<p>So here’s a list (primary affiliations only) that includes to publics. Likely not comprehensive at the lower levels of the list, but I think it’s revealing how low some elite private universities score on this metric. It’s little wonder that universities like Brown, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, and Georgetown don’t score well on peer assessments; they’re not research powerhouses, and among research universities research is the name of the game. Caveat: this index measures only publications among the 1% most widely cited in their field. By definition, most academic research doesn’t reach that exalted level, including a great deal of highly influential scholarship by highly influential scholars and researchers.</p>
<p>1 Harvard University 130
2 Stanford University 56
3 University of California - Berkeley 41
4 Duke University 32
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 31
6 University of Michigan 31
7 UCSD 30
8 Northwestern University 28
9 Princeton University 27
9 University of Washington 27
11 University of California - Los Angeles 26
11 Johns Hopkins University 26
13 UC Santa Cruz 24
14 University of Chicago 21
14 Columbia University 21
14 Cornell University 21
14 Yale 21
18 Washington University in St. Louis 20
18 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 20
20 University of Pennsylvania 17
20 California Institute of Technology 17
20 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 17
23 Penn State 15
24 Rice University 14
24 Ohio State University 14
26 UCSB 13
26 Texas A&M 13
28 University of Texas at Austin 12
28 UC Davis 12
28 U Colorado Boulder 12
31 UMass Amherst 11
31 UC Irvine 11
33 University of Pittsburgh 10
33 Georgia Tech 10
33 University of Florida 10
36 University of Southern California 9
36 NYU 9
36 Boston U 9
36 Baylor 9
40 University of Wisconsin 8
40 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8
42 Purdue University 7
42 Carnegie Mellon University 7
43 Emory University 6
43 Michigan State 6
43 Vanderbilt University 6
43 Rutgers 6
43 U Maryland College Park 6
43 U Arizona 6
43 UC Riverside 6
43 Northeastern 6
51 Brown University 5
51 University of Rochester 5
51 University of Cincinnati 5
51 University of Utah 5
55 University of Virginia 4
55 U South Florida 4
55 NC State 4
55 U Miami 4
55 Tennessee 4
55 Tufts 4
55 UAB 4
62 Arizona State 3
62 Dartmouth College 3
62 University of Notre Dame 3
62 Wake Forest University 3
62 U Nebraska – Lincoln 3
62 South Carolina 3
62 U New Mexico 3
62 U Delaware 3
62 Drexel 3
71 Iowa State 2
71 Arkansas 2
71 Temple 2
71 Virginia Commonwealth 2
71 Case Western 2
71 University of Colorado at Denver 2
71 U Hawaii 2</p>
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<p>@dividerofzero </p>
<p>I actually think that this methodology provides a much better indicator of scientific merit. Have you read the ‘about highly cited researchers’ section on the Reuters website? You definitely should. The whole point of the entire exercise was to level the playing field and ensure that outstanding young researchers get the credit that they deserve. If they had just used total citations, the ranking would be biased towards older researchers who have accumulated citations over a period of decades. The new ranking uses a much better approach. It does not compare research papers across years (which would put young researchers at a monumental disadvantage). Instead, it compares a particular paper to others that were published in the same year and then selects the most influential papers that were published in that year. </p>
<p>I am a clinical physician researcher at one of the top 10 listed institutions. My spouse is a research scientist in a different field at the same institution. We’ve been here a decade. Between us, we’ve met 2 (<10%) of the folks from our university. </p>
<p>There is no reason why this ranking should matter to a college applicant. In fact, the prestige that accrues to universities from these highly influential researchers is one of the more misguided parts of the USNWR ranking system. These highly cited professors bring in grant money, but are unlikely to be teaching undergrads or have them in their labs. If they are young they’ll be traveling all the time to build their reputation and if old/established are probably administrating a division or large lab, perhaps taking grad students but not mentoring 19 year olds.</p>
