- Student-faculty ratios: 18.1
- Male to female ratio: 55 : 45
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://you.ubc.ca/
- Address: 1200-1874 E. Mall,Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4,Canada
- Phone: +1 604 822 2211
The University of British Columbia is a public institution located in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The university was established in 1908 and opened in 1915. It has two main campuses – the Vancouver campus and the Okanagan campus located in Kelowna. The Vancouver campus is the larger of the two, accommodating more than 85 percent of UBC students. In a recent year, 23 percent of students at the Vancouver campus and around 13 percent at the Okanagan campus were international. Tuition costs at UBC vary by degree program and are higher for international students. University housing is guaranteed for first-year UBC undergraduates, and newly admitted international students who are second-year undergrads receive housing priority too. Housing is also available for returning undergraduate and graduate students. The Vancouver campus offers more than two dozen academic divisions, while the Okanagan campus has eight. The academic calendars for both campuses include two-term winter and summer sessions, although the summer session is optional. The primary language of instruction at UBC is English. First-year international students can opt to enroll in the Vantage One program at UBC's Vantage College, which aims to help students improve their English, in part by stretching their first year of study from eight to 11 months. Following completion, students transition into the second year of their UBC degree program. Examples of UBC research facilities include Canada’s national TRIUMF subatomic physics laboratory, the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm and the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention.
- Total number of students 53,565
- Number of international students 15,938
- Total number of academic staff 2,874
- Number of international staff 1,236
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 9,166
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,538
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 1,107
- Number of research only staff 813
- Number of new undergraduate students 10,348
- Number of new master's students 1,706
- Number of new doctoral students 996
- Global score 76.9
- Global research reputation #36
- Regional research reputation #30
- Publications #26
- Books #39
- Conferences #115
- Normalized citation impact #134
- Total citations #26
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #26
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #121
- International collaboration #248
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #192
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #24
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #84
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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52,108
Number of FTE Students
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55 : 45
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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18.1
No. of students per staff
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32%
Percentage of International Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
30
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2012
22
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2013
30
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31
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32
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34
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=36
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=34
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37
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2020
34
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World Reputation Rankings
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2011
31
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2012
25
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31
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33
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37
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37
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2017
40
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2018
38
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2019
37
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Arts & humanities
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2012
28
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2013
40
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2014
34
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2015
40
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2016
39
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2017
42
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2018
49
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2019
63
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2011
29
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2013
27
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2014
30
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2015
32
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2016
31
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2017
=32
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2018
34
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2019
=30
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Engineering & technology
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2011
38
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2012
33
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2013
39
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2014
48
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2015
43
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2016
46
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2017
63
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62
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65
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Life sciences
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2011
19
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2012
14
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2013
20
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2014
23
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2015
20
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2016
20
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2017
25
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2018
21
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2019
26
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Physical sciences
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2011
33
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2012
24
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2013
35
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2014
26
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2015
35
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2016
=52
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2017
45
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2018
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2019
52
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Social sciences
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2011
17
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2012
16
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2013
19
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2014
20
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2015
21
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2016
21
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2017
20
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2018
28
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2019
=29
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Business & Economics
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2017
19
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2018
19
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2019
25
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Computer Science
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2018
=28
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2019
35
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Law
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2018
16
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2019
19
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Education
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2018
=13
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Psychology
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2018
10
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2019
12
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
8
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Impact Rankings: Climate action
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2019
1
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Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities
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3
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Impact Rankings: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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13
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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=71
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University Impact Ranking
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#15 Agricultural Sciences
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- Agricultural Sciences overall score 77.0
- Agricultural Sciences global research reputation #18
- Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation #16
- Agricultural Sciences publications #146
- Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact #8
- Agricultural Sciences total citations #65
- Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #36
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #3
- Agricultural Sciences international collaboration #53
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #31
- Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #11
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #1
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#39 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 66.8
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #40
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #32
- Arts and Humanities publications #46
- Arts and Humanities books #71
- Arts and Humanities conferences #122
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #44
- Arts and Humanities total citations #42
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #51
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #101
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #56
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #39
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#31 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 63.3
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #51
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #39
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #38
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #94
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #32
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #28
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #70
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #72
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #104
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #29
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #76
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#151 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 61.7
- Chemistry global research reputation #66
- Chemistry regional research reputation #28
- Chemistry publications #148
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #449
- Chemistry total citations #191
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #174
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #383
- Chemistry international collaboration #371
