Nature Index Research Leaders 2020
Nature Index Research Leaders 2020 by Nature Index: 20 universities ranked, led by Harvard University. The entries on record, movement since the last edition...
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Harvard ranked first among academic institutions (Share 921.98), 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.
| Rank | Name | Location | Score | Since 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityCount: 2,638 · Share: 921.98 | USA | 921.98 | No change |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityCount: 1,709 · Share: 670.72 | USA | 670.72 | No change |
| 3 | MITCount: 1,890 · Share: 561.46 | USA | 561.46 | No change |
| 4 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaCount: 1,352 · Share: 460.74 | China | 460.74 | Up 8 |
| 5 | University of OxfordCount: 1,375 · Share: 456.29 | UK | 456.29 | Up 3 |
| 6 | Tsinghua UniversityCount: 1,558 · Share: 445.12 | China | 445.12 | Up 1 |
| 7 | The University of TokyoCount: 1,190 · Share: 432.23 | Japan | 432.23 | New |
| 8 | Nanjing UniversityCount: 1,105 · Share: 427.4 | China | 427.4 | Up 3 |
| 9 | Peking UniversityCount: 1,720 · Share: 425.13 | China | 425.13 | No change |
| 10 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesCount: 2,341 · Share: 420.4 | China | 420.4 | Up 6 |
| 11 | University of CambridgeCount: 1,320 · Share: 419 | UK | 419 | Down 6 |
| 12 | ETH ZurichCount: 1,050 · Share: 403.35 | Switzerland | 403.35 | Down 6 |
| 13 | UC BerkeleyCount: 1,306 · Share: 388.41 | USA | 388.41 | Down 3 |
| 14 | University of MichiganCount: 987 · Share: 344 | USA | 344 | No change |
| 15 | UC San DiegoCount: 1,016 · Share: 339.52 | USA | 339.52 | Up 2 |
| 16 | UCLACount: 1,090 · Share: 338.44 | USA | 338.44 | Down 1 |
| 17 | Yale UniversityCount: 939 · Share: 337.84 | USA | 337.84 | Down 4 |
| 18 | Zhejiang UniversityCount: 809 · Share: 320.97 | China | 320.97 | New |
| 19 | Cornell UniversityCount: 1,016 · Share: 320.12 | USA | 320.12 | New |
| 20 | Northwestern UniversityCount: 762 · Share: 316.82 | USA | 316.82 | Down 2 |
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