Top institutions in statistics research, 2023–2025

Universities and other research institutions ranked by the papers their authors published in the 16 tracked statistics 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, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique published the most papers in the 16 tracked statistics journals (118), followed by Seoul National University (57) and Nankai University (56).
In 2025 alone, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique led with 29 papers.
Among countries, China took part in the most papers (1,068), ahead of United States and Italy.

Institutions#

Institutions with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Institution	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique	France	42	47	29	118
2	Seoul National University	South Korea	15	22	20	57
3	Nankai University	China	14	13	29	56
4	Renmin University of China	China	17	17	15	49
5	Beijing University of Technology	China	9	15	23	47
6	Beijing Normal University	China	12	12	20	44
7	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	16	12	11	39
8	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Saudi Arabia	11	18	9	38
9	KU Leuven	Belgium	10	17	10	37
10	Indian Statistical Institute	India	12	12	12	36
11	University of Connecticut	United States	12	13	10	35
12	University of Padua	Italy	12	8	14	34
13	University of Science and Technology of China	China	11	10	13	34
14	East China Normal University	China	9	9	15	33
15	Shanghai University of International Business and Economics	China	12	4	17	33
16	The University of Tokyo	Japan	12	15	6	33
17	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	12	10	10	32
18	Northeast Normal University	China	9	14	9	32
19	National University of Singapore	Singapore	8	14	9	31
20	University of Missouri	United States	11	9	10	30
21	Changchun University of Technology	China	10	5	13	28
22	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	9	8	11	28
23	Jilin University	China	11	6	10	27
24	Texas A&M University	United States	6	11	10	27
25	University of Bologna	Italy	9	6	12	27
26	Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science	China	11	8	7	26
27	Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique	France	8	12	6	26
28	Korea University	South Korea	7	7	12	26
29	Southern University of Science and Technology	China	5	8	13	26
30	TU Dortmund University	Germany	11	4	11	26
31	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	14	2	9	25
32	Tsinghua University	China	2	13	10	25
33	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil	9	9	6	24
34	Université Paris-Saclay	France	5	11	8	24
35	Anhui University	China	4	7	12	23
36	Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai	China	5	8	10	23
37	Duke University	United States	6	8	9	23
38	Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement	France	7	8	8	23
39	Xiamen University	China	10	5	8	23
40	Peking University	China	7	9	6	22
41	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	8	7	7	22
42	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics	China	5	8	9	22
43	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	5	10	6	21
44	University of Milano-Bicocca	Italy	8	4	9	21
45	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	3	8	10	21
46	Jinan University	China	2	8	10	20
47	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	7	8	5	20
48	University of Toronto	Canada	6	7	7	20
49	University of Waterloo	Canada	8	5	7	20
50	Université Paris Cité	France	7	7	6	20

Countries#

Countries with the most papers, 2023–2025
#	Country	2023	2024	2025	2023–2025
1	China	297	353	418	1,068
2	United States	305	299	296	900
3	Italy	121	97	123	341
4	United Kingdom	100	76	79	255
5	Germany	93	68	84	245
6	France	78	85	64	227
7	Canada	72	68	74	214
8	Japan	72	74	66	212
9	India	57	65	57	179
10	South Korea	39	58	70	167
11	Spain	43	36	48	127
12	Australia	46	40	29	115
13	Hong Kong	35	24	32	91
14	Brazil	25	33	25	83
15	Iran	22	29	22	73
16	Netherlands	19	29	24	72
17	Saudi Arabia	19	28	24	71
18	Taiwan	20	21	23	64
19	Belgium	24	23	15	62
20	Switzerland	19	20	20	59
21	Sweden	22	13	14	49
22	Singapore	9	21	15	45
23	Greece	7	17	18	42
24	Poland	14	12	16	42
25	South Africa	8	16	12	36
26	Turkey	11	13	12	36
27	Chile	16	7	12	35
28	Finland	10	12	13	35
29	Austria	17	7	10	34
30	Norway	11	8	12	31

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

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