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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	1	Harvard University	United States	1636	Private	2	Ronald C Kessler ⁱ	3019	7710	787	1,632	2,568	3,523	4,562	5,643	6,506	7,240	7,573	7,693	7,710
2	2	2	Stanford University	United States	1885	Private	42	Yi Cui	3019	5111	535	1,082	1,594	2,158	2,815	3,519	4,113	4,679	4,964	5,098	5,111
3	3	3	University of Michigan	United States	1817	Public	257	Daniel S Levin\|Daniel Adam Dobos ⁱ	3019	2653	403	1,025	1,693	2,138	2,373	2,500	2,548	2,621	2,636	2,652	2,653
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
4	4	5	University of California Los Angeles	United States	1919	Public	280	Michail Bachtis ⁱ	3019	3655	353	809	1,232	1,552	1,897	2,269	2,660	3,136	3,504	3,636	3,655
5	5	6	University of California Berkeley	United States	1868	Public	129	Heather Gray ⁱ	3019	3026	350	700	1,023	1,338	1,680	2,059	2,415	2,763	2,943	3,015	3,026
6	6	7	University of California San Diego	United States	1960	Public	23	Michael Karin	3019	2894	336	753	1,125	1,457	1,787	2,134	2,450	2,714	2,821	2,889	2,894
7	7	8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	1861	Private	4	Robert Langer	3019	4287	336	704	1,110	1,616	2,217	2,834	3,396	3,920	4,151	4,276	4,287
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
8	8	10	Columbia University New York	United States	1754	Private	98	Joseph E Stiglitz	3019	2649	324	754	1,151	1,489	1,800	2,050	2,243	2,464	2,583	2,640	2,649
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9	9	11	University of Pennsylvania	United States	1740	Private	35	John Q. Trojanowski	3019	2599	291	664	1,006	1,301	1,634	1,954	2,214	2,463	2,549	2,590	2,599
10	10	12	Duke University	United States	1838	Private	47	Lei Layla Li ⁱ	3019	2063	266	634	910	1,153	1,384	1,577	1,734	1,900	2,014	2,058	2,063
11	11	13	Yale University	United States	1701	Private	27	Richard A Flavell	3019	2488	259	582	904	1,185	1,493	1,826	2,118	2,362	2,446	2,484	2,488
12	12	14	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	1851	Public	497	Donald Truhlar	3019	3560	257	715	1,198	1,551	1,896	2,293	2,744	3,184	3,456	3,547	3,560
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
1	13	16	University of Toronto	Canada	1827	Public	83	Pekka Sinervo ⁱ	272	3005	244	642	1,107	1,518	1,890	2,248	2,593	2,852	2,960	3,003	3,005
13	14	17	University of Wisconsin Madison	United States	1848	Public	18	Fuquan Wang ⁱ	3019	2114	231	605	953	1,259	1,524	1,711	1,877	2,021	2,091	2,111	2,114
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
14	15	19	University of California Davis	United States	1905	Public	1148	Jay Belsky	3019	2478	222	628	967	1,242	1,507	1,769	2,011	2,235	2,409	2,471	2,478
2	16	20	University of British Columbia	Canada	1908	Public	1036	Paul J Harrison	272	2367	214	605	970	1,314	1,612	1,854	2,116	2,268	2,332	2,367	2,367
15	17	21	National Institutes of Health	United States	1887	Institution	37	Daniel Levy ⁱ	3019	2058	214	437	692	925	1,178	1,410	1,693	1,924	2,033	2,056	2,058
16	18	22	Johns Hopkins University	United States	1876	Private	15	Bert Vogelstein	3019	1874	207	496	753	989	1,218	1,439	1,637	1,783	1,845	1,870	1,874
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
17	19	24	University of Pittsburgh	United States	1787	Public	570	Jane Cauley ⁱ	3019	2175	200	493	836	1,119	1,408	1,664	1,899	2,072	2,149	2,172	2,175
18	20	25	University of California San Francisco	United States	1864	Public	714	Zena Werb	3019	1945	199	429	647	855	1,061	1,281	1,503	1,758	1,889	1,942	1,945
19	21	26	University of Southern California	United States	1880	Private	427	Paul Thompson	3019	2048	193	480	814	1,061	1,302	1,525	1,739	1,928	2,015	2,045	2,048
20	22	27	University of Texas Austin	United States	1883	Public	426	Nicholas A Peppas	3019	2331	191	493	833	1,137	1,398	1,733	1,971	2,178	2,286	2,326	2,331
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
21	23	29	Pennsylvania State University	United States	1855	Public	1054	Bruce E Logan	3019	2372	183	537	929	1,279	1,577	1,861	2,096	2,263	2,345	2,368	2,372
