- Student-faculty ratios: 12.3
- Male to female ratio: 57 : 43
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.uzh.ch/index_en.html
- Address: Rämistrasse 71,Zürich, CH-8006,Switzerland
- Phone: -
Founded in 1833, the University of Zurich (UZH) was the first university in Europe to be established by a democratic government rather than a monarch or the church. Now the largest university in Switzerland, it is home to 26,000 students and comprises seven faculties offering over 100 degree programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. UZH is a member of the League of European Research Universities, placing it among Europe’s most prestigious research institutions, with a particularly strong reputation in the fields of medicine, immunology, biology, genetics, neuroscience and economics. Although its undergraduate degrees are mainly taught in Swiss Standard German, Masters’ courses are all taught in English. The university maintains active links with the community and possesses an ethos that states all knowledge and research should be shared with the public. Consequently, the general public is granted access to its twelve museums and numerous libraries, and many of the university’s research findings are made accessible in the form of public lectures and panel discussions. UZH also has close collaborations with other universities in Switzerland, including the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and across Europe. The institution has a long tradition of forward-thinking and progressive policies. It was an early pioneer for women’s rights in education, for example, and was the first university in the German-speaking world to award a doctorate to a female student. It also boasts associations with 12 Nobel Laureates, including Albert Einstein and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who first detected X-rays. Zurich is a major city for business and finance, as well as culture - home to myriad museums, art galleries, theatres and orchestras. In 2015, the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Ranking placed Zürich among the top ten most liveable cities in the world. All three of the university’s campuses are located near the city centre and are easily accessible by public transport.
- Total number of students 26,611
- Number of international students 5,486
- Total number of academic staff 4,641
- Number of international staff 2,507
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 2,495
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,007
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 643
- Number of research only staff
- Number of new undergraduate students 4,313
- Number of new master's students 1,917
- Number of new doctoral students 705
- Global score 72.4
- Global research reputation #101
- Regional research reputation #22
- Publications #82
- Books #111
- Conferences #537
- Normalized citation impact #89
- Total citations #66
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #59
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #59
- International collaboration #680
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #49
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #59
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #83
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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12.3
No. of students per staff
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21%
Percentage of International Students
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22,609
Number of FTE Students
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57 : 43
Student Ratio of Females to Males
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
90
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2012
61
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2013
89
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2014
121
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2015
103
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2016
=104
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2017
106
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2018
136
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2019
=90
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2020
90
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World Reputation Rankings
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2011
61-70
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2012
71-80
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2017
91–100
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2018
91-100
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Arts & humanities
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2014
96
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2015
82
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2016
64
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2017
77
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2018
88
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2019
=77
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2014
63
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2015
52
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2016
51
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2017
=66
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2018
=86
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2019
=73
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Life sciences
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2014
64
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2015
44
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2016
79
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2017
65
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2018
68
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2019
=66
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Physical sciences
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2011
39
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2014
62
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2015
60
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2016
60
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2017
61
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2018
=73
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2019
77
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Social sciences
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2014
83
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2015
92
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2016
=99
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2017
=96
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2018
=88
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2019
=62
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Business & Economics
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2017
=45
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2018
43
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2019
42
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Computer Science
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2019
=88
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Law
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2018
91
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2019
84
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Education
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2018
80
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2019
=92
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Psychology
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2018
72
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2019
101–125
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#96 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 53.6
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #115
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #23
- Arts and Humanities publications #98
- Arts and Humanities books #114
- Arts and Humanities conferences #47
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #121
- Arts and Humanities total citations #105
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #121
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #158
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #163
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #15
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#22 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 68.1
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #65
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #18
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #58
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #11
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #20
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #31
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #31
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #275
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #21
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #28
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #26
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#198 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 58.2
- Chemistry global research reputation #163
- Chemistry regional research reputation #90
- Chemistry publications #334
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #183
- Chemistry total citations #255
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #257
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #222
- Chemistry international collaboration #651
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #167
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #211
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #196
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#56 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 71.5
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #59
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #6
- Clinical Medicine publications #58
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #231
- Clinical Medicine total citations #64
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #57
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #144
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #554
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #44
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #67
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #220
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#61 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 52.0
- Economics and Business global research reputation #82
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #28
- Economics and Business publications #78
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #61
- Economics and Business total citations #73
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #54
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #40
- Economics and Business international collaboration #103
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #20
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #60
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #69
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#53 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 73.3
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #77
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #30
- Environment/Ecology publications #112
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #45
- Environment/Ecology total citations #71
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #65
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #36
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #88
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #3
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #52
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #42
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#65 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 67.4
- Geosciences global research reputation #58
- Geosciences regional research reputation #92
- Geosciences publications #178
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #4
- Geosciences total citations #82
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #94
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #17
- Geosciences international collaboration #155
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #14
- 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 #34
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#18 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 68.0
- Immunology global research reputation #40
- Immunology regional research reputation #7
- Immunology publications #51
- Immunology normalized citation impact #8
- Immunology total citations #28
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #29
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #9
- Immunology international collaboration #172
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #29
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #14
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #8
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#109 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 54.5
- Mathematics global research reputation #94
- Mathematics regional research reputation #30
- Mathematics publications #200
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #68
- Mathematics total citations #158
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #143
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #74
- Mathematics international collaboration #197
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #35
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #97
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #72
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#58 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 53.7
- Microbiology global research reputation #127
- Microbiology regional research reputation #9
- Microbiology publications #55
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #83
- Microbiology total citations #49
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #40
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #66
- Microbiology international collaboration #186
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #41
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #70
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #130
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#56 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 59.8
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #62
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #13
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #77
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #154
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #79
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #57
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #70
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #191
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #24
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #80
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #157
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#29 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 68.4
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #55
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #5
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #36
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #56
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #33
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #37
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #82
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #191
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #11
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #65
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#110 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 49.5
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #153
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #69
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #192
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #40
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #135
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #126
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #62
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #254
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #37
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #58
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #28
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#104 Physics
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- Physics overall score 71.8
- Physics global research reputation #159
- Physics regional research reputation #114
- Physics publications #188
- Physics normalized citation impact #129
- Physics total citations #125
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #120
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Physics international collaboration #382
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #75
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #112
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #135
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#29 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 81.1
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #26
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #21
- Plant and Animal Science publications #29
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #186
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #30
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #21
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #112
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #316
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #72
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #34
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #168
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#45 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 65.5
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #71
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #13
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #42
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #111
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #48
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #54
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #124
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #76
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #2
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #48
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #107
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#86 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 56.9
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #142
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #26
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #142
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #86
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #118
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #102
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #55
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #346
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #33
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #79
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#116 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 46.8
- Space Science global research reputation #98
- Space Science regional research reputation #46
- Space Science publications #193
- Space Science normalized citation impact #54
- Space Science total citations #144
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #131
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #30
- Space Science international collaboration #183
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #38
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #112
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #41