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University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz

United States
Established: 1965
Scholars: 194
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What Are The Ranking Positions & Metrics for University of California, Santa Cruz in 2026?

Below you will find a detailed overview of University of California, Santa Cruz 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, Santa Cruz 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.

Physics

World Ranking
10
Country Ranking
8
No. of Scientists
28
Total D-index
3342

Ecology and Evolution

World Ranking
45
Country Ranking
20
No. of Scientists
32
Total D-index
1525

Earth Science

World Ranking
49
Country Ranking
22
No. of Scientists
25
Total D-index
1417

Computer Science

World Ranking
105
Country Ranking
49
No. of Scientists
25
Total D-index
1320

Genetics

World Ranking
69
Country Ranking
34
No. of Scientists
11
Total D-index
877
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In which disciplines do the best scientists from University of California, Santa Cruz work?

The chart below shows the number of scientists affiliated with University of California, Santa Cruz 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, Santa Cruz 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
101 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,483 236
102 Rank H-index 56 Citations 12,955 223
103 Rank H-index 56 Citations 11,277 213
104 Rank H-index 56 Citations 10,777 187
105 Rank H-index 56 Citations 8,570 208
106 Rank H-index 56 Citations 14,803 197
107 Rank H-index 55 Citations 12,149 153
108 Rank H-index 54 Citations 14,399 146
109 Rank H-index 54 Citations 16,226 140
110 Rank H-index 54 Citations 11,755 108
111 Rank H-index 53 Citations 12,994 138
112 Rank H-index 53 Citations 15,008 194
113 Rank H-index 53 Citations 12,693 183
114 Rank H-index 53 Citations 8,638 246
115 Rank H-index 53 Citations 8,388 118
116 Rank H-index 53 Citations 17,213 107
117 Rank H-index 53 Citations 25,019 103
118 Rank H-index 53 Citations 75,014 88
119 Rank H-index 52 Citations 11,126 206
120 Rank H-index 52 Citations 53,056 124
121 Rank H-index 52 Citations 8,676 194
122 Rank H-index 52 Citations 8,003 281
123 Rank H-index 52 Citations 10,217 111
124 Rank H-index 52 Citations 11,023 231
125 Rank H-index 50 Citations 8,422 123
126 Rank H-index 50 Citations 9,879 346
127 Rank H-index 50 Citations 33,281 85
128 Rank H-index 50 Citations 31,471 78
129 Rank H-index 49 Citations 9,571 149
130 Rank H-index 49 Citations 7,620 166
131 Rank H-index 49 Citations 11,287 103
132 Rank H-index 49 Citations 7,544 175
133 Rank H-index 49 Citations 8,937 112
134 Rank H-index 49 Citations 6,424 140
135 Rank H-index 49 Citations 22,892 116
136 Rank H-index 48 Citations 13,787 210
137 Rank H-index 48 Citations 8,521 183
138 Rank H-index 48 Citations 42,702 63
139 Rank H-index 48 Citations 63,980 58
140 Rank H-index 47 Citations 14,347 139
141 Rank H-index 47 Citations 26,767 102
142 Rank H-index 46 Citations 14,921 202
143 Rank H-index 46 Citations 10,458 100
144 Rank H-index 46 Citations 19,540 155
145 Rank H-index 46 Citations 10,476 217
146 Rank H-index 45 Citations 15,229 108
147 Rank H-index 45 Citations 6,889 129
148 Rank H-index 45 Citations 10,368 76
149 Rank H-index 44 Citations 10,496 114
150 Rank H-index 44 Citations 8,385 208
151 Rank H-index 44 Citations 15,014 90
152 Rank H-index 43 Citations 8,877 145
153 Rank H-index 43 Citations 10,503 107
154 Rank H-index 43 Citations 7,195 115
155 Rank H-index 43 Citations 11,229 87
156 Rank H-index 43 Citations 11,333 120
157 Rank H-index 42 Citations 10,176 146
158 Rank H-index 42 Citations 7,671 100
159 Rank H-index 42 Citations 17,079 88
160 Rank H-index 42 Citations 45,596 52
161 Rank H-index 41 Citations 37,965 57
162 Rank H-index 41 Citations 7,937 209
163 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,509 169
164 Rank H-index 40 Citations 27,132 214
165 Rank H-index 40 Citations 9,782 105
166 Rank H-index 39 Citations 17,322 179
167 Rank H-index 39 Citations 5,086 145
168 Rank H-index 39 Citations 5,738 182
169 Rank H-index 39 Citations 8,288 152
170 Rank H-index 39 Citations 6,826 178
171 Rank H-index 38 Citations 29,077 75
172 Rank H-index 37 Citations 6,389 88
173 Rank H-index 37 Citations 10,357 323
174 Rank H-index 37 Citations 4,305 66
175 Rank H-index 37 Citations 6,833 112
176 Rank H-index 36 Citations 10,996 120
177 Rank H-index 36 Citations 7,978 132
178 Rank H-index 36 Citations 9,934 308
179 Rank H-index 36 Citations 4,350 149
180 Rank H-index 35 Citations 7,139 112
181 Rank H-index 34 Citations 4,751 177
182 Rank H-index 34 Citations 6,461 76
183 Rank H-index 34 Citations 13,511 107
184 Rank H-index 34 Citations 4,349 100
185 Rank H-index 33 Citations 8,612 65
186 Rank H-index 33 Citations 6,161 90
187 Rank H-index 32 Citations 5,355 80
188 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,119 93
189 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,869 88
190 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,403 87
191 Rank H-index 30 Citations 9,050 115
192 Rank H-index 30 Citations 35,285 97
193 Rank H-index 25 Citations 2,813 70