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Nature Index Research Leaders 2019

Nature Index Research Leaders 2019 by Nature Index: 20 universities ranked, led by Harvard University. The entries on record, movement since the last edition...

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2019
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Harvard ranked first among academic institutions (Share 879.84), followed by Stanford University and 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.

RankNameLocationScoreSince 2018
1Harvard UniversityCount: 2,506 · Share: 879.84USA879.84No change
2Stanford UniversityCount: 1,620 · Share: 644.63USA644.63No change
3MITCount: 1,858 · Share: 571.32USA571.32No change
4University of TokyoCount: 1,192 · Share: 449.43Japan449.43No change
5University of CambridgeCount: 1,372 · Share: 448.38UK448.38No change
6ETH ZurichCount: 1,084 · Share: 418.66Switzerland418.66Up 3
7Tsinghua UniversityCount: 1,494 · Share: 413.3China413.3Up 3
8University of OxfordCount: 1,292 · Share: 413.01UK413.01Down 1
9Peking UniversityCount: 1,602 · Share: 410.05China410.05Down 1
10UC BerkeleyCount: 1,310 · Share: 395.73USA395.73Down 4
11Nanjing UniversityCount: 976 · Share: 394.22China394.22Up 1
12University of Science and Technology of ChinaCount: 1,129 · Share: 357.84China357.84Up 3
13Yale UniversityCount: 969 · Share: 347.86USA347.86Up 6
14University of MichiganCount: 946 · Share: 342.41USA342.41Down 3
15UCLACount: 1,054 · Share: 337.08USA337.08Down 1
16University of Chinese Academy of SciencesCount: 1,905 · Share: 335.53China335.53New
17UC San DiegoCount: 985 · Share: 332.02USA332.02Down 4
18Northwestern UniversityCount: 789 · Share: 331.83USA331.83Up 2
19University of TorontoCount: 819 · Share: 320.44Canada320.44New
20Columbia UniversityCount: 984 · Share: 318.4USA318.4Down 4

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