Best Medicine Universities in the World 2023

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the arena of Medicine relies os data combined from multiple 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 takes into account only papers and citation data for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Medicine research
Our best universities ranking is a credible account of leading researchers from the field of Medicine, based on a meticulous analysis of 166,880 researchers discovered from various bibliometric data sources. For the area of Medicine, more than 68936 scholars were investigated.

What is D-index approval threshold for Medicine
The D-index threshold for approving a researcher to be evaluated is placed at 70 if most of their publications are in the field of Medicine. The acceptance criteria for scientists to be considered into the ranking of top researchers are based on the D-index, ratio of the publications made within the specific discipline as well as the awards and achievements of the scientists. The D-index threshold for listing top scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of scientists projected for each scientific field whilst ensuring that the top 1% of best scholars are added 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 rules
As our leading goal is to guarantee that only genuine researchers are listed in Research.com ranking we believe that numbers are never meant to be a full measure to evaluate the output of researchers. This is why we manually verify each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a varied range of credible sources. Even though it’s not a element contributing to a scholar’s position in Research.com ranking, the amount of documents published in well-known journals and conference proceedings should form a reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a given area of science. Position in the ranking is established using every scholar’s D-index using metrics compiled from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-known bibliometric databases of this kind accessible to the scientific community. A detailed definition of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

Our agenda
Our objective is to inspire researchers, businessmen and decision-makers worldwide to examine where top experts are heading and to give a way for the entire research community to find out who the leading experts in specific areas of study, in different countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Medicine
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top scientists in the world is Harvard University with 883 scientists affiliated with it being featured in Research.com Medicine ranking. It is followed by University of California System with 727 scientists and Johns Hopkins University with 281 scientists.

The most prominent scientists in the discipline of Medicine in the world are affiliated with Southampton General Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, deCODE Genetics (Iceland), Oakland University, Aga Khan University, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, VA Boston Healthcare System, University Hospital Heidelberg, Yale Cancer Center.

Harvard University is highlighted as the best university in the world in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 90938. Ranking on spot no. 2 in the world is University of California System with a total D-index of 69712. The third spot in the world is taken by Johns Hopkins University with a total D-index of 27286.

The average total D-index for the top 10% universities is 1638 in comparison to an average of 1638 for all 789 institutions listed in Research.com ranking.

The average number of publications within the area of Medicine by scientists affiliated with the top 1% of scientists in the ranking is 8316 in comparison to an average of 8316 for all 789 universities.

The average number of citations of researchers affiliated with the top 5% universities is 707480 against an average of 707480 for all 789 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 883 410,970 Σ D-index 90,938
2 World 2 National Scholars 727 306,755 Σ D-index 69,712
3 World 3 National
Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States
Scholars 281 120,434 Σ D-index 27,286
4 World 4 National
Stanford University

Stanford University

United States
Scholars 204 88,539 Σ D-index 20,108
5 World 1 National Scholars 223 103,903 Σ D-index 20,079
6 World 5 National Scholars 208 90,706 Σ D-index 19,905
7 World 6 National
University of Washington

University of Washington

United States
Scholars 190 68,401 Σ D-index 17,949
8 World 7 National
Duke University

Duke University

United States
Scholars 183 82,804 Σ D-index 17,452
9 World 1 National
University College London

University College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 177 95,711 Σ D-index 17,142
10 World 8 National
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

United States
Scholars 170 75,784 Σ D-index 16,426
11 World 2 National
University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom
Scholars 157 78,244 Σ D-index 16,139
12 World 9 National Scholars 166 64,933 Σ D-index 14,984
13 World 10 National
Columbia University

Columbia University

United States
Scholars 154 65,596 Σ D-index 14,698
14 World 1 National Scholars 153 72,038 Σ D-index 13,679
15 World 1 National Scholars 142 62,392 Σ D-index 13,592
16 World 11 National
Yale University

Yale University

United States
Scholars 132 56,586 Σ D-index 13,124
17 World 3 National
King's College London

King's College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 126 64,235 Σ D-index 12,031
18 World 12 National Scholars 115 45,683 Σ D-index 11,094
19 World 1 National Scholars 112 59,263 Σ D-index 10,669
20 World 13 National Scholars 108 42,601 Σ D-index 10,218
21 World 14 National
Cornell University

Cornell University

United States
Scholars 103 49,433 Σ D-index 9,915
22 World 1 National Scholars 100 49,585 Σ D-index 9,667
23 World 15 National Scholars 105 46,356 Σ D-index 9,658
24 World 4 National
Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom
Scholars 93 50,715 Σ D-index 9,553
25 World 16 National
Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States
Scholars 100 47,340 Σ D-index 9,505
26 World 2 National Scholars 103 50,021 Σ D-index 9,375
27 World 5 National
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom
Scholars 89 40,974 Σ D-index 9,255
28 World 17 National
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University

United States
Scholars 94 40,704 Σ D-index 8,829
29 World 1 National
KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Scholars 91 56,759 Σ D-index 8,501
30 World 18 National Scholars 84 37,526 Σ D-index 8,162
31 World 19 National
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States
Scholars 87 38,865 Σ D-index 8,133
32 World 1 National Scholars 86 36,322 Σ D-index 8,057
33 World 20 National
Boston University

Boston University

United States
Scholars 78 33,626 Σ D-index 8,019
34 World 1 National Scholars 88 41,897 Σ D-index 7,855
35 World 21 National
Emory University

Emory University

United States
Scholars 84 34,378 Σ D-index 7,773
36 World 22 National
New York University

