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University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom
Established: 1582
Scholars: 549
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What Are The Ranking Positions & Metrics for University of Edinburgh in 2026?

Below you will find a detailed overview of University of Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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
51
Country Ranking
7
No. of Scientists
72
Total D-index
7287

Genetics

World Ranking
5
Country Ranking
2
No. of Scientists
45
Total D-index
3782

Biology and Biochemistry

World Ranking
57
Country Ranking
5
No. of Scientists
57
Total D-index
3621

Computer Science

World Ranking
53
Country Ranking
5
No. of Scientists
50
Total D-index
2264

Social Sciences and Humanities

World Ranking
45
Country Ranking
8
No. of Scientists
38
Total D-index
1731
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In which disciplines do the best scientists from University of Edinburgh work?

The chart below shows the number of scientists affiliated with University of Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 33 Citations 4,832 150
502 Rank H-index 33 Citations 13,852 82
503 Rank H-index 33 Citations 13,711 160
504 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,340 153
505 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,838 130
506 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,288 93
507 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,698 102
508 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,959 103
509 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,617 126
510 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,573 89
511 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,988 113
512 Rank H-index 32 Citations 5,398 67
513 Rank H-index 32 Citations 7,270 151
514 Rank H-index 32 Citations 8,825 170
515 Rank H-index 32 Citations 7,458 208
516 Rank H-index 32 Citations 5,735 138
517 Rank H-index 32 Citations 3,983 135
518 Rank H-index 32 Citations 3,573 152
519 Rank H-index 32 Citations 3,838 98
520 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,404 93
521 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,694 264
522 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,063 133
523 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,170 140
524 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,845 158
525 Rank H-index 31 Citations 5,314 116
526 Rank H-index 31 Citations 5,957 228
527 Rank H-index 31 Citations 14,638 117
528 Rank H-index 31 Citations 9,479 88
529 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,370 142
530 Rank H-index 31 Citations 6,676 126
531 Rank H-index 31 Citations 5,554 124
532 Rank H-index 31 Citations 6,437 208
533 Rank H-index 31 Citations 2,767 75
534 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,806 126
535 Rank H-index 30 Citations 4,556 98
536 Rank H-index 30 Citations 2,726 226
537 Rank H-index 30 Citations 3,516 198
538 Rank H-index 30 Citations 7,131 39
539 Rank H-index 30 Citations 4,197 166
540 Rank H-index 29 Citations 4,378 113
541 Rank H-index 27 Citations 2,497 129
542 Rank H-index 26 Citations 8,261 99
543 Rank H-index 22 Citations 2,075 68
544 Rank H-index 21 Citations 2,478 106
545 Rank H-index 20 Citations 1,935 74

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