Top Medicine Universities

The university ranking for Medicine was developed by Research.com, one of the prominent platforms for computer science research maintaining reliable data on scientific contributions since 2014, with the aim of answering the question of what is the best Medicine university.

The ranking of universities is based on the h-index and bibliometric indicators compiled by December 6th, 2021. The ranking process involved a detailed examination of 166,880 researchers’ profiles from Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Graph. For the discipline of Medicine, over 65,743 profiles were examined. Scientists from more than 1,569 institutions and affiliations were analyzed. Show more

Position in the ranking is based on each scientist’s h-index using data compiled from Microsoft Academic Graph, which is the most prominent and well-established bibliometric database of this type available to the scientific community. A detailed definition of our research process can be found on our methodology page.

Please take into consideration that the research institution or university for a scientist is set based on the affiliation details featured on their Google Scholar profile.

World
National
University Details
Scholars
Σ Publications
Σ H-Index
1 World 1 National Harvard University

Harvard University

United States Scholars 794 301,060 Σ H-Index 79,488
2 World 2 National Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

United States Scholars 250 83,592 Σ H-Index 23,260
3 World 3 National University of California, San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco

United States Scholars 240 78,030 Σ H-Index 22,100
4 World 4 National Stanford University

Stanford University

United States Scholars 182 62,568 Σ H-Index 17,394
5 World 5 National Duke University

Duke University

United States Scholars 181 63,974 Σ H-Index 16,671
6 World 6 National University of Washington

University of Washington

United States Scholars 163 47,416 Σ H-Index 14,980
7 World 1 National University College London

University College London

United Kingdom Scholars 158 64,573 Σ H-Index 14,908
8 World 7 National University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

United States Scholars 158 54,933 Σ H-Index 14,862
9 World 8 National University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

United States Scholars 157 50,509 Σ H-Index 14,239
10 World 2 National University of Oxford

University of Oxford

United Kingdom Scholars 142 53,113 Σ H-Index 13,992
11 World 9 National University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

United States Scholars 148 47,877 Σ H-Index 13,455
12 World 10 National University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego

United States Scholars 137 48,960 Σ H-Index 13,122
13 World 11 National University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

United States Scholars 151 45,040 Σ H-Index 13,037
14 World 1 National Karolinska Institute

Karolinska Institute

Sweden Scholars 143 50,738 Σ H-Index 12,997
15 World 1 National Université Paris Cité

Université Paris Cité

France Scholars 144 54,765 Σ H-Index 12,879
16 World 12 National Columbia University

Columbia University

United States Scholars 134 43,771 Σ H-Index 12,356
17 World 13 National Yale University

Yale University

United States Scholars 126 42,246 Σ H-Index 12,022
18 World 3 National King's College London

King's College London

United Kingdom Scholars 109 41,532 Σ H-Index 9,887
19 World 1 National University of Toronto

University of Toronto

Canada Scholars 112 40,909 Σ H-Index 9,814
20 World 1 National University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

Denmark Scholars 103 44,689 Σ H-Index 9,577
21 World 14 National Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

United States Scholars 102 30,644 Σ H-Index 9,348
22 World 15 National University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States Scholars 99 29,769 Σ H-Index 8,867
23 World 4 National University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom Scholars 87 31,540 Σ H-Index 8,378
24 World 16 National Northwestern University

Northwestern University

United States Scholars 90 32,794 Σ H-Index 8,332
25 World 17 National University of Southern California

University of Southern California

United States Scholars 89 29,730 Σ H-Index 7,964
26 World 5 National Imperial College London

Imperial College London

United Kingdom Scholars 77 30,897 Σ H-Index 7,551
27 World 18 National Cornell University

Cornell University

United States Scholars 80 28,698 Σ H-Index 7,487
28 World 19 National Boston University

Boston University

United States Scholars 75 25,276 Σ H-Index 7,475
29 World 1 National Erasmus University Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands Scholars 82 30,567 Σ H-Index 7,461
30 World 20 National University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

United States Scholars 79 27,764 Σ H-Index 7,270
31 World 1 National University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki

Finland Scholars 79 28,000 Σ H-Index 7,198
32 World 21 National Emory University

Emory University

United States Scholars 80 24,869 Σ H-Index 7,049
33 World 22 National New York University

New York University

United States Scholars 77 23,970 Σ H-Index 6,829
34 World 23 National University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

United States Scholars 77 26,715 Σ H-Index 6,769
35 World 1 National KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium Scholars 70 29,129 Σ H-Index 6,401
36 World 2 National McMaster University

McMaster University

Canada Scholars 61 25,759 Σ H-Index 6,382
37 World 1 National University of Sydney

University of Sydney

Australia Scholars 71 29,081 Σ H-Index 6,308
38 World 2 National University of Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

Netherlands Scholars 72 26,272 Σ H-Index 6,277
39 World 24 National Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

United States Scholars 70 23,682 Σ H-Index 6,267
40 World 2 National University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

Australia Scholars 64 29,378 Σ H-Index 6,219
41 World 3 National University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

Canada Scholars 66 23,437 Σ H-Index 6,092
42 World 3 National Leiden University

Leiden University

Netherlands Scholars 68 24,735 Σ H-Index 6,087
43 World 25 National The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

United States Scholars 59 21,010 Σ H-Index 5,868
44 World 26 National University of Colorado Denver

University of Colorado Denver

United States Scholars 58 20,919 Σ H-Index 5,479
45 World 1 National University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

Spain Scholars 58 22,020 Σ H-Index 5,339
46 World 6 National University of Manchester

University of Manchester

United Kingdom Scholars 61 20,328 Σ H-Index 5,324
47 World 1 National University of Milan

