Best Immunology Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the discipline of Immunology is based on data consolidated from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for evaluating the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking researcher’s affiliated with a given institution. D-index only includes publications and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Immunology research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a trustworthy list of leading scholars from the area of Immunology, based on a detailed study of 166,880 scientists determined from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Immunology, as many as 8616 scientists were examined.

What is D-index inclusion threshold for Immunology
The D-index threshold for including a scientist to be considered is set to 40 if the majority of of their publications are in the area of Immunology. The approval requirements for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index, proportion of the publications made within the specific area in addition to the awards and achievements of the scholars. The D-index threshold for including best scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of scholars assessed for each area od study whilst guaranteeing that the top 1% of leading researchers are incorporated into the ranking. There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.

Additional verification methods
Since our primary aim is to make sure that only credible researchers are listed in Research.com ranking we realize that raw data are never supposed to be an absolute tool to evaluate the contributions of scientists. Because of that we manually inspect each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of trustworthy sources. Even though it’s not a factor contributing to a scholar’s position in the ranking, the number of papers published in well-known journals and conference proceedings should constitute a valuable secondary signal of their contribution to research in a specific discipline. Position in the ranking is established using every scholar’s D-index with the help of information gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric databases of this type accessible to the scientific community. A comprehensive explanation of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

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Key findings for Immunology
As far as institutions are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of leading scientists in the world is University of California System with 118 researchers affiliated with it being listed in Research.com Immunology ranking. It is followed by Harvard University with 115 scholars and Karolinska Institute with 51 scholars.

The most prominent scientists in the area of Immunology in the world are associated with Osaka University, Yale University, University of Colorado Denver, Harvard University, Rockefeller University, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Scripps Research Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, University of Virginia.

Harvard University is featured as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking researchers at 9756. Ranking second in the world is University of California System with a total D-index of 8834. The third position in the world is occupied by University of Oxford with a total D-index of 3679.

The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 410 in comparison to an average of 410 for all 482 institutions included in the ranking.

The average number of publications in the area of Immunology by researchers affiliated with the top 3% of scholars in the ranking is 1482 against an average of 1482 for all 482 universities.

The average number of citations of scientists affiliated with the top 5% universities is 127653 against an average of 127653 for all 482 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
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 115 34,202 Σ D-index 9,756
2 World 2 National Scholars 118 29,374 Σ D-index 8,834
3 World 1 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 44 13,914 Σ D-index 3,679
4 World 1 National Scholars 51 12,617 Σ D-index 3,456
5 World 3 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 34 10,976 Σ D-index 3,153
6 World 1 National Scholars 47 9,377 Σ D-index 2,995
7 World 4 National
Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States
Scholars 39 10,132 Σ D-index 2,900
8 World 2 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 34 9,704 Σ D-index 2,572
9 World 5 National
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

United States
Scholars 34 9,251 Σ D-index 2,511
10 World 1 National
Leiden University

Leiden University

Netherlands
Scholars 38 8,795 Σ D-index 2,457
11 World 1 National Scholars 35 8,435 Σ D-index 2,394
12 World 6 National Scholars 30 7,793 Σ D-index 2,389
13 World 7 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 31 7,385 Σ D-index 2,293
14 World 8 National Scholars 26 6,290 Σ D-index 2,169
15 World 9 National
Yale University

Yale University

United States
Scholars 23 6,595 Σ D-index 2,064
16 World 10 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 27 7,525 Σ D-index 2,045
17 World 3 National
University College London

University College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 27 8,163 Σ D-index 1,921
18 World 11 National Scholars 25 6,129 Σ D-index 1,859
19 World 2 National Scholars 28 6,630 Σ D-index 1,854
20 World 12 National
Emory University

Emory University

United States
Scholars 26 6,333 Σ D-index 1,847
21 World 4 National
King's College London

King's College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 26 7,157 Σ D-index 1,837
22 World 2 National Scholars 27 6,402 Σ D-index 1,772
23 World 1 National Scholars 17 6,319 Σ D-index 1,624
24 World 1 National
University of Zurich

University of Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 18 5,178 Σ D-index 1,602
25 World 13 National Scholars 20 5,037 Σ D-index 1,590
26 World 14 National Scholars 22 3,942 Σ D-index 1,504
27 World 1 National Scholars 23 5,777 Σ D-index 1,438
28 World 15 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 19 4,490 Σ D-index 1,411
29 World 1 National Scholars 20 6,065 Σ D-index 1,397
30 World 5 National
University of Manchester

University of Manchester

United Kingdom
Scholars 19 4,815 Σ D-index 1,365
31 World 16 National
Rockefeller University

Rockefeller University

United States
Scholars 13 3,915 Σ D-index 1,326
32 World 17 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 17 4,916 Σ D-index 1,291
33 World 1 National Scholars 20 4,835 Σ D-index 1,275
34 World 1 National Scholars 17 4,512 Σ D-index 1,255
35 World 18 National
Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States
Scholars 18 4,798 Σ D-index 1,253
36 World 19 National Scholars 16 4,184 Σ D-index 1,252
37 World 20 National
University of Virginia

