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 | 1 | Harvard University | ![]() |
1636 | Private | 2 | Ronald C Kessler i | 2263 | 8158 | 389 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 72 | 14 | 176 | 1474 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 359 | 188 | 47 | 739 |
1 | 1 | 5 | University of Oxford | ![]() |
1096 | Public | 87 | Amanda Cooper Sarkar i | 223 | 3196 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 44 | 714 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 116 | 163 | 49 | 240 |
2 | 2 | 2 | Stanford University | ![]() |
1885 | Private | 57 | Yi Cui | 2263 | 5338 | 248 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 63 | 11 | 73 | 1017 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 36 | 16 | 223 | 3 | 5 | 165 | 177 | 53 | 313 |
5 | 5 | 6 | University of California Los Angeles | ![]() |
1919 | Public | 304 | Michail Bachtis i | 2263 | 3002 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 46 | 713 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 151 | 101 | 59 | 235 |
8 | 8 | 9 | University of Michigan | ![]() |
1817 | Public | 334 | Goncalo Abecasis i | 2263 | 2732 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 53 | 884 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 98 | 55 | 462 |
12 | 12 | 14 | Duke University | ![]() |
1838 | Private | 33 | Robert J Lefkowitz | 2263 | 1919 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 553 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 70 | 40 | 260 |
4 | 4 | 4 | University of California Berkeley | ![]() |
1868 | Public | 122 | Heather Gray i | 2263 | 3142 | 142 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 8 | 26 | 631 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 162 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 132 | 44 | 189 |
16 | 17 | 21 | Princeton University | ![]() |
1746 | Private | 212 | Daniel Marlow i | 2263 | 1180 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 90 | 23 | 45 |
5 | 5 | 23 | King's College London | ![]() |
1829 | Public | 80 | Tim D Spector i | 223 | 1599 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 46 | 28 | 155 |
30 | 33 | 40 | Carnegie Mellon University | ![]() |
1900 | Private | 214 | Krzysztof Matyjaszewski | 2263 | 1478 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 52 |
39 | 43 | 52 | Arizona State University | ![]() |
1885 | Public | 731 | Elinor Ostrom | 2263 | 1546 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 357 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 71 | 48 | 114 |
5 | 31 | 113 | University of Amsterdam | ![]() |
1632 | Public | 2301 | Rajamani Krishna | 52 | 1158 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 243 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 130 |
10 | 10 | 12 | University of Pennsylvania | ![]() |
1740 | Private | 143 | Virginia Lee | 2263 | 2663 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 593 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 6 | 161 | 71 | 35 | 203 |
2 | 2 | 11 | University College London | ![]() |
25 | Karl Friston | 223 | 2783 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 53 | 671 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 75 | 33 | 371 | ||
51 | 56 | 85 | New York University | ![]() |
1831 | Private | 639 | Dan Littman | 2263 | 1124 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 248 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 49 | 45 | 24 |
32 | 36 | 43 | Northwestern University | ![]() |
1851 | Private | 231 | John A Rogers | 2263 | 1626 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 39 | 23 | 42 |
34 | 38 | 46 | Pennsylvania State University | ![]() |
1855 | Public | 855 | Bruce E Logan | 2263 | 2422 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 461 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 116 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 88 | 44 | 119 |
11 | 11 | 13 | Yale University | ![]() |
1701 | Private | 22 | Richard A Flavell | 2263 | 2544 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 35 | 484 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 112 | 61 | 30 | 196 |
2 | 18 | 22 | University of British Columbia | ![]() |
1908 | Public | 834 | Michael Hayden | 195 | 2416 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 532 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 102 | 40 | 152 |
18 | 20 | 25 | University of California Davis | ![]() |
1905 | Public | 854 | Jay Belsky | 2263 | 2305 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 559 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 98 | 34 | 179 |
3 | 3 | 15 | University of Cambridge | ![]() |
1209 | Public | 82 | Nicholas Wareham i | 223 | 1789 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 35 | 426 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 80 | 20 | 191 |
20 | 22 | 27 | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | ![]() |
1789 | Public | 426 | Barry Popkin i | 2263 | 1871 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 402 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 68 | 25 | 156 |
28 | 31 | 38 | University of Pittsburgh | ![]() |
1787 | Public | 425 | Jane Cauley i | 2263 | 1620 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 66 | 43 | 19 | 109 |
1 | 14 | 18 | University of Toronto | ![]() |
