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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	4	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	1096	Public	73	Daniela Bortoletto ⁱ	310	3132	374	838	1,285	1,720	2,118	2,501	2,798	3,013	3,090	3,129	3,132
2	2	9	University College London	United Kingdom	1826	Public	31	Karl Friston	310	2751	334	782	1,203	1,578	1,932	2,263	2,480	2,656	2,719	2,750	2,751
3	3	15	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	1209	Public	72	Nicholas Wareham ⁱ	310	1970	248	492	726	906	1,118	1,304	1,502	1,760	1,907	1,963	1,970
4	4	18	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	1907	Public	82	Peter J Barnes ⁱ	310	2147	230	586	952	1,253	1,498	1,752	1,947	2,077	2,119	2,144	2,147
1	5	23	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare	Italy	1951	Institution	193	Cristina Tuve ⁱ	243	959	203	414	595	705	776	849	891	928	952	959	959
1	6	28	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich	Switzerland	1855	Public	247	Aebersold R	120	1996	184	414	640	842	1,104	1,359	1,646	1,841	1,949	1,992	1,996
5	7	31	King's College London	United Kingdom	1829	Public	77	Tim D Spector ⁱ	310	1580	180	417	664	890	1,112	1,298	1,446	1,529	1,564	1,578	1,580
6	8	40	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	1824	Public	203	Darren Price ⁱ	310	1558	166	463	692	832	1,061	1,266	1,428	1,523	1,552	1,558	1,558
1	9	41	Utrecht University	Netherlands	1636	Public	191	Diederick E. Grobbee ⁱ	100	1624	164	429	669	883	1,067	1,228	1,374	1,516	1,600	1,621	1,624
1	10	50	Catholic University of Leuven	Belgium	1834	Public	452	Peter Carmeliet	84	1587	140	362	600	806	1,004	1,158	1,309	1,483	1,565	1,585	1,587
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2	11	51	University of Groningen	Netherlands	1614	Public	1037	Cisca Wijmenga ⁱ	100	1368	138	368	591	783	947	1,079	1,201	1,304	1,350	1,365	1,368
3	12	59	Leiden University	Netherlands	1575	Public	794	Ewout W. Steyerberg	100	1278	128	289	463	608	754	897	1,054	1,193	1,264	1,278	1,278
2	13	60	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	1969	Public	12	Michael Graetzel ⁱ	120	1223	127	295	456	598	722	819	940	1,096	1,187	1,220	1,223
1	14	65	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	1861	Public	592	Tomas Hökfelt	91	1274	122	294	486	645	821	946	1,078	1,176	1,250	1,272	1,274
1	15	68	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	1479	Public	38	Matthias Mann	53	987	116	358	658	849	934	965	973	983	984	987	987
7	16	69	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1583	Public	403	Ian Deary	310	1485	114	343	590	809	970	1,161	1,320	1,424	1,466	1,482	1,485
4	17	70	Erasmus University	Netherlands	1970	Private	1127	Frank Verhulst ⁱ	100	1031	110	250	399	517	631	746	871	967	1,017	1,027	1,031
3	18	77	Universität Zürich	Switzerland	1833	Public	318	Florencia Canelli ⁱ	120	1019	103	264	421	553	682	795	896	970	1,003	1,016	1,019
2	19	82	Ghent University	Belgium	1817	Public	653	Marc Van Montagu	84	1281	100	304	489	650	838	989	1,115	1,205	1,260	1,279	1,281
5	20	83	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	1632	Public	2680	Rajamani Krishna	100	1263	99	283	465	662	819	944	1,057	1,173	1,239	1,261	1,263
2	21	85	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza	Italy	1303	Public	147	Shahram Rahatlou ⁱ	243	1780	98	370	780	1,109	1,372	1,574	1,697	1,758	1,777	1,780	1,780
8	22	88	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	1876	Public	20	George Davey Smith	310	1203	96	243	412	576	725	872	1,008	1,133	1,181	1,202	1,203
1	23	89	Ludwig Maximilians Universität München	Germany	1472	Public	361	H Erich Wichmann ⁱ	528	840	96	241	386	489	547	606	653	723	812	838	840
