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UCL leads the way in research
12 September 2019
UCL has reaffirmed its position as one of the world鈥檚 top research institutes in a series of recent world rankings.
In the , published yesterday, UCL is ranked 15th in the world and has risen two places to 15 in the new league table.
UCL now ranks joint 7th in the world following an update of the Essential Scientific Indicators (ESI) citations data 鈥� up three places since November 2018. UCL is the only institution in the top 15 whose rank has risen in the latest period.
The recent Public Library of Science (PLOS) , which lists the top 100,000 individual researchers in the world over a 22-year period, shows that 皇家华人 has the 10th highest number of leading scholars and 2nd highest in the UK.
PLOS citation data (1996鈥�2017)
听 | Institution | Highly cited scientists |
1 | Harvard University | 2,011 |
2 | Stanford University | 996 |
3 | University of Washington | 919 |
4 | University of Michigan | 888 |
5 | UC Los Angeles | 886 |
6 | University of Toronto | 879 |
7 | Johns Hopkins University | 827 |
8 | UC San Diego | 762 |
9 | University of Oxford | 758 |
10 | UCL | 740 |
11 | Columbia University | 734 |
12 | University of Pennsylvania | 715 |
13 | UC San Francisco | 667 |
14 | UC Berkeley | 664 |
15 | University of Cambridge | 631 |
16 | Yale University | 607 |
17 | Cornell University | 605 |
18 | University of Wisconsin | 599 |
19 | Duke University | 599 |
20 | University of Minnesota | 574 |
Finally, our research activity 鈥� a primary means through which we generate public benefit 鈥� continues to grow. In 2018-19 UCL had its most successful year ever for new research awards, with 拢502 million new grants won.
Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research), said: 鈥淭hese indicators are a testament to the talent and dedication of UCL鈥檚 researchers and those who support them. Each league table has its own quirks and flaws, but it is gratifying to see our researchers are consistently placed among the world鈥檚 best.鈥