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Drawing on factors such as breadth of research, global reputation, and the number of books and publications released each year, the list ranks the 1,000 best schools in the world.
The ranking features familiar faces at the head of the list, with top-tier American universities claiming the first five slots. Here's how the top two dozen shake out.
24. University of California, Santa Barbara
Global score: 81.4
Global research reputation: #61
Publications: #216
Conferences: #228
23. University College London
Global score: 81.7
Global research reputation: #22
Publications: #3
Conferences: #141
22. Cornell University
Global score: 81.9
Global research reputation: #19
Publications: #26
Conferences: #156
21. University of Toronto
Global score: 82
Global research reputation: #20
Publications: #2
Conferences: #68
19. Imperial College London
Global score: 82.8
Global research reputation: #15
Publications: #16
Conferences: #65
19. Duke University
Global score: 82.8
Global research reputation: #30
Publications: #29
Conferences: #237
17. University of Pennsylvania
Global score: 83.4
Global research reputation: #18
Publications: #13
Conferences: #192
17. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Global score: 83.4
Global research reputation: #13
Publications: #4
Conferences: #38
16. University of California, San Francisco
Global score: 84.1
Global research reputation: #36
Publications: #42
Conferences: #950
15. University of California, San Diego
Global score: 84.3
Global research reputation: #32
Publications: #24
Conferences: #91
14. Yale University
Global score: 85.1
Global research reputation: #9
Publications: #28
Conferences: #366
13. University of Chicago
Global score: 85.2
Global research reputation: #12
Publications: #37
Conferences: #163
11. University of Washington
Global score: 85.4
Global research reputation: #29
Publications: #12
Conferences: #146
11. Johns Hopkins University
Global score: 85.4
Global research reputation: #17
Publications: #6
Conferences: #136
10. University of California, Los Angeles
Global score: 85.8
Global research reputation: #8
Publications: #10
Conferences: #86
9. Columbia University
Global score: 85.9
Global research reputation: #14
Publications: #15
Conferences: #179
8. Princeton University
Global score: 86.2
Global research reputation: #7
Publications: #140
Conferences: #209
7. University of Cambridge
Global score: 86.3
Global research reputation: #3
Publications: #9
Conferences: #87
6. University of Oxford
Global score: 88.1
Global research reputation: #6
Publications: #5
Conferences: #131
5. California Institute of Technology
Global score: 89.3
Global research reputation: #10
Publications: #127
Conferences: #71
4. University of California, Berkeley
Global score: 92.8
Global research reputation: #5
Publications: #14
Conferences: #35
3. Stanford University
Global score: 92.9
Global research reputation: #4
Publications: #11
Conferences: #56
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Global score: 97.9
Global research reputation: #2
Publications: #30
Conferences: #17
1. Harvard University
Global score: 100
Global research reputation: #1
Publications: #1
Conferences: #112
