| 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 | 62.78 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 96.28 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 50.92 | 48.37 | 43.79 | 43.12 | 53.98 | 67.86 | 44.13 | 40.51 | 50.29 | 3 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 56.61 | 51.84 | 47.22 | 45.49 | 52.37 | 64.29 | 37.36 | 40.82 | 49.94 | 10 |
| 4 | University of Washington - Seattle | 56.53 | 50.26 | 45.69 | 41.43 | 50.74 | 65.48 | 39.13 | 37.22 | 49.01 | 8 |
| 5 | University of California - Los Angeles | 57.74 | 55.04 | 41.57 | 42.05 | 45.20 | 65.48 | 36.78 | 37.38 | 48.38 | 7 |
| 6 | University of California - Berkeley | 48.83 | 48.33 | 36.50 | 38.99 | 46.93 | 65.48 | 39.69 | 35.63 | 46.35 | 5 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 36.51 | 37.54 | 32.20 | 38.20 | 55.36 | 75.00 | 38.61 | 35.35 | 46.07 | 4 |
| 8 | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | 58.19 | 59.60 | 39.01 | 39.83 | 42.09 | 57.14 | 31.86 | 39.08 | 45.94 | 11 |
| 9 | University of Toronto | 57.96 | 60.38 | 33.44 | 37.69 | 36.23 | 60.71 | 24.77 | 34.78 | 43.65 | 18 |
| 10 | University of Oxford | 48.78 | 45.71 | 34.78 | 39.04 | 44.76 | 63.10 | 29.29 | 30.09 | 42.83 | 22 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 48.38 | 45.00 | 35.87 | 35.18 | 46.54 | 59.52 | 28.79 | 34.82 | 42.54 | 12 |
| 12 | University of California - San Diego | 42.59 | 42.12 | 34.55 | 34.94 | 50.93 | 58.33 | 29.79 | 32.43 | 41.51 | 2 |
| 13 | Columbia University | 45.42 | 45.43 | 33.32 | 35.77 | 46.06 | 53.57 | 30.32 | 36.27 | 41.30 | 14 |
| 14 | The University of Tokyo | 71.09 | 62.59 | 34.86 | 35.21 | 30.79 | 48.81 | 23.11 | 26.90 | 40.72 | 39 |
| 15 | University of California - San Francisco | 37.85 | 36.63 | 36.00 | 31.43 | 59.72 | 54.76 | 26.76 | 33.83 | 40.20 | 9 |
| 16 | University of Cambridge | 44.69 | 43.66 | 31.33 | 35.46 | 44.02 | 59.52 | 27.08 | 28.67 | 40.18 | 26 |
| 17 | University of London - University College London | 48.77 | 46.09 | 33.19 | 33.88 | 42.72 | 55.95 | 21.04 | 29.62 | 39.25 | 28 |
| 18 | Yale University | 38.48 | 36.81 | 31.97 | 30.45 | 52.15 | 57.14 | 26.66 | 30.20 | 38.94 | 17 |
| 19 | Duke University | 37.82 | 38.52 | 28.66 | 30.14 | 47.57 | 57.14 | 26.58 | 29.49 | 38.11 | 16 |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 45.92 | 42.06 | 28.97 | 29.21 | 39.60 | 51.19 | 22.02 | 25.34 | 35.92 | 24 |
| 21 | Imperial College London | 38.77 | 41.96 | 23.35 | 31.53 | 37.81 | 54.76 | 20.10 | 27.67 | 35.46 | 34 |
| 22 | Cornell University | 42.74 | 40.34 | 28.28 | 27.19 | 41.55 | 47.62 | 25.74 | 26.46 | 35.36 | 21 |
| 23 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh | 39.45 | 40.22 | 27.39 | 27.88 | 43.58 | 52.38 | 19.21 | 25.73 | 35.07 | 33 |
| 24 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | 45.86 | 41.46 | 28.19 | 25.85 | 38.59 | 46.43 | 23.39 | 25.87 | 34.67 | 20 |
| 25 | Washington University in St. Louis | 31.26 | 29.87 | 26.81 | 23.99 | 53.85 | 55.95 | 18.83 | 23.70 | 34.15 | 19 |
