Best Materials Science Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the arena of Materials Science is based on data consolidated from a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for evaluating 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 publications and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Materials Science research
Our best universities ranking is a credible lineup of leading scientists from the area of Materials Science, created using a meticulous analysis of 166,880 researchers discovered from a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the field of Materials Science, as many as 17130 scientists were investigated.

What is D-index inclusion threshold for Materials Science
The D-index threshold for approving a scholar to be evaluated is established at 40 if most of their publications are in the discipline of Materials Science. The acceptance factors for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index, proportion of the publications made within the specific field of study plus the awards and achievements of the researchers. The D-index threshold for considering leading scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of scientists estimated for each area od study whilst ensuring that the top 1% of leading researchers are added into the ranking. There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a scholar’s general H-index and their D-index.

Other verification practices
Because our leading aim is to make sure that only credible researchers are listed in the ranking we are aware that raw data are never supposed to be an absolute tool to assess the output of scholars. For that reason we manually check each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of credible sources. While it’s not a metric impacting a researcher’s position in our ranking, the number of documents published in well-known journals and conference proceedings should constitute a credible secondary signal of their contribution to research in a selected discipline. Position in the ranking is established using every researcher’s D-index according to data gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-known bibliometric databases of this kind accessible to the research community. A thorough definition of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our mission
Our aim is to motivate scholars, businessmen and administrative bodies worldwide to explore where leading experts are heading and to provide a way for the entire scientific community to find out who the leading experts in specific fields of research, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Materials Science
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading scientists in the world is University of California System with 194 scientists affiliated with it being listed in the Materials Science ranking. It is followed by Tsinghua University with 100 scientists and Zhejiang University with 90 scholars.

The most prominent scientists in the area of Materials Science in the world are representing Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Wuhan University of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Cambridge, Drexel University, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Terasaki Foundation, Fudan University.

University of California System is highlighted as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking researchers at 15054. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is Tsinghua University with a total D-index of 7110. The third place in the world is taken by MIT with a total D-index of 5960.

The average total D-index for the top 10% universities is 459 against an average of 459 for all 1090 institutions included in the ranking.

The average number of published articles in the area of Materials Science by researchers affiliated with the top 10% of scholars in the ranking is 2212 against an average of 2212 for all 1090 universities.

The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 1% universities is 129852 against an average of 129852 for all 1090 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 194 69,394 Σ D-index 15,054
2 World 1 National Scholars 100 33,323 Σ D-index 7,110
3 World 2 National
MIT

MIT

United States
Scholars 76 26,817 Σ D-index 5,960
4 World 1 National Scholars 79 23,033 Σ D-index 5,599
5 World 2 National Scholars 90 24,755 Σ D-index 5,596
6 World 2 National Scholars 68 25,462 Σ D-index 5,135
7 World 3 National Scholars 72 19,663 Σ D-index 4,585
8 World 3 National
Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States
Scholars 52 24,814 Σ D-index 4,505
9 World 4 National Scholars 54 19,926 Σ D-index 4,207
10 World 1 National Scholars 70 30,789 Σ D-index 4,172
11 World 1 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 57 19,670 Σ D-index 4,146
12 World 5 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 51 16,838 Σ D-index 3,856
13 World 4 National Scholars 51 20,109 Σ D-index 3,767
14 World 5 National Scholars 56 15,633 Σ D-index 3,687
15 World 6 National Scholars 51 18,863 Σ D-index 3,590
16 World 6 National Scholars 60 15,768 Σ D-index 3,579
17 World 7 National Scholars 56 11,746 Σ D-index 3,541
18 World 1 National Scholars 48 16,441 Σ D-index 3,466
19 World 8 National Scholars 57 14,528 Σ D-index 3,401
20 World 1 National Scholars 48 15,247 Σ D-index 3,130
21 World 2 National Scholars 51 18,597 Σ D-index 3,104
22 World 2 National Scholars 52 15,837 Σ D-index 2,981
23 World 7 National Scholars 40 13,750 Σ D-index 2,911
24 World 8 National Scholars 41 13,243 Σ D-index 2,844
25 World 2 National
ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 41 12,010 Σ D-index 2,808
26 World 9 National Scholars 46 9,538 Σ D-index 2,739
27 World 3 National Scholars 42 20,315 Σ D-index 2,739
28 World 10 National Scholars 44 10,566 Σ D-index 2,697
29 World 11 National Scholars 44 11,217 Σ D-index 2,626
30 World 9 National
Harvard University

Harvard University

United States
Scholars 27 10,177 Σ D-index 2,582
31 World 12 National Scholars 46 12,822 Σ D-index 2,565
32 World 10 National Scholars 36 12,965 Σ D-index 2,528
33 World 13 National Scholars 42 11,392 Σ D-index 2,473
34 World 2 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 38 9,415 Σ D-index 2,447
35 World 14 National Scholars 40 10,813 Σ D-index 2,415
36 World 15 National Scholars 38 9,897 Σ D-index 2,414
37 World 16 National Scholars 38 9,431 Σ D-index 2,350
38 World 17 National Scholars 34 9,350 Σ D-index 2,256
39 World 11 National Scholars 31 9,674 Σ D-index 2,242
40 World 12 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 30 10,242 Σ D-index 2,242
41 World 1 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 38 14,745 Σ D-index 2,205
42 World 18 National Scholars 37 9,757 Σ D-index 2,199
43 World 3 National Scholars 37 10,586 Σ D-index 2,157
44 World 19 National Scholars 34 8,706 Σ D-index 2,152
45 World 3 National
University of Manchester

