| World Rank▲ | University | 11 years articles | Current articles | 11 years citations | Current citations | Ave. citations | H-Index | HiCi papers | Hi-Impact journal articles | Total score | Ref. World Rank (FTE) |
| 1 | Harvard University | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 61.41 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 96.14 | 1 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 56.57 | 54.83 | 46.44 | 48.49 | 50.41 | 74.67 | 37.10 | 43.27 | 52.67 | 8 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 51.45 | 49.20 | 43.51 | 43.18 | 51.93 | 72.00 | 45.23 | 43.47 | 51.63 | 2 |
| 4 | University of Washington - Seattle | 55.38 | 51.77 | 44.67 | 40.39 | 49.54 | 65.33 | 38.93 | 39.31 | 48.98 | 10 |
| 5 | University of California - Los Angeles | 57.01 | 53.85 | 39.67 | 41.45 | 42.73 | 64.00 | 36.23 | 39.02 | 47.56 | 9 |
| 6 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | 55.96 | 55.52 | 37.42 | 37.27 | 41.05 | 62.67 | 31.42 | 38.28 | 45.71 | 11 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 37.35 | 36.90 | 31.48 | 37.56 | 51.75 | 72.00 | 38.97 | 34.07 | 44.86 | 3 |
| 8 | University of California - Berkeley | 49.84 | 45.17 | 36.00 | 35.96 | 44.35 | 60.00 | 40.29 | 33.87 | 44.26 | 6 |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 48.61 | 45.31 | 35.48 | 36.82 | 44.82 | 66.67 | 28.72 | 35.26 | 44.03 | 14 |
| 10 | Columbia University | 45.24 | 44.94 | 32.63 | 34.84 | 44.30 | 64.00 | 30.34 | 35.87 | 42.92 | 15 |
| 11 | University of Toronto | 57.52 | 58.54 | 32.45 | 37.82 | 34.65 | 56.00 | 23.64 | 35.28 | 42.14 | 13 |
| 12 | University of California - San Francisco | 38.07 | 35.99 | 37.11 | 31.80 | 59.86 | 62.67 | 26.91 | 33.28 | 41.85 | 7 |
| 13 | University of California - San Diego | 43.03 | 41.85 | 34.69 | 33.26 | 49.50 | 60.00 | 30.54 | 33.32 | 41.81 | 4 |
| 14 | The University of Tokyo | 73.16 | 61.14 | 34.88 | 34.65 | 29.27 | 53.33 | 23.19 | 27.19 | 41.53 | 32 |
| 15 | University of Cambridge | 45.67 | 42.29 | 30.83 | 33.95 | 41.45 | 65.33 | 25.85 | 26.84 | 40.39 | 28 |
| 16 | Yale University | 38.87 | 36.93 | 32.50 | 30.37 | 51.35 | 62.67 | 27.11 | 30.51 | 40.18 | 18 |
| 17 | University of Oxford | 42.53 | 42.69 | 28.95 | 33.61 | 41.80 | 61.33 | 24.74 | 26.87 | 38.97 | 38 |
| 18 | Duke University | 37.83 | 38.42 | 27.87 | 30.63 | 45.24 | 58.67 | 25.69 | 30.28 | 38.13 | 19 |
| 19 | Cornell University | 42.84 | 39.73 | 27.86 | 29.13 | 39.94 | 60.00 | 25.26 | 26.89 | 37.77 | 16 |
| 20 | University of London - University College London | 49.68 | 42.23 | 32.95 | 30.37 | 40.73 | 52.00 | 20.96 | 28.60 | 37.43 | 44 |
| 21 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | 45.10 | 41.85 | 27.44 | 23.63 | 37.36 | 50.67 | 23.35 | 26.70 | 35.18 | 24 |
| 22 | Imperial College London | 36.63 | 40.91 | 20.10 | 29.99 | 33.70 | 60.00 | 18.26 | 24.83 | 34.60 | 42 |
| 23 | Washington University in St. Louis | 30.45 | 29.07 | 26.81 | 24.74 | 54.06 | 56.00 | 19.48 | 25.31 | 34.43 | 21 |
