The annual CWTS Leiden University Ranking for 2017 has been published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands. The Leiden Ranking is based exclusively on bibliographic data from the Web of Science database by Clarivate Analytics. The ranking provides both a size-dependent rating, which is based on the absolute number of top-cited publications, and a size-independent list, where the performance of a university is measured relative to its publication output.
In this year's ranking, US and UK institutions dominate the top 20. The highest-ranked universities overall (based on top 1% most cited papers) are Harvard University, Stanford University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The top institution in a non-English-speaking country is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich at number 25.
Considering size-independent values, New York's Rockefeller University occupies the top spot, followed by MIT and Stanford. The highest-ranked European institution in this category is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Lausanne at rank 14, the top Asian institution is Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (ranked 30th).
In the physical sciences, which include chemistry and related disciplines, the top spot in the size-dependent rating is occupied by MIT. In the size-independent ranking, Stanford University is ranked at number one in these fields.
(by the number of the university's publications belonging to the top 1 % most frequently cited)
(by proportion of the university's publications belonging to the top 1 % most frequently cited)
(by the number of the university's publications belonging to the top 1 % most frequently cited)
(by proportion of the university's publications belonging to the top 1 % most frequently cited)
The Leiden Ranking is based exclusively on bibliographic data covering the years 2012–2015 from the Web of Science database produced by Clarivate Analytics. Book publications, publications in conference proceedings, and publications in journals not indexed in Web of Science are not included.
The ranking offers the following indicators of the scientific impact of a university:
The ranking provides statistics for the following five main fields of science:
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