SCImago Institutions Rankings: Societal (2025)

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18 institutions

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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 18

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 societal impact
3	University College London	3rd in the world for societal impact
4	University of Oxford	4th in the world for societal impact
5	Johns Hopkins University	5th in the world for societal impact
6	Stanford University	6th in the world for societal impact
7	University of Toronto	7th in the world for societal impact
8	University of Washington	8th in the world for societal impact
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	9th in the world for societal impact
10	University of Melbourne	10th in the world for societal impact
11	Columbia University	11th in the world for societal impact
12	Cornell University	12th in the world for societal impact
13	University of Pennsylvania	13th in the world for societal impact
14	University of Sao Paulo	14th in the world for societal impact
16	University of Sydney	16th in the world for societal impact
17	University of Queensland	17th in the world for societal impact
18	Yale University	18th in the world for societal impact
19	University of Cambridge	19th in the world for societal impact
20	University of California, Los Angeles	20th in the world for societal impact