Best Ecology and Evolution Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the discipline of Ecology and Evolution is based on data consolidated from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were collected on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index takes into account only papers and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Ecology and Evolution research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a trustworthy lineup of leading researchers from the discipline of Ecology and Evolution, based on a thorough study of 166,880 scholars identified from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the field of Ecology and Evolution, as many as 11774 researchers were analysed.

What is D-index acceptance threshold for Ecology and Evolution
The D-index threshold for accepting a scientist to be considered is set to 30 if most of their publications are in the area of Ecology and Evolution. The acceptance criteria for researchers to be considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index, proportion of the publications made within the given area as well as the awards and achievements of the scholars. The D-index threshold for considering top scientists is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of scientists assessed for each discipline whilst guaranteeing that the top 1% of leading scientists are incorporated into the ranking. We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.

Extra verification methods
Because our primary goal is to ensure that only actual scholars are included in Research.com ranking we believe that numbers are never supposed to be a full measure to assess the contributions of scholars. Because of that we manually check every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of trustworthy sources. Although it’s not a element defining a researcher’s position in the ranking, the amount of papers published in prominent journals and conference proceedings should constitute a credible secondary signal of their contribution to research in a given field of study. Position in the ranking is determined by each scholar’s D-index according to information compiled from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-established bibliometric databases of this kind open to the research community. A thorough overview of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

Our goal
Our aim is to inspire researchers, businessmen and politicians around the world to investigate where top experts are heading and to offer a way for the whole scientific community to find out who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in various countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Ecology and Evolution
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of top scientists in the world is University of California System with 213 scholars affiliated with it being featured in our Ecology and Evolution ranking. It is followed by University of British Columbia with 53 researchers and Cornell University with 42 scientists.

The most prominent scholars in the field of Ecology and Evolution in the world are representing Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, University of Paris-Saclay, Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Stellenbosch University, Grenoble Alpes University, University of Agder.

University of California System is listed as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 11725. Ranking second in the world is University of British Columbia with a total D-index of 3027. The third place in the world is occupied by University of Wisconsin–Madison with a total D-index of 2389.

The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 2469 in comparison to an average of 313 for all 729 institutions included in Research.com ranking.

The average number of published papers within the discipline of Ecology and Evolution by scholars affiliated with the top 5% of scholars in the ranking is 5936 against an average of 986 for all 729 universities.

The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 10% universities is 450521 against an average of 83025 for all 729 universities.

World
National
University Details
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
1 World 1 National Scholars 213 32,486 Σ D-index 11,725
2 World 1 National Scholars 53 9,010 Σ D-index 3,027
3 World 2 National Scholars 40 6,687 Σ D-index 2,389
4 World 1 National Scholars 38 7,244 Σ D-index 2,330
5 World 3 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 42 6,138 Σ D-index 2,239
6 World 1 National Scholars 40 7,095 Σ D-index 2,193
7 World 4 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 32 5,766 Σ D-index 2,044
8 World 5 National Scholars 37 5,522 Σ D-index 2,032
9 World 2 National Scholars 37 8,295 Σ D-index 2,015
10 World 6 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 37 5,351 Σ D-index 2,008
11 World 1 National
University of Exeter

University of Exeter

United Kingdom
Scholars 35 5,879 Σ D-index 2,002
12 World 7 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 36 5,153 Σ D-index 1,994
13 World 8 National
University of Florida

University of Florida

United States
Scholars 37 5,920 Σ D-index 1,958
14 World 9 National
Oregon State University

Oregon State University

United States
Scholars 39 4,898 Σ D-index 1,888
15 World 2 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 31 6,040 Σ D-index 1,856
16 World 1 National Scholars 37 5,002 Σ D-index 1,851
17 World 10 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 21 4,944 Σ D-index 1,810
18 World 1 National Scholars 39 4,867 Σ D-index 1,732
19 World 1 National Scholars 31 4,910 Σ D-index 1,649
20 World 2 National Scholars 31 6,057 Σ D-index 1,598
21 World 3 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 25 4,130 Σ D-index 1,520
22 World 2 National Scholars 28 4,329 Σ D-index 1,464
23 World 11 National
University of Montana

University of Montana

United States
Scholars 27 3,828 Σ D-index 1,450
24 World 2 National Scholars 29 3,669 Σ D-index 1,440
25 World 1 National
University of Zurich

University of Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 26 4,244 Σ D-index 1,430
26 World 3 National Scholars 27 4,656 Σ D-index 1,427
27 World 12 National Scholars 28 4,191 Σ D-index 1,422
28 World 13 National
University of Georgia

University of Georgia

United States
Scholars 27 3,691 Σ D-index 1,408
29 World 3 National Scholars 27 3,917 Σ D-index 1,400
30 World 14 National Scholars 23 4,461 Σ D-index 1,393
31 World 15 National
Arizona State University

Arizona State University

United States
Scholars 24 3,991 Σ D-index 1,386
32 World 4 National
University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

