The University of Montpellier confirms its scientific influence in the Leiden 2024 world ranking
The University of Montpellier is once again highly ranked in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, with4th place nationally and 203rd worldwide. The Leiden Ranking provides important information on the scientific performance of over 1,500 major universities worldwide. It gives a clear perspective on the volume and influence of our researchers' scientific output, looking at the number of publications in scientific journals and their citations by other national and international scientists.
The University of Montpellier in the national top 10...
On a national scale, the University of Montpellier ranks4th for the total volume of scientific publications and4th for the group of the top 10% most cited (the "Top10%"). On this criterion, the University of Montpellier ranks as the1st provincial university, ahead of other major universities such as Aix-Marseille and Grenoble. This remarkable national ranking is mirrored on an international scale, with the University of Montpellier ranked 203rd worldwide.
"Last year, the University of Montpellier confirmed its ascension to the top 200 of the world's best universities according to the Shanghai ranking. Today, this progress is also reflected in the Leiden ranking, illustrating the UM's constant improvement in international rankings. This success is the result of the collective work carried out on the Montpellier site, aimed at increasing recognition of the scientific excellence of our researchers. We remain firmly committed to further strengthening the global reach of our research" declared Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier.
A multidimensional approach
Created in 2011, the ranking produced by Leiden University's Centre for science and technology studies (CWTS) measures the scientific reputation of institutions and their research collaboration. The 2023 ranking lists over 1,500 institutions in 5 fields: medicine, physics, life and earth sciences, mathematics, humanities and social sciences.
The Leiden ranking is based on scientific publications, in particular articles published in scientific journals, which enable it to select sophisticated bibliometric indicators to generate results and analyze the ranking of universities 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 list offers a multidimensional approach to university performance. For each combination of university, major field and time period, the ranking provides values for 50 indicators from 4 main types of information: the number of publications and the degree to which these publications are taken up by other work, the degree of collaboration between different universities, open access to publications and the gender of authors. The Leiden ranking "aims to promote a more responsible approach to university ranking". It provides information exclusively on the research carried out in universities, research that is represented in particular in scientific publications and the carefully collected data that form the basis and independence of this ranking.