The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

The Weizmann Institute of Science maintains its status as one of the world’s leading research institutions. It has recently been placed in the top ten among universities worldwide in a weighted (proportional) ranking of research quality published annually by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University, the Netherlands (“Leiden Ranking”). This year Weizmann is ranked tenth for general research quality – alongside institutions such as Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and MIT – and sixth in the world for research quality in the biomedical and health sciences.

The Leiden Ranking, published since 2007, is purely quantitative and does not use subjective surveys. The data encompass the number of scientific publications by scientists from the various universities and research institutes, the number of citations for these publications – indicating the quality of the research – and additional information that takes into account the size of the institutions.

Additionally, the Weizmann Institute was recently placed among the top 100 in the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released annually by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Weizmann was listed 69^th, the highest ranking among Israel’s academic institutions; in chemistry and biology, it was ranked 44^th and 45^th, respectively. Unlike the Leiden Ranking, which focuses on the quality of research, the ARWU, which takes into account various parameters, is regarded as affording a built-in advantage to larger institutions over smaller ones. Still, the Weizmann Institute improved its ARWU standing in recent years, moving up from 83^rd in 2022 to its current ranking.