22	24	30	University of Florida	United States	1853	Public	283	Dimitri Bourilkov ⁱ	3019	2416	181	564	1,024	1,361	1,700	1,976	2,202	2,347	2,397	2,415	2,416
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
1	1	32	University of Queensland	Australia	1909	Public	390	Roy F Baumeister	140	2236	179	562	978	1,285	1,615	1,873	2,062	2,180	2,213	2,236	2,236
2	2	33	University of Sydney	Australia	1850	Public	1025	Adrian Bauman	140	2130	179	485	854	1,153	1,429	1,686	1,854	1,993	2,098	2,127	2,130
23	25	34	New York University	United States	1831	Private	870	Dan Littman	3019	2012	177	467	725	955	1,162	1,410	1,640	1,846	1,961	2,008	2,012
24	26	35	University of California Irvine	United States	1965	Public	515	Terence Libeiro ⁱ	3019	1702	175	457	692	862	1,025	1,217	1,375	1,549	1,654	1,698	1,702
3	3	36	Monash University	Australia	1958	Public	218	Jordan Nash ⁱ	140	2449	173	544	988	1,367	1,722	2,034	2,259	2,367	2,428	2,446	2,449
3	27	37	McGill University	Canada	1821	Public	60	Andreas Warburton ⁱ	272	2695	171	503	856	1,140	1,400	1,646	1,884	2,091	2,303	2,654	2,695
25	28	38	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	United States	1789	Public	597	Barry Popkin ⁱ	3019	1838	169	469	767	1,018	1,245	1,442	1,624	1,750	1,812	1,835	1,838
26	29	39	University of Chicago	United States	1891	Private	54	Mark Oreglia ⁱ	3019	1435	167	355	532	688	833	996	1,130	1,269	1,384	1,428	1,435
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	1	42	National University of Singapore	Singapore	1905	Public	319	Tien Yin Wong ⁱ	56	1970	163	476	786	1,074	1,363	1,579	1,762	1,893	1,941	1,966	1,970
27	30	43	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign	United States	1867	Public	92	Mark Neubauer ⁱ	3019	2120	162	450	772	1,048	1,300	1,565	1,807	1,994	2,081	2,115	2,120
28	31	44	Washington University Saint Louis	United States	1853	Private	7	Graham Colditz ⁱ	3019	1539	161	383	587	770	907	1,061	1,218	1,384	1,500	1,534	1,539
29	32	45	Princeton University	United States	1746	Private	190	Daniel Marlow ⁱ	3019	1146	155	290	419	524	650	793	910	1,042	1,114	1,145	1,146
4	4	46	University of Melbourne	Australia	1853	Public	94	Martin Sevior ⁱ	140	2164	154	499	901	1,231	1,519	1,792	1,987	2,118	2,149	2,160	2,164
30	33	47	University of Maryland	United States	1856	Public	1222	Liangbing Hu	3019	1867	151	472	786	1,019	1,210	1,431	1,614	1,764	1,842	1,865	1,867
31	34	48	Texas A&M University	United States	1876	Public	789	Othmane Bouhali ⁱ	3019	2276	150	476	925	1,289	1,591	1,864	2,088	2,214	2,254	2,271	2,276
32	35	49	Vanderbilt University	United States	1873	Private	322	Julia Velkovska ⁱ	3019	1497	144	402	627	813	988	1,151	1,310	1,432	1,481	1,496	1,497
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
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
33	36	52	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	1900	Private	338	Krzysztof Matyjaszewski	3019	1448	137	342	534	702	854	1,014	1,187	1,342	1,405	1,441	1,448
5	5	53	University of New South Wales	Australia	1949	Public	876	Liming Dai	140	2056	135	447	852	1,185	1,449	1,707	1,913	2,003	2,039	2,054	2,056
34	37	54	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	1876	Public	216	Kevin Stenson ⁱ	3019	1521	135	350	577	753	923	1,113	1,250	1,394	1,485	1,514	1,521
35	38	55	University of California Santa Barbara	United States	1921	Public	241	Alan Heeger ⁱ	3019	1096	135	296	430	563	706	827	950	1,031	1,080	1,093	1,096
36	39	56	Arizona State University	United States	1885	Public	904	Nancy Eisenberg Berg	3019	1499	131	409	729	971	1,148	1,270	1,371	1,454	1,483	1,496	1,499
4	40	57	University of Alberta	Canada	1908	Public	347	Roger Moore ⁱ	272	1716	128	427	752	1,026	1,222	1,428	1,562	1,656	1,693	1,714	1,716
37	41	58	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	1885	Public	11	Zhong Lin Wang ⁱ	3019	1717	128	365	631	830	1,029	1,234	1,434	1,599	1,683	1,715	1,717
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
38	42	61	Northwestern University	United States	1851	Private	249	John A Rogers	3019	1645	125	274	464	643	869	1,101	1,332	1,510	1,593	1,642	1,645
1	1	62	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	448	Marco Leite ⁱ	574	6353	124	790	1,905	2,984	3,990	4,937	5,751	6,164	6,302	6,342	6,353
