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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
601 Rank H-index 59 Citations 18,293 176
602 Rank H-index 59 Citations 10,457 210
603 Rank H-index 59 Citations 23,262 165
604 Rank H-index 58 Citations 11,355 133
605 Rank H-index 58 Citations 13,884 184
606 Rank H-index 58 Citations 15,382 269
607 Rank H-index 58 Citations 22,134 177
608 Rank H-index 58 Citations 11,572 316
609 Rank H-index 58 Citations 18,060 134
610 Rank H-index 58 Citations 17,981 220
611 Rank H-index 58 Citations 17,784 207
612 Rank H-index 58 Citations 11,084 177
613 Rank H-index 58 Citations 9,824 159
614 Rank H-index 58 Citations 15,043 123
615 Rank H-index 58 Citations 20,978 85
616 Rank H-index 57 Citations 19,289 130
617 Rank H-index 57 Citations 10,121 190
618 Rank H-index 57 Citations 12,218 121
619 Rank H-index 57 Citations 11,129 151
620 Rank H-index 57 Citations 29,862 136
621 Rank H-index 57 Citations 10,183 147
622 Rank H-index 57 Citations 9,393 282
623 Rank H-index 57 Citations 14,659 313
624 Rank H-index 57 Citations 13,318 139
625 Rank H-index 57 Citations 17,748 76
626 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,540 223
627 Rank H-index 56 Citations 9,277 164
628 Rank H-index 56 Citations 33,371 132
629 Rank H-index 56 Citations 9,672 156
630 Rank H-index 56 Citations 14,753 162
631 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,310 230
632 Rank H-index 56 Citations 25,480 146
633 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,778 287
634 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,868 207
635 Rank H-index 56 Citations 18,226 135
636 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,778 192
637 Rank H-index 56 Citations 9,633 140
638 Rank H-index 56 Citations 24,595 86
639 Rank H-index 56 Citations 17,866 105
640 Rank H-index 56 Citations 10,612 305
641 Rank H-index 56 Citations 9,813 211
642 Rank H-index 55 Citations 17,896 167
643 Rank H-index 55 Citations 15,984 131
644 Rank H-index 55 Citations 9,909 142
645 Rank H-index 55 Citations 26,312 176
646 Rank H-index 55 Citations 37,485 118
647 Rank H-index 55 Citations 8,499 138
648 Rank H-index 55 Citations 11,116 243
649 Rank H-index 55 Citations 10,772 305
650 Rank H-index 55 Citations 13,400 162
651 Rank H-index 55 Citations 25,732 120
652 Rank H-index 55 Citations 15,928 91
653 Rank H-index 55 Citations 14,488 207
654 Rank H-index 55 Citations 15,243 124
655 Rank H-index 55 Citations 13,410 79
656 Rank H-index 55 Citations 10,831 146
657 Rank H-index 55 Citations 11,592 137
658 Rank H-index 55 Citations 15,376 123
659 Rank H-index 54 Citations 10,932 273
660 Rank H-index 54 Citations 10,653 192
661 Rank H-index 54 Citations 43,543 166
662 Rank H-index 54 Citations 18,294 158
663 Rank H-index 54 Citations 19,398 219
664 Rank H-index 54 Citations 11,384 136
665 Rank H-index 54 Citations 26,271 153
666 Rank H-index 54 Citations 8,749 201
667 Rank H-index 54 Citations 11,937 215
668 Rank H-index 54 Citations 9,303 183
669 Rank H-index 54 Citations 10,697 160
670 Rank H-index 54 Citations 21,329 123
671 Rank H-index 54 Citations 28,695 78
672 Rank H-index 54 Citations 18,817 188
673 Rank H-index 54 Citations 13,678 170
674 Rank H-index 54 Citations 10,157 155
675 Rank H-index 54 Citations 12,359 120
676 Rank H-index 54 Citations 9,336 136
677 Rank H-index 54 Citations 8,966 124
678 Rank H-index 54 Citations 16,755 164
679 Rank H-index 54 Citations 10,976 109
680 Rank H-index 53 Citations 19,662 89
681 Rank H-index 53 Citations 16,433 216
682 Rank H-index 53 Citations 10,836 214
683 Rank H-index 53 Citations 10,368 175
684 Rank H-index 53 Citations 12,031 242
685 Rank H-index 53 Citations 7,883 247
686 Rank H-index 53 Citations 9,474 184
687 Rank H-index 53 Citations 59,799 125
688 Rank H-index 53 Citations 53,196 114
689 Rank H-index 53 Citations 15,023 91
690 Rank H-index 53 Citations 10,816 181
691 Rank H-index 53 Citations 9,635 115
692 Rank H-index 53 Citations 10,895 94
693 Rank H-index 52 Citations 13,822 153
694 Rank H-index 52 Citations 8,540 299
695 Rank H-index 52 Citations 46,310 128
696 Rank H-index 52 Citations 14,753 163
697 Rank H-index 52 Citations 12,339 260
698 Rank H-index 52 Citations 10,320 244
699 Rank H-index 52 Citations 11,668 194
700 Rank H-index 52 Citations 13,435 116

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