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World Institutional Rankings in Select Fields,
by Total Citations, 1991-2001

Agricultural Sciences
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 USDA Ag. Res. Serv. 5,603 28,986
2 INRA (France) 2,698 14,919
3 UC Davis 1,463 9,868
4 CSIRO (Australia) 1,461 9,049
5 University of Wisconsin 1,322 9,019
Biology & Biochemistry
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   7,325 184,786
2 University of Texas   8,009 149,017
3 UC San Francisco   3,952 93,710
4 University of Tokyo   5,571 79,673
5 Natl. Cancer Institute   2,966 72,923
Chemistry
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 UC Berkeley   3,846 57,039
2 Kyoto University   7,215 56,981
3 University of Tokyo   6,781 56,860
4 University of Texas   4,052 50,919
5 University of Cambridge   4,287 48,634
Clinical Medicine
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   26,026 499,941
2 University of Texas   26,420 354,383
3 Veterans Adm. Med. Ctr.   15,978 263,429
4 Johns Hopkins University   15,016 252,059
5 UC San Francisco   13,797 218,895
Computer Science
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 IBM Corp.   2,939 11,781
2 AT&T   2,402 8,451
3 Stanford University   1,200 8,051
4 MIT   1,258 5,768
5 University of Illinois   1,193 5,753
Environment/Ecology
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 US EPA   2,049 18,875
2 USDA Ag. Res. Serv.   2,450 16,806
3 CSIRO (Australia)   1,523 14,365
4 UC Berkeley   1,170 12,392
5 University of Minnesota   1,056 12,218
Geosciences
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 NASA   4,157 53,667
2 NOAA   3,272 42,862
3 US Geol. Survey   3,573 33,905
4 Natl. Ctr. Atmos. Res.   1,906 29,809
5 University of Washington   2,009 27,859
Immunology
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   2,994 72,614
2 NIAID   1,778 48,765
3 Natl. Cancer Institute   1,681 42,952
4 University of Texas   1,986 34,915
5 Veterans Adm. Med. Ctr.   1,495 31,141
Mathematics
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 University of Paris 6   2,087 6,220
2 Stanford University   919 6,071
3 UC Berkeley   1,373 6,059
4 University of Minnesota   1,180 5,947
5 Harvard University   930 5,850
Materials Science
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Tohoku University   3,231 13,889
2 IBM Corp.   1,369 13,160
3 UC Santa Barbara   871 12,001
4 MIT   1,506 11,723
5 University of Illinois   1,328 9,826
Microbiology
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   1,448 36,025
2 Institut Pasteur   2,064 36,003
3 NIAID   1,248 25,350
4 University of Texas   1,308 20,091
5 Natl. Cancer Institute   852 19,777
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   5,497 275,060
2 UC San Francisco   2,682 126,236
3 University of Texas   3,914 117,194
4 MIT   1,335 96,389
5 Natl. Cancer Institute   2,554 89,097
Neuroscience & Behavior
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   3,857 88,314
2 Veterans Adm. Med. Ctr.   3,657 67,867
3 Johns Hopkins University   2,665 63,916
4 Yale University   2,470 55,199
5 UC Los Angeles   2,931 51,611
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Wellcome Res. Labs   213 15,916
2 University of Texas   1,238 13,568
3 Karolinska Institute   859 13,295
4 Merck & Co., Inc.   908 13,122
5 Adis Int. (New Zealand)   574 12,756
Physics
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 AT&T   4,921 98,264
2 University of Tokyo   10,920 92,058
3 IBM Corp.   4,694 87,982
4 MIT   6,462 86,292
5 CERN   5,937 85,319
Plant & Animal Science
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 USDA Ag. Res. Serv.   9,908 63,201
2 UC Davis   5,584 39,186
3 Cornell University   4,451 36,966
4 INRA (France)   5,833 35,467
5 University of Wisconsin   3,510 27,442
Psychiatry/Psycology
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 Harvard University   3,243 39,424
2 UC Los Angeles  2,565   31,471
3 Yale University   2,105 29,067
4 Columbia University   2,166 28,665
5 University of Pittsburgh   2,076 28,239
Space Science
Rank         Institution Papers Citations
1 NASA   5,996 78,077
2 Caltech   3,573 51,145
3 Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr.    2,810 47,677
4 Space Telescope Sci Inst.   2,330 43,097
5 UC Berkeley   2,344 40,471

SOURCE: ISI Essential Science Indicators, 1991-2001.  Read the full legend.

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