| 24 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh | 37.81 | 40.07 | 26.02 | 27.83 | 42.27 | 50.67 | 18.68 | 26.13 | 34.26 | 36 |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 43.96 | 42.29 | 27.67 | 26.36 | 38.65 | 44.00 | 22.44 | 26.98 | 34.11 | 30 |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 31.89 | 33.16 | 20.69 | 24.32 | 39.84 | 56.00 | 19.66 | 23.61 | 32.68 | 17 |
| 27 | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | 33.39 | 33.12 | 23.33 | 24.17 | 42.90 | 50.67 | 19.27 | 24.24 | 32.35 | 48 |
| 28 | Kyoto University | 53.37 | 45.35 | 24.23 | 24.01 | 27.89 | 46.67 | 13.89 | 20.13 | 31.92 | 29 |
| 29 | The University of Chicago | 26.97 | 26.06 | 20.44 | 24.22 | 46.55 | 56.00 | 19.68 | 18.80 | 31.40 | 34 |
| 30 | California Institute of Technology | 21.63 | 23.24 | 19.26 | 24.08 | 54.68 | 54.67 | 22.18 | 16.96 | 31.09 | 5 |
| 31 | The University of British Columbia | 35.96 | 40.27 | 18.15 | 24.68 | 30.99 | 50.67 | 14.03 | 21.54 | 30.47 | 64 |
| 32 | University of California - Davis | 39.65 | 38.72 | 19.94 | 22.05 | 30.88 | 44.00 | 16.45 | 24.42 | 30.05 | 22 |
| 33 | The Ohio State University - Columbus | 35.83 | 35.30 | 18.97 | 21.31 | 32.51 | 50.67 | 15.48 | 17.81 | 29.52 | 60 |
| 34 | Karolinska Institutet | 31.90 | 30.62 | 21.03 | 20.70 | 40.49 | 49.33 | 11.01 | 18.30 | 28.74 | 40 |
| 35 | Osaka University | 45.83 | 38.22 | 21.41 | 19.19 | 28.69 | 46.67 | 12.06 | 14.66 | 28.68 | 65 |
| 36 | McGill University | 34.48 | 33.78 | 20.26 | 20.25 | 36.08 | 45.33 | 12.92 | 18.77 | 28.30 | 105 |
| 37 | The University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | 16.55 | 16.79 | 17.06 | 16.41 | 63.30 | 56.00 | 12.67 | 13.51 | 28.14 | 31 |
| 38 | Princeton University | 20.29 | 20.01 | 16.09 | 18.33 | 48.69 | 52.00 | 21.00 | 12.97 | 27.84 | 12 |
| 39 | Boston University | 24.55 | 24.59 | 16.91 | 18.20 | 42.30 | 49.33 | 14.28 | 18.71 | 27.47 | 54 |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University - University Park | 30.98 | 28.87 | 17.15 | 19.02 | 34.00 | 45.33 | 17.34 | 17.81 | 27.34 | 58 |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 29.74 | 26.45 | 17.21 | 18.39 | 35.54 | 50.67 | 14.76 | 15.06 | 27.34 | 50 |
| 42 | Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich | 31.61 | 30.05 | 16.33 | 20.51 | 31.72 | 50.67 | 11.45 | 14.98 | 27.12 | 107 |
| 43 | Emory University | 23.78 | 25.10 | 17.13 | 18.25 | 44.25 | 48.00 | 12.75 | 17.72 | 27.02 | 46 |
| 44 | The University of Texas - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | 17.55 | 20.19 | 13.54 | 20.27 | 47.36 | 56.00 | 11.29 | 12.66 | 26.68 | 27 |
| 45 | New York University | 26.17 | 25.49 | 17.29 | 16.36 | 40.56 | 45.33 | 14.56 | 18.07 | 26.55 | 98 |
| 46 | University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign | 34.38 | 32.25 | 17.85 | 16.51 | 31.88 | 41.33 | 14.58 | 18.55 | 26.53 | 56 |
| 47 | University of Florida | 41.11 | 40.07 | 16.71 | 18.07 | 24.97 | 38.67 | 12.02 | 18.01 | 26.33 | 76 |
| 48 | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine | 16.17 | 27.26 | 9.56 | 20.81 | 36.31 | 56.00 | 9.71 | 17.34 | 26.27 | 75 |