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #344
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #202
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #349
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#38 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 75.7
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #32
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #34
- Clinical Medicine publications #33
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #196
- Clinical Medicine total citations #35
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #30
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #83
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #273
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #113
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #36
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #137
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#15 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 80.3
- Computer Science global research reputation #30
- Computer Science regional research reputation #22
- Computer Science publications #36
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #27
- Computer Science total citations #21
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #18
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #19
- Computer Science international collaboration #111
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #47
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #14
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #21
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#56 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 53.5
- Economics and Business global research reputation #28
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #25
- Economics and Business publications #73
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #42
- Economics and Business total citations #63
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #66
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Economics and Business international collaboration #53
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #30
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #137
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#61 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 72.6
- Engineering global research reputation #47
- Engineering regional research reputation #27
- Engineering publications #99
- Engineering normalized citation impact #198
- Engineering total citations #93
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #281
- Engineering international collaboration #178
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #116
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #68
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #155
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#12 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 87.7
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #9
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #8
- Environment/Ecology publications #12
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #95
- Environment/Ecology total citations #13
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #15
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #115
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #44
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #102
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #11
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #65
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#58 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 69.1
- Geosciences global research reputation #14
- Geosciences regional research reputation #18
- Geosciences publications #73
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #155
- Geosciences total citations #74
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #75
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #171
- Geosciences international collaboration #161
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #136
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #151
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#66 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 51.4
- Immunology global research reputation #62
- Immunology regional research reputation #33
- Immunology publications #43
- Immunology normalized citation impact #136
- Immunology total citations #64
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #63
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #129
- Immunology international collaboration #148
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #103
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #57
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #87
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#158 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 48.8
- Materials Science global research reputation #67
- Materials Science regional research reputation #17
- Materials Science publications #183
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #335
- Materials Science total citations #223
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #187
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #262
- Materials Science international collaboration #204
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #159
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #238
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #293
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#45 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 67.9
- Mathematics global research reputation #66
- Mathematics regional research reputation #29
- Mathematics publications #49
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #132
- Mathematics total citations #52
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #35
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Mathematics international collaboration #110
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #21
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #165
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #245
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#62 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 52.3
- Microbiology global research reputation #127
- Microbiology regional research reputation #42
- Microbiology publications #61
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #55
- Microbiology total citations #44
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #38
- Microbiology international collaboration #58
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #87
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #28
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #48
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#68 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 58.2
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #40
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #33
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #47
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #241
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #64
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #54
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #190
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #151
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #146
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #92
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #244
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#34 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 67.1
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #37
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #28
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #33
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #112
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #36
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #38
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #114
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #73
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #86
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #28
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #55
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#73 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 57.8
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #41
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #33
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #86
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #121
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #90
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #82
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #113
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #96
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #53
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #120
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#54 Physics
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- Physics overall score 76.3
- Physics global research reputation #86
- Physics regional research reputation #25
- Physics publications #77
- Physics normalized citation impact #240
- Physics total citations #66
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #74
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #307
- Physics international collaboration #290
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #208
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #47
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #164
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#6 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 90.7
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #31
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #19
- Plant and Animal Science publications #23
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #66
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #10
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #10
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #48
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #105
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #9
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #67
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#23 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 74.4
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #21
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #27
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #28
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #70
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #27
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #28
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #88
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #51
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #52
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #21
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #43
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#21 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 70.5
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #29
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #26
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #18
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #123
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #23
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #31
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #220
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #100
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #101
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #28
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #162
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#25 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 73.9
- Space Science global research reputation #84
- Space Science regional research reputation #33
- Space Science publications #71
- Space Science normalized citation impact #15
- Space Science total citations #34
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #47
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #22
- Space Science international collaboration #54
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #27
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #17
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #11