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
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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 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.
- 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology1st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 2Princeton University2nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 3California Institute of Technology3rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 4Harvard University4th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 5Stanford University5th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 7University of Oxford7th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 8Nanyang Technological University8th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 9King Abdullah University of Science and Technology9th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 10University of Cambridge10th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 11University of California, Berkeley11th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 12Australian Catholic University12th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 13ETH Zurich13th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 14Imperial College London14th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 15City University of Hong Kong15th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 18National University of Singapore18th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 19EPFL19th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 20Yale University20th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 21Hong Kong University of Science and Technology21st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 23Tsinghua University23rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 24Columbia University24th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 26University of California, San Francisco26th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 30University College London30th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 31University of Technology Sydney31st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 34Cornell University34th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 36King's College London36th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 40Rice University40th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 42Queen Mary University of London42nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 43University of California, San Diego43rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 47Chinese University of Hong Kong47th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 49Swinburne University of Technology49th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 50London School of Economics and Political Science50th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 51Edith Cowan University51st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 52University of Amsterdam52nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 53Northwestern University53rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 54University of Glasgow54th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 55University of California, Los Angeles55th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 60University of Pennsylvania60th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 62University of Chicago62nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 66Utrecht University66th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 67New York University67th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 70University of Edinburgh70th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 71RMIT University71st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 75University of Hong Kong75th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 76University of Southern Queensland76th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 77University of New South Wales77th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 87University of Maryland, College Park87th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 89Johns Hopkins University89th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 92Karolinska Institute92nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 96University of Birmingham96th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 100University of Science and Technology of China100th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 101Carnegie Mellon University101st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 102Peking University102nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 106University of Washington106th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 111University of Michigan-Ann Arbor111th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 114Duke University114th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 118University of Manchester118th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 120University of Leeds120th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 121University of Bristol121st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 124PSL University124th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 125University of Zurich125th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 129Durham University129th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 134University of Southampton134th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 139University of Warwick139th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 141Delft University of Technology141st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 144KU Leuven144th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 146University of Southern California146th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 154Vanderbilt University154th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 156Trinity College Dublin156th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 157University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill157th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 160Monash University160th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 161Boston University161st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 162Deakin University162nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 164University of St Andrews164th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 166University of Toronto166th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 174University of Melbourne174th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 175McGill University175th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 176University of Sheffield176th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 178University of Sydney178th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 179University of Texas at Austin179th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 180Zhejiang University180th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 181University of Queensland181st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 192Macquarie University192nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 208CQUniversity208th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 210University of Nottingham210th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 212University of Adelaide212th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 220Victoria University220th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 221Georgia Institute of Technology221st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 224University of British Columbia224th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 228Shanghai Jiao Tong University228th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 231University of Pittsburgh231st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 240Brown University240th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 241Curtin University241st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 261University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign261st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 262Australian National University262nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 266University of Vienna266th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 276Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich276th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 279University of Copenhagen279th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 289Sorbonne University289th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 290University of Wisconsin-Madison290th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 299Griffith University299th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 306Fudan University306th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 309Murdoch University309th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 310Heidelberg University310th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 314University of Wollongong314th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 316Queensland University of Technology316th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 321Ohio State University321st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 336La Trobe University336th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 353Pennsylvania State University353rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 358University of Minnesota358th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 363James Cook University363rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 369Western Sydney University369th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 379Lund University379th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 395University of Newcastle395th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 400Flinders University400th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 407KAIST407th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 414University of Western Australia414th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 428Technical University of Munich428th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 432KTH Royal Institute of Technology432nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 438Purdue University438th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 466Politecnico di Milano466th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 496University of Auckland496th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 549Institut Polytechnique de Paris549th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 553University of Alberta553rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 652University of Otago652nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 692University of Montreal692nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 704University of New England704th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 725RWTH Aachen University725th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 744Charles Darwin University744th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 814University of Canberra814th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 821Charles Sturt University821st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 854University of the Sunshine Coast854th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 869Hebrew University of Jerusalem869th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 938Yonsei University938th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 949Universiti Malaya949th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 993University of Tokyo993rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 999Tel Aviv University999th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1077Seoul National University1077th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1087Korea University1087th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1182Kyoto University1182nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1243Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile1243rd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1252Tohoku University1252nd in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1267Osaka University1267th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1306University of Sao Paulo1306th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1425National Autonomous University of Mexico1425th in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
- 1451University of Buenos Aires1451st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)