9	24	91	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	1900	Public	1776	Niladri Sahoo ⁱ	310	1468	95	305	575	795	969	1,161	1,346	1,430	1,459	1,468	1,468
6	25	93	Wageningen University & Research Centre	Netherlands	1918	Public	471	Willem M De Vos	100	1203	93	310	511	676	820	932	1,028	1,119	1,183	1,202	1,203
7	26	94	VU University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	1880	Private	313	Brenda Wjh Penninx ⁱ	100	1005	93	226	393	523	639	739	850	943	991	1,004	1,005
3	27	98	Università degli Studi di Padova	Italy	1222	Public	424	Mia Tosi ⁱ	243	1381	87	313	637	886	1,054	1,170	1,278	1,347	1,379	1,381	1,381
1	28	101	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	1837	Public	109	Christine Kourkoumelis ⁱ	68	1432	86	313	598	832	1,017	1,182	1,305	1,386	1,424	1,432	1,432
10	29	103	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	1948	Public	2823	Michael Doherty	310	1344	85	271	509	721	893	1,035	1,151	1,255	1,316	1,343	1,344
1	30	106	University of Oslo	Norway	1811	Public	1787	Ole A Andreassen ⁱ	74	1598	83	303	542	780	969	1,140	1,328	1,496	1,575	1,595	1,598
1	31	108	University of Helsinki	Finland	1640	Public	14	Jaakko Tuomilehto ⁱ	58	1374	83	246	470	657	854	1,019	1,191	1,297	1,358	1,374	1,374
4	32	109	Università degli Studi di Milano	Italy	1924	Public	379	Carlo La Vecchia ⁱ	243	990	83	246	460	653	779	885	947	981	989	990	990
5	33	110	Università di Bologna	Italy	1088	Public	135	Nicola Semprini Cesari ⁱ	243	1438	81	302	582	846	1,061	1,222	1,336	1,411	1,432	1,438	1,438
11	34	111	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	1904	Public	387	Joshua Freeman ⁱ	310	1313	81	276	510	723	898	1,040	1,149	1,239	1,292	1,309	1,313
2	35	112	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg	Germany	1386	Public	119	Andre Schoening ⁱ	528	712	79	182	266	342	417	483	530	609	679	710	712
1	36	113	INSERM	France	1964	Institution	726	Jean Bousquet ⁱ	469	1155	78	285	505	655	756	855	948	1,030	1,123	1,154	1,155
2	37	114	Uppsala University	Sweden	1477	Public	765	Lars Wallentin ⁱ	91	1382	78	235	442	652	825	999	1,151	1,292	1,358	1,379	1,382
8	38	115	Maastricht University	Netherlands	1976	Public	2520	Cees Van Der Vleuten	100	669	78	176	281	357	442	505	573	628	658	668	669
2	39	116	Aarhus University	Denmark	1928	Public	1317	Henrik Toft Sorensen	53	1351	77	272	521	719	878	1,067	1,209	1,302	1,341	1,350	1,351
12	40	118	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	1989	Public	104	Jonathan Hays ⁱ	310	876	76	200	339	457	571	664	736	815	863	876	876
3	41	120	Technische Universität München	Germany	1868	Public	1068	Thomas Meitinger ⁱ	528	1409	75	238	404	566	748	904	1,024	1,163	1,340	1,399	1,409
3	42	121	Lund University	Sweden	1666	Public	329	Else Lytken ⁱ	91	1210	74	241	433	584	751	890	1,014	1,138	1,192	1,208	1,210
4	43	123	Université de Geneve	Switzerland	1559	Public	41	Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla ⁱ	120	844	74	183	302	421	519	622	695	778	826	842	844
1	44	124	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain	1450	Public	761	Eugeni Graugés Pous ⁱ	319	1161	73	283	537	724	792	833	880	1,013	1,139	1,161	1,161
13	45	128	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	1905	Public	788	John Kanis	310	1187	70	275	498	694	834	961	1,052	1,144	1,174	1,185	1,187
3	46	131	Université Catholique de Louvain	Belgium	1834	Private	113	Giacomo Bruno ⁱ	84	844	67	222	392	530	612	691	769	819	837	844	844
6	47	141	Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II	Italy	1224	Public	458	Mario Merola ⁱ	243	1429	63	292	602	855	1,067	1,214	1,315	1,410	1,426	1,429	1,429
4	48	142	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	1891	Public	942	Henrik Zetterberg	91	1024	63	200	355	497	649	771	887	983	1,021	1,024	1,024
