2017 Research Ranking of the Global Universities Released

Beijing,China, March 1, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Scholarset, the leading academic social network of scientists, engineers and scholars based in China, announced its 2017 Research Ranking of Global Universities (RRGU) today. Harvard tops the list of 300 elite research universities, followed by MIT and Stanford. University of California, Berkeley moves up one position compared to 2016, and completes the top five with Johns Hopkins

Initiated in 2016, Scholarset's list is the first global university ranking of its kind, focusing on research universities worldwide. Distinct from previous ranking systems, RRGU puts its emphasis on research output, in particular research quality and draws on big data for multidimensional assessment. As such, its ranking provides a trustworthy reflection of the research performance and impact of world universities.

Universities in the United States continue to dominate the top 25 ranking, with No. 8 University of Oxford, No. 10 University of Toronto, No. 12 University of Cambridge, No. 20 University College London, and No. 22 Imperial College the only exceptions. University of Tokyo is the top Asia Pacific university ranked at No. 45, followed by No. 51 University of Melbourne, No. 52 University of Sydney, No. 55 National University of Singapore, and No. 60 University of Queensland.

China's elite two, Peking University and Tsinghua University, both rank in top 100 for the first time, reflecting the growing strength of Chinese academics. Other institutions from Mainland in the list include Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Nanjing University, Sun Yat-Sen University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Nankai University, and Shandong University.

Scholarset's RRGU is based on four key metrics derived from bibliometric databases: (1) total research output; (2) accumulated research impact; (3) research impact per unit research output; and (4) high impact research output. The final ranking represents a weighted result where quality is valued over quantity, though a threshold in total research output needs to be reached for a university to be considered.

Scholarset is also expected to announce its 2017 Research Ranking of Chinese Universities and Institutions soon. 2016 ranking can be found at http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2016-research-ranking-of-the-global-universities-announced-300228744.html.

Here is the complete list of the top 300 ranked global universities in 2017:

World Rank Institution Country

1 HARVARD UNIV US

2 MIT US

3 STANFORD UNIV US

4 UNIV CALIF BERKELEY US

5 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV US

6 UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO US

7 UNIV WASHINGTON SEATTLE US

8 UNIV OXFORD UK

9 UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES US

10 UNIV TORONTO CA

11 UNIV PENN US

12 UNIV CAMBRIDGE UK

13 COLUMBIA UNIV US

14 UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO US

15 UNIV MICHIGAN US

16 CALTECH US

17 DUKE UNIV US

18 YALE UNIV US

19 WASHINGTON UNIV US

20 UNIV COLL LONDON UK

21 UNIV CHICAGO US

22 IMPERIAL COLL LONDON UK

23 NORTHWESTERN UNIV US

24 CORNELL UNIV US

25 UNIV N CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL US

26 PRINCETON UNIV US

27 UNIV PITTSBURGH US

28 BOSTON UNIV US

29 UNIV MINNESOTA US

30 UNIV WISCONSIN MADISON US

31 EMORY UNIV US

32 UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA US

33 UNIV COPENHAGEN DK

34 UNIV EDINBURGH UK

35 KAROLINSKA INST SE

36 UNIV MUNICH DE

37 UNIV UTRECHT NL

38 NEW YORK UNIV US

39 VANDERBILT UNIV US

40 OHIO STATE UNIV US

41 UNIV CALIF DAVIS US

42 KINGS COLL LONDON UK

43 MCGILL UNIV CA

44 SWISS FED INST TECHNOL ZURICH CH

45 UNIV TOKYO JP

46 UNIV MANCHESTER UK

47 RUPRECHT KARL UNIV HEIDELBERG DE

48 PIERRE & MARIE CURIE UNIV - PARIS 6 FR

49 PENN STATE UNIV US

50 KU LEUVEN BE

51 UNIV MELBOURNE AU

52 UNIV SYDNEY AU

53 GHENT UNIV BE

54 UNIV BARCELONA ES

55 NATL UNIV SINGAPORE SG

56 UNIV FLORIDA US

57 UNIV TEXAS AUSTIN US

58 UNIV ZURICH CH

59 UNIV AMSTERDAM NL

60 UNIV QUEENSLAND AU

61 ERASMUS UNIV ROTTERDAM NL

62 UNIV GRONINGEN NL

63 UNIV ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN US

64 HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN DE

65 UNIV SO CALIF US

66 UNIV COLORADO BOULDER US

67 VU UNIV AMSTERDAM NL

68 LEIDEN UNIV NL

69 UNIV HELSINKI FI

70 UNIV MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK US

71 UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA US

72 FREE UNIV BERLIN DE

73 UNIV ARIZONA US

74 KYOTO UNIV JP

75 RUTGERS STATE UNIV US

76 UNIV PARIS SUD - PARIS XI FR

77 PEKING UNIV CN

78 RADBOUD UNIV NIJMEGEN NL

79 UNIV CALIF IRVINE US

80 TSING HUA UNIV CN

81 LUND UNIV SE

82 AARHUS UNIV DK

83 UNIV PARIS DIDEROT - PARIS VII FR

84 UNIV BRISTOL UK

85 UNIV GENEVA CH

86 SEOUL NATL UNIV KR

87 BAYLOR COLL MED US

88 SWISS FED INST TECHNOL LAUSANNE CH

89 MT SINAI SCH MED US

90 UNIV ALBERTA CA

91 UNIV MONTREAL CA

92 MCMASTER UNIV CA

93 UNIV SAO PAULO BR

94 MONASH UNIV AU

95 UNIV OSLO NO

96 UPPSALA UNIV SE

97 UNIV UTAH US

98 TECH UNIV MUNICH DE

99 UNIV AIX-MARSEILLE FR

100 SAPIENZA UNIV ROME IT

101 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV US

102 ZHEJIANG UNIV CN

103 NANYANG TECHNOL UNIV SG

104 UNIV GLASGOW UK

105 UNIV BIRMINGHAM UK

106 UNIV PADUA IT

107 UNIV MILAN IT

108 UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ US

109 UNIV NEW S WALES AU

110 UNIV ROCHESTER US

111 CHARITE MED UNIV BERLIN DE

112 BROWN UNIV US

113 GEORGIA INST TECHNOL US

114 MICHIGAN STATE UNIV US

115 UNIV ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM US

116 OSAKA UNIV JP

117 UNIV VIRGINIA US

118 UNIV SOUTHAMPTON UK

119 TEXAS A&M UNIV COLLEGE STN US

120 UNIV GRENOBLE ALPS FR

121 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV CN

122 PURDUE UNIV US

123 UNIV BONN DE

124 OREGON HLTH SCI UNIV US

125 UNIV BASEL CH

126 UNIV LEEDS UK

127 UNIV HAMBURG DE

128 UNIV IOWA US

129 EBERHARD KARLS UNIV TUBINGEN DE

130 UNIV NOTTINGHAM UK

131 UNIV SHEFFIELD UK

132 PRES UNIV LYON FR

133 UNIV PARIS DESCARTES - PARIS V FR

134 UNIV BERN CH

135 UNIV BOLOGNA IT

136 UNIV GOTTINGEN DE

137 UNIV MIAMI US

138 WAGENINGEN UNIV & RES CTR NL

139 FUDAN UNIV CN

140 TUFTS UNIV US

141 QUEEN MARY UNIV LONDON UK

142 LONDON SCH HYG TROP MED UK

143 JOSEPH FOURIER UNIV FR

144 UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA AU

145 TOHOKU UNIV JP

146 UNIV CALGARY CA

147 UNIV MARYLAND BALTIMORE US

148 UNIV FREIBURG DE

149 TEL AVIV UNIV IL

150 UNIV LAUSANNE CH

151 YESHIVA UNIV US

152 ARIZONA STATE UNIV US

153 WEIZMANN INST SCI IL

154 UNIV OTTAWA CA

155 NATL TAIWAN UNIV CN

156 NEWCASTLE UNIV UK

157 UNIV MONTPELLIER FR

158 UNIV CINCINNATI US