| 48 | University of Helsinki | 30.10 | 27.11 | 17.21 | 17.66 | 35.10 | 48.00 | 11.07 | 15.27 | 26.27 | 71 |
| 50 | University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie | 29.40 | 36.13 | 11.55 | 21.02 | 24.13 | 49.33 | 9.20 | 18.06 | 26.18 | 100 |
| 51 | University of Melbourne | 27.48 | 38.50 | 11.73 | 21.33 | 26.22 | 46.67 | 8.12 | 20.51 | 26.15 | 69 |
| 52 | Tohoku University | 43.20 | 35.73 | 15.70 | 16.40 | 22.32 | 45.33 | 9.34 | 12.77 | 25.72 | 84 |
| 53 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich | 27.26 | 27.64 | 14.45 | 18.09 | 32.55 | 42.67 | 13.46 | 19.84 | 25.53 | 43 |
| 54 | University of Copenhagen | 27.81 | 29.65 | 13.95 | 17.63 | 30.81 | 48.00 | 8.63 | 16.19 | 25.31 | 141 |
| 55 | The University of Manchester | 32.33 | 32.04 | 13.77 | 19.02 | 26.14 | 45.33 | 9.79 | 16.24 | 25.30 | 125 |
| 56 | Utrecht University | 31.05 | 29.22 | 16.90 | 17.32 | 33.43 | 40.00 | 10.93 | 18.86 | 25.26 | 77 |
| 57 | Vanderbilt University | 24.45 | 23.72 | 17.57 | 17.22 | 44.12 | 41.33 | 12.77 | 15.37 | 25.20 | 85 |
| 58 | The Rockefeller University | 6.98 | 4.91 | 11.36 | 8.31 | 100.00 | 48.00 | 9.36 | 6.32 | 25.11 | 33 |
| 59 | Baylor College of Medicine | 20.23 | 17.08 | 17.30 | 15.73 | 52.51 | 46.67 | 9.75 | 13.06 | 25.04 | 47 |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 27.26 | 25.68 | 16.14 | 15.19 | 36.34 | 42.67 | 12.96 | 16.39 | 25.00 | 80 |
| 61 | University of Edinburgh | 23.35 | 23.60 | 14.01 | 16.66 | 36.85 | 46.67 | 10.93 | 13.80 | 24.49 | 91 |
| 62 | University of Maryland - College Park | 25.83 | 26.41 | 13.81 | 14.87 | 32.84 | 42.67 | 12.49 | 14.36 | 23.94 | 128 |
| 63 | University of London - King's College London | 24.64 | 24.03 | 14.09 | 15.52 | 35.11 | 42.67 | 8.94 | 16.54 | 23.69 | 96 |
| 64 | Lund University | 29.01 | 25.22 | 14.86 | 15.50 | 31.45 | 42.67 | 9.38 | 12.91 | 23.48 | 68 |
| 65 | University of Zurich | 24.10 | 24.30 | 14.09 | 15.92 | 35.90 | 42.67 | 9.16 | 13.94 | 23.43 | 39 |
| 66 | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg | 25.99 | 25.81 | 13.47 | 16.79 | 31.84 | 44.00 | 8.85 | 12.45 | 23.39 | 124 |
| 67 | Leiden University | 22.09 | 21.52 | 12.61 | 16.01 | 35.07 | 46.67 | 7.98 | 13.80 | 23.33 | 26 |
| 68 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | 24.09 | 31.53 | 10.16 | 16.26 | 25.89 | 42.67 | 7.31 | 16.63 | 22.92 | 59 |
| 69 | University of Amsterdam | 25.35 | 24.12 | 14.03 | 15.64 | 33.99 | 40.00 | 9.52 | 14.10 | 22.86 | 129 |
| 70 | University of Utah | 22.74 | 21.48 | 13.83 | 14.04 | 37.36 | 41.33 | 9.00 | 14.18 | 22.69 | 101 |
| 71 | University of Montreal | 19.78 | 27.27 | 9.36 | 15.89 | 29.08 | 46.67 | 7.31 | 13.83 | 22.64 | 62 |
| 72 | The University of Sydney | 29.21 | 33.37 | 11.65 | 15.92 | 24.50 | 38.67 | 7.21 | 15.28 | 22.57 | 160 |
| 73 | University of California - Irvine | 21.61 | 23.05 | 13.29 | 14.55 | 37.77 | 37.33 | 12.27 | 14.39 | 22.49 | 49 |
| 74 | University of Virginia | 23.15 | 21.48 | 14.63 | 14.09 | 38.82 | 38.67 | 10.13 | 12.89 | 22.40 | 70 |