14	49	143	University of Exeter	United Kingdom	1955	Public	695	Kevin J Gaston	310	900	63	186	339	463	581	704	775	856	887	898	900
4	50	147	Universität Tubingen	Germany	1477	Public	989	Niels Birbaumer	528	628	62	160	269	366	446	508	567	605	624	628	628
15	51	149	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	1963	Public	2661	Ian McKeith	310	810	60	187	333	451	552	643	713	769	801	808	810
3	52	152	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	1829	Public	214	Jens Norskov	53	1333	59	240	441	637	814	968	1,108	1,235	1,309	1,331	1,333
5	53	155	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Universität Karlsruhe)	Germany	2009	Public	536	Ralf Ulrich ⁱ	528	1148	59	157	292	407	529	650	758	896	1,089	1,146	1,148
7	54	156	Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica	Italy	1999	Institution	175	Lucio Angelo Antonelli ⁱ	243	347	59	157	228	262	288	314	336	344	345	346	347
6	55	161	Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Germany	1710	Public	2012	Christian Drosten	528	549	55	129	197	253	317	362	405	459	517	544	549
16	56	164	University of York	United Kingdom	1963	Public	864	Alan Baddeley	310	796	54	170	331	437	546	627	706	759	787	796	796
17	57	166	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	United Kingdom	1899	Public	805	Martin McKee ⁱ	310	400	54	116	185	257	298	333	356	381	396	400	400
8	58	168	Università degli Studi di Firenze	Italy	1321	Public	1117	Claudiu T Supuran	243	953	53	208	439	606	750	850	913	941	949	953	953
2	59	169	Sorbonne Université	France	1896	Public	684	Bertrand Laforge ⁱ	469	740	53	176	314	425	534	590	641	678	725	739	740
5	60	173	Université de Lausanne	Switzerland	1537	Public	2559	Jacques S Beckmann ⁱ	120	862	52	179	311	448	546	628	723	799	854	862	862
9	61	176	Radboud University	Netherlands	1923	Private	172	Frank Filthaut ⁱ	100	736	51	142	263	355	446	523	593	674	718	735	736
9	62	187	Università Vita Salute San Raffaele	Italy	1996	Private	1142	Massimo Filippi	243	378	48	108	168	223	259	299	337	366	375	378	378
3	63	191	French National Centre for Scientific Research	France	1939	Institution	144	David Rousseau ⁱ	469	670	47	142	256	358	453	548	617	660	670	670	670
18	64	193	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	1965	Public	4747	Lawrence S Young	310	809	46	179	333	471	591	677	740	781	799	808	809
6	65	198	Universität Basel	Switzerland	1460	Public	1830	Erich Nigg	120	575	46	126	202	263	332	402	473	525	562	573	575
10	66	200	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	1842	Public	721	Mark Van Loosdrecht	100	1560	45	209	452	659	856	1,058	1,270	1,467	1,540	1,559	1,560
2	67	201	Universitat de València	Spain	1499	Public	151	Santiago González De La Hoz ⁱ	319	846	45	163	375	579	649	703	783	827	843	846	846
1	68	202	University College Dublin	Ireland	1854	Public	108	Martin Grunewald ⁱ	49	793	45	157	309	436	561	660	735	774	787	793	793
19	69	206	Durham University	United Kingdom	1832	Public	404	Holger Schulz ⁱ	310	668	44	138	283	383	477	553	620	652	665	668	668
5	70	209	Stockholm University	Sweden	1878	Public	1623	Jan Conrad ⁱ	91	935	43	179	316	450	583	678	770	874	924	935	935
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1	71	215	Universität Wien	Austria	1365	Public	1697	Anton Zeilinger	100	782	43	154	289	402	508	611	697	756	774	780	782
7	72	216	Universität Bern	Switzerland	1834	Public	441	Antonio Ereditato ⁱ	120	593	43	148	257	359	437	506	552	579	590	592	593
7	73	219	Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen	Germany	1870	Public	223	Stefan Schael ⁱ	528	861	43	121	207	281	368	454	544	685	819	859	861
20	74	220	University of Leicester	United Kingdom	1957	Public	1061	Nilesh Samani ⁱ	310	378	43	113	176	236	283	308	340	364	374	378	378