| 26 | University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | 34.44 | 32.85 | 24.31 | 24.42 | 44.31 | 55.95 | 20.56 | 23.42 | 33.82 | 36 |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 32.05 | 34.38 | 21.31 | 26.62 | 41.74 | 53.57 | 20.64 | 25.65 | 33.27 | 15 |
| 28 | Kyoto University | 52.18 | 46.46 | 24.54 | 24.74 | 29.52 | 46.43 | 14.29 | 17.51 | 31.80 | 41 |
| 29 | University of California - Davis | 39.50 | 39.73 | 20.82 | 23.57 | 33.09 | 47.62 | 17.47 | 23.70 | 31.37 | 25 |
| 30 | The University of Chicago | 26.66 | 26.26 | 20.72 | 24.54 | 48.79 | 54.76 | 19.49 | 17.75 | 31.23 | 30 |
| 31 | California Institute of Technology | 21.20 | 23.33 | 19.68 | 24.97 | 58.27 | 52.38 | 21.32 | 16.52 | 30.90 | 6 |
| 32 | The University of British Columbia | 36.53 | 40.91 | 19.16 | 25.49 | 32.94 | 45.24 | 14.68 | 20.74 | 29.86 | 61 |
| 33 | The Ohio State University - Columbus | 36.98 | 36.00 | 20.08 | 22.32 | 34.09 | 47.62 | 16.08 | 17.66 | 29.53 | 55 |
| 34 | Karolinska Institutet | 32.11 | 30.04 | 21.20 | 20.95 | 41.46 | 50.00 | 11.54 | 17.91 | 28.99 | 40 |
| 35 | McGill University | 34.16 | 34.51 | 20.37 | 21.45 | 37.43 | 44.05 | 13.65 | 19.30 | 28.55 | 85 |
| 36 | University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign | 35.02 | 31.41 | 18.40 | 18.65 | 32.99 | 42.86 | 14.62 | 19.85 | 27.39 | 52 |
| 37 | Emory University | 24.11 | 24.93 | 17.64 | 18.85 | 45.93 | 47.62 | 13.25 | 17.91 | 27.34 | 42 |
| 38 | Osaka University | 44.24 | 36.82 | 21.04 | 18.69 | 29.86 | 41.67 | 11.62 | 14.54 | 27.32 | 70 |
| 39 | Princeton University | 19.92 | 19.52 | 16.55 | 17.58 | 52.14 | 47.62 | 20.80 | 13.25 | 27.20 | 13 |
| 40 | University of Florida | 40.88 | 40.41 | 17.41 | 19.67 | 26.73 | 40.48 | 12.41 | 18.16 | 27.19 | 65 |
| 41 | The University of Texas - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | 19.52 | 20.51 | 15.95 | 18.07 | 51.28 | 53.57 | 12.35 | 13.18 | 27.08 | 23 |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University - University Park | 31.75 | 28.38 | 18.28 | 17.29 | 36.15 | 44.05 | 17.13 | 16.45 | 27.03 | 51 |
| 43 | University of Melbourne | 28.67 | 40.61 | 12.75 | 23.72 | 27.91 | 45.24 | 8.79 | 21.80 | 27.00 | 73 |
| 44 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 31.56 | 32.55 | 16.96 | 22.33 | 33.74 | 45.24 | 12.61 | 15.10 | 26.92 | 88 |
| 45 | New York University | 26.46 | 27.23 | 17.84 | 17.74 | 42.32 | 44.05 | 15.22 | 17.76 | 26.91 | 83 |
| 46 | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine | 18.96 | 27.72 | 11.46 | 22.10 | 37.94 | 51.19 | 11.14 | 19.35 | 26.63 | 60 |
| 47 | University of Helsinki | 29.92 | 27.47 | 17.53 | 18.28 | 36.78 | 48.81 | 11.04 | 14.50 | 26.59 | 57 |
| 48 | Vanderbilt University | 24.63 | 24.45 | 17.83 | 16.18 | 45.45 | 45.24 | 12.39 | 17.37 | 26.36 | 67 |
| 49 | Utrecht University | 31.04 | 30.99 | 17.09 | 19.45 | 34.57 | 41.67 | 11.78 | 18.83 | 26.24 | 58 |