| 75 | The University of Texas - Austin | 25.99 | 26.10 | 12.97 | 16.18 | 30.64 | 36.00 | 12.19 | 14.25 | 22.36 | 103 |
| 76 | University of California - Santa Barbara | 17.79 | 16.62 | 12.01 | 12.82 | 41.47 | 41.33 | 15.35 | 11.03 | 22.30 | 23 |
| 77 | University of Milan | 27.79 | 26.53 | 13.01 | 15.61 | 28.74 | 41.33 | 7.39 | 11.48 | 22.27 | 95 |
| 78 | University of São Paulo | 40.36 | 57.15 | 9.39 | 13.70 | 14.29 | 33.33 | 4.37 | 9.57 | 22.25 | 217 |
| 79 | University of Colorado - Boulder | 20.55 | 18.96 | 12.93 | 13.38 | 38.63 | 41.33 | 11.23 | 11.48 | 22.12 | 94 |
| 80 | University of Alabama - Birmingham | 19.83 | 18.73 | 13.82 | 12.44 | 42.80 | 41.33 | 8.37 | 11.09 | 21.95 | 72 |
| 81 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 17.44 | 21.08 | 10.50 | 14.31 | 36.97 | 45.33 | 5.46 | 13.30 | 21.91 | 88 |
| 82 | Case Western Reserve University | 20.63 | 17.99 | 14.14 | 12.75 | 42.10 | 40.00 | 8.57 | 12.06 | 21.86 | 45 |
| 83 | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | 15.61 | 14.61 | 12.12 | 11.56 | 47.68 | 44.00 | 8.18 | 10.92 | 21.82 | 61 |
| 84 | University of Colorado - Denver and Health Sciences Center | 16.89 | 16.41 | 12.43 | 12.00 | 45.19 | 42.67 | 8.02 | 11.65 | 21.78 | 144 |
| 85 | Seoul National University | 34.95 | 40.04 | 10.02 | 14.08 | 17.61 | 34.67 | 6.66 | 14.39 | 21.76 | 131 |
| 86 | University of Rochester | 19.15 | 18.05 | 12.34 | 12.94 | 39.58 | 40.00 | 9.97 | 12.84 | 21.63 | 117 |
| 87 | University of Alberta | 29.21 | 29.53 | 12.76 | 13.38 | 26.82 | 36.00 | 8.10 | 13.57 | 21.62 | 168 |
| 88 | University of Paris XI: Sud | 22.52 | 25.99 | 9.42 | 15.25 | 25.68 | 44.00 | 8.12 | 10.59 | 21.49 | 115 |
| 89 | University of Iowa | 25.01 | 20.60 | 15.06 | 12.48 | 36.97 | 36.00 | 9.61 | 11.75 | 21.42 | 82 |
| 90 | Tufts University | 15.43 | 14.97 | 11.24 | 12.08 | 44.73 | 42.67 | 9.34 | 10.07 | 21.29 | 25 |
| 91 | University of Rome La Sapienza | 30.09 | 28.80 | 11.18 | 13.64 | 22.82 | 38.67 | 5.95 | 9.83 | 20.75 | 183 |
| 92 | University of Bristol | 22.15 | 21.26 | 11.30 | 13.54 | 31.33 | 37.33 | 9.10 | 12.39 | 20.65 | 113 |
| 93 | National University of Singapore | 29.86 | 32.47 | 8.85 | 13.10 | 18.20 | 33.33 | 7.43 | 16.13 | 20.45 | 131 |
| 94 | McMaster University | 19.89 | 21.28 | 10.39 | 12.70 | 32.08 | 40.00 | 8.94 | 9.72 | 20.43 | 41 |
| 95 | Uppsala University | 25.65 | 22.55 | 12.87 | 12.91 | 30.80 | 36.00 | 7.09 | 10.36 | 20.29 | 86 |
| 96 | Purdue University - West Lafayette | 24.51 | 24.56 | 10.27 | 12.04 | 25.72 | 36.00 | 9.18 | 12.71 | 20.19 | 133 |
| 97 | Texas A&M University - College Station | 28.24 | 27.86 | 12.22 | 11.18 | 26.57 | 32.00 | 9.32 | 11.69 | 20.16 | 93 |
| 98 | University of Geneva | 15.72 | 15.24 | 10.19 | 11.68 | 39.81 | 42.67 | 7.39 | 8.03 | 20.11 | 55 |
| 99 | Michigan State University | 24.06 | 24.55 | 10.97 | 11.56 | 28.00 | 34.67 | 10.66 | 11.01 | 20.10 | 154 |
| 100 | University of Queensland | 25.17 | 28.49 | 9.88 | 14.07 | 24.12 | 34.67 | 6.62 | 13.10 | 20.06 | 168 |