University of Virginia

United States
Scholars 16 4,055 Σ D-index 1,214
38 World 1 National Scholars 18 3,869 Σ D-index 1,193
39 World 2 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 18 4,095 Σ D-index 1,157
40 World 1 National Scholars 16 4,255 Σ D-index 1,129
41 World 6 National
University of Southampton

University of Southampton

United Kingdom
Scholars 15 4,337 Σ D-index 1,128
42 World 3 National Scholars 12 4,807 Σ D-index 1,127
43 World 4 National
Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Netherlands
Scholars 18 4,392 Σ D-index 1,114
44 World 2 National Scholars 15 4,300 Σ D-index 1,103
45 World 21 National Scholars 13 4,366 Σ D-index 1,097
46 World 22 National Scholars 16 4,036 Σ D-index 1,084
47 World 23 National Scholars 14 4,134 Σ D-index 1,061
48 World 24 National
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

United States
Scholars 15 3,707 Σ D-index 1,022
49 World 3 National Scholars 14 3,170 Σ D-index 1,020
50 World 5 National Scholars 16 3,369 Σ D-index 1,001
51 World 6 National Scholars 14 4,047 Σ D-index 989
52 World 4 National Scholars 13 3,653 Σ D-index 985
53 World 1 National Scholars 15 3,420 Σ D-index 961
54 World 25 National Scholars 11 3,665 Σ D-index 961
55 World 26 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 12 2,942 Σ D-index 935
56 World 2 National Scholars 13 4,181 Σ D-index 914
57 World 3 National Scholars 13 3,605 Σ D-index 911
58 World 27 National Scholars 13 2,732 Σ D-index 902
59 World 3 National Scholars 14 3,004 Σ D-index 869
60 World 3 National Scholars 12 3,184 Σ D-index 866
61 World 4 National Scholars 12 3,616 Σ D-index 857
62 World 1 National Scholars 13 4,420 Σ D-index 831
63 World 7 National
University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Scholars 14 2,394 Σ D-index 827
64 World 8 National
University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

United Kingdom
Scholars 12 2,596 Σ D-index 819
65 World 28 National Scholars 12 3,441 Σ D-index 811
66 World 5 National Scholars 10 4,121 Σ D-index 807
67 World 6 National Scholars 12 2,837 Σ D-index 797
68 World 29 National
New York University

New York University

United States
Scholars 11 2,116 Σ D-index 789
69 World 7 National Scholars 12 2,576 Σ D-index 780
70 World 30 National Scholars 10 2,554 Σ D-index 741
71 World 2 National
University of Bern

University of Bern

Switzerland
Scholars 10 2,286 Σ D-index 738
72 World 4 National Scholars 7 3,258 Σ D-index 731
73 World 31 National Scholars 11 2,326 Σ D-index 730
74 World 2 National Scholars 8 3,919 Σ D-index 729
75 World 3 National Scholars 10 2,417 Σ D-index 722
76 World 9 National
University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom
Scholars 10 2,270 Σ D-index 718
77 World 2 National Scholars 11 2,204 Σ D-index 708
78 World 3 National Scholars 9 3,370 Σ D-index 698
79 World 1 National Scholars 9 2,661 Σ D-index 697
80 World 32 National Scholars 12 1,860 Σ D-index 688
81 World 5 National Scholars 10 2,509 Σ D-index 677
82 World 33 National
University of Chicago

University of Chicago

United States
Scholars 10 1,891 Σ D-index 667
83 World 10 National Scholars 10 2,676 Σ D-index 665
84 World 11 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 10 2,081 Σ D-index 663
85 World 34 National
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

United States
Scholars 9 2,164 Σ D-index 663
86 World 4 National Scholars 9 2,285 Σ D-index 658
87 World 5 National Scholars 10 2,150 Σ D-index 656
88 World 35 National Scholars 10 1,998 Σ D-index 612
89 World 7 National Scholars 8 1,988 Σ D-index 609
90 World 1 National Scholars 7 2,011 Σ D-index 602
91 World 6 National Scholars 9 2,631 Σ D-index 591
92 World 36 National
Brown University

Brown University

United States
Scholars 8 1,712 Σ D-index 583
93 World 37 National
University of Iowa

University of Iowa

United States
Scholars 9 1,829 Σ D-index 571
94 World 8 National Scholars 7 2,577 Σ D-index 558
95 World 4 National
University of Geneva

University of Geneva

Switzerland
Scholars 8 1,848 Σ D-index 556
96 World 6 National Scholars 8 2,046 Σ D-index 555
97 World 2 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 8 2,557 Σ D-index 553
98 World 1 National Scholars 7 2,453 Σ D-index 553
99 World 38 National
Tulane University

Tulane University

United States
Scholars 8 1,749 Σ D-index 549
100 World 1 National Scholars 7 1,715 Σ D-index 539

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