| 49 | University of Arizona | 29.39 | 27.21 | 17.71 | 17.53 | 37.84 | 44.05 | 14.94 | 14.82 | 26.24 | 31 |
| 51 | University of Paris VI: Pierre et Marie Curie | 29.70 | 37.02 | 12.41 | 23.86 | 26.24 | 44.05 | 9.22 | 18.37 | 25.87 | 95 |
| 52 | The University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | 16.93 | 15.88 | 16.82 | 15.04 | 62.40 | 45.24 | 12.51 | 13.18 | 25.61 | 46 |
| 53 | Boston University | 24.36 | 23.54 | 17.16 | 16.89 | 44.24 | 41.67 | 13.95 | 16.60 | 25.54 | 63 |
| 54 | University of Copenhagen | 29.19 | 32.87 | 14.44 | 20.55 | 31.05 | 44.05 | 9.52 | 16.30 | 25.49 | 134 |
| 55 | University of London - King's College London | 24.28 | 24.22 | 14.35 | 16.32 | 37.12 | 48.81 | 9.56 | 17.06 | 25.38 | 72 |
| 56 | University of Edinburgh | 23.28 | 25.23 | 14.18 | 19.08 | 38.25 | 46.43 | 11.24 | 15.18 | 25.25 | 76 |
| 57 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich | 26.90 | 29.10 | 14.96 | 18.85 | 34.91 | 38.10 | 13.91 | 19.60 | 25.12 | 44 |
| 58 | The University of Manchester | 32.17 | 32.19 | 14.31 | 18.72 | 27.94 | 41.67 | 9.92 | 16.26 | 24.79 | 119 |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 27.07 | 26.56 | 16.21 | 16.02 | 37.59 | 39.29 | 12.99 | 17.13 | 24.72 | 71 |
| 60 | University of Maryland - College Park | 26.51 | 26.27 | 14.37 | 16.27 | 34.04 | 44.05 | 12.41 | 14.15 | 24.54 | 102 |
| 61 | Baylor College of Medicine | 19.95 | 17.17 | 17.33 | 13.73 | 54.54 | 45.24 | 9.72 | 11.37 | 24.48 | 49 |
| 62 | University of Zurich | 24.30 | 26.16 | 14.50 | 17.49 | 37.46 | 42.86 | 10.04 | 14.53 | 24.25 | 43 |
| 63 | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg | 25.80 | 27.24 | 13.74 | 20.00 | 33.43 | 44.05 | 9.01 | 13.68 | 24.24 | 101 |
| 64 | University of Amsterdam | 25.27 | 26.87 | 14.20 | 16.24 | 35.29 | 41.67 | 10.08 | 14.71 | 23.84 | 103 |
| 65 | Tohoku University | 42.07 | 37.17 | 15.84 | 15.94 | 23.64 | 35.71 | 8.85 | 12.36 | 23.79 | 115 |
| 66 | The University of Texas - Austin | 26.96 | 26.57 | 13.95 | 15.98 | 32.48 | 40.48 | 12.51 | 13.88 | 23.65 | 89 |
| 67 | Seoul National University | 36.34 | 42.39 | 11.21 | 15.61 | 19.37 | 38.10 | 7.63 | 15.78 | 23.62 | 141 |
| 68 | University of California - Irvine | 21.65 | 23.25 | 13.54 | 16.73 | 39.26 | 40.48 | 12.41 | 14.70 | 23.60 | 29 |
| 69 | The University of Sydney | 29.89 | 35.20 | 12.31 | 17.03 | 25.87 | 39.29 | 7.53 | 16.30 | 23.46 | 153 |
| 70 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 18.93 | 22.27 | 11.52 | 14.69 | 38.21 | 45.24 | 8.45 | 14.78 | 23.09 | 80 |
| 71 | Leiden University | 21.97 | 22.90 | 12.92 | 16.22 | 36.92 | 42.86 | 8.53 | 13.92 | 23.03 | 35 |
| 72 | University of Alberta | 29.57 | 31.38 | 12.78 | 13.86 | 27.15 | 39.29 | 8.65 | 14.77 | 22.84 | 148 |
| 73 | Lund University | 28.17 | 24.60 | 14.85 | 15.93 | 33.10 | 39.29 | 9.24 | 12.85 | 22.83 | 77 |
| 74 | University of São Paulo | 43.06 | 57.03 | 10.52 | 14.88 | 15.34 | 32.14 | 5.14 | 9.69 | 22.74 | 218 |
