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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
301 Rank H-index 82 Citations 37,648 239
302 Rank H-index 81 Citations 30,748 248
303 Rank H-index 81 Citations 23,601 413
304 Rank H-index 81 Citations 24,606 525
305 Rank H-index 81 Citations 23,832 393
306 Rank H-index 81 Citations 24,328 389
307 Rank H-index 81 Citations 26,334 219
308 Rank H-index 81 Citations 23,583 168
309 Rank H-index 81 Citations 21,759 184
310 Rank H-index 81 Citations 26,796 727
311 Rank H-index 81 Citations 37,172 198
312 Rank H-index 81 Citations 30,765 296
313 Rank H-index 80 Citations 30,997 273
314 Rank H-index 80 Citations 54,660 218
315 Rank H-index 80 Citations 74,760 270
316 Rank H-index 80 Citations 27,330 337
317 Rank H-index 80 Citations 23,103 283
318 Rank H-index 80 Citations 26,358 411
319 Rank H-index 80 Citations 37,361 343
320 Rank H-index 80 Citations 23,337 200
321 Rank H-index 80 Citations 17,306 427
322 Rank H-index 80 Citations 19,964 294
323 Rank H-index 80 Citations 39,752 583
324 Rank H-index 80 Citations 23,004 175
325 Rank H-index 80 Citations 18,139 182
326 Rank H-index 80 Citations 29,407 277
327 Rank H-index 80 Citations 25,327 222
328 Rank H-index 80 Citations 33,151 218
329 Rank H-index 79 Citations 27,893 192
330 Rank H-index 79 Citations 17,425 202
331 Rank H-index 79 Citations 26,058 208
332 Rank H-index 79 Citations 42,896 156
333 Rank H-index 79 Citations 21,459 325
334 Rank H-index 79 Citations 23,489 191
335 Rank H-index 79 Citations 34,407 130
336 Rank H-index 79 Citations 18,647 448
337 Rank H-index 79 Citations 16,540 283
338 Rank H-index 79 Citations 26,361 594
339 Rank H-index 79 Citations 21,219 390
340 Rank H-index 78 Citations 32,585 504
341 Rank H-index 78 Citations 23,312 220
342 Rank H-index 78 Citations 45,757 238
343 Rank H-index 78 Citations 48,484 215
344 Rank H-index 78 Citations 33,493 179
345 Rank H-index 78 Citations 25,755 250
346 Rank H-index 78 Citations 21,990 229
347 Rank H-index 78 Citations 22,452 227
348 Rank H-index 78 Citations 19,331 222
349 Rank H-index 78 Citations 25,584 168
350 Rank H-index 78 Citations 27,262 214
351 Rank H-index 78 Citations 29,795 377
352 Rank H-index 78 Citations 19,321 263
353 Rank H-index 77 Citations 21,334 233
354 Rank H-index 77 Citations 47,731 250
355 Rank H-index 77 Citations 23,000 510
356 Rank H-index 77 Citations 20,203 309
357 Rank H-index 77 Citations 19,080 281
358 Rank H-index 77 Citations 26,993 537
359 Rank H-index 76 Citations 18,118 177
360 Rank H-index 76 Citations 94,975 144
361 Rank H-index 76 Citations 20,060 223
362 Rank H-index 76 Citations 19,739 411
363 Rank H-index 76 Citations 59,193 239
364 Rank H-index 76 Citations 23,832 134
365 Rank H-index 76 Citations 20,058 227
366 Rank H-index 76 Citations 21,626 190
367 Rank H-index 76 Citations 76,432 155
368 Rank H-index 76 Citations 20,680 225
369 Rank H-index 76 Citations 25,643 259
370 Rank H-index 75 Citations 18,188 206
371 Rank H-index 75 Citations 16,142 244
372 Rank H-index 75 Citations 20,651 151
373 Rank H-index 75 Citations 27,718 164
374 Rank H-index 75 Citations 18,297 212
375 Rank H-index 75 Citations 18,357 156
376 Rank H-index 75 Citations 24,254 179
377 Rank H-index 75 Citations 18,151 212
378 Rank H-index 75 Citations 17,054 354
379 Rank H-index 75 Citations 22,750 437
380 Rank H-index 74 Citations 55,170 216
381 Rank H-index 74 Citations 22,022 331
382 Rank H-index 74 Citations 25,635 287
383 Rank H-index 74 Citations 20,177 231
384 Rank H-index 74 Citations 34,792 179
385 Rank H-index 74 Citations 22,566 177
386 Rank H-index 74 Citations 15,693 224
387 Rank H-index 74 Citations 17,847 261
388 Rank H-index 74 Citations 24,307 245
389 Rank H-index 74 Citations 23,785 191
390 Rank H-index 74 Citations 19,162 250
391 Rank H-index 74 Citations 19,372 252
392 Rank H-index 74 Citations 22,915 230
393 Rank H-index 74 Citations 28,622 210
394 Rank H-index 74 Citations 41,618 344
395 Rank H-index 73 Citations 19,881 252
396 Rank H-index 73 Citations 24,976 197
397 Rank H-index 73 Citations 21,299 269
398 Rank H-index 73 Citations 20,381 226
399 Rank H-index 73 Citations 20,168 197
400 Rank H-index 73 Citations 16,000 351

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