Tied rank
Several institutions may share a position. Top-100 tables can therefore contain more than 100 entries.
Methods before conclusions
Every signal keeps its source attached.
This site reduces a large multi-provider ranking archive into a small analytical layer. It does not erase provider definitions, measurement windows, ties, missingness, or reuse restrictions.
- Coverage
- 2003—2027
- Latest retrieval
- Jul 20, 2026
Analytical consensus
An overlap index, not a seventh ranking.
Mean within-table percentile across the latest available broad overall editions; it is an analytical index, not a new ranking.
FOR EACH PROVIDER
percentile = 100 × (1 − (rank − 1) / (ranked entries − 1))↓FOR EACH INSTITUTIONsignal = mean(provider percentiles)Source inventory
Different providers, different questions.
Each provider publishes on its own schedule, scope, and license. The table lists what each one contributes and how its data may be reused.
2003201120192027
U.S. NewsPublisher ranking
Times Higher EducationPublisher ranking
QSPublisher ranking
Leiden Open EditionBibliometric ranking
OpenAlexDerived research output
CWURPublisher ranking
NTU RankingBibliometric ranking
ShanghaiRankingPublisher ranking
SCImago SIRBibliometric ranking
Nature IndexResearch-output ranking
WebometricsWeb visibility ranking
| Provider | Lens | Coverage | Reuse status |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. News | Publisher ranking | 2026—2026 · 51 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| Times Higher Education | Publisher ranking | 2011—2026 · 11 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| QS | Publisher ranking | 2018—2027 · 60 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| Leiden Open Edition | Bibliometric ranking | 2023—2025 · 5 subject views | CC0-1.0 |
| OpenAlex | Derived research output | 2016—2025 · 0 subject views | CC0-1.0 |
| CWUR | Publisher ranking | 2012—2026 · 0 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| NTU Ranking | Bibliometric ranking | 2007—2025 · 33 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| ShanghaiRanking | Publisher ranking | 2003—2025 · 57 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| SCImago SIR | Bibliometric ranking | 2009—2026 · 19 subject views | Provider-controlled |
| Nature Index | Research-output ranking | 2016—2026 · 17 subject views | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 (numerical table data) |
| Webometrics | Web visibility ranking | 2025—2025 · 0 subject views | CC-BY-4.0 |
Provider-controlled snapshots are included under separately confirmed permission. That permission does not replace publisher terms or automatically grant downstream redistribution rights. OpenAlex and Leiden are CC0; Webometrics is CC BY 4.0; Nature Index numerical data is CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rank semantics
Ties, bands, and non-ranks stay distinct.
The site preserves publisher display values and uses a band’s lower bound only when a numeric position is required for plotting or percentile conversion.
Rank band
The display stays a band. A trajectory uses 601 as a documented plotting convention, not as a precise rank.
Unranked status
THE reporters are counted in table coverage but excluded from ranked universes and consensus calculations.
Not listed or unmatched
Absence is not zero. It may mean outside the published table, not eligible, not collected, or not safely matched.
Research metrics
Output, impact, and selected-journal Share are not synonyms.
Fractional publications
p allocates multi-institution papers fractionally. The site’s scale rank is derived from this value within the selected field.
- Window
- 2020–2023 in edition 2025
- License
- CC0
MNCS and top-10% share
MNCS normalizes citation impact by field and year. Top-10% share measures the fraction of work among highly cited papers.
- Scale correlation
- 0.499
- Top-100 overlap
- 24
Annual institution-work count
Historical values are reconstructed from current institution snapshots. Counts are institution-work associations, not deduplicated global papers.
- Site window
- Publication years 2016 to 2025
- License
- CC0
Fractional Share
Share covers contributions to a selected journal set. Edition 2026 represents 2025 output; journal and method changes limit causal comparisons.
- Site comparison
- 2016 edition (2015 output) to 2026 edition (2025 output)
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Entity resolution
Names are matched only inside country boundaries.
Institution names change, translate, abbreviate, and collide. Shared ROR or OpenAlex identifiers are preferred where available; publisher consensus otherwise uses exact normalized names, country blocks, and a small reviewed alias map.
- 1
Preserve every raw source name and country.
- 2
Preserve source-specific identifiers and use shared ROR or OpenAlex IDs where datasets expose them.
- 3
Normalize Unicode, case, punctuation, and whitespace only to generate candidates.
- 4
Require a harmonized country, apply reviewed aliases for known variants, and keep ambiguous matches separate.
Responsible guidance
A ranking can narrow a search. It cannot make the decision.
Look for recurring strength across methods and years.
Verify the exact department, program, faculty, and facilities.
Compare admissions likelihood, cost, aid, visas, and prerequisites.
Inspect class model, support, location, culture, and student outcomes.
Open the provider methodology and measurement period before interpreting movement.
Weight your constraints explicitly; do not substitute the consensus decimal.