New York University

United States
Scholars 83 33,980 Σ D-index 7,588
37 World 2 National Scholars 77 43,493 Σ D-index 7,460
38 World 3 National
Leiden University

Leiden University

Netherlands
Scholars 79 37,272 Σ D-index 7,301
39 World 23 National Scholars 80 36,223 Σ D-index 7,233
40 World 24 National Scholars 69 34,778 Σ D-index 7,159
41 World 2 National Scholars 77 31,907 Σ D-index 7,156
42 World 3 National Scholars 68 33,833 Σ D-index 7,121
43 World 6 National
University of Manchester

University of Manchester

United Kingdom
Scholars 74 31,756 Σ D-index 6,655
44 World 2 National Scholars 75 31,057 Σ D-index 6,580
45 World 1 National Scholars 70 39,064 Σ D-index 6,174
46 World 1 National Scholars 64 32,454 Σ D-index 6,096
47 World 1 National
University of Zurich

University of Zurich

Switzerland
Scholars 65 31,397 Σ D-index 6,090
48 World 4 National Scholars 66 33,592 Σ D-index 6,087
49 World 4 National Scholars 63 28,162 Σ D-index 5,959
50 World 7 National
University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Scholars 58 28,300 Σ D-index 5,928
51 World 5 National
Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Netherlands
Scholars 61 29,983 Σ D-index 5,732
52 World 25 National
University of Chicago

University of Chicago

United States
Scholars 60 28,266 Σ D-index 5,606
53 World 1 National Scholars 59 34,655 Σ D-index 5,582
54 World 3 National
Monash University

Monash University

Australia
Scholars 61 32,396 Σ D-index 5,410
55 World 2 National Scholars 55 35,395 Σ D-index 5,305
56 World 26 National
Indiana University

Indiana University

United States
Scholars 59 25,194 Σ D-index 5,304
57 World 27 National Scholars 55 23,645 Σ D-index 5,166
58 World 28 National
Brown University

Brown University

United States
Scholars 56 22,123 Σ D-index 5,037
59 World 2 National Scholars 53 23,880 Σ D-index 4,996
60 World 6 National Scholars 52 23,901 Σ D-index 4,902
61 World 2 National
University of Bern

University of Bern

Switzerland
Scholars 52 24,304 Σ D-index 4,874
62 World 4 National Scholars 50 28,011 Σ D-index 4,807
63 World 29 National Scholars 50 20,794 Σ D-index 4,785
64 World 3 National Scholars 49 24,534 Σ D-index 4,714
65 World 30 National Scholars 49 21,954 Σ D-index 4,646
66 World 31 National
University of Iowa

University of Iowa

United States
Scholars 50 21,043 Σ D-index 4,640
67 World 32 National Scholars 49 21,036 Σ D-index 4,594
68 World 8 National Scholars 47 21,662 Σ D-index 4,533
69 World 33 National
University of Florida

University of Florida

United States
Scholars 49 21,315 Σ D-index 4,437
70 World 1 National Scholars 44 27,908 Σ D-index 4,437
71 World 34 National Scholars 45 19,776 Σ D-index 4,276
72 World 9 National
University of Bristol

University of Bristol

United Kingdom
Scholars 44 23,268 Σ D-index 4,239
73 World 7 National Scholars 42 20,067 Σ D-index 4,238
74 World 35 National
University of Utah

University of Utah

United States
Scholars 50 19,221 Σ D-index 4,235
75 World 2 National Scholars 44 28,945 Σ D-index 4,230
76 World 1 National Scholars 46 24,827 Σ D-index 4,181
77 World 1 National Scholars 47 21,741 Σ D-index 4,134
78 World 3 National Scholars 44 29,566 Σ D-index 4,090
79 World 36 National Scholars 42 17,850 Σ D-index 4,086
80 World 1 National Scholars 42 23,789 Σ D-index 4,070
81 World 2 National Scholars 43 22,649 Σ D-index 4,056
82 World 37 National
Tufts University

Tufts University

United States
Scholars 40 17,872 Σ D-index 4,008
83 World 38 National
University of Virginia

University of Virginia

United States
Scholars 44 16,858 Σ D-index 3,987
84 World 10 National
University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom
Scholars 41 19,836 Σ D-index 3,963
85 World 39 National Scholars 42 18,144 Σ D-index 3,948
86 World 11 National
Newcastle University

Newcastle University

United Kingdom
Scholars 43 20,051 Σ D-index 3,937
87 World 5 National Scholars 42 23,196 Σ D-index 3,828
88 World 5 National Scholars 43 18,199 Σ D-index 3,787
89 World 2 National Scholars 40 27,374 Σ D-index 3,729
90 World 40 National Scholars 41 17,343 Σ D-index 3,724
91 World 3 National Scholars 42 25,275 Σ D-index 3,710
92 World 41 National
University of Rochester

University of Rochester

United States
Scholars 42 15,305 Σ D-index 3,675
93 World 42 National
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

United States
Scholars 39 20,067 Σ D-index 3,629
94 World 12 National Scholars 38 18,878 Σ D-index 3,591
95 World 43 National Scholars 39 18,425 Σ D-index 3,582
96 World 3 National Scholars 36 18,800 Σ D-index 3,487
97 World 4 National Scholars 38 23,156 Σ D-index 3,386
98 World 4 National Scholars 37 20,526 Σ D-index 3,352
99 World 8 National
Maastricht University

Maastricht University

Netherlands
Scholars 37 17,558 Σ D-index 3,321
100 World 5 National Scholars 35 19,607 Σ D-index 3,282

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