU)1520352.71
45University of Toronto (U of T)1255351.66
46Columbia University in the City of New York (CU)1384351.33
47University of Washington (UW)1597347.72
48Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)772341.79
49Zhengzhou University (ZZU)1004328.88
50National University of Singapore (NUS)1284327.23
51Dalian University of Technology (DUT)597326.56
52Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)760326.53
53Hunan University (HNU)713316.27
54The University of Chicago (UChicago)1201306.80
55Kyoto University896303.57
56Lanzhou University (LZU)759302.29
57Chongqing University (CQU)752296.24
58Princeton University1032295.96
59Seoul National University (SNU)793275.02
60University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)1034267.04
61The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)946266.01
62Shenzhen University (SZU)705264.10
63University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)1020261.30
64Imperial College London (ICL)1316261.09
65Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT)552260.28
66Fuzhou University (FZU)712259.28
67Duke University1044257.32
68Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)848255.39
69Southeast University (SEU)765252.49
70California Institute of Technology (Caltech)1014249.95
71People’s Liberation Army (PLA)1127249.02
72Beijing Normal University (BNU)965248.34
73City University of Hong Kong (CityU)867246.75
74Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)1826246.58
75Nanyang Technological University (NTU)848246.31
76Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)615245.87
77The University of Hong Kong (HKU)1217245.79
78New York University (NYU)885245.71
79UCL1349244.38
80University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)798240.41
81East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST)693239.80
82East China Normal University (ECNU)754234.68
83University of Copenhagen (UCPH)1100233.91
84Beihang University (BUAA)951231.05
85Leibniz Association1488230.01
86University of Minnesota (UMN)998229.89
87Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)522228.60
88Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)734224.47
89The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)1072217.85
90Donghua University (DHU)517212.41
91The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)947210.49
92McGill University770202.89
93The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)813202.14
94Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)517194.75
95University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)915188.43
96Westlake University493188.05
97Technical University of Munich (TUM)924187.40
98The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center)554182.58
99Jinan University (JNU)437180.67
100National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)880180.33

~ by Joel on June 18, 2026.

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