39	43	63	Emory University	United States	1836	Private	508	Peter W Wilson ⁱ	3019	1556	124	327	534	714	878	1,015	1,184	1,381	1,508	1,550	1,556
40	44	64	University of Arizona	United States	1885	Public	49	John Rutherfoord ⁱ	3019	1554	123	357	621	840	1,051	1,229	1,389	1,489	1,535	1,551	1,554
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
41	45	66	Mayo Clinic	United States	1972	Hospital	181	Dennis W Dickson	3019	1198	120	273	448	607	756	892	1,000	1,118	1,179	1,197	1,198
5	46	67	McMaster University	Canada	1887	Public	13	Gordon Guyatt	272	1171	118	327	513	666	792	897	987	1,095	1,153	1,169	1,171
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
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42	47	71	University of Utah	United States	1850	Public	2169	James Ehleringer	3019	1502	108	342	596	834	1,051	1,202	1,344	1,451	1,495	1,502	1,502
6	6	72	Australian National University	Australia	1946	Public	1211	Yuri S Kivshar	140	1320	108	342	585	752	919	1,086	1,209	1,280	1,309	1,319	1,320
1	2	73	Tsinghua University	China	1911	Public	26	Xiaofeng Wang ⁱ	961	2374	108	313	570	779	955	1,096	1,274	1,536	1,944	2,336	2,374
43	48	74	University of Washington	United States	1861	Public	236	Ali H Mokdad ⁱ	3019	625	108	211	293	369	422	464	512	575	603	624	625
44	49	75	Ohio State University	United States	1870	Public	64	Carlo Croce	3019	1894	107	394	718	1,019	1,268	1,480	1,659	1,799	1,867	1,891	1,894
45	50	76	University of Virginia	United States	1819	Public	748	Robert M Strieter	3019	1470	107	328	574	747	922	1,123	1,281	1,397	1,448	1,469	1,470
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
46	51	78	University of Iowa	United States	1847	Public	507	James Wetzel ⁱ	3019	1248	102	306	535	713	893	1,032	1,148	1,216	1,240	1,245	1,248
47	52	79	Michigan State University	United States	1855	Public	78	Joey Huston ⁱ	3019	1677	101	348	632	888	1,123	1,309	1,478	1,590	1,656	1,673	1,677
48	53	80	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	United States	1931	Institution	154	Paolo Calafiura ⁱ	3019	1027	101	246	389	540	671	807	915	993	1,021	1,027	1,027
49	54	81	Purdue University	United States	1869	Public	381	Norbert Neumeister ⁱ	3019	1840	100	382	689	990	1,227	1,451	1,637	1,753	1,811	1,837	1,840
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
50	55	84	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	United States	1884	Hospital	95	Craig Thompson ⁱ	3019	917	99	195	296	380	473	581	682	807	881	915	917
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
7	7	86	University of Adelaide	Australia	1874	Public	238	Paul Jackson ⁱ	140	1165	98	275	493	681	843	978	1,092	1,143	1,158	1,164	1,165
51	56	87	M D Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas	United States	1941	Public	729	Ronald A Depinho	3019	925	97	220	327	431	565	684	777	869	911	925	925
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
1	3	90	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1963	Public	1438	Qian Wang	23	1150	96	234	385	513	612	696	783	914	1,078	1,147	1,150
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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
52	57	92	Boston University	United States	1869	Private	59	Ralph B D'Agostino ⁱ	3019	939	95	259	404	539	643	736	827	893	921	939	939
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
1	4	95	Seoul National University	South Korea	1946	Public	3	SB Kim ⁱ	303	1554	90	348	584	766	929	1,091	1,211	1,300	1,341	1,543	1,554
53	58	96	NASA Ames Research Center	United States	1939	Institution	384	Regina Caputo ⁱ	3019	1507	88	296	538	726	938	1,110	1,290	1,436	1,494	1,505	1,507
54	59	97	Stony Brook University	United States	1957	Public	709	Bee Christopher ⁱ	3019	800	88	203	334	424	509	583	648	715	779	799	800
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
2	5	99	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	1981	Public	292	Xiong Wen David Lou	56	1575	87	283	550	805	1,056	1,272	1,423	1,518	1,561	1,572	1,575
6	60	100	University of Calgary	Canada	1966	Public	1110	Marcello Tonelli ⁱ	272	1304	87	278	505	680	859	1,028	1,171	1,257	1,296	1,303	1,304