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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
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
581
Top 30
886
Top 50
1,021
Top 70
1,078
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
2
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Bethesda ,
United States
- Institution 1887
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
565
Top 30
1,419
Top 50
1,797
Top 70
1,838
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
3
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames
California ,
United States
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
511
Top 30
1,232
Top 50
1,471
Top 70
1,507
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
4
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Canberra ,
Australia
- Institution 1916
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
504
Top 30
1,269
Top 50
1,573
Top 70
1,728
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
5
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
450
Top 30
915
Top 50
1,171
Top 70
1,300
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
6
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Berkeley ,
United States
- Institution 1931
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
379
Top 30
858
Top 50
1,043
Top 70
1,111
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
7
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Oak Ridge ,
United States
- Institution 1943
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
354
Top 30
865
Top 50
1,028
Top 70
1,124
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
8
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
New Mexico ,
United States
- Institution 1943
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
315
Top 30
796
Top 50
1,035
Top 70
1,132
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
9
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Lemont ,
United States
- Institution 1946
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
315
Top 30
659
Top 50
867
Top 70
947
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
10
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Washington ,
United States
- Institution 1862
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
293
Top 30
470
Top 50
499
Top 70
513
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
11
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission)
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1945
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
288
Top 30
806
Top 50
1,170
Top 70
1,400
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
12
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Reston ,
United States
- Institution 1879
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
276
Top 30
698
Top 50
891
Top 70
993
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
13
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Washington ,
United States
- Institution 1970
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
268
Top 30
678
Top 50
884
Top 70
987
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
14
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
261
Top 30
620
Top 50
830
Top 70
972
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
15
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin
Jean-Pierre Bourgin Institute
Paris ,
France
- Institution 2006
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
261
Top 30
532
Top 50
633
Top 70
662
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
16
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Maryland ,
United States
- Institution 1901
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
249
Top 30
649
Top 50
810
Top 70
864
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
17
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
244
Top 30
593
Top 50
664
Top 70
666
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
18
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Richland ,
United States
- Institution 1965
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
238
Top 30
638
Top 50
873
Top 70
970
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
19
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
National Institute for Astrophysics
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1999
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
232
Top 30
338
Top 50
387
Top 70
401
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
20
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Region Hovedstaden
Capital Region
Kopenhag ,
Denmark
- Institution 2007
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
229
Top 30
557
Top 50
827
Top 70
981
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
21
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Atlanta ,
United States
- Institution 1946
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
223
Top 30
559
Top 50
715
Top 70
772
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
22
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich Research Centre
Jülich ,
Germany
- Institution 1967
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
219
Top 30
512
Top 50
681
Top 70
859
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
23
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Spanish National Research Council
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas de España
Madrid ,
Spain
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
206
Top 30
395
Top 50
414
Top 70
418
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
24
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Institute for Development Research
Marseille ,
France
- Institution 1937
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
204
Top 30
399
Top 50
501
Top 70
552
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
25
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt ,
France
- Institution 1979
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
197
Top 30
555
Top 50
830
Top 70
943
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