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* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
4
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
1,480
Top 30
2,931
Top 50
4,369
Top 70
4,998
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* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
9
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
1,289
Top 30
2,574
Top 50
3,902
Top 70
4,611
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
17
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
971
Top 30
2,004
Top 50
2,967
Top 70
3,608
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
18
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
811
Top 30
1,646
Top 50
3,191
Top 70
4,103
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
35
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
London ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1829
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
695
Top 30
1,458
Top 50
2,178
Top 70
2,566
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
38
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
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
558
Top 30
880
Top 50
1,019
Top 70
1,072
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
43
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
682
Top 30
1,773
Top 50
3,225
Top 70
3,996
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
48
World Rank
6
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
703
Top 30
1,410
Top 50
2,254
Top 70
2,769
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
49
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Utrecht University
Universiteit Utrecht
Utrecht ,
Netherlands
- Public 1636
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
660
Top 30
1,394
Top 50
1,989
Top 70
2,340
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
55
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
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
605
Top 30
1,328
Top 50
2,136
Top 70
2,838
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
59
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
University of Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Groningen ,
Netherlands
- Public 1614
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
603
Top 30
1,219
Top 50
1,648
Top 70
1,914
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
64
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Edinburgh ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1583
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
606
Top 30
1,334
Top 50
2,154
Top 70
2,740
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
69
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm ,
Sweden
- Public 1861
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
513
Top 30
1,095
Top 50
1,593
Top 70
1,787
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
73
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
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
475
Top 30
1,006
Top 50
1,860
Top 70
2,455
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
75
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
University of Copenhagen
Københavns Universitet
Copenhagen ,
Denmark
- Public 1479
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
638
Top 30
985
Top 50
1,693
Top 70
2,169
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
77
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
465
Top 30
1,046
Top 50
1,535
Top 70
1,810
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
80
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
University of Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Amsterdam ,
Netherlands
- Public 1632
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
484
Top 30
1,082
Top 50
1,635
Top 70
1,985
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
82
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
471
Top 30
1,095
Top 50
1,800
Top 70
2,271
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
84
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Universität Zürich
University of Zurich
Zurich ,
Switzerland
- Public 1833
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
441
Top 30
952
Top 50
1,462
Top 70
1,793
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
89
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Birmingham ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1900
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
548
Top 30
1,314
Top 50
1,445
Top 70
1,446
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
92
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Erasmus University
Erasmus Universiteit
Rotterdam ,
Netherlands
- Private 1970
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
418
Top 30
889
Top 50
1,050
Top 70
1,079
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
95
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
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
408
Top 30
670
Top 50
918
Top 70
1,041
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
96
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Nottingham ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1881
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
492
Top 30
1,138
Top 50
1,676
Top 70
2,018
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
97
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen Universiteit
Wageningen ,
Netherlands
- Public 1918
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
485
Top 30
1,050
Top 50
1,509
Top 70
1,775
* Total Citations Rankings
Rankings
100
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Bristol ,
United Kingdom
- Public 1876
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
418
Top 30
1,022
Top 50
1,604
Top 70
1,986
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