Physical Sciences at U.S. Universities: Harvard, Stanford Top the "Top Tens"

Physical Sciences at U.S. Universities:
Harvard, Stanford Top the "Top Tens"

Top Ten Universities in
Physical & Social Science Fields, 1997-2001

Chemistry >500 papers	Computer Science >100 papers	Economics & Business >300 papers
Education >100 paper	Engineering >300 papers	Geosciences >300 papers
Law >100 papers	Mathematics >200 papers	Materials Science >300 papers
Physics >500 papers	Psychology/Psychiatry >300 papers	Space Science >500 papers

SOURCE; ISI's University Science Indicators

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Yale University	778	+227
2	Caltech	1115	+204
3	Harvard University	1108	+202
4	MIT	1723	+159
5	Univ. Calif., San Diego	899	+148
6	Northwestern University	1229	+138
7	Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara	915	+127
8	Univ. Calif., Berkeley	2679	+126
9	Carnegie Mellon University	649	+125
10	U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill	992	+119

Chemistry

>500 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Princeton University	188	+236
2	Caltech	195	+181
3	Univ. Calif., Berkeley	376	+129
4	Univ. Illinois, Urbana	331	+127
5	Columbia University	149	+118
6	Stanford University	407	+100
7	University of Pennsylvania	156	+97
8	MIT	574	+82
9	Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst	143	+80
10	Univ. Calif., San Diego	288	+76

Computer Science

>100 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	University of Chicago	525	+229
2	Harvard University	1029	+152
3	MIT	647	+129
4	Northwestern University	520	+128
5	Stanford University	604	+128
6	University of Pennsylvania	729	+123
7	Columbia University	510	+115
8	Duke University	312	+112
9	Univ. Calif., Berkeley	592	+107
10	Univ. Calif., Los Angeles	410	+102

Economics & Business

>300 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	University of Michigan	164	+131
2	Univ. Calif., Los Angeles	135	+92
3	Purdue University	111	+80
4	U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill	112	+76
5	Univ. Wisconsin, Madison	202	+64
6	University of Georgia	201	+62
7	Univ. Texas, Austin	122	+62
8	Michigan State University	103	+56
9	Univ. Maryland, College Park	146	+52
10	University of Minnesota	117	+52

Education

>100 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Yale University	314	+249
2	Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara	698	+154
3	Stanford University	1513	+153
4	Caltech	1352	+144
5	Harvard University	475	+128
6	Cornell University	957	+121
7	Princeton University	840	+120
8	University of Arizona	757	+107
9	Univ. Calif., Los Angeles	1191	+105
10	Boston University	397	+104

Engineering

>300 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Harvard University	504	+195
2	Princeton University	555	+151
3	University of Washington	1215	+137
4	Columbia University	794	+123
5	MIT	893	+113
6	Caltech	1213	+106
7	Univ. Calif., San Diego	980	+106
8	University of Colorado	1488	+105
9	Woods Hole Ocean. Inst.	953	+102
10	University of Miami	464	+101

Geosciences

>300 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Yale University	187	+146
2	Harvard University	282	+111
3	University of Chicago	299	+105
4	University of Michigan	141	+104
5	Univ. Texas, Austin	151	+100
6	University of Virginia	193	+95
7	Columbia University	184	+87
8	New York University	177	+74
9	Cornell University	121	+54
10	Stanford University	176	+36

Law

>100 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Caltech	225	+156
2	New York University	336	+138
3	Stanford University	417	+133
4	Harvard University	390	+131
5	University of Washington	299	+120
6	Cornell University	400	+120
7	Columbia University	261	+102
8	Univ. Calif., Los Angeles	441	+92
9	MIT	471	+84
10	Univ. Calif., Berkeley	651	+82

Mathematics

>200 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara	379	+302
2	University of Minnesota	353	+167
3	MIT	667	+127
4	Univ. Calif., Berkeley	622	+123
5	North Carolina State Univ.	562	+75
6	Northwestern University	511	+74
7	Pennsylvania State Univ.	877	+74
8	Univ. Illinois, Urbana	539	+62
9	University of Florida	405	+54
10	University of Michigan	409	+48

Materials Science

>300 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Rice University	520	+291
2	Univ. Calif., Santa Cruz	2519	+284
3	University of Pennsylvania	1100	+231
4	Harvard University	1771	+223
5	Boston University	1175	+219
6	Stanford University	2645	+187
7	Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara	2519	+187
8	University of Washington	1570	+197
9	SUNY Stony Brook	1424	+178
10	Louisiana State University	607	+170

Physics

>500 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Duke University	704	+107
2	Harvard University	1869	+107
3	University of Pittsburgh	1104	+107
4	Carnegie Mellon University	319	+103
5	Virginia Commonwealth Univ.	374	+95
6	Yale University	1240	+95
7	Columbia University	1197	+93
8	Case Western Reserve U.	375	+88
9	Stanford University	940	+87
10	Univ. Calif., San Diego	836	+86

Psychology / Psychiatry

>300 Papers

Rank

Institution

# of
Papers

Relative
Impact (%)

1	Univ. Calif., Santa Cruz	624	+130
2	Univ. Calif., Berkeley	1328	+123
3	University of Hawaii	574	+123
4	University of Michigan	554	+97
5	Princeton University	647	+91
6	Caltech	2390	+72
7	University of Arizona	1168	+53
8	University of Colorado	777	+51
9	University of Chicago	560	+50
10	Johns Hopkins University	1052	+49

Space Science

>500 Papers

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