CWTS Leiden Ranking: PP(top 10%), physical sciences and engineering (2025)

Recorded placements 138

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. #1Edith Cowan University1st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
2. #2University of Southern Queensland2nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
3. #3Harvard University3rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
4. #4Stanford University4th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
5. #5National University of Singapore5th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
6. #7Massachusetts Institute of Technology7th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
7. #8Nanyang Technological University8th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
8. #9Princeton University9th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
9. #10City University of Hong Kong10th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
10. #12King Abdullah University of Science and Technology12th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
11. #13University of Technology Sydney13th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
12. #16Northwestern University16th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
13. #17California Institute of Technology17th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
14. #19Hong Kong University of Science and Technology19th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
15. #20Yale University20th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
16. #21Columbia University21st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
17. #22University of California, Berkeley22nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
18. #23Rice University23rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
19. #24University of California, Los Angeles24th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
20. #25Cornell University25th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
21. #26RMIT University26th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
22. #28Chinese University of Hong Kong28th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
23. #31CQUniversity31st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
24. #36University of California, San Francisco36th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
25. #37ETH Zurich37th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
26. #38University of Oxford38th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
27. #43University of Pennsylvania43rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
28. #45University of Maryland, College Park45th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
29. #48EPFL48th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
30. #49Tsinghua University49th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
31. #51University of New South Wales51st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
32. #52University of California, San Diego52nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
33. #53Utrecht University53rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
34. #58Brown University58th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
35. #63University of Cambridge63rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
36. #64University of Adelaide64th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
37. #67University of Sydney67th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
38. #69University of Hong Kong69th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
39. #74University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill74th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
40. #77Swinburne University of Technology77th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
41. #80Karolinska Institute80th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
42. #81Peking University81st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
43. #82University of Amsterdam82nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
44. #84Queen Mary University of London84th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
45. #86University of Toronto86th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
46. #92Duke University92nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
47. #96Imperial College London96th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
48. #97King's College London97th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
49. #101New York University101st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
50. #103University of Science and Technology of China103rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
51. #105Monash University105th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
52. #106University of Melbourne106th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
53. #108University of Chicago108th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
54. #110University of Queensland110th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
55. #111Curtin University111th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
56. #113Griffith University113th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
57. #114Western Sydney University114th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
58. #121Australian National University121st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
59. #122University College London122nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
60. #126University of Zurich126th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
61. #130University of Manchester130th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
62. #135University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign135th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
63. #136University of Washington136th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
64. #137University of Michigan-Ann Arbor137th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
65. #138Shanghai Jiao Tong University138th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
66. #140University of Wollongong140th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
67. #146Fudan University146th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
68. #151Zhejiang University151st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
69. #152Delft University of Technology152nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
70. #156Carnegie Mellon University156th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
71. #162University of Texas at Austin162nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
72. #175University of Wisconsin-Madison175th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
73. #176Queensland University of Technology176th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
74. #182University of Edinburgh182nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
75. #188University of Glasgow188th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
76. #190Deakin University190th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
77. #193Durham University193rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
78. #196University of Copenhagen196th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
79. #199Pennsylvania State University199th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
80. #201University of Nottingham201st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
81. #203Murdoch University203rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
82. #209Ohio State University209th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
83. #212Heidelberg University212th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
84. #213University of Birmingham213th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
85. #215Johns Hopkins University215th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
86. #222PSL University222nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
87. #227McGill University227th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
88. #233University of Bristol233rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
89. #239Vanderbilt University239th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
90. #242University of Auckland242nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
91. #245University of Minnesota245th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
92. #255Boston University255th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
93. #265University of British Columbia265th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
94. #274KU Leuven274th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
95. #276Georgia Institute of Technology276th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
96. #278Trinity College Dublin278th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
97. #280Macquarie University280th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
98. #285Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich285th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
99. #308University of Warwick308th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
100. #325University of Sheffield325th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
101. #331Hebrew University of Jerusalem331st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
102. #334KAIST334th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
103. #343University of Leeds343rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
104. #347University of Southern California347th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
105. #355University of Southampton355th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
106. #380University of Pittsburgh380th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
107. #381University of Newcastle381st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
108. #391Purdue University391st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
109. #409University of Vienna409th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
110. #410Lund University410th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
111. #421University of Otago421st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
112. #475University of Western Australia475th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
113. #484James Cook University484th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
114. #489Institut Polytechnique de Paris489th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
115. #506Sorbonne University506th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
116. #507Politecnico di Milano507th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
117. #515Victoria University515th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
118. #526Yonsei University526th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
119. #538KTH Royal Institute of Technology538th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
120. #543University of St Andrews543rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
121. #556Universiti Malaya556th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
122. #570Technical University of Munich570th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
123. #579La Trobe University579th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
124. #580University of Alberta580th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
125. #601Tel Aviv University601st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
126. #612Seoul National University612th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
127. #682Korea University682nd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
128. #698University of Tokyo698th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
129. #703RWTH Aachen University703rd in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
130. #768University of Montreal768th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
131. #837Flinders University837th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
132. #916Kyoto University916th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
133. #1151Tohoku University1151st in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
134. #1177University of Sao Paulo1177th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
135. #1188Osaka University1188th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
136. #1336Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile1336th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
137. #1346National Autonomous University of Mexico1346th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)
138. #1400University of Buenos Aires1400th in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)