The University of Montpellier confirms its scientific influence in the Leiden 2023 world rankings
The University of Montpellier continues to progress both nationally and internationally according to the CWTS Leiden Ranking and is approaching the world's top 50 in Earth and life sciences. This ranking provides important information on the scientific performance of more than 1,500 leading universities around the world. It provides a clear perspective on the volume and impact of our researchers' scientific output by looking at the number of publications in scientific journals and their citations by other national and international scientists.
Montpellier University ranked among the top 10 nationally...
Nationally, the University of Montpellier rankssixth in terms oftotal volume of scientific publications andfourth in terms of the top 10% most cited publications (the "Top 10%"). Based on the "Top 10%" criterion, the University of Montpellier ranks as thetop university outside Paris. It is also thetop university in the country in the field of "Life and Earth Sciences," both in terms of total number of publications and the "Top 10%" criterion.
This remarkable national ranking is reflected at the European level: the University of Montpellier ranks9th in terms of publication volume (12th for the "Top 10%") in the field of "Life and Earth Sciences," and59th(54th for the "Top 10%") across all scientific fields.
… and close to the world's Top 50 in Earth and Life Sciences!
Finally, among the thousands of universities around the world, the University of Montpellier also ranks highly: around200th place across all fields (225th in terms of volume;196th in the "Top 10%") and close to50th place for "Life and Earth Sciences" (62ndin terms of volume,51st in the "Top 10%"). This last point is quite remarkable: approaching the group of the 50 best universities in the world in this key field for the future can be considered a real achievement for our scientific community. Here we can fully appreciate the synergy at work within the strategic agreement that unites the University of Montpellier and its 15 partners (CNRS, INRAE, INRIA, IRD, Inserm, BRGM, CEA, CIRAD, IFREMER, ENSCM, Institut Agro, CIHEAM, Montpellier University Hospital, Nîmes University Hospital, ICM).
Last year, the University of Montpellier confirmed its progress in the Shanghai ranking of the world's top 200 universities. Today, the same is true of the Leiden ranking, which shows the UM's steady progress in international rankings. All this is due to the collective work accomplished at the Montpellier site to gain greater recognition for the excellence of our researchers' scientific output. We are firmly committed to further strengthening the global impact of our research," said Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier.
A multidimensional approach
Created in 2011, the ranking produced by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University measures the scientific reputation of institutions and their research collaboration. The 2023 ranking lists more than 1,500 institutions and covers five disciplinary fields: medicine, physics, life and earth sciences, mathematics, and humanities and social sciences.
The Leiden ranking is based on scientific publications, particularly articles published in scientific journals, which enable it to select sophisticated bibliometric indicators in order to generate results and analyze university rankings according to one or more selected indicators. It is also based on publications referenced in the Web of Science database produced by Clarivate Analytics.
The Leiden ranking offers a multidimensional approach to university performance. For each combination of university, main field, and period, the ranking provides values for 50 indicators across four main types of information: the number of publications and the degree to which these publications are cited by other works, the degree of collaboration between different universities, open access to publications, and the gender of authors. Each year, the ranking is reproduced for all previous years using the updated methodology. Compared to other university rankings such as those of Times Higher Education, QS, and Arwu (Shanghai), the Leiden ranking "aims to promote a more responsible approach to university ranking." It provides information exclusively on research conducted at universities, research that is particularly represented in scientific publications and carefully collected data, which form the basis and independence of this ranking.