10	75	221	Università degli Studi di Torino	Italy	1404	Public	271	Nicola Amapane ⁱ	243	1014	42	185	399	580	724	838	913	976	1,009	1,013	1,014
4	76	224	Region Hovedstaden	Denmark	2007	Institution	1558	Jes Olesen	53	677	42	140	220	298	367	454	553	635	666	676	677
8	77	232	Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn	Germany	1818	Public	405	Jens Janssen ⁱ	528	706	41	139	224	294	355	413	470	563	669	701	706
11	78	236	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Italy	1921	Private	3781	Francesco Landi	243	440	40	115	197	261	322	355	400	426	437	440	440
4	79	240	University of Antwerp	Belgium	1852	Public	187	Pierre Van Mechelen ⁱ	84	565	39	113	179	262	340	419	473	529	558	563	565
9	80	242	Humboldt Universität zu Berlin	Germany	1809	Public	112	Sergio Grancagnolo ⁱ	528	546	39	88	143	216	270	327	367	420	505	542	546
12	81	246	Università degli Studi di Genova	Italy	1481	Public	1532	Alessandro Moretta	243	705	38	147	337	457	553	616	676	696	702	705	705
2	82	248	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	1592	Public	1598	Michael Gill ⁱ	49	1046	38	132	282	411	558	700	839	959	1,025	1,045	1,046
10	83	250	Universität Hamburg	Germany	1919	Public	1866	Klaus Pantel	528	801	38	121	231	324	412	480	568	670	764	796	801
4	84	251	Université Grenoble Alpes	France	1339	Public	2144	Wilfried Thuiller	469	733	38	120	249	350	432	488	545	618	706	732	733
3	85	254	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Spain	1508	Public	3808	Bouza E	319	1947	37	247	572	937	1,247	1,585	1,818	1,905	1,934	1,945	1,947
2	86	256	Norwegian University of Science & Technology	Norway	1996	Public	349	Are Strandlie ⁱ	74	1113	37	163	387	554	698	852	943	1,042	1,105	1,111	1,113
21	87	260	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	1964	Public	1713	Kevin C Jones	310	612	37	110	197	302	386	461	526	576	601	611	612
11	88	261	Technische Universität Berlin	Germany	1946	Public	1371	Klaus Robert Müller	528	760	37	96	169	233	293	363	442	544	698	757	760
22	89	262	Cardiff University	United Kingdom	1997	Public	1207	Michael O'Donovan ⁱ	310	318	37	80	121	156	179	202	227	279	310	317	318
5	90	263	CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)	France	1945	Institution	25	Schoeffel Laurent ⁱ	469	1119	36	171	328	489	616	741	834	951	1,081	1,118	1,119
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13	91	264	Università di Pisa	Italy	1343	Public	1114	Massimiliano Razzano ⁱ	243	776	36	142	347	512	615	694	743	767	772	776	776
11	92	265	University of Twente	Netherlands	1961	Public	3020	Jan Feijen	100	783	36	132	265	378	484	569	651	722	768	783	783
3	93	266	University of Bergen	Norway	1946	Public	2990	Per Magne Ueland	74	648	36	123	237	332	427	491	555	612	639	645	648
23	94	267	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom	1495	Public	1123	Pete Smith	310	462	36	112	193	267	316	368	416	443	457	461	462
2	95	268	Medizinische Universität Wien	Austria	2004	Public	1455	Shahrokh F Shariat	100	397	36	112	187	243	298	336	359	386	394	397	397
12	96	269	Universität Würzburg	Germany	1402	Public	1685	Christoph Wanner ⁱ	528	454	36	96	153	191	234	271	311	362	431	453	454
13	97	276	Goethe University Frankfurt	Germany	1914	Public	1524	Thorsten Kollegger ⁱ	528	569	35	101	178	250	304	362	403	463	537	568	569
14	98	277	Universität Freiburg	Germany	1457	Public	125	Gregor Herten ⁱ	528	496	35	98	169	226	282	348	402	448	486	492	496
14	99	282	Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca	Italy	1998	Public	423	Tommaso Tabarelli De Fatis ⁱ	243	722	34	135	259	372	481	559	624	686	717	722	722
24	100	283	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	1895	Public	2167	Martin Knapp	310	585	34	108	203	283	370	449	512	550	575	582	585