- Student-faculty ratios: 12.5
- Male to female ratio: 32 : 68
- School nature: Public
- Website: https://www.ethz.ch/en.html
- Address: Rämistrasse 101,Zurich, CH-8092,Switzerland
- Phone: -
Established in 1855 as the Federal Polytechnic School, a century and a half later ETH Zurich is now considered among some of the world's most prestigious universities in science and technology. The institute has produced over 20 Nobel Prize Laureates, including the father of modern physics and the inventor of the general theory of relativity Albert Einstein. The university, commonly known as Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or Poly for short, has based its success on Swiss traditions of cherishing fundamental principles of freedom, individual responsibility, entrepreneurial spirit and open-minded approach to education. It remains a European research pioneer, which tries to offer practical solutions, which address worldwide challenges. With 16 departments that conduct solid academic interdisciplinary research in subjects ranging from architecture and biology to chemistry and physics, the university makes a notable contribution to the global science and technology industry. To achieve this, ETH Zurich heavily relies on its strong ties with researchers, foreign partners and key stakeholders who also support its cutting-edge research. Located in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, ETH Zurich is largely based on a modern main campus built in the outskirts of the town, with a significant endowment. Students, who follow an intensive course of academic study, have the chance to attend regular exhibitions and concerts, but also to benefit from the numerous academic events held on campus, acting as a meeting point for some of the best scientists in Europe. Since the 1880s, university students have had the opportunity to hit the dancefloor at the classic ball event Polyball, enjoying the performance of a live orchestra and famous national singers.
- Total number of students 17,677
- Number of international students 6,899
- Total number of academic staff 1,350
- Number of international staff 889
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,571
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,015
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 851
- Number of research only staff 1,128
- Number of new undergraduate students 2,780
- Number of new master's students 2,529
- Number of new doctoral students 940
- Global score 78.4
- Global research reputation #16
- Regional research reputation #4
- Publications #57
- Books #81
- Conferences #35
- Normalized citation impact #83
- Total citations #49
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #37
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- International collaboration #635
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #41
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #41
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #71
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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12.5
No. of students per staff
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39%
Percentage of International Students
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32 : 68
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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18,956
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
15
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2012
15
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2013
12
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2014
14
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2015
13
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2016
9
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2017
9
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2018
=10
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2019
11
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2020
=13
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World Reputation Rankings
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2011
24
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2012
22
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2013
20
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2014
16
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2015
15
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2016
19
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2017
22
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2018
=22
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2019
=20
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Arts & humanities
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2016
61
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2017
=58
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2018
46
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2019
37
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2019
=30
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Engineering & technology
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2011
7
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2012
9
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2013
8
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2014
8
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2015
8
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2016
8
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2017
9
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2018
9
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2019
9
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Life sciences
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2011
34
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2012
21
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2013
16
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2014
15
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2015
15
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2016
11
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2017
14
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2018
13
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2019
=14
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Physical sciences
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2011
11
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2012
11
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2013
11
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2014
12
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2015
11
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2016
=11
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2017
8
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2018
8
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2019
8
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Social sciences
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2016
=42
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2017
38
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2018
=23
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2019
20
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Business & Economics
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2019
20
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Computer Science
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2017
1
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2018
4
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2019
2
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#35 Agricultural Sciences
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- Agricultural Sciences overall score 70.4
- Agricultural Sciences global research reputation #23
- Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation #7
- Agricultural Sciences publications #105
- Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact #19
- Agricultural Sciences total citations #66
- Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #59
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #24
- Agricultural Sciences international collaboration #67
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #6
- Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #31
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #15
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#17 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 70.4
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #18
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #2
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #47
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #24
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #22
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #19
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #13
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #309
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #27
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #23
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #31
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#21 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 82.2
- Chemistry global research reputation #8
- Chemistry regional research reputation #2
- Chemistry publications #27
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #111
- Chemistry total citations #28
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #22
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #124
- Chemistry international collaboration #649
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #162
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #41
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #205
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#313 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 50.2
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #142
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #43
- Clinical Medicine publications #463
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #408
- Clinical Medicine total citations #437
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #362
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #299
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #563
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #47
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #429
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #481
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#16 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 79.9
- Computer Science global research reputation #6
- Computer Science regional research reputation #2
- Computer Science publications #30
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #14
- Computer Science total citations #13
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #89
- Computer Science international collaboration #124
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #17
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #87
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #160
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#71 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 49.6
- Economics and Business global research reputation #64
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #28
- Economics and Business publications #54
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #130
- Economics and Business total citations #74
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #73
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #134
- Economics and Business international collaboration #151
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #34
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #69
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #116
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#10 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 87.3
- Engineering global research reputation #8
- Engineering regional research reputation #1
- Engineering publications #56
- Engineering normalized citation impact #27
- Engineering total citations #26
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #27
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #40
- Engineering international collaboration #440
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #85
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #21
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
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#5 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 93.4
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #16
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #10
- Environment/Ecology publications #6
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #18
- Environment/Ecology total citations #4
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #4
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #17
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #281
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #56
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #3
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #34
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#3 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 96.3
- Geosciences global research reputation #9
- Geosciences regional research reputation #2
- Geosciences publications #4
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #27
- Geosciences total citations #3
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #4
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #30
- Geosciences international collaboration #191
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #25
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #3
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #40
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#39 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 71.1
- Materials Science global research reputation #9
- Materials Science regional research reputation #1
- Materials Science publications #78
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #98
- Materials Science total citations #68
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #62
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #105
- Materials Science international collaboration #323
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #42
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #90
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #158
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#12 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 83.0
- Mathematics global research reputation #10
- Mathematics regional research reputation #4
- Mathematics publications #36
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #39
- Mathematics total citations #18
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #12
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #22
- Mathematics international collaboration #167
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #23
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #38
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
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#27 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 63.8
- Microbiology global research reputation #57
- Microbiology regional research reputation #2
- Microbiology publications #98
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #17
- Microbiology total citations #51
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #37
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #11
- Microbiology international collaboration #177
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #35
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #35
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #37
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#63 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 58.7
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #42
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #8
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #92
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #160
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #95
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #76
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #69
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #245
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #39
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #111
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #186
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#70 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 57.9
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #54
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #11
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #146
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #37
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #115
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #106
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #45
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #205
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #18
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #79
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#13 Physics
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- Physics overall score 86.3
- Physics global research reputation #10
- Physics regional research reputation #3
- Physics publications #24
- Physics normalized citation impact #265
- Physics total citations #16
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #16
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #247
- Physics international collaboration #555
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #258
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #14
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #191
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#35 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 79.4
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #39
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #13
- Plant and Animal Science publications #96
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #55
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #59
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #48
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #29
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #289
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #61
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #45
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #88
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#75 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 58.5
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #107
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #32
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #236
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #5
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #141
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #133
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #8
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #265
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #18
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #112
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30
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#53 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 65.5
- Space Science global research reputation #32
- Space Science regional research reputation #3
- Space Science publications #54
- Space Science normalized citation impact #100
- Space Science total citations #69
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #45
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #55
- Space Science international collaboration #178
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #34
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #76
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #117