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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
801 Rank H-index 46 Citations 7,462 159
802 Rank H-index 46 Citations 8,630 209
803 Rank H-index 45 Citations 16,060 80
804 Rank H-index 45 Citations 46,742 84
805 Rank H-index 45 Citations 17,019 105
806 Rank H-index 45 Citations 9,698 179
807 Rank H-index 45 Citations 7,585 149
808 Rank H-index 45 Citations 8,421 85
809 Rank H-index 45 Citations 12,168 118
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 44 Citations 5,280 156
814 Rank H-index 44 Citations 6,729 212
815 Rank H-index 44 Citations 15,193 130
816 Rank H-index 44 Citations 9,102 102
817 Rank H-index 44 Citations 17,517 228
818 Rank H-index 44 Citations 9,479 236
819 Rank H-index 44 Citations 8,415 82
820 Rank H-index 44 Citations 13,883 143
821 Rank H-index 44 Citations 7,281 84
822 Rank H-index 44 Citations 16,269 85
823 Rank H-index 44 Citations 10,340 63
824 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,483 157
825 Rank H-index 43 Citations 13,798 72
826 Rank H-index 43 Citations 18,159 121
827 Rank H-index 43 Citations 20,980 51
828 Rank H-index 43 Citations 9,594 150
829 Rank H-index 43 Citations 13,932 207
830 Rank H-index 43 Citations 7,820 124
831 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,476 194
832 Rank H-index 43 Citations 19,733 238
833 Rank H-index 43 Citations 7,588 159
834 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,552 148
835 Rank H-index 43 Citations 12,569 88
836 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,239 147
837 Rank H-index 43 Citations 6,512 223
838 Rank H-index 43 Citations 5,986 80
839 Rank H-index 42 Citations 12,303 97
840 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,076 80
841 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,276 160
842 Rank H-index 42 Citations 11,835 147
843 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,355 78
844 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,028 147
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 10,995 129
852 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,967 81
853 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,960 113
854 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,412 140
855 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,148 168
856 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,978 74
857 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,912 138
858 Rank H-index 42 Citations 9,461 117
859 Rank H-index 42 Citations 6,200 135
860 Rank H-index 42 Citations 11,977 96
861 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,698 82
862 Rank H-index 42 Citations 8,629 140
863 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,809 77
864 Rank H-index 41 Citations 11,000 60
865 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,620 213
866 Rank H-index 41 Citations 19,015 257
867 Rank H-index 41 Citations 11,186 102
868 Rank H-index 41 Citations 10,400 478
869 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,291 194
870 Rank H-index 41 Citations 13,376 66
871 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,105 119
872 Rank H-index 41 Citations 5,897 124
873 Rank H-index 41 Citations 8,226 101
874 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,836 65
875 Rank H-index 41 Citations 9,067 144
876 Rank H-index 41 Citations 44,066 73
877 Rank H-index 41 Citations 6,169 98
878 Rank H-index 41 Citations 18,455 130
879 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,432 100
880 Rank H-index 41 Citations 6,424 168
881 Rank H-index 41 Citations 9,000 89
882 Rank H-index 40 Citations 5,829 78
883 Rank H-index 40 Citations 13,715 193
884 Rank H-index 40 Citations 7,854 157
885 Rank H-index 40 Citations 13,005 104
886 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,713 151
887 Rank H-index 40 Citations 13,284 119
888 Rank H-index 40 Citations 19,366 103
889 Rank H-index 40 Citations 8,076 83
890 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,051 165
891 Rank H-index 40 Citations 26,995 143
892 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,334 91
893 Rank H-index 40 Citations 6,750 77
894 Rank H-index 40 Citations 10,347 143
895 Rank H-index 40 Citations 10,732 122
896 Rank H-index 40 Citations 6,610 95
897 Rank H-index 40 Citations 8,131 279
898 Rank H-index 40 Citations 6,092 159
899 Rank H-index 40 Citations 8,652 182
900 Rank H-index 39 Citations 13,807 69

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