The World University Index

CWTS, Leiden University

CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 — Biomedical and health sciences (PP top 10%)

2025 edition · biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)

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In their own words

Citing other editions of this index

  • the University of Konstanz again ranks first nationally in the traditional edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025

    University of Konstanzsource · retrieved 2026-09-06

Recorded placements 144

Institutions the Index records in this table. A placement here is a placement anywhere: the Index reports each institution's best, whatever its scope.

  1. 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology1st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  2. 2California Institute of Technology2nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  3. 3Princeton University3rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  4. 7Australian Catholic University7th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  5. 8University of Cambridge8th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  6. 9Imperial College London9th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  7. 10University of Oxford10th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  8. 11Harvard University11th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  9. 12EPFL12th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  10. 13Stanford University13th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  11. 14University of California, Berkeley14th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  12. 15University of Glasgow15th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  13. 17London School of Economics and Political Science17th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  14. 18University College London18th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  15. 20King's College London20th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  16. 22Cornell University22nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  17. 23University of California, San Francisco23rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  18. 24University of Edinburgh24th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  19. 25ETH Zurich25th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  20. 30Yale University30th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  21. 32Queen Mary University of London32nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  22. 33Columbia University33rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  23. 34Chinese University of Hong Kong34th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  24. 39University of California, San Diego39th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  25. 40University of Leeds40th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  26. 41PSL University41st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  27. 45University of Amsterdam45th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  28. 50KU Leuven50th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  29. 51National University of Singapore51st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  30. 54University of Birmingham54th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  31. 55Nanyang Technological University55th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  32. 56Carnegie Mellon University56th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  33. 57Victoria University57th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  34. 60King Abdullah University of Science and Technology60th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  35. 61Johns Hopkins University61st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  36. 62Tsinghua University62nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  37. 64Utrecht University64th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  38. 67University of Hong Kong67th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  39. 71New York University71st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  40. 72University of Southampton72nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  41. 73University of Pennsylvania73rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  42. 79Karolinska Institute79th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  43. 82University of Warwick82nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  44. 88Trinity College Dublin88th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  45. 89University of Chicago89th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  46. 96University of Manchester96th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  47. 97University of California, Los Angeles97th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  48. 99University of Michigan-Ann Arbor99th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  49. 101McGill University101st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  50. 103University of Washington103rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  51. 107Northwestern University107th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  52. 113Duke University113th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  53. 114University of Sheffield114th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  54. 116Sorbonne University116th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  55. 117Vanderbilt University117th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  56. 118University of New South Wales118th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  57. 121University of Southern California121st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  58. 128Boston University128th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  59. 132University of Melbourne132nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  60. 134Rice University134th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  61. 135University of Toronto135th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  62. 141Delft University of Technology141st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  63. 145University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill145th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  64. 146University of Bristol146th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  65. 158University of Nottingham158th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  66. 167University of Pittsburgh167th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  67. 168Monash University168th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  68. 174University of Vienna174th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  69. 176University of Queensland176th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  70. 180University of Zurich180th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  71. 185City University of Hong Kong185th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  72. 195Georgia Institute of Technology195th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  73. 197Deakin University197th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  74. 204University of Sydney204th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  75. 206University of Technology Sydney206th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  76. 217KAIST217th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  77. 219Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich219th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  78. 231Peking University231st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  79. 233RMIT University233rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  80. 241Macquarie University241st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  81. 245University of British Columbia245th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  82. 248La Trobe University248th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  83. 249Zhejiang University249th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  84. 251KTH Royal Institute of Technology251st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  85. 256Flinders University256th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  86. 273Lund University273rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  87. 275University of Copenhagen275th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  88. 316Technical University of Munich316th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  89. 319University of Maryland, College Park319th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  90. 321Heidelberg University321st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  91. 322Ohio State University322nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  92. 336University of Science and Technology of China336th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  93. 341University of Southern Queensland341st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  94. 343University of Wisconsin-Madison343rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  95. 344Edith Cowan University344th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  96. 349Australian National University349th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  97. 366Hong Kong University of Science and Technology366th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  98. 367Murdoch University367th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  99. 372Griffith University372nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  100. 376University of Minnesota376th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  101. 382Shanghai Jiao Tong University382nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  102. 387Fudan University387th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  103. 393University of Wollongong393rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  104. 404University of Newcastle404th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  105. 416University of Texas at Austin416th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  106. 417University of Adelaide417th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  107. 421Durham University421st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  108. 422Brown University422nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  109. 436University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign436th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  110. 438University of St Andrews438th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  111. 441University of Alberta441st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  112. 446RWTH Aachen University446th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  113. 455Politecnico di Milano455th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  114. 488James Cook University488th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  115. 489Western Sydney University489th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  116. 503Queensland University of Technology503rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  117. 505University of Western Australia505th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  118. 514University of Auckland514th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  119. 515Purdue University515th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  120. 539University of Montreal539th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  121. 544University of Canberra544th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  122. 562Pennsylvania State University562nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  123. 599Swinburne University of Technology599th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  124. 617University of Otago617th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  125. 641Institut Polytechnique de Paris641st in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  126. 719Curtin University719th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  127. 749University of New England749th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  128. 790University of the Sunshine Coast790th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  129. 802University of Tokyo802nd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  130. 829Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile829th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  131. 865Yonsei University865th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  132. 915Hebrew University of Jerusalem915th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  133. 918Tel Aviv University918th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  134. 940Osaka University940th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  135. 945Charles Sturt University945th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  136. 960Charles Darwin University960th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  137. 977Seoul National University977th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  138. 989Korea University989th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  139. 1017Kyoto University1017th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  140. 1045National Autonomous University of Mexico1045th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  141. 1076Tohoku University1076th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  142. 1089University of Sao Paulo1089th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  143. 1095Universiti Malaya1095th in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)
  144. 1203University of Buenos Aires1203rd in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)