| 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 |
| 1 | University of California - Berkeley | 64.41 | 85.48 | 95.45 | 100.00 | 67.33 | 100.00 | 99.79 | 84.69 | 88.94 |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 56.72 | 65.25 | 100.00 | 89.66 | 80.12 | 92.31 | 100.00 | 63.06 | 82.10 |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 55.11 | 67.63 | 81.16 | 69.27 | 66.92 | 79.49 | 87.42 | 100.00 | 78.02 |
| 4 | The University of Tokyo | 100.00 | 100.00 | 89.17 | 81.11 | 40.52 | 82.05 | 80.82 | 54.49 | 77.79 |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | 58.18 | 61.69 | 77.19 | 66.54 | 60.29 | 76.92 | 68.45 | 65.31 | 67.84 |
| 6 | Princeton University | 40.27 | 43.70 | 76.97 | 64.05 | 86.85 | 84.62 | 89.28 | 29.80 | 65.97 |
| 7 | Stanford University | 38.02 | 45.66 | 54.95 | 66.93 | 65.68 | 94.87 | 68.45 | 54.69 | 64.57 |
| 8 | Harvard University | 27.09 | 40.91 | 42.10 | 46.88 | 70.63 | 74.36 | 99.18 | 67.96 | 62.70 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania State University - University Park | 35.01 | 40.46 | 50.56 | 41.86 | 65.64 | 79.49 | 52.37 | 32.65 | 52.00 |
| 10 | University of California - Los Angeles | 35.65 | 42.60 | 47.36 | 49.19 | 60.36 | 76.92 | 41.86 | 43.27 | 51.67 |
| 11 | University of Oxford | 41.96 | 45.21 | 46.92 | 57.42 | 50.81 | 76.92 | 42.27 | 37.55 | 51.59 |
| 12 | Johns Hopkins University | 29.04 | 29.32 | 48.86 | 55.64 | 76.45 | 79.49 | 45.57 | 28.78 | 50.98 |
| 13 | University of California - Santa Barbara | 30.01 | 36.85 | 45.78 | 43.14 | 69.32 | 69.23 | 56.70 | 35.51 | 50.19 |
| 14 | University of Maryland - College Park | 43.09 | 46.30 | 51.26 | 48.99 | 54.05 | 76.92 | 42.47 | 26.94 | 50.17 |
| 15 | University of Paris XI: Sud | 44.93 | 58.31 | 38.75 | 51.44 | 39.19 | 69.23 | 38.76 | 39.39 | 48.83 |
| 16 | The University of Chicago | 22.84 | 25.71 | 44.83 | 51.76 | 89.18 | 79.49 | 47.42 | 15.51 | 48.77 |
| 17 | University of Washington - Seattle | 26.69 | 28.45 | 46.16 | 44.16 | 78.59 | 71.79 | 46.80 | 32.45 | 48.65 |
| 18 | Tohoku University | 64.85 | 71.46 | 50.50 | 41.18 | 35.38 | 51.28 | 39.38 | 39.39 | 48.41 |
| 19 | University of Arizona | 38.11 | 38.17 | 49.14 | 42.29 | 58.59 | 74.36 | 43.30 | 29.18 | 48.37 |
| 20 | Cornell University | 26.32 | 30.00 | 40.33 | 37.99 | 69.62 | 69.23 | 43.51 | 46.94 | 47.84 |
| 21 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | 36.72 | 47.40 | 45.32 | 49.16 | 56.08 | 58.97 | 34.43 | 46.53 | 47.41 |
| 22 | Columbia University | 22.52 | 28.68 | 32.11 | 55.10 | 64.78 | 82.05 | 37.94 | 28.37 | 46.67 |
| 23 | Imperial College London | 34.44 | 43.56 | 37.51 | 43.41 | 49.49 | 69.23 | 36.70 | 42.04 | 46.50 |
| 24 | University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie | 38.35 | 61.46 | 28.79 | 60.20 | 34.12 | 74.36 | 25.57 | 36.12 | 46.42 |
