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* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
5
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
4,299
Top 70
5,104
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* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
6
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
3,828
Top 70
4,690
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
15
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
2,859
Top 70
3,623
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
24
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics INFN
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1951
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
588
Top 30
885
Top 50
1,022
Top 70
1,076
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
25
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
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
2,992
Top 70
4,126
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
31
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
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
3,126
Top 70
4,004
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
36
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
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
2,154
Top 70
2,909
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
37
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
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
2,230
Top 70
2,822
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
43
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
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
2,150
Top 70
2,596
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
48
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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
1,934
Top 70
2,371
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
49
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
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
782
Top 30
1,656
Top 50
2,361
Top 70
2,887
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
51
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
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
1,786
Top 70
2,313
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
58
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
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
59
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
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
64
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
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
1,795
Top 70
2,480
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
68
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
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
69
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
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
70
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
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
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
71
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Università degli Studi di Padova
University of Padua
Padova ,
Italy
- Public 1222
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
638
Top 30
1,311
Top 50
1,892
Top 70
2,256
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
74
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
University of Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Copenhagen ,
Denmark
- Public 1479
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
556
Top 30
986
Top 50
1,683
Top 70
2,196
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
76
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Edinburgh ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1583
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
513
Top 30
1,271
Top 50
2,124
Top 70
2,772
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
80
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Technische Universität München
Technical University of Munich
Munich ,
Germany
- Public 1868
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
400
Top 30
1,030
Top 50
2,022
Top 70
2,882
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
86
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Birmingham ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1900
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
493
Top 30
1,227
Top 50
1,431
Top 70
1,448
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
87
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Universität Zürich
University of Zurich
Zurich ,
Switzerland
- Public 1833
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
388
Top 30
856
Top 50
1,440
Top 70
1,807
* Total i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
88
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Munich ,
Germany
- Public 1472
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
359
Top 30
643
Top 50
909
Top 70
1,053
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