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* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
3
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Oxford ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1096
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
1,147
Top 30
2,673
Top 50
4,297
Top 70
5,104
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* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
4
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
London ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1826
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
1,099
Top 30
2,367
Top 50
3,826
Top 70
4,690
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
10
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
London ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1907
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
851
Top 30
1,846
Top 50
2,858
Top 70
3,622
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
17
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Cambridge ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1209
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
638
Top 30
1,456
Top 50
2,991
Top 70
4,126
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
18
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Erasmus University
Erasmus Universiteit
Rotterdam ,
Netherlands
- Private 1970
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
358
Top 30
822
Top 50
1,024
Top 70
1,074
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
19
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
VU University of Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands
- Private 1880
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
334
Top 30
797
Top 50
1,209
Top 70
1,464
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
22
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich
Zurich ,
Switzerland
- Public 1855
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
569
Top 30
1,508
Top 50
3,121
Top 70
4,004
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
23
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Université Catholique de Louvain
Catholic University of Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve ,
Belgium
- Private 1834
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
367
Top 30
738
Top 50
1,154
Top 70
1,479
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
26
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Catholic University of Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Leuven ,
Belgium
- Public 1834
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
583
Top 30
1,291
Top 50
2,153
Top 70
2,909
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
27
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Manchester ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1824
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
613
Top 30
1,366
Top 50
2,228
Top 70
2,822
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
28
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Milano ,
Italy
- Private 1921
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
199
Top 30
396
Top 50
557
Top 70
669
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
31
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Radboud University
Radboud Universiteit
Nijmegen ,
Netherlands
- Private 1923
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
230
Top 30
562
Top 50
933
Top 70
1,167
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
33
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
London ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1829
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
591
Top 30
1,379
Top 50
2,148
Top 70
2,595
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
34
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Università Vita Salute San Raffaele
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milano ,
Italy
- Private 1996
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
159
Top 30
326
Top 50
380
Top 70
388
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
36
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers tekniska högskola
Göteborg ,
Sweden
- Private 1829
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
282
Top 30
807
Top 50
1,324
Top 70
1,665
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
38
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Utrecht University
Universiteit Utrecht
Utrecht ,
Netherlands
- Public 1636
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
598
Top 30
1,298
Top 50
1,931
Top 70
2,370
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
39
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome ,
Italy
- Public 1303
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
784
Top 30
1,656
Top 50
2,360
Top 70
2,888
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
40
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Ghent University
Universiteit Gent
Ghent ,
Belgium
- Public 1817
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
481
Top 30
1,080
Top 50
1,787
Top 70
2,313
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
45
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Università degli Studi di Salerno
University of Salerno
Fisciano ,
Italy
- Private 1944
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
208
Top 30
451
Top 50
631
Top 70
749
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
45
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
University of Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Groningen ,
Netherlands
- Public 1614
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
546
Top 30
1,140
Top 50
1,614
Top 70
1,919
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
46
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Athens ,
Greece
- Public 1837
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
603
Top 30
1,253
Top 50
1,600
Top 70
1,875
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
48
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Lausanne
Lausanne ,
Switzerland
- Public 1969
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
411
Top 30
881
Top 50
1,794
Top 70
2,480
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
51
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Leiden University
Universiteit Leiden
Leiden ,
Netherlands
- Public 1575
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
408
Top 30
1,000
Top 50
1,536
Top 70
1,825
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
52
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
University of Naples Federico II
Napoli ,
Italy
- Public 1224
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
630
Top 30
1,373
Top 50
1,848
Top 70
2,162
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
53
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Università di Bologna
University of Bologna
Bologna ,
Italy
- Public 1088
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
591
Top 30
1,360
Top 50
2,007
Top 70
2,414
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