| 25 | Kyoto University | 56.72 | 66.76 | 39.61 | 39.19 | 31.74 | 64.10 | 33.61 | 24.29 | 44.91 |
| 26 | University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign | 34.28 | 37.17 | 41.58 | 41.09 | 55.13 | 61.54 | 29.90 | 45.51 | 44.54 |
| 27 | The Ohio State University - Columbus | 27.21 | 29.86 | 41.31 | 43.63 | 68.99 | 74.36 | 36.91 | 17.76 | 44.17 |
| 28 | The University of Texas - Austin | 32.05 | 36.44 | 37.97 | 43.92 | 53.82 | 71.79 | 34.43 | 26.73 | 43.95 |
| 29 | University of California - Santa Cruz | 18.18 | 20.23 | 31.66 | 40.65 | 79.15 | 79.49 | 33.81 | 8.16 | 41.18 |
| 30 | University of California - San Diego | 29.88 | 35.80 | 37.37 | 38.03 | 56.83 | 64.10 | 26.39 | 28.16 | 40.79 |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 31.94 | 35.75 | 37.12 | 42.41 | 52.80 | 64.10 | 25.36 | 27.35 | 40.73 |
| 32 | Osaka University | 56.28 | 60.32 | 36.14 | 28.55 | 29.18 | 46.15 | 25.98 | 39.18 | 40.05 |
| 33 | University of Colorado - Boulder | 27.82 | 28.45 | 37.63 | 36.14 | 61.45 | 61.54 | 31.75 | 23.27 | 39.71 |
| 34 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich | 27.82 | 39.59 | 30.16 | 35.90 | 49.27 | 48.72 | 29.07 | 45.31 | 39.18 |
| 35 | Northwestern University | 19.19 | 32.51 | 20.95 | 38.25 | 49.61 | 66.67 | 16.29 | 45.92 | 38.71 |
| 36 | Seoul National University | 29.43 | 42.74 | 22.39 | 27.13 | 34.58 | 58.97 | 24.33 | 50.82 | 38.69 |
| 37 | University of Toronto | 24.26 | 30.46 | 27.42 | 34.86 | 51.37 | 64.10 | 22.68 | 36.33 | 38.51 |
| 38 | University of Pennsylvania | 15.66 | 20.55 | 28.89 | 25.35 | 83.80 | 64.10 | 28.87 | 24.90 | 38.31 |
| 39 | Durham University | 18.93 | 17.72 | 30.05 | 31.85 | 72.14 | 66.67 | 32.58 | 12.24 | 37.13 |
| 40 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | 39.48 | 41.46 | 30.68 | 27.23 | 35.32 | 61.54 | 29.90 | 13.47 | 36.23 |
| 41 | Yale University | 20.23 | 21.14 | 29.39 | 25.76 | 66.01 | 58.97 | 34.43 | 14.49 | 35.39 |
| 42 | University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot | 23.44 | 36.62 | 18.66 | 45.18 | 36.17 | 71.79 | 18.14 | 14.69 | 35.29 |
| 43 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne | 21.06 | 34.89 | 18.47 | 35.42 | 39.86 | 56.41 | 17.73 | 42.45 | 35.28 |
| 44 | University of Hawaii | 17.23 | 18.63 | 27.82 | 24.92 | 73.36 | 64.10 | 29.48 | 8.16 | 34.66 |
| 45 | Tsinghua University | 39.23 | 57.08 | 14.85 | 24.38 | 17.20 | 46.15 | 11.75 | 51.63 | 34.01 |
| 46 | The University of British Columbia | 15.12 | 21.37 | 21.57 | 37.79 | 64.79 | 64.10 | 18.97 | 14.90 | 33.97 |
| 47 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 17.75 | 22.19 | 22.76 | 32.78 | 58.29 | 51.28 | 29.28 | 24.69 | 33.73 |
| 48 | University of Rome La Sapienza | 32.36 | 31.96 | 25.39 | 26.29 | 35.65 | 58.97 | 21.24 | 21.84 | 33.42 |
| 49 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | 20.25 | 21.69 | 29.56 | 27.29 | 66.33 | 56.41 | 19.79 | 15.71 | 33.12 |
