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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
801 Rank H-index 46 Citations 8,281 89
802 Rank H-index 46 Citations 8,630 209
803 Rank H-index 46 Citations 7,462 159
804 Rank H-index 45 Citations 7,585 149
805 Rank H-index 45 Citations 8,421 85
806 Rank H-index 45 Citations 16,060 80
807 Rank H-index 45 Citations 17,019 105
808 Rank H-index 45 Citations 9,698 179
809 Rank H-index 45 Citations 46,742 84
810 Rank H-index 45 Citations 7,992 164
811 Rank H-index 45 Citations 12,524 68
812 Rank H-index 45 Citations 9,974 138
813 Rank H-index 45 Citations 12,168 118
814 Rank H-index 44 Citations 15,193 130
815 Rank H-index 44 Citations 9,102 102
816 Rank H-index 44 Citations 17,517 228
817 Rank H-index 44 Citations 5,280 156
818 Rank H-index 44 Citations 6,729 212
819 Rank H-index 44 Citations 9,479 236
820 Rank H-index 44 Citations 8,415 82
821 Rank H-index 44 Citations 13,883 143
822 Rank H-index 44 Citations 16,269 85
823 Rank H-index 44 Citations 10,340 63
824 Rank H-index 44 Citations 7,281 84
825 Rank H-index 43 Citations 7,820 124
826 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,483 157
827 Rank H-index 43 Citations 13,798 72
828 Rank H-index 43 Citations 18,159 121
829 Rank H-index 43 Citations 20,980 51
830 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,476 194
831 Rank H-index 43 Citations 19,733 238
832 Rank H-index 43 Citations 7,588 159
833 Rank H-index 43 Citations 13,932 207
834 Rank H-index 43 Citations 9,594 150
835 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,552 148
836 Rank H-index 43 Citations 12,569 88
837 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,239 147
838 Rank H-index 43 Citations 5,986 80
839 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,512 223
840 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,355 78
841 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,028 147
842 Rank H-index 42 Citations 12,303 97
843 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,076 80
844 Rank H-index 42 Citations 11,835 147
845 Rank H-index 42 Citations 11,338 202
846 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,050 129
847 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,010 260
848 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,950 178
849 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,026 256
850 Rank H-index 42 Citations 6,290 195
851 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,276 160
852 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,995 129
853 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,967 81
854 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,960 113
855 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,412 140
856 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,148 168
857 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,978 74
858 Rank H-index 42 Citations 6,200 135
859 Rank H-index 42 Citations 11,977 96
860 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,698 82
861 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,629 140
862 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,912 138
863 Rank H-index 42 Citations 9,461 117
864 Rank H-index 41 Citations 13,376 66
865 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,105 119
866 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,809 77
867 Rank H-index 41 Citations 11,000 60
868 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,897 124
869 Rank H-index 41 Citations 8,226 101
870 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,836 65
871 Rank H-index 41 Citations 9,067 144
872 Rank H-index 41 Citations 44,066 73
873 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,355 202
874 Rank H-index 41 Citations 6,169 98
875 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,620 213
876 Rank H-index 41 Citations 19,015 257
877 Rank H-index 41 Citations 11,186 102
878 Rank H-index 41 Citations 10,400 478
879 Rank H-index 41 Citations 18,455 130
880 Rank H-index 41 Citations 9,000 89
881 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,432 100
882 Rank H-index 41 Citations 6,424 168
883 Rank H-index 40 Citations 13,284 119
884 Rank H-index 40 Citations 19,366 103
885 Rank H-index 40 Citations 8,076 83
886 Rank H-index 40 Citations 5,829 78
887 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,713 151
888 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,051 165
889 Rank H-index 40 Citations 26,995 143
890 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,334 91
891 Rank H-index 40 Citations 13,715 193
892 Rank H-index 40 Citations 7,854 157
893 Rank H-index 40 Citations 13,005 104
894 Rank H-index 40 Citations 6,750 77
895 Rank H-index 40 Citations 10,347 143
896 Rank H-index 40 Citations 10,732 122
897 Rank H-index 40 Citations 6,610 95
898 Rank H-index 40 Citations 8,131 279
899 Rank H-index 40 Citations 6,092 159
900 Rank H-index 40 Citations 8,652 182

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