University of Manchester

United Kingdom
Scholars 33 9,770 Σ D-index 2,152
46 World 13 National
Rice University

Rice University

United States
Scholars 24 9,366 Σ D-index 2,119
47 World 1 National Scholars 28 11,016 Σ D-index 2,038
48 World 20 National Scholars 34 8,670 Σ D-index 2,031
49 World 4 National Scholars 30 7,538 Σ D-index 2,030
50 World 14 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 29 8,984 Σ D-index 1,994
51 World 15 National Scholars 31 10,956 Σ D-index 1,988
52 World 2 National Scholars 27 11,520 Σ D-index 1,975
53 World 4 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 31 7,933 Σ D-index 1,974
54 World 4 National Scholars 32 13,201 Σ D-index 1,971
55 World 3 National Scholars 28 10,769 Σ D-index 1,966
56 World 5 National Scholars 34 13,915 Σ D-index 1,958
57 World 5 National Scholars 33 10,083 Σ D-index 1,954
58 World 16 National Scholars 31 9,701 Σ D-index 1,940
59 World 1 National Scholars 30 10,060 Σ D-index 1,910
60 World 21 National Scholars 34 8,879 Σ D-index 1,898
61 World 6 National
Yonsei University

Yonsei University

South Korea
Scholars 32 10,023 Σ D-index 1,879
62 World 22 National Scholars 29 6,169 Σ D-index 1,854
63 World 1 National Scholars 26 7,747 Σ D-index 1,827
64 World 1 National Scholars 33 7,622 Σ D-index 1,826
65 World 23 National Scholars 26 10,831 Σ D-index 1,824
66 World 17 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 26 7,093 Σ D-index 1,823
67 World 1 National Scholars 30 8,711 Σ D-index 1,811
68 World 24 National Scholars 29 7,427 Σ D-index 1,811
69 World 7 National
Hanyang University

Hanyang University

South Korea
Scholars 31 8,689 Σ D-index 1,809
70 World 25 National Scholars 28 7,033 Σ D-index 1,807
71 World 1 National Scholars 25 7,484 Σ D-index 1,760
72 World 18 National Scholars 27 7,961 Σ D-index 1,758
73 World 1 National Scholars 32 8,524 Σ D-index 1,754
74 World 4 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 29 6,518 Σ D-index 1,724
75 World 19 National Scholars 27 6,322 Σ D-index 1,688
76 World 26 National Scholars 26 8,178 Σ D-index 1,678
77 World 20 National Scholars 26 8,501 Σ D-index 1,677
78 World 1 National Scholars 26 9,935 Σ D-index 1,674
79 World 27 National Scholars 28 6,050 Σ D-index 1,659
80 World 1 National
TU Dresden

TU Dresden

Germany
Scholars 22 9,333 Σ D-index 1,659
81 World 6 National Scholars 25 10,282 Σ D-index 1,624
82 World 21 National Scholars 22 6,926 Σ D-index 1,618
83 World 5 National Scholars 24 8,121 Σ D-index 1,572
84 World 28 National Scholars 25 6,469 Σ D-index 1,548
85 World 2 National Scholars 25 7,837 Σ D-index 1,522
86 World 22 National
University of Chicago

University of Chicago

United States
Scholars 18 6,516 Σ D-index 1,516
87 World 29 National Scholars 23 9,696 Σ D-index 1,506
88 World 2 National Scholars 22 7,952 Σ D-index 1,490
89 World 23 National
Arizona State University

Arizona State University

United States
Scholars 23 6,626 Σ D-index 1,478
90 World 24 National
University of Delaware

University of Delaware

United States
Scholars 23 5,803 Σ D-index 1,422
91 World 2 National Scholars 21 6,835 Σ D-index 1,421
92 World 25 National
Princeton University

Princeton University

United States
Scholars 17 7,120 Σ D-index 1,415
93 World 26 National
Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

United States
Scholars 22 6,308 Σ D-index 1,414
94 World 7 National Scholars 25 8,276 Σ D-index 1,408
95 World 27 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 19 6,313 Σ D-index 1,398
96 World 6 National
RMIT University

RMIT University

Australia
Scholars 25 6,880 Σ D-index 1,396
97 World 8 National
Korea University

Korea University

South Korea
Scholars 24 7,765 Σ D-index 1,375
98 World 30 National Scholars 20 7,466 Σ D-index 1,361
99 World 28 National
University of Florida

University of Florida

United States
Scholars 20 8,466 Σ D-index 1,359
100 World 29 National
Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States
Scholars 20 5,581 Σ D-index 1,359

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