Top research institutions, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 392 tracked journals in each year from 2023 to 2025, by publication date and OpenAlex affiliations; a paper counts once for each institution (and country) among its authors. Built from the site's archive of every paper of these journals and rebuilt daily. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

From 2023 to 2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences published the most papers in the 392 tracked journals (2,107), followed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University (1,835) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (1,800).
In 2025 alone, Chinese Academy of Sciences led with 805 papers.
Among countries, China took part in the most papers (61,574), ahead of United States and United Kingdom.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	618	684	805	2,107
2	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	493	596	746	1,835
3	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	France	581	609	610	1,800
4	Tsinghua University	China	457	559	693	1,709
5	Zhejiang University	China	442	545	639	1,626
6	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	403	515	592	1,510
7	Sun Yat-sen University	China	397	483	568	1,448
8	Peking University	China	395	454	574	1,423
9	Wuhan University	China	359	441	552	1,352
10	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	387	442	459	1,288
11	Southeast University	China	323	446	488	1,257
12	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	357	385	495	1,237
13	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	322	386	500	1,208
14	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	331	416	453	1,200
15	Sichuan University	China	335	390	468	1,193
16	Renmin University of China	China	346	397	436	1,179
17	Xiamen University	China	353	374	432	1,159
18	Tianjin University	China	314	372	412	1,098
19	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	China	333	365	397	1,095
20	Beihang University	China	267	370	457	1,094
21	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China	298	357	424	1,079
22	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China	291	347	436	1,074
23	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	283	378	407	1,068
24	National University of Singapore	Singapore	324	349	384	1,057
25	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	281	322	432	1,035
26	Tongji University	China	241	330	449	1,020
27	Fudan University	China	269	334	396	999
28	Shandong University	China	268	311	404	983
29	University of Science and Technology of China	China	265	318	400	983
30	Hunan University	China	278	341	356	975
31	Nankai University	China	228	333	394	955
32	South China University of Technology	China	245	340	367	952
33	Beijing Jiaotong University	China	261	303	377	941
34	Central South University	China	245	320	372	937
35	Shenzhen University	China	231	306	399	936
36	Chongqing University	China	269	294	336	899
37	The University of Sydney	Australia	282	289	309	880
38	Xidian University	China	226	290	359	875
39	Nanjing University	China	227	287	337	851
40	Shanghai University	China	207	291	347	845
41	Southwest Jiaotong University	China	248	295	290	833
42	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	231	267	326	824
43	Dalian University of Technology	China	244	270	303	817
44	Jilin University	China	202	246	362	810
45	Zhongnan University of Economics and Law	China	236	269	290	795
46	Monash University	Australia	266	246	274	786
47	Northeastern University	China	223	257	306	786
48	Central University of Finance and Economics	China	200	262	314	776
49	Hefei University of Technology	China	198	272	295	765
50	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	240	268	255	763

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	China	16,197	20,348	25,029	61,574
2	United States	9,012	9,246	9,172	27,430
3	United Kingdom	4,746	5,037	5,003	14,786
4	Germany	2,858	3,002	2,983	8,843
5	Australia	2,555	2,814	2,822	8,191
6	Italy	2,457	2,728	2,738	7,923
7	India	2,410	2,484	2,472	7,366
8	France	2,365	2,366	2,289	7,020
9	Spain	1,865	1,945	1,860	5,670
10	Canada	1,802	1,906	1,905	5,613
11	Hong Kong	1,345	1,641	1,987	4,973
12	South Korea	1,383	1,521	1,710	4,614
13	Netherlands	1,344	1,365	1,412	4,121
14	Japan	1,010	1,120	1,154	3,284
15	Turkey	943	1,055	991	2,989
16	Singapore	793	932	1,003	2,728
17	Taiwan	868	866	864	2,598
18	Switzerland	756	782	740	2,278
19	Sweden	724	755	744	2,223
20	Belgium	668	726	691	2,085
21	Brazil	638	710	691	2,039
22	Iran	717	678	614	2,009
23	Saudi Arabia	491	625	686	1,802
24	Malaysia	502	582	645	1,729
25	Norway	547	542	566	1,655
26	Poland	511	564	565	1,640
27	Denmark	575	534	527	1,636
28	Macao	338	496	729	1,563
29	Austria	501	531	510	1,542
30	Finland	524	481	533	1,538

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Top research institutions, 2023–2025. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions-by-year

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