The CWTS Leiden Ranking measures the scientific performance of universities worldwide, using a sophisticated set of bibliometric indicators. This year, the CWTS Leiden Ranking includes 1319 universities.
It is presented by means of an intuitive and user-friendly web interface. The interface enables you to explore the results from three different perspectives: list view, chart view and map view.
The CWTS Leiden Ranking offers a multidimensional perspective on university performance. Our principles for responsible use of university rankings explain why this is of utmost importance.
CWTS takes great care in providing accurate rankings by thoroughly harmonizing address data and ensuring completeness of the scientific output.
The universities have been selected based on their number of Web of Science indexed publications in the period 2017-2020. Please note carefully that universities do not need to provide any information themselves. Full details on the inclusion criteria and process can be found here.