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Nature Index Research Leaders 2016

Nature Index Research Leaders 2016 by Nature Index: 20 universities ranked, led by Harvard University. The entries on record, movement since the last edition...

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2016
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Harvard ranked first among academic institutions (Share 881.58), followed by Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The list on record

This page shows the 20 entries on record. Top 20 transcribed from nature.com; full table is public there. See the original list.

RankNameLocationScore
1Harvard UniversityCount: 2,289 · Share: 881.58USA881.58
2Stanford UniversityCount: 1,555 · Share: 653.05USA653.05
3Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Count: 1,726 · Share: 566.82USA566.82
4The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)Count: 1,219 · Share: 528.02Japan528.02
5University of OxfordCount: 1,218 · Share: 438.44UK438.44
6University of CambridgeCount: 1,237 · Share: 432.37UK432.37
7University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)Count: 1,228 · Share: 427.3USA427.3
8Peking University (PKU)Count: 1,271 · Share: 383.73China383.73
9Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)Count: 899 · Share: 376.99Switzerland376.99
10University of Michigan (U-M)Count: 939 · Share: 368.7USA368.7
11University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)Count: 891 · Share: 363.69USA363.69
12University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Count: 904 · Share: 344.97USA344.97
13Yale UniversityCount: 860 · Share: 338.74USA338.74
14Columbia University in the City of New York (CU)Count: 915 · Share: 325.88USA325.88
15University of Toronto (U of T)Count: 796 · Share: 324.63Canada324.63
16University of Pennsylvania (Penn)Count: 719 · Share: 312.62USA312.62
17Kyoto UniversityCount: 730 · Share: 312.59Japan312.59
18Northwestern University (NU)Count: 659 · Share: 302.71USA302.71
19University of Washington (UW)Count: 912 · Share: 296.59USA296.59
20Nanjing University (NJU)Count: 688 · Share: 292.08China292.08

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