United Kingdom
Scholars 22 3,736 Σ D-index 1,367
33 World 4 National Scholars 27 4,786 Σ D-index 1,359
34 World 5 National Scholars 26 5,541 Σ D-index 1,327
35 World 16 National Scholars 24 3,452 Σ D-index 1,292
36 World 1 National Scholars 24 3,813 Σ D-index 1,271
37 World 3 National Scholars 21 3,389 Σ D-index 1,203
38 World 17 National Scholars 22 3,135 Σ D-index 1,202
39 World 18 National
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

United States
Scholars 21 3,216 Σ D-index 1,192
40 World 6 National Scholars 21 4,353 Σ D-index 1,178
41 World 5 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 17 3,098 Σ D-index 1,177
42 World 7 National Scholars 21 4,254 Σ D-index 1,156
43 World 8 National Scholars 20 4,169 Σ D-index 1,139
44 World 2 National Scholars 21 3,564 Σ D-index 1,124
45 World 19 National
Yale University

Yale University

United States
Scholars 17 2,784 Σ D-index 1,065
46 World 20 National
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 16 3,024 Σ D-index 1,015
47 World 1 National Scholars 19 3,499 Σ D-index 1,004
48 World 21 National Scholars 20 2,911 Σ D-index 995
49 World 9 National Scholars 21 3,093 Σ D-index 993
50 World 6 National
University of Leeds

University of Leeds

United Kingdom
Scholars 18 2,956 Σ D-index 990
51 World 7 National
University of Bristol

University of Bristol

United Kingdom
Scholars 16 3,095 Σ D-index 988
52 World 22 National Scholars 19 3,216 Σ D-index 984
53 World 4 National Scholars 18 2,593 Σ D-index 965
54 World 8 National
University of St Andrews

University of St Andrews

United Kingdom
Scholars 16 2,803 Σ D-index 964
55 World 9 National
University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Scholars 18 2,784 Σ D-index 963
56 World 10 National
University College London

University College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 15 2,723 Σ D-index 957
57 World 2 National
ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 16 3,226 Σ D-index 936
58 World 10 National Scholars 19 3,200 Σ D-index 927
59 World 23 National Scholars 18 2,434 Σ D-index 922
60 World 5 National Scholars 15 2,917 Σ D-index 900
61 World 3 National
University of Bern

University of Bern

Switzerland
Scholars 15 2,811 Σ D-index 892
62 World 6 National Scholars 18 2,716 Σ D-index 891
63 World 24 National Scholars 17 2,260 Σ D-index 887
64 World 25 National Scholars 16 2,506 Σ D-index 878
65 World 1 National Scholars 19 2,870 Σ D-index 877
66 World 26 National
University of Kansas

University of Kansas

United States
Scholars 18 3,478 Σ D-index 858
67 World 27 National
Princeton University

Princeton University

United States
Scholars 12 2,258 Σ D-index 855
68 World 28 National Scholars 16 2,466 Σ D-index 852
69 World 1 National Scholars 16 2,960 Σ D-index 844
70 World 4 National Scholars 17 2,209 Σ D-index 818
71 World 29 National
University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

United States
Scholars 16 2,852 Σ D-index 817
72 World 30 National Scholars 16 2,273 Σ D-index 809
73 World 1 National Scholars 16 4,598 Σ D-index 792
74 World 7 National Scholars 14 2,362 Σ D-index 787
75 World 8 National Scholars 14 3,051 Σ D-index 786
76 World 11 National
Deakin University

Deakin University

Australia
Scholars 16 2,579 Σ D-index 782
77 World 12 National Scholars 15 2,621 Σ D-index 773
78 World 4 National Scholars 15 2,331 Σ D-index 769
79 World 9 National Scholars 15 2,079 Σ D-index 769
80 World 1 National Scholars 16 2,170 Σ D-index 764
81 World 1 National
University of Otago

University of Otago

New Zealand
Scholars 15 2,614 Σ D-index 756
82 World 31 National Scholars 12 1,968 Σ D-index 749
83 World 2 National Scholars 14 3,123 Σ D-index 745
84 World 32 National Scholars 16 1,997 Σ D-index 741
85 World 3 National Scholars 15 2,141 Σ D-index 729
86 World 3 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 13 3,384 Σ D-index 724
87 World 33 National
Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

United States
Scholars 15 2,644 Σ D-index 719
88 World 34 National
University of Idaho

University of Idaho

United States
Scholars 15 1,837 Σ D-index 715
89 World 35 National Scholars 16 1,936 Σ D-index 702
90 World 1 National Scholars 14 2,171 Σ D-index 690
91 World 36 National Scholars 14 1,716 Σ D-index 683
92 World 11 National
University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom
Scholars 13 2,126 Σ D-index 678
93 World 10 National Scholars 11 2,014 Σ D-index 678
94 World 2 National Scholars 13 2,071 Σ D-index 671
95 World 12 National
Lancaster University

Lancaster University

United Kingdom
Scholars 13 2,232 Σ D-index 669
96 World 3 National Scholars 14 2,011 Σ D-index 659
97 World 13 National
University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool

United Kingdom
Scholars 13 1,934 Σ D-index 659
98 World 1 National Scholars 13 2,582 Σ D-index 643
99 World 13 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 14 2,184 Σ D-index 637
100 World 2 National Scholars 14 1,899 Σ D-index 621

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