| 50 | University of London - University College London | 25.30 | 35.57 | 22.63 | 36.94 | 40.64 | 53.85 | 15.26 | 24.29 | 32.81 |
| 51 | University of Science and Technology of China | 34.48 | 50.87 | 17.38 | 29.82 | 22.91 | 56.41 | 18.76 | 20.41 | 32.70 |
| 52 | University of California - Davis | 17.54 | 25.34 | 21.00 | 29.41 | 54.40 | 51.28 | 21.44 | 27.14 | 32.31 |
| 53 | Boston University | 18.41 | 18.13 | 27.80 | 20.24 | 68.59 | 53.85 | 24.95 | 15.71 | 32.19 |
| 54 | Nagoya University | 31.79 | 34.75 | 23.89 | 32.27 | 34.14 | 53.85 | 20.82 | 16.73 | 32.09 |
| 55 | University of Edinburgh | 15.81 | 19.95 | 23.54 | 31.26 | 67.66 | 56.41 | 22.27 | 10.41 | 32.01 |
| 56 | University of Padua | 24.41 | 30.32 | 21.53 | 26.98 | 40.09 | 58.97 | 17.73 | 21.02 | 31.94 |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 16.99 | 23.01 | 20.08 | 33.38 | 53.70 | 61.54 | 20.41 | 12.24 | 31.92 |
| 58 | Rice University | 9.43 | 16.89 | 13.94 | 23.33 | 67.21 | 61.54 | 19.59 | 21.43 | 31.54 |
| 59 | University of California - Irvine | 13.31 | 21.60 | 17.11 | 29.73 | 58.41 | 56.41 | 17.32 | 24.08 | 31.51 |
| 60 | Peking University | 31.88 | 50.41 | 14.30 | 23.83 | 20.37 | 48.72 | 11.13 | 37.96 | 31.19 |
| 61 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 55.20 | 68.17 | 20.73 | 19.56 | 17.07 | 46.15 | 9.69 | 16.12 | 31.18 |
| 62 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | 19.40 | 17.85 | 24.41 | 22.59 | 57.18 | 56.41 | 25.15 | 11.22 | 30.88 |
| 63 | The University of Manchester | 22.24 | 29.04 | 18.46 | 27.23 | 37.71 | 56.41 | 14.43 | 26.33 | 30.86 |
| 64 | Ecole Polytechnique | 22.99 | 27.40 | 20.18 | 21.23 | 39.90 | 56.41 | 24.12 | 18.37 | 30.82 |
| 65 | University of Florida | 20.50 | 27.90 | 19.36 | 26.93 | 42.91 | 58.97 | 17.11 | 17.35 | 30.72 |
| 66 | Purdue University - West Lafayette | 17.57 | 26.26 | 16.67 | 22.09 | 43.13 | 56.41 | 15.26 | 28.37 | 30.40 |
| 67 | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg | 16.57 | 23.61 | 17.73 | 34.58 | 48.61 | 58.97 | 15.46 | 12.24 | 30.06 |
| 68 | Zhejiang University | 22.09 | 47.31 | 7.85 | 20.70 | 16.14 | 46.15 | 6.39 | 55.92 | 29.99 |
| 69 | Texas A&M University - College Station | 20.49 | 29.45 | 19.94 | 21.46 | 44.23 | 51.28 | 22.06 | 18.78 | 29.94 |
| 70 | Michigan State University | 17.48 | 22.15 | 19.74 | 30.50 | 51.32 | 51.28 | 21.44 | 12.04 | 29.40 |
| 71 | University of Notre Dame | 13.98 | 17.03 | 21.43 | 26.00 | 69.65 | 56.41 | 15.67 | 6.33 | 29.39 |
| 72 | Yonsei University | 16.15 | 27.35 | 13.82 | 24.08 | 38.88 | 51.28 | 13.40 | 33.47 | 29.32 |
| 73 | The Australian National University | 21.70 | 24.16 | 21.92 | 18.35 | 45.90 | 46.15 | 16.91 | 27.76 | 29.13 |
| 74 | National University of Singapore | 21.41 | 42.37 | 9.87 | 21.80 | 20.95 | 43.59 | 4.54 | 52.86 | 28.97 |
