In the presence of many different university ranking systems, as the "AD Scientific Index", we have developed a ranking system with a different methodology based on the principle of including only meritorious scientists. Based on Google Scholar’s total h-index scores, we have listed all academicians, who are ranked in the world in the top 10,000 and top 100,000 in university rankings. Furthermore, we have listed the breakdown of this ranking by main subjects. As the order of ranking principles, we used the overall top 10,000 scientists list primarily. Secondly, we used the ranking in the top 100,000, top 200.000 and top 400.000 scientists list. Thirdly, the total number of scientists in the AD Scientific Index was ranked by the university. In the case of equalities within a university ranking, we used the highest rank of the scientist in the respective university as it is listed in the world ranking.
You may sort the ranking from the highest score to the lowest or vice versa in any of these fields. You can observe the fields, which move the respective university to the forefront. Furthermore, the name of the academician with the highest total h-index in the respective university is displayed with the world ranking. Top University Ranking by “AD Scientific Index” will not only list the areas, where a university is the best or has room for improvement, but also reflect the outcomes of scientist policies of the institutions. This report reveals the competency of institutions to attract prized scientists and the ability of institutions to encourage advances and retain scientists.
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1 | 1 | 69 | National University of Singapore | ![]() |
1905 | Private | 207 | Barry Halliwell | 29 | 1935 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 393 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 149 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 85 | 5 | 83 |
1 | 2 | 72 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | ![]() |
1963 | Public | 1503 | Qian Wang | 15 | 851 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 31 | 10 | 69 |
2 | 3 | 82 | Nanyang Technological University | ![]() |
1981 | Private | 262 | Xiong Wen David Lou | 29 | 1603 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 48 |
2 | 4 | 84 | University of Hong Kong | ![]() |
1911 | Public | 927 | Paul M Vanhoutte i | 15 | 1118 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 224 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 13 | 54 |
1 | 5 | 87 | Seoul National University | ![]() |
1946 | Public | 9 | SB Kim i | 253 | 1346 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 285 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 54 | 2 | 76 |
1 | 6 | 90 | Tsinghua University | ![]() |
1911 | Public | 123 | Xiaofeng Wang i | 715 | 1406 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 214 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 47 |
1 | 7 | 107 | Weizmann Institute of Science | ![]() |
1934 | Public | 186 | Noam Tal Hod i | 38 | 478 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 35 |
3 | 8 | 109 | City University of Hong Kong | ![]() |
1986 | Public | 662 | Hua Zhang (张华) | 15 | 688 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 28 |
1 | 9 | 110 | King Abdullah University of Science & Technology | ![]() |
2009 | Private | 894 | Carlos M Duarte | 74 | 679 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 10 | 129 | Tel Aviv University | ![]() |
1956 | Public | 1873 | Ruth Nussinov | 38 | 948 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 220 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 75 | 10 | 51 |
3 | 11 | 151 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | ![]() |
1918 | Public | 763 | Itamar Willner | 38 | 1120 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 226 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 20 | 62 |
4 | 12 | 177 | Hong Kong University of Science & Technology | ![]() |
1991 | Public | 635 | Ben Zhong Tang | 15 | 653 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
1 | 13 | 179 | Nagoya University | ![]() |
1939 | Public | 135 | Makoto Tomoto i | 612 | 563 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 38 |
2 | 14 | 185 | Kyoto University | ![]() |
1897 | Public | 1850 | Susumu Kitagawa | 612 | 1182 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 159 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 43 | 3 | 51 |
5 | 15 | 189 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | ![]() |
1937 | Public | 1929 | Lei Zhang | 15 | 614 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 37 |
2 | 16 | 196 | Peking University | ![]() |
1898 | Public | 2225 | Zhongfan Liu 刘忠范 | 715 | 1219 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 36 |
3 | 17 | 220 | University of Science & Technology of China | ![]() |
1958 | Public | 32 | Hanshuang Chen 陈含爽 i | 715 | 1010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 32 |
4 | 18 | 230 | Xi'An Jiaotong University | ![]() |
1896 | Public | 2401 | Jinyu Zhang (张金钰) i | 715 | 575 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
