Ranked 1st in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)
Source: CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition: scientific impact, PP(top 10%), 2025
Full ranking profile 7 placements
Every placement the Index records for Rockefeller University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Leiden Open 2025 Headline scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =12 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Human Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =23 |
| ARWU 2026 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =32 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Clinical Medicine | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =32 |
| CWUR 2026 | Center for World University Rankings | =76 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =2014 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.