The World University Index

Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University

CWTS Leiden Ranking: scientific impact, PP(top 10%) (2025)

2025 edition · scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)

Standing

Cited by 1 institution, though none for this edition.

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Published at https://traditional.leidenranking.com/ranking/2025/list

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 145

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 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  2. 2Princeton University2nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  3. 3California Institute of Technology3rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  4. 4Harvard University4th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  5. 5Stanford University5th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  6. 7University of Oxford7th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  7. 8Nanyang Technological University8th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  8. 9King Abdullah University of Science and Technology9th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  9. 10University of Cambridge10th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  10. 11University of California, Berkeley11th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  11. 12Australian Catholic University12th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  12. 13ETH Zurich13th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  13. 14Imperial College London14th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  14. 15City University of Hong Kong15th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  15. 18National University of Singapore18th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  16. 19EPFL19th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  17. 20Yale University20th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  18. 21Hong Kong University of Science and Technology21st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  19. 23Tsinghua University23rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  20. 24Columbia University24th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  21. 26University of California, San Francisco26th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  22. 30University College London30th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  23. 31University of Technology Sydney31st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  24. 34Cornell University34th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  25. 36King's College London36th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  26. 40Rice University40th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  27. 42Queen Mary University of London42nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  28. 43University of California, San Diego43rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  29. 47Chinese University of Hong Kong47th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  30. 49Swinburne University of Technology49th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  31. 50London School of Economics and Political Science50th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  32. 51Edith Cowan University51st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  33. 52University of Amsterdam52nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  34. 53Northwestern University53rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  35. 54University of Glasgow54th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  36. 55University of California, Los Angeles55th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  37. 60University of Pennsylvania60th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  38. 62University of Chicago62nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  39. 66Utrecht University66th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  40. 67New York University67th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  41. 70University of Edinburgh70th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  42. 71RMIT University71st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  43. 75University of Hong Kong75th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  44. 76University of Southern Queensland76th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  45. 77University of New South Wales77th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  46. 87University of Maryland, College Park87th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  47. 89Johns Hopkins University89th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  48. 92Karolinska Institute92nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  49. 96University of Birmingham96th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  50. 100University of Science and Technology of China100th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  51. 101Carnegie Mellon University101st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  52. 102Peking University102nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  53. 106University of Washington106th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  54. 111University of Michigan-Ann Arbor111th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  55. 114Duke University114th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  56. 118University of Manchester118th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  57. 120University of Leeds120th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  58. 121University of Bristol121st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  59. 124PSL University124th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  60. 125University of Zurich125th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  61. 129Durham University129th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  62. 134University of Southampton134th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  63. 139University of Warwick139th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  64. 141Delft University of Technology141st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  65. 144KU Leuven144th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  66. 146University of Southern California146th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  67. 154Vanderbilt University154th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  68. 156Trinity College Dublin156th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  69. 157University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill157th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  70. 160Monash University160th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  71. 161Boston University161st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  72. 162Deakin University162nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  73. 164University of St Andrews164th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  74. 166University of Toronto166th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  75. 174University of Melbourne174th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  76. 175McGill University175th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  77. 176University of Sheffield176th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  78. 178University of Sydney178th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  79. 179University of Texas at Austin179th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  80. 180Zhejiang University180th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  81. 181University of Queensland181st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  82. 192Macquarie University192nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  83. 208CQUniversity208th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  84. 210University of Nottingham210th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  85. 212University of Adelaide212th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  86. 220Victoria University220th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  87. 221Georgia Institute of Technology221st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  88. 224University of British Columbia224th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  89. 228Shanghai Jiao Tong University228th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  90. 231University of Pittsburgh231st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  91. 240Brown University240th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  92. 241Curtin University241st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  93. 261University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign261st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  94. 262Australian National University262nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  95. 266University of Vienna266th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  96. 276Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich276th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  97. 279University of Copenhagen279th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  98. 289Sorbonne University289th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  99. 290University of Wisconsin-Madison290th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  100. 299Griffith University299th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  101. 306Fudan University306th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  102. 309Murdoch University309th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  103. 310Heidelberg University310th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  104. 314University of Wollongong314th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  105. 316Queensland University of Technology316th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  106. 321Ohio State University321st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  107. 336La Trobe University336th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  108. 353Pennsylvania State University353rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  109. 358University of Minnesota358th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  110. 363James Cook University363rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  111. 369Western Sydney University369th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  112. 379Lund University379th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  113. 395University of Newcastle395th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  114. 400Flinders University400th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  115. 407KAIST407th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  116. 414University of Western Australia414th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  117. 428Technical University of Munich428th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  118. 432KTH Royal Institute of Technology432nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  119. 438Purdue University438th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  120. 466Politecnico di Milano466th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  121. 496University of Auckland496th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  122. 549Institut Polytechnique de Paris549th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  123. 553University of Alberta553rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  124. 652University of Otago652nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  125. 692University of Montreal692nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  126. 704University of New England704th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  127. 725RWTH Aachen University725th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  128. 744Charles Darwin University744th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  129. 814University of Canberra814th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  130. 821Charles Sturt University821st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  131. 854University of the Sunshine Coast854th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  132. 869Hebrew University of Jerusalem869th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  133. 938Yonsei University938th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  134. 949Universiti Malaya949th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  135. 993University of Tokyo993rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  136. 999Tel Aviv University999th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  137. 1077Seoul National University1077th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  138. 1087Korea University1087th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  139. 1182Kyoto University1182nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  140. 1243Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile1243rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  141. 1252Tohoku University1252nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  142. 1267Osaka University1267th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  143. 1306University of Sao Paulo1306th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  144. 1425National Autonomous University of Mexico1425th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
  145. 1451University of Buenos Aires1451st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)