Ranked 7th in the world for Communication
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Communication, 2025
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Every placement the Index records for Ohio State University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Education | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =15 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =16 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =25 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =34 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =35 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =46 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =49 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =52 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =52 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =59 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =66 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =67 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =73 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =80 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =83 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =83 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =93 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =94 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =98 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =99 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =100 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =104 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =108 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =108 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =110 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =122 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =145 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =185 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =190 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =209 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =210 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =250 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =311 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =321 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =322 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =557 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.