| 75 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14.32 | 15.11 | 23.10 | 21.18 | 73.28 | 46.15 | 21.86 | 11.43 | 28.92 |
| 76 | Weizmann Institute of Science | 16.54 | 17.72 | 19.89 | 25.32 | 54.65 | 46.15 | 20.82 | 20.00 | 28.77 |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts - Amherst | 13.95 | 16.48 | 17.21 | 19.71 | 56.05 | 56.41 | 16.29 | 16.73 | 28.58 |
| 78 | National Taiwan University | 20.57 | 37.99 | 10.77 | 17.64 | 23.79 | 46.15 | 7.84 | 46.94 | 28.52 |
| 79 | University of Karlsruhe | 18.21 | 20.32 | 18.34 | 21.11 | 45.76 | 56.41 | 16.49 | 15.10 | 28.39 |
| 80 | Tel Aviv University | 22.85 | 23.29 | 19.46 | 19.01 | 38.70 | 53.85 | 13.40 | 21.43 | 28.32 |
| 81 | McGill University | 17.06 | 24.06 | 17.17 | 20.68 | 45.72 | 53.85 | 14.23 | 19.39 | 28.28 |
| 82 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 13.52 | 26.71 | 10.53 | 17.12 | 35.39 | 46.15 | 11.34 | 44.69 | 27.96 |
| 83 | State University of New York - Stony Brook | 17.32 | 15.80 | 21.43 | 16.31 | 56.23 | 48.72 | 27.42 | 8.98 | 27.91 |
| 84 | University of Rochester | 18.75 | 20.46 | 19.31 | 19.56 | 46.80 | 48.72 | 14.85 | 20.61 | 27.55 |
| 85 | Technical University of Munich | 20.41 | 27.35 | 17.46 | 19.23 | 38.88 | 48.72 | 14.02 | 21.63 | 27.42 |
| 86 | Brown University | 10.46 | 12.51 | 16.10 | 27.02 | 69.96 | 48.72 | 13.20 | 12.24 | 27.16 |
| 87 | University of Southampton | 19.13 | 23.52 | 16.28 | 23.25 | 38.67 | 46.15 | 9.28 | 29.18 | 27.08 |
| 88 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | 19.50 | 33.65 | 9.20 | 19.10 | 21.44 | 43.59 | 4.12 | 48.78 | 26.94 |
| 89 | New York University | 8.72 | 11.05 | 14.07 | 15.44 | 73.33 | 51.28 | 17.32 | 11.84 | 26.89 |
| 90 | Lund University | 16.35 | 19.41 | 17.20 | 21.76 | 47.80 | 43.59 | 12.99 | 25.92 | 26.81 |
| 91 | University of Tennessee - Knoxville | 15.81 | 15.71 | 15.77 | 16.94 | 45.30 | 56.41 | 14.85 | 15.51 | 26.79 |
| 92 | University of Barcelona | 15.93 | 22.37 | 14.95 | 21.08 | 42.64 | 51.28 | 12.99 | 19.18 | 26.78 |
| 93 | Leiden University | 14.40 | 19.27 | 15.39 | 18.67 | 48.57 | 53.85 | 13.61 | 12.65 | 26.34 |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh | 12.81 | 14.61 | 19.12 | 15.01 | 67.84 | 48.72 | 13.61 | 9.80 | 26.19 |
| 95 | Duke University | 12.22 | 17.44 | 12.16 | 14.99 | 45.21 | 48.72 | 15.67 | 25.31 | 26.09 |
| 96 | University of São Paulo | 31.90 | 30.55 | 18.28 | 16.92 | 26.05 | 46.15 | 15.26 | 13.88 | 25.97 |
| 97 | Nanyang Technological University | 17.55 | 43.61 | 6.86 | 16.45 | 17.75 | 35.90 | 4.54 | 52.24 | 25.92 |
| 98 | University of Pisa | 16.46 | 19.50 | 14.54 | 26.28 | 40.13 | 53.85 | 12.37 | 10.20 | 25.85 |
| 99 | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | 15.14 | 19.95 | 15.86 | 24.28 | 47.58 | 48.72 | 12.16 | 12.45 | 25.72 |
| 100 | University of Geneva | 12.94 | 17.40 | 12.56 | 17.98 | 44.09 | 58.97 | 13.40 | 9.39 | 25.71 |