SCImago Institutions Rankings: Research (2025)

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Citing other editions of this index

• In the 2026 list, Istanbul Medeniyet University ranked 2589th among universities in the world.

• has climbed 47 positions and is ranked the world's 407th best

Recorded placements 14

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

Rank	Institution	Claim
1	Harvard University	1st in the world for research
3	Tsinghua University	3rd in the world for research
4	Zhejiang University	4th in the world for research
5	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	5th in the world for research
6	Peking University	6th in the world for research
8	Stanford University	8th in the world for research
9	University of Oxford	9th in the world for research
10	University College London	10th in the world for research
11	Johns Hopkins University	11th in the world for research
13	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	13th in the world for research
14	University of Toronto	14th in the world for research
15	University of Pennsylvania	15th in the world for research
16	University of Chicago	16th in the world for research
17	University of Sao Paulo	17th in the world for research