| 75 | The Rockefeller University | 6.57 | 4.90 | 10.46 | 6.85 | 100.00 | 38.10 | 8.85 | 5.87 | 22.70 | 45 |
| 76 | McMaster University | 20.10 | 22.26 | 10.85 | 14.72 | 33.87 | 46.43 | 9.54 | 10.49 | 22.47 | 36 |
| 77 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | 24.70 | 31.63 | 10.92 | 16.96 | 27.75 | 38.10 | 7.63 | 15.41 | 22.27 | 75 |
| 78 | University of Virginia | 22.82 | 20.97 | 14.74 | 13.51 | 40.56 | 38.10 | 9.48 | 12.05 | 22.11 | 74 |
| 79 | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | 16.02 | 14.69 | 12.33 | 12.37 | 48.34 | 44.05 | 8.29 | 10.88 | 22.06 | 53 |
| 80 | University of Paris XI: Sud | 22.37 | 25.97 | 9.71 | 18.47 | 27.24 | 42.86 | 8.55 | 11.64 | 21.98 | 114 |
| 81 | University of Alabama - Birmingham | 20.21 | 18.34 | 13.92 | 12.29 | 43.22 | 40.48 | 8.67 | 11.18 | 21.87 | 69 |
| 82 | University of Bristol | 21.98 | 21.88 | 11.64 | 14.15 | 33.26 | 40.48 | 9.62 | 13.19 | 21.81 | 98 |
| 83 | University of Utah | 22.50 | 21.47 | 13.79 | 13.35 | 38.46 | 36.90 | 9.05 | 13.67 | 21.75 | 107 |
| 84 | National University of Singapore | 30.46 | 34.53 | 9.96 | 15.28 | 20.52 | 33.33 | 8.11 | 17.44 | 21.57 | 130 |
| 84 | Uppsala University | 25.20 | 23.84 | 13.00 | 13.16 | 32.38 | 40.48 | 7.37 | 10.72 | 21.57 | 77 |
| 86 | University of Montreal | 19.86 | 27.77 | 9.70 | 14.93 | 30.67 | 40.48 | 7.15 | 13.29 | 21.45 | 79 |
| 86 | University of Colorado - Boulder | 20.84 | 18.88 | 13.32 | 14.57 | 40.14 | 35.71 | 11.87 | 11.66 | 21.45 | 103 |
| 88 | Case Western Reserve University | 20.16 | 18.35 | 13.93 | 12.48 | 43.38 | 38.10 | 8.61 | 11.02 | 21.39 | 47 |
| 89 | University of California - Santa Barbara | 17.26 | 17.02 | 11.94 | 12.56 | 43.43 | 36.90 | 14.66 | 10.02 | 21.30 | 32 |
| 90 | Michigan State University | 24.04 | 24.36 | 11.37 | 13.07 | 29.69 | 38.10 | 10.48 | 11.84 | 21.22 | 129 |
| 91 | Technical University of Munich | 22.70 | 22.68 | 11.61 | 13.37 | 32.12 | 39.29 | 9.22 | 11.32 | 21.18 | 146 |
| 92 | University of Iowa | 24.26 | 19.31 | 14.65 | 11.58 | 37.92 | 36.90 | 9.19 | 10.90 | 21.17 | 89 |
| 93 | University of Colorado - Denver and Health Sciences Center | 17.53 | 17.97 | 12.53 | 11.86 | 44.86 | 38.10 | 8.31 | 11.87 | 21.12 | 144 |
| 94 | University of Rochester | 18.73 | 18.20 | 12.67 | 12.72 | 42.48 | 36.90 | 9.90 | 11.77 | 21.11 | 117 |
| 95 | University of Queensland | 25.82 | 30.24 | 10.74 | 14.87 | 26.11 | 34.52 | 7.53 | 14.46 | 20.98 | 151 |
| 96 | University of Groningen | 21.64 | 23.36 | 11.43 | 13.59 | 33.17 | 38.10 | 7.27 | 12.32 | 20.88 | 126 |
| 97 | Texas A&M University - College Station | 29.30 | 28.61 | 12.47 | 11.77 | 26.71 | 33.33 | 9.86 | 12.25 | 20.87 | 93 |
| 98 | Tufts University | 15.35 | 14.19 | 11.46 | 12.39 | 46.87 | 39.29 | 9.24 | 9.44 | 20.68 | 50 |
| 99 | Humboldt University of Berlin | 17.39 | 22.32 | 9.69 | 15.36 | 34.97 | 41.67 | 4.44 | 11.30 | 20.67 | 86 |
| 99 | University of Milan | 27.04 | 25.52 | 12.99 | 13.76 | 30.15 | 35.71 | 7.09 | 10.09 | 20.67 | 142 |