3 | 19 | 235 | Osaka University | ![]() |
1931 | Public | 8 | Shizuo Akira | 612 | 759 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 0 | 37 |
1 | 20 | 237 | National Taiwan University | ![]() |
1945 | Public | 296 | Paoti Chang i | 131 | 886 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 21 | 252 | Technion Israel Institute of Technology | ![]() |
1924 | Public | 1528 | Moussa Youdim | 38 | 758 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 37 |
4 | 22 | 277 | Tohoku University | ![]() |
1907 | Public | 3370 | Hideo Ohno | 612 | 974 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 44 |
5 | 23 | 283 | Huazhong University of Science & Technology | ![]() |
1953 | Public | 2897 | 刘懿 (Yi Liu) | 715 | 723 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
6 | 24 | 285 | Nanjing University | ![]() |
1902 | Public | 321 | Jun-Ming Liu i | 715 | 569 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 18 |
2 | 25 | 292 | Kyungpook (Kyungbook) National University | ![]() |
1946 | Public | 1 | HJ Kim i | 253 | 659 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
5 | 26 | 300 | RIKEN | ![]() |
1514 | Katsuhiko Mikoshiba i | 612 | 345 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | ||
7 | 27 | 307 | Zhejiang University (National Che Kiang University) | ![]() |
1897 | Public | 5129 | Yao Zheng 郑耀 | 715 | 1306 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 43 |
3 | 28 | 314 | Korea University | ![]() |
1905 | Private | 170 | Byungsik Hong i | 253 | 701 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 37 |
4 | 29 | 316 | Sungkyunkwan University | ![]() |
1398 | Private | 2407 | Jeeyun Lee (이지연) i | 253 | 834 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
8 | 30 | 334 | Nankai University | ![]() |
1919 | Public | 1320 | Yongsheng Chen 陈永胜 | 715 | 279 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
6 | 31 | 347 | University of Tokyo | ![]() |
1877 | Public | 2863 | Motoharu Seiki | 612 | 562 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 29 |
9 | 32 | 353 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | ![]() |
1896 | Public | 29 | Haijun Yang i | 715 | 1227 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
7 | 33 | 354 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | ![]() |
1881 | Public | 73 | Masahiro Kuze i | 612 | 640 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 23 |
10 | 34 | 358 | Fudan University (Shanghai Medical University) | ![]() |
1905 | Public | 515 | Dongyuan Zhao | 715 | 711 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 19 |
1 | 35 | 368 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | ![]() |
1934 | Public | 1546 | Reza Malekzadeh i | 397 | 1170 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
5 | 36 | 373 | Hanyang University | ![]() |
1939 | Private | 1442 | Sun Yang Kook | 253 | 712 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
8 | 37 | 374 | National Institute for Materials Science | ![]() |
636 | T.Taniguchi | 612 | 297 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | ||
6 | 38 | 387 | Korea Institute of Science and Technology | ![]() |
2509 | Dong Wook Kwon i | 253 | 513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | ||
11 | 39 | 388 | Shandong University | ![]() |
1901 | Public | 1906 | Qiang Zhang | 715 | 325 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
3 | 40 | 404 | Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore | ![]() |
2005 | Private | 644 | A John Rush i | 29 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
12 | 41 | 406 | Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ![]() |
1958 | Jun Lin | 715 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
7 | 42 | 407 | Institute for Basic Science, Korea | ![]() |
707 | Byeongrok Ko i | 253 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
8 | 43 | 410 | Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency | ![]() |
1464 | John Giesy | 253 | 378 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
9 | 44 | 414 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology KAIST | ![]() |
1971 | Public | 1811 | Sang Yup Lee | 253 | 1089 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 27 |
9 | 45 | 428 | Kyushu University | ![]() |
1911 | Public | 2417 | Chihaya Adachi | 612 | 605 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
13 | 46 | 442 | Wuhan University | ![]() |
1893 | Public | 787 | Zhi LIU 刘智 i | 715 | 500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
14 | 47 | 450 | Tianjin University | ![]() |
1895 | Public | 4865 | Zhongyi Jiang | 715 | 570 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
10 | 48 | 460 | Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology UNIST | ![]() |
2007 | Public | 655 | Rodney Ruoff | 253 | 437 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 |
15 | 49 | 467 | Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ![]() |
1938 | Hong Li | 715 | 161 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
16 | 50 | 468 | Wuhan University of Technology | ![]() |
1946 | Public | 272 | Jiaguo Yu | 715 | 197 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
