Ranked 9th 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 16 placements
Every placement the Index records for Westlake 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 | =9 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Artificial Intelligence | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =34 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Biotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Chemistry | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Human Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Atmospheric Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Chemical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =1662 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.