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University of California, San Diego

University of California, San Diego

United States
Established: 1960
Scholars: 1026
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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
901 Rank H-index 39 Citations 9,527 99
902 Rank H-index 39 Citations 8,556 115
903 Rank H-index 39 Citations 10,677 125
904 Rank H-index 39 Citations 10,505 79
905 Rank H-index 39 Citations 13,807 69
906 Rank H-index 39 Citations 6,753 136
907 Rank H-index 39 Citations 14,209 142
908 Rank H-index 39 Citations 8,230 159
909 Rank H-index 39 Citations 15,236 132
910 Rank H-index 39 Citations 7,460 89
911 Rank H-index 39 Citations 7,927 129
912 Rank H-index 39 Citations 6,985 132
913 Rank H-index 38 Citations 9,038 80
914 Rank H-index 38 Citations 7,389 76
915 Rank H-index 38 Citations 8,886 54
916 Rank H-index 38 Citations 11,670 65
917 Rank H-index 38 Citations 8,681 157
918 Rank H-index 38 Citations 6,068 162
919 Rank H-index 38 Citations 10,395 111
920 Rank H-index 37 Citations 18,033 87
921 Rank H-index 37 Citations 12,831 131
922 Rank H-index 37 Citations 8,779 128
923 Rank H-index 37 Citations 8,258 119
924 Rank H-index 37 Citations 9,083 112
925 Rank H-index 37 Citations 8,048 140
926 Rank H-index 37 Citations 6,056 344
927 Rank H-index 37 Citations 6,175 117
928 Rank H-index 37 Citations 11,521 227
929 Rank H-index 37 Citations 6,782 119
930 Rank H-index 37 Citations 4,442 130
931 Rank H-index 37 Citations 5,094 90
932 Rank H-index 37 Citations 5,778 144
933 Rank H-index 37 Citations 10,094 136
934 Rank H-index 36 Citations 9,257 71
935 Rank H-index 36 Citations 4,574 97
936 Rank H-index 36 Citations 4,173 82
937 Rank H-index 36 Citations 9,038 167
938 Rank H-index 36 Citations 5,706 133
939 Rank H-index 36 Citations 6,168 226
940 Rank H-index 36 Citations 7,192 93
941 Rank H-index 36 Citations 8,827 154
942 Rank H-index 36 Citations 5,662 132
943 Rank H-index 36 Citations 5,295 96
944 Rank H-index 36 Citations 4,974 138
945 Rank H-index 36 Citations 7,438 374
946 Rank H-index 35 Citations 14,000 87
947 Rank H-index 35 Citations 10,421 80
948 Rank H-index 35 Citations 7,072 75
949 Rank H-index 35 Citations 6,252 89
950 Rank H-index 35 Citations 5,970 113
951 Rank H-index 35 Citations 4,537 105
952 Rank H-index 35 Citations 8,660 130
953 Rank H-index 35 Citations 7,752 131
954 Rank H-index 35 Citations 14,810 89
955 Rank H-index 35 Citations 4,732 241
956 Rank H-index 35 Citations 5,622 339
957 Rank H-index 35 Citations 5,854 59
958 Rank H-index 35 Citations 4,107 124
959 Rank H-index 35 Citations 3,948 115
960 Rank H-index 34 Citations 4,953 114
961 Rank H-index 34 Citations 3,489 108
962 Rank H-index 34 Citations 9,635 69
963 Rank H-index 34 Citations 3,777 77
964 Rank H-index 34 Citations 8,968 71
965 Rank H-index 34 Citations 3,912 171
966 Rank H-index 34 Citations 6,214 132
967 Rank H-index 34 Citations 5,083 97
968 Rank H-index 34 Citations 4,669 87
969 Rank H-index 34 Citations 5,344 48
970 Rank H-index 34 Citations 7,397 96
971 Rank H-index 34 Citations 6,436 215
972 Rank H-index 34 Citations 8,202 139
973 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,217 76
974 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,566 81
975 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,990 88
976 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,766 477
977 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,167 79
978 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,437 237
979 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,021 157
980 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,323 145
981 Rank H-index 32 Citations 6,462 73
982 Rank H-index 32 Citations 20,273 73
983 Rank H-index 32 Citations 5,020 66
984 Rank H-index 32 Citations 14,489 99
985 Rank H-index 32 Citations 6,370 68
986 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,149 131
987 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,416 171
988 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,062 155
989 Rank H-index 32 Citations 9,909 207
990 Rank H-index 32 Citations 7,440 57
991 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,759 87
992 Rank H-index 31 Citations 7,808 76
993 Rank H-index 31 Citations 9,534 51
994 Rank H-index 31 Citations 5,794 211
995 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,829 52
996 Rank H-index 31 Citations 9,192 130
997 Rank H-index 31 Citations 7,068 81
998 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,314 320
999 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,488 161
1000 Rank H-index 31 Citations 5,366 131

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