University of Milan

Italy Scholars 61 25,089 Σ H-Index 5,198
48 World 4 National Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Netherlands Scholars 58 22,290 Σ H-Index 5,116
49 World 1 National University of Zurich

University of Zurich

Switzerland Scholars 56 21,693 Σ H-Index 5,078
50 World 5 National University of Groningen

University of Groningen

Netherlands Scholars 58 22,371 Σ H-Index 5,077
51 World 27 National Indiana University

Indiana University

United States Scholars 59 17,819 Σ H-Index 5,066
52 World 7 National University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom Scholars 53 19,663 Σ H-Index 5,056
53 World 28 National University of Chicago

University of Chicago

United States Scholars 54 19,284 Σ H-Index 4,866
54 World 3 National Monash University

Monash University

Australia Scholars 55 23,905 Σ H-Index 4,803
55 World 29 National University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

United States Scholars 50 16,632 Σ H-Index 4,555
56 World 1 National Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Germany Scholars 52 20,619 Σ H-Index 4,542
57 World 30 National Brown University

Brown University

United States Scholars 51 16,401 Σ H-Index 4,509
58 World 2 National Heidelberg University

Heidelberg University

Germany Scholars 48 23,382 Σ H-Index 4,465
59 World 2 National Lund University

Lund University

Sweden Scholars 48 19,250 Σ H-Index 4,406
60 World 31 National University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

United States Scholars 48 15,662 Σ H-Index 4,198
61 World 3 National University of Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

Sweden Scholars 44 17,228 Σ H-Index 4,150
62 World 32 National Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon Health & Science University

United States Scholars 45 14,981 Σ H-Index 4,125
63 World 4 National UNSW Sydney

UNSW Sydney

Australia Scholars 46 19,471 Σ H-Index 4,092
64 World 33 National The Ohio State University

The Ohio State University

United States Scholars 43 13,184 Σ H-Index 3,839
65 World 1 National University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

China Scholars 41 16,461 Σ H-Index 3,836
66 World 2 National University of Bern

University of Bern

Switzerland Scholars 42 15,139 Σ H-Index 3,812
67 World 34 National University of Florida

University of Florida

United States Scholars 42 14,377 Σ H-Index 3,777
68 World 35 National Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

United States Scholars 41 15,528 Σ H-Index 3,762
69 World 36 National Tufts University

Tufts University

United States Scholars 38 13,395 Σ H-Index 3,739
70 World 4 National McGill University

McGill University

Canada Scholars 41 14,783 Σ H-Index 3,735
71 World 8 National University of Bristol

University of Bristol

United Kingdom Scholars 41 16,024 Σ H-Index 3,730
72 World 1 National University of Oslo

University of Oslo

Norway Scholars 43 16,957 Σ H-Index 3,694
73 World 37 National University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland, Baltimore

United States Scholars 39 13,002 Σ H-Index 3,650
74 World 1 National Medical University of Vienna

Medical University of Vienna

Austria Scholars 40 17,541 Σ H-Index 3,640
75 World 5 National University of Queensland

University of Queensland

Australia Scholars 39 17,832 Σ H-Index 3,600
76 World 1 National University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

Japan Scholars 38 19,236 Σ H-Index 3,551
77 World 6 National Radboud University Nijmegen

Radboud University Nijmegen

Netherlands Scholars 40 14,459 Σ H-Index 3,509
78 World 38 National University of Utah

University of Utah

United States Scholars 42 12,875 Σ H-Index 3,474
79 World 9 National University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom Scholars 37 13,428 Σ H-Index 3,470
80 World 39 National University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

United States Scholars 38 12,938 Σ H-Index 3,441
81 World 2 National Osaka University

Osaka University

Japan Scholars 34 16,282 Σ H-Index 3,431
82 World 5 National University of Alberta

University of Alberta

Canada Scholars 39 12,946 Σ H-Index 3,380
83 World 2 National Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

China Scholars 35 15,196 Σ H-Index 3,297
84 World 40 National Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

United States Scholars 37 11,954 Σ H-Index 3,296
85 World 2 National Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Italy Scholars 36 17,827 Σ H-Index 3,253
86 World 10 National Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom Scholars 35 13,760 Σ H-Index 3,209
87 World 41 National University of Virginia

University of Virginia

United States Scholars 36 10,608 Σ H-Index 3,165
88 World 3 National University of Bologna

University of Bologna

Italy Scholars 36 16,249 Σ H-Index 3,142
89 World 7 National Maastricht University

Maastricht University

Netherlands Scholars 36 13,070 Σ H-Index 3,138
90 World 42 National The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

United States Scholars 34 12,545 Σ H-Index 3,072
91 World 3 National Kyoto University

Kyoto University

Japan Scholars 36 16,613 Σ H-Index 3,063
92 World 8 National Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Netherlands Scholars 31 13,375 Σ H-Index 3,049
93 World 43 National University of Iowa

University of Iowa

United States Scholars 32 10,734 Σ H-Index 2,996
94 World 11 National University of Southampton

University of Southampton

United Kingdom Scholars 29 13,084 Σ H-Index 2,954
95 World 12 National Newcastle University

Newcastle University

United Kingdom Scholars 33 11,255 Σ H-Index 2,931
96 World 4 National Uppsala University

Uppsala University

Sweden Scholars 33 12,148 Σ H-Index 2,882
97 World 6 National University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

Australia Scholars 33 12,113 Σ H-Index 2,843
98 World 3 National University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Germany Scholars 32 13,784 Σ H-Index 2,840
99 World 44 National Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University

United States Scholars 32 9,870 Σ H-Index 2,818
100 World 4 National University of Padua

University of Padua

Italy Scholars 32 14,388 Σ H-Index 2,759

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