1827 | Public | 72 | Pekka Sinervo i | 195 | 2951 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 516 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 108 | 36 | 180 |
7 | 7 | 8 | Columbia University New York | ![]() |
1754 | Private | 67 | Joseph E. Stiglitz | 2263 | 2625 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 37 | 642 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 92 | 38 | 194 |
78 | 86 | 158 | Florida State University | ![]() |
1851 | Public | 120 | Todd Adams i | 2263 | 829 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 53 |
6 | 6 | 7 | University of California San Diego | ![]() |
1960 | Public | 17 | Michael Karin | 2263 | 2955 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 51 | 684 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 166 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 99 | 35 | 259 |
26 | 29 | 35 | University of California Santa Barbara | ![]() |
1921 | Public | 129 | Alan Heeger i | 2263 | 1118 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 269 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 29 | 69 |
14 | 15 | 19 | University of Southern California | ![]() |
1880 | Private | 348 | Paul Thompson | 2263 | 2096 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 417 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 41 | 31 | 159 |
22 | 24 | 29 | University of Wisconsin Madison | ![]() |
1848 | Public | 31 | Fuquan Wang i | 2263 | 2091 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 541 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 102 | 29 | 190 |
48 | 52 | 70 | Ohio State University | ![]() |
1870 | Public | 41 | Carlo Croce | 2263 | 1896 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 320 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 55 | 27 | 97 |
29 | 32 | 39 | Vanderbilt University | ![]() |
1873 | Private | 344 | Julia Velkovska i | 2263 | 1072 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 40 | 20 | 125 |
3 | 22 | 94 | VU University of Amsterdam | ![]() |
1880 | Private | 329 | Dorret I Boomsma i | 52 | 795 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 64 |
23 | 25 | 30 | Washington University Saint Louis | ![]() |
1853 | Private | 6 | Graham Colditz i | 2263 | 1402 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 54 | 25 | 149 |
20 | 63 | 192 | University of Aberdeen | ![]() |
1495 | Public | 1288 | Pete Smith | 223 | 444 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 62 |
93 | 101 | 182 | University of Georgia | ![]() |
1785 | Public | 1862 | Andrew H Paterson | 2263 | 753 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 209 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 42 | 16 | 70 |
40 | 44 | 54 | University of Maryland | ![]() |
1856 | Public | 1292 | Liangbing Hu | 2263 | 1904 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 414 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 23 | 199 |
53 | 58 | 91 | University of Miami | ![]() |
1925 | Private | 1195 | Charles S Carver | 2263 | 972 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 97 |
4 | 4 | 58 | University of New South Wales | ![]() |
1949 | Public | 1171 | Louisa Degenhardt i | 108 | 2112 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 367 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 55 | 21 | 109 |
100 | 110 | 201 | University of Notre Dame | ![]() |
1844 | Private | 167 | MD Hildreth i | 2263 | 763 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 38 |
1 | 1 | 47 | University of Queensland | ![]() |
1909 | Public | 307 | Roy F Baumeister | 108 | 2296 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 448 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 70 | 31 | 147 |
29 | 107 | 286 | University of Saint Andrews | ![]() |
1413 | Public | 1810 | David Perrett | 223 | 423 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 6 | 22 |
3 | 3 | 57 | University of Sydney | ![]() |
1850 | Public | 870 | Edward C Holmes | 108 | 2025 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 415 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 54 | 28 | 124 |
19 | 21 | 26 | University of Texas Austin | ![]() |
1883 | Public | 301 | Nicholas A Peppas | 2263 | 2418 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 427 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 148 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 75 | 43 | 123 |
46 | 50 | 65 | University of Virginia | ![]() |
1819 | Public | 553 | Robert M Strieter | 2263 | 1491 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 290 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 46 | 17 | 92 |
1 | 18 | 88 | Utrecht University | ![]() |
1636 | Public | 134 | Diederick E. Grobbee i | 52 | 1114 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 259 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 37 | 22 | 100 |
85 | 93 | 167 | Stony Brook University | ![]() |
1957 | Public | 601 | Bee Christopher i | 2263 | 763 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 25 | 47 |
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 |
97 | 105 | 188 | Indiana University Bloomington | ![]() |
1820 | Public | 5 | Huanzhao Liu i | 2263 | 816 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 50 |
6 | 100 | 725 | Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya | ![]() |
1994 | Private | 1625 | Mario Mikulincer | 38 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