159 UNIV LIVERPOOL UK

160 UNIV HONG KONG CN

161 CARDIFF UNIV UK

162 GOETHE UNIV FRANKFURT DE

163 UNIV MUNSTER DE

164 STOCKHOLM UNIV SE

165 RICE UNIV US

166 UNIV CALIF RIVERSIDE US

167 UNIV ERLANGEN NUREMBERG DE

168 UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CHINA CN

169 MAASTRICHT UNIV NL

170 AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV AU

171 UNIV MASS WORCESTER US

172 SUNY STONY BROOK US

173 UNIV WURZBURG DE

174 HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM IL

175 UNIV TEXAS DALLAS US

176 UNIV TURIN IT

177 UNIV PAUL SABATIER - TOULOUSE III FR

178 UNIV ILLINOIS CHICAGO US

179 INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV INDIANAPOLIS US

180 JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIV MAINZ DE

181 ALBERT EINSTEIN COLL MED US

182 TECH UNIV DRESDEN DE

183 UNIV MASS AMHERST US

184 UNIV COLORADO DENVER US

185 UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA ES

186 TECH UNIV DENMARK DK

187 UNIV CLAUDE BERNARD - LYON 1 FR

188 WAKE FOREST UNIV US

189 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV US

190 UNIV KIEL DE

191 UNIV LEICESTER UK

192 DARTMOUTH COLL US

193 UNIV GOTHENBURG SE

194 RWTH AACHEN UNIV DE

195 UNIV COLOGNE DE

196 IOWA STATE UNIV US

197 UNIV LIBRE BRUSSELS BE

198 MED UNIV VIENNA AT

199 NANJING UNIV CN

200 UNIV NAPLES FEDERICO II IT

201 UNIV FLORENCE IT

202 NAGOYA UNIV JP

203 INDIANA UNIV BLOOMINGTON US

204 UNIV DUNDEE UK

205 WAYNE STATE UNIV US

206 UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO CA

207 TRINITY COLL DUBLIN IE

208 UNIV NEW MEXICO US

209 UNIV STRASBOURG FR

210 UNIV ADELAIDE AU

211 DURHAM UNIV UK

212 UNIV ATHENS GR

213 SUN YAT SEN UNIV CN

214 UNIV LAVAL CA

215 CHINESE UNIV HONG KONG CN

216 NATL UNIV SCI & TECHNOL SOUTH KOREA KR

217 UNIV BERGEN NO

218 HEINRICH HEINE UNIV DUSSELDORF DE

219 CHARLES UNIV PRAGUE CZ

220 UNIV ABERDEEN UK

221 UNIV KANSAS US

222 UNIV SO FLORIDA US

223 UNIV LISBON PT

224 LOUISIANA STATE UNIV US

225 UNIV TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE US

226 UNIV PISA IT

227 UNIV CONNECTICUT US

228 KARLSRUHE INST TECHNOL DE

229 N CAROLINA STATE UNIV US

230 FLORIDA STATE UNIV US

231 UNIV CATHOLIQUE LOUVAIN BE

232 UNIV COLL DUBLIN IE

233 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV US

234 UNIV GEORGIA US

235 YONSEI UNIV KR

236 UNIV CHINESE ACAD SCI CN

237 SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIV KR

238 UNIV EXETER UK

239 UNIV DUISBURG ESSEN DE

240 UNIV VALENCIA ES

241 UNIV KENTUCKY US

242 UNIV WARWICK UK

243 HANNOVER MED SCH DE

244 UNIV ULM DE

245 UNIV CAPE TOWN ZA

246 UNIV AUCKLAND NZ

247 COLORADO STATE UNIV US

248 OREGON STATE UNIV US

249 UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID ES

250 UNIV YORK UK

251 THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIV US

252 MED UNIV S CAROLINA US

253 KYUSHU UNIV JP

254 UNIV VIENNA AT

255 UMEA UNIV SE

256 SUNY BUFFALO US

257 UNIV E ANGLIA UK

258 UNIV ANTWERP BE

259 UNIV LEIPZIG DE

260 UNIV NOTRE DAME US

261 KOREA UNIV KR

262 UNIV ROME TOR VERGATA IT

263 UNIV BORDEAUX FR

264 FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIV JENA DE

265 UNIV MISSOURI COLUMBIA US

266 TOKYO INST TECHNOL JP

267 UNIV PAVIA IT

268 VRIJE UNIV BRUSSELS BE

269 UNIV GENOA IT

270 UNIV ST ANDREWS UK

271 TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL IL

272 HOKKAIDO UNIV JP

273 UNIV SUSSEX UK

274 GEORGETOWN UNIV US

275 UNIV TRIESTE IT

276 MED COLL WISCONSIN US

277 UNIV MANITOBA CA

278 UNIV WATERLOO CA

279 DELFT UNIV TECHNOL NL

280 UNIV REGENSBURG DE

281 DALHOUSIE UNIV CA

282 RUHR UNIV BOCHUM DE

283 UNIV VICTORIA CA

284 KAIST KR

285 HONG KONG UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CN

286 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV US

287 UNIV OTAGO NZ

288 HUAZHONG UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CN

289 NANKAI UNIV CN

290 NORWEGIAN UNIV SCI & TECHNOL NO

291 UNIV DELAWARE US

292 ROYAL INST TECHNOL SE

293 VIRGINIA POLYTECH INST US

294 UNIV S CAROLINA COLUMBIA US

295 QUEENS UNIV CA

296 NATL AUTONOMOUS UNIV MEXICO MX

297 UNIV LIEGE BE

298 SHANDONG UNIV CN

299 QUEENS UNIV BELFAST UK

300 UNIV SO DENMARK DK

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Source: Scholarset