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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
501 Rank H-index 65 Citations 20,693 163
502 Rank H-index 65 Citations 20,865 109
503 Rank H-index 65 Citations 12,691 195
504 Rank H-index 65 Citations 14,327 202
505 Rank H-index 65 Citations 15,077 281
506 Rank H-index 65 Citations 13,811 143
507 Rank H-index 65 Citations 15,744 296
508 Rank H-index 65 Citations 19,545 138
509 Rank H-index 65 Citations 14,494 260
510 Rank H-index 65 Citations 17,045 200
511 Rank H-index 65 Citations 16,782 326
512 Rank H-index 65 Citations 33,594 208
513 Rank H-index 65 Citations 23,401 248
514 Rank H-index 64 Citations 20,248 173
515 Rank H-index 64 Citations 15,886 221
516 Rank H-index 64 Citations 31,147 613
517 Rank H-index 64 Citations 43,426 196
518 Rank H-index 64 Citations 21,768 284
519 Rank H-index 64 Citations 15,027 194
520 Rank H-index 64 Citations 21,896 514
521 Rank H-index 64 Citations 11,247 213
522 Rank H-index 64 Citations 23,573 187
523 Rank H-index 64 Citations 20,511 128
524 Rank H-index 64 Citations 25,693 177
525 Rank H-index 64 Citations 15,433 182
526 Rank H-index 64 Citations 12,346 123
527 Rank H-index 64 Citations 12,197 197
528 Rank H-index 64 Citations 17,722 148
529 Rank H-index 63 Citations 18,799 145
530 Rank H-index 63 Citations 14,919 176
531 Rank H-index 63 Citations 22,754 132
532 Rank H-index 63 Citations 13,448 305
533 Rank H-index 63 Citations 15,848 301
534 Rank H-index 63 Citations 17,705 414
535 Rank H-index 63 Citations 20,747 246
536 Rank H-index 63 Citations 14,627 213
537 Rank H-index 63 Citations 13,157 266
538 Rank H-index 63 Citations 23,521 118
539 Rank H-index 63 Citations 19,180 174
540 Rank H-index 63 Citations 13,757 121
541 Rank H-index 63 Citations 40,856 225
542 Rank H-index 63 Citations 14,488 226
543 Rank H-index 62 Citations 20,712 283
544 Rank H-index 62 Citations 15,052 214
545 Rank H-index 62 Citations 24,019 125
546 Rank H-index 62 Citations 20,365 156
547 Rank H-index 62 Citations 11,818 280
548 Rank H-index 62 Citations 15,471 264
549 Rank H-index 62 Citations 15,918 141
550 Rank H-index 62 Citations 14,496 198
551 Rank H-index 62 Citations 67,010 143
552 Rank H-index 62 Citations 11,609 148
553 Rank H-index 62 Citations 11,831 164
554 Rank H-index 62 Citations 10,745 205
555 Rank H-index 62 Citations 10,528 231
556 Rank H-index 62 Citations 12,660 346
557 Rank H-index 62 Citations 21,843 123
558 Rank H-index 61 Citations 16,345 170
559 Rank H-index 61 Citations 15,428 231
560 Rank H-index 61 Citations 21,229 191
561 Rank H-index 61 Citations 18,094 261
562 Rank H-index 61 Citations 42,788 173
563 Rank H-index 61 Citations 24,540 208
564 Rank H-index 61 Citations 16,458 280
565 Rank H-index 61 Citations 13,187 257
566 Rank H-index 61 Citations 16,241 350
567 Rank H-index 61 Citations 18,904 362
568 Rank H-index 61 Citations 32,084 105
569 Rank H-index 61 Citations 39,056 117
570 Rank H-index 61 Citations 12,906 245
571 Rank H-index 61 Citations 12,367 123
572 Rank H-index 61 Citations 11,994 186
573 Rank H-index 61 Citations 23,755 325
574 Rank H-index 60 Citations 13,382 284
575 Rank H-index 60 Citations 24,491 273
576 Rank H-index 60 Citations 11,870 350
577 Rank H-index 60 Citations 11,234 201
578 Rank H-index 60 Citations 19,535 292
579 Rank H-index 60 Citations 11,976 219
580 Rank H-index 60 Citations 19,569 144
581 Rank H-index 60 Citations 29,658 124
582 Rank H-index 60 Citations 14,632 158
583 Rank H-index 60 Citations 8,870 108
584 Rank H-index 60 Citations 14,770 118
585 Rank H-index 60 Citations 15,987 139
586 Rank H-index 60 Citations 16,422 224
587 Rank H-index 60 Citations 19,702 158
588 Rank H-index 60 Citations 22,086 134
589 Rank H-index 60 Citations 19,447 175
590 Rank H-index 59 Citations 11,914 119
591 Rank H-index 59 Citations 15,954 201
592 Rank H-index 59 Citations 31,898 278
593 Rank H-index 59 Citations 16,701 437
594 Rank H-index 59 Citations 28,529 132
595 Rank H-index 59 Citations 10,995 555
596 Rank H-index 59 Citations 12,979 199
597 Rank H-index 59 Citations 16,239 114
598 Rank H-index 59 Citations 10,205 156
599 Rank H-index 59 Citations 43,591 139
600 Rank H-index 59 Citations 13,099 173

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