<p>^ I agree with VSG (for the most part). The prestige that accrues to universities from highly influential researchers matters to a college applicant to the extent the research activity improves or detracts from the quality of undergraduate learning. However, it is hard to find good, publicly available metrics for the impact of research activities (positive or negative) on undergraduate learning.</p>
<p>It isn’t 100% clear exactly how big an impact research-related prestige has on the USNWR ranking system. Presumably, it does have a pretty big impact on the peer assessment score, which is one of the most heavily-weighted factors in the rankings. The National Survey of Student Engagement attempts to measure student/faculty engagement, but few of the most prestigious universities have participated. The NSSE apparently does not publish score comparisons. </p>
<p>Two numbers I would look at, as possible indicators of research “trickle down” potential, are average class sizes and PhD production rates. Good numbers in these areas, in combination with strong research numbers, may indicate that undergraduates can get relatively good benefits from a university’s strong research activities. Research universities that seem to do relatively well in all three areas include Caltech, Chicago, Columbia, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, and Yale. </p>
<p>However, one also needs to take into consideration what the student brings to the table. A talented, highly motivated student may be able take advantage of good research opportunities even at schools that aren’t known for strong undergraduate focus.</p>
<p>wow, UCSC is the biggest surprise.</p>
<p>VSG, but some of these institution has very different teachers for undergraduate. For example, at my daughter college who also on this list that produces a lot these top 1% research, the professors that teach most of her weeder classes went to a LAC, mostly focus on teaching, won teaching awards several years in running. </p>
<p>Academy membership and research award data by institution would give a more comprehensive view of faculty breadth and depth.</p>
<p>Fixed bclintonk’s list to include UCSF, Berkeley’s defacto medical school: :)</p>
<p>1 Harvard University 130
2 Berkeley/ UCSF 57
3 Stanford University 56
4 Duke University 32
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 31
6 University of Michigan 31
7 UCSD 30
8 Northwestern University 28
9 Princeton University 27
9 University of Washington 27
11 University of California - Los Angeles 26
11 Johns Hopkins University 26
13 UC Santa Cruz 24
14 University of Chicago 21
14 Columbia University 21
14 Cornell University 21
14 Yale 21
18 Washington University in St. Louis 20
18 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 20
20 University of Pennsylvania 17
20 California Institute of Technology 17
20 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 17
23 Penn State 15
24 Rice University 14
24 Ohio State University 14
26 UCSB 13
26 Texas A&M 13
28 University of Texas at Austin 12
28 UC Davis 12
28 U Colorado Boulder 12
31 UMass Amherst 11
31 UC Irvine 11
33 University of Pittsburgh 10
33 Georgia Tech 10
33 University of Florida 10
36 University of Southern California 9
36 NYU 9
36 Boston U 9
36 Baylor 9
40 University of Wisconsin 8
40 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 8
42 Purdue University 7
42 Carnegie Mellon University 7
43 Emory University 6
43 Michigan State 6
43 Vanderbilt University 6
43 Rutgers 6
43 U Maryland College Park 6
43 U Arizona 6
43 UC Riverside 6
43 Northeastern 6
51 Brown University 5
51 University of Rochester 5
51 University of Cincinnati 5
51 University of Utah 5
55 University of Virginia 4
55 U South Florida 4
55 NC State 4
55 U Miami 4
55 Tennessee 4
55 Tufts 4
55 UAB 4
62 Arizona State 3
62 Dartmouth College 3
62 University of Notre Dame 3
62 Wake Forest University 3
62 U Nebraska – Lincoln 3
62 South Carolina 3
62 U New Mexico 3
62 U Delaware 3
62 Drexel 3
71 Iowa State 2
71 Arkansas 2
71 Temple 2
71 Virginia Commonwealth 2
71 Case Western 2
71 University of Colorado at Denver 2
71 U Hawaii 2</p>
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<p>^ UCSF is an entirely separate university. You can’t just add its numbers to Berkeley’s tally… 
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<p>I knew it was just a matter of time before UCBChem will do something like that. </p>