Nature Index Research Leaders 2021
Nature Index Research Leaders 2021 by Nature Index: 20 universities ranked, led by Harvard University. The entries on record, movement since the last edition...
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- 2021
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Harvard ranked first among academic institutions (Share 925.18), 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 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityCount: 2,636 · Share: 925.18 | USA | 925.18 | No change |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityCount: 1,730 · Share: 655.29 | USA | 655.29 | No change |
| 3 | MITCount: 1,867 · Share: 526.36 | USA | 526.36 | No change |
| 4 | University of TokyoCount: 1,309 · Share: 462.4 | Japan | 462.4 | New |
| 5 | University of OxfordCount: 1,439 · Share: 459.97 | UK | 459.97 | No change |
| 6 | University of CambridgeCount: 1,439 · Share: 457.03 | UK | 457.03 | Up 5 |
| 7 | USTCCount: 1,434 · Share: 454.6 | China | 454.6 | New |
| 8 | UCASCount: 2,504 · Share: 442.1 | China | 442.1 | New |
| 9 | Peking UniversityCount: 1,741 · Share: 440.86 | China | 440.86 | No change |
| 10 | Nanjing UniversityCount: 1,096 · Share: 420.06 | China | 420.06 | Down 2 |
| 11 | Tsinghua UniversityCount: 1,527 · Share: 417.03 | China | 417.03 | Down 5 |
| 12 | University of MichiganCount: 1,065 · Share: 398.06 | USA | 398.06 | Up 2 |
| 13 | UC BerkeleyCount: 1,345 · Share: 395.01 | USA | 395.01 | No change |
| 14 | ETH ZurichCount: 1,058 · Share: 379.03 | Switzerland | 379.03 | Down 2 |
| 15 | Yale UniversityCount: 1,055 · Share: 360.9 | USA | 360.9 | Up 2 |
| 16 | UCLACount: 1,118 · Share: 339.93 | USA | 339.93 | No change |
| 17 | University of TorontoCount: 880 · Share: 336.7 | Canada | 336.7 | New |
| 18 | UC San DiegoCount: 976 · Share: 336.52 | USA | 336.52 | Down 3 |
| 19 | Columbia UniversityCount: 1,021 · Share: 331.44 | USA | 331.44 | New |
| 20 | Zhejiang UniversityCount: 848 · Share: 329.87 | China | 329.87 | Down 2 |
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