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University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego

United States
Established: 1960
Scholars: 1025
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What Are The Ranking Positions & Metrics for University of California, San Diego in 2026?

Below you will find a detailed overview of University of California, San Diego position across all scientific rankings where that institution is listed. The details include specific positions of the institution in both worldwide and country-based rankings as well as figures for the total number of scientists affiliated with University of California, San Diego included in each ranking. It also features totals for numbers of scientific publications authored by scientists currently affiliated with that institution as well as their total D-index value.

Medicine

World Ranking
15
Country Ranking
12
No. of Scientists
180
Total D-index
16890

Biology and Biochemistry

World Ranking
2
Country Ranking
2
No. of Scientists
159
Total D-index
11823

Neuroscience

World Ranking
9
Country Ranking
6
No. of Scientists
93
Total D-index
5786

Computer Science

World Ranking
8
Country Ranking
7
No. of Scientists
94
Total D-index
5113

Psychology

World Ranking
11
Country Ranking
8
No. of Scientists
88
Total D-index
5008
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In which disciplines do the best scientists from University of California, San Diego work?

The chart below shows the number of scientists affiliated with University of California, San Diego across different disciplines. For scientists ranking in multiple disciplines the one where they rank the highest is considered to be their main.

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How was the ranking of University of California, San Diego scientists created?

The data for h-index, citations, awards, and publications featured in this ranking were last updated on 2026-01-12.

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Rank
Scholar
H-Index H-index value (measuring the impact of scientific work of a scholar)
Citations Total number of citations received by scientist's publications
Publications Total number of publications by a scientist indexed in our database
1 Rank H-index 279 Citations 348,118 834
2 Rank H-index 258 Citations 449,341 1,453
3 Rank H-index 213 Citations 185,468 1,969
4 Rank H-index 207 Citations 153,449 536
5 Rank H-index 205 Citations 221,948 914
6 Rank H-index 203 Citations 153,434 1,378
7 Rank H-index 200 Citations 150,141 1,147
8 Rank H-index 193 Citations 205,442 523
9 Rank H-index 188 Citations 124,575 481
10 Rank H-index 186 Citations 191,026 514
11 Rank H-index 181 Citations 163,776 541
12 Rank H-index 179 Citations 171,674 916
13 Rank H-index 175 Citations 122,288 911
14 Rank H-index 175 Citations 115,268 1,085
15 Rank H-index 174 Citations 296,406 750
16 Rank H-index 173 Citations 122,942 573
17 Rank H-index 172 Citations 91,415 647
18 Rank H-index 169 Citations 116,509 636
19 Rank H-index 165 Citations 127,923 499
20 Rank H-index 163 Citations 110,228 651
21 Rank H-index 157 Citations 94,018 434
22 Rank H-index 156 Citations 95,106 1,624
23 Rank H-index 153 Citations 79,487 485
24 Rank H-index 153 Citations 87,742 593
25 Rank H-index 152 Citations 115,721 625
26 Rank H-index 148 Citations 97,067 986
27 Rank H-index 148 Citations 89,910 940
28 Rank H-index 147 Citations 76,611 667
29 Rank H-index 147 Citations 90,379 587
30 Rank H-index 146 Citations 72,303 628
31 Rank H-index 145 Citations 86,284 393
32 Rank H-index 144 Citations 80,640 978
33 Rank H-index 143 Citations 102,902 904
34 Rank H-index 143 Citations 72,413 693
35 Rank H-index 142 Citations 80,019 738
36 Rank H-index 142 Citations 80,930 871
37 Rank H-index 141 Citations 78,979 368
38 Rank H-index 141 Citations 97,651 943
39 Rank H-index 141 Citations 70,108 613
40 Rank H-index 140 Citations 107,309 722
41 Rank H-index 139 Citations 81,401 565
42 Rank H-index 139 Citations 71,432 577
43 Rank H-index 139 Citations 91,133 757
44 Rank H-index 138 Citations 59,494 354
45 Rank H-index 138 Citations 65,908 432
46 Rank H-index 138 Citations 75,813 797
47 Rank H-index 137 Citations 102,579 443
48 Rank H-index 137 Citations 79,971 766
49 Rank H-index 135 Citations 81,127 291
50 Rank H-index 135 Citations 78,327 1,245
51 Rank H-index 134 Citations 103,969 316
52 Rank H-index 134 Citations 79,560 377
53 Rank H-index 133 Citations 73,711 716
54 Rank H-index 130 Citations 65,602 267
55 Rank H-index 130 Citations 59,554 502
56 Rank H-index 130 Citations 63,042 502
57 Rank H-index 129 Citations 59,613 332
58 Rank H-index 129 Citations 54,645 482
59 Rank H-index 128 Citations 72,649 418
60 Rank H-index 128 Citations 61,108 676
61 Rank H-index 127 Citations 61,582 652
62 Rank H-index 127 Citations 54,527 287
63 Rank H-index 127 Citations 92,084 2,400
64 Rank H-index 126 Citations 50,021 560
65 Rank H-index 126 Citations 91,423 553
66 Rank H-index 125 Citations 73,899 650
67 Rank H-index 125 Citations 52,552 476
68 Rank H-index 124 Citations 72,123 509
69 Rank H-index 124 Citations 49,441 537
70 Rank H-index 123 Citations 52,521 648
71 Rank H-index 123 Citations 57,069 753
72 Rank H-index 122 Citations 72,120 1,222
73 Rank H-index 122 Citations 52,679 277
74 Rank H-index 122 Citations 74,334 407
75 Rank H-index 122 Citations 59,300 867
76 Rank H-index 121 Citations 58,188 757
77 Rank H-index 120 Citations 78,859 339
78 Rank H-index 120 Citations 63,160 467
79 Rank H-index 120 Citations 82,867 467
80 Rank H-index 119 Citations 61,533 315
81 Rank H-index 119 Citations 83,070 475
82 Rank H-index 119 Citations 225,198 389
83 Rank H-index 119 Citations 57,521 566
84 Rank H-index 119 Citations 43,970 583
85 Rank H-index 119 Citations 45,133 634
86 Rank H-index 118 Citations 61,045 422
87 Rank H-index 117 Citations 64,806 573
88 Rank H-index 117 Citations 49,236 413
89 Rank H-index 117 Citations 45,288 627
90 Rank H-index 117 Citations 56,766 371
91 Rank H-index 117 Citations 53,233 839
92 Rank H-index 116 Citations 42,521 480
93 Rank H-index 116 Citations 55,686 320
94 Rank H-index 114 Citations 41,118 326
95 Rank H-index 114 Citations 128,042 375
96 Rank H-index 114 Citations 46,610 545
97 Rank H-index 113 Citations 71,936 297
98 Rank H-index 113 Citations 43,534 637
99 Rank H-index 113 Citations 44,284 248
100 Rank H-index 113 Citations 108,138 367

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