Name: List of Top Schools of Planetary Science sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Published: 2026-09-29T14:33:47Z
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Top Schools (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	School	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Geophysics (University of California, Los Angeles)	42	1.4K	18	39
2	Geology (University of New Mexico)	37	1.4K	7	6
3	Geophysics (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)	18	773	25	25
4	Earth Science (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)	14	766	32	40
5	Chemistry (University of Arkansas)	14	432	51	58
6	Astronomy (University of Washington)	5	416	16	13
7	Chemistry (University of California, San Diego)	7	392	224	222
8	Chemistry (Purdue University)	12	386	178	219
9	Biochemistry (University of Arkansas)	11	339	48	58
10	Astronomy (University of Minnesota)	8	329	67	59
11	Geology (University of Delaware)	6	308	10	12
12	Geology (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)	12	307	14	24
13	Geology (University of Pittsburgh)	5	216	55	43
14	Planetary Science (University of Pittsburgh)	4	215	29	34
15	Chemistry (University of Chicago)	7	209	136	172
16	Chemistry (University of California, Los Angeles)	6	200	293	339
17	Geology (University of Edinburgh)	5	189	47	53
18	Geophysics (University of Edinburgh)	4	182	43	49
19	Geochemistry (University of Vienna)	10	173	9	14
20	Geology (University of Houston)	6	171	4	5
21	Chemistry (Rutgers University)	6	170	199	244
22	Biochemistry (University of California, Los Angeles)	3	167	292	291
23	Chemistry (Oregon State University)	6	161	108	140
24	Geology (Brooklyn College)	2	147	25	22
25	Geology (Arizona State University)	7	142	19	49
26	Geophysics (University of Hawaii)	3	141	95	105
27	Geology (University of the Witwatersrand)	4	138	29	29
27	Economic Geology (University of the Witwatersrand)	4	138	10	13
29	Geology (Rice University)	12	127	10	37
30	Astronomy (Clemson University)	2	118	149	117
31	Civil Engineering (University of Notre Dame)	2	108	119	135
32	Chemistry (Arizona State University)	3	104	216	261
33	Geophysics (Rice University)	7	103	15	33
34	Geology (State University of New York)	2	95	33	36
35	Geology (University of New Brunswick)	1	93	53	35
36	Chemistry (University of Hawaii)	2	86	98	93
37	Sedimentology (University of Miami)	1	84	14	9
38	Geology (McMaster University)	4	78	80	131
39	Chemistry (Missouri University of Science and Technology)	3	76	129	165
40	Geology (Yale University)	2	75	145	187
41	Chemical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)	1	73	514	459
42	Geology (University of Manchester)	2	71	37	46
43	Geology (University of Melbourne)	3	70	27	29
44	Metallurgy (University of Manchester)	4	67	18	21
45	Geophysics (Yale University)	1	65	197	191
46	Chemistry (Nihon University)	3	61	157	174
47	Geography (University of Sussex)	2	60	84	124
48	Chemistry (Texas A&M University)	3	59	294	366
49	Astronomy (Rice University)	8	57	59	143
50	Geology (University of Hawaii)	1	55	79	96
50	Chemistry (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)	2	55	77	104
52	Astronomy (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)	1	53	64	38
53	Chemistry (Iowa State University)	1	51	298	274
54	Astrophysics (Harvard University)	2	50	39	60
55	Geology (Makerere University)	1	49	27	28
56	Mineralogy (University of Cambridge)	2	46	10	19
57	Geography (University of Oxford)	1	41	477	454
57	Chemistry (Tokyo Metropolitan University)	1	41	335	289
59	Geology (Stanford University)	2	38	54	77
59	Mineralogy (University of Bern)	1	38	7	15
61	Materials Science (Lehigh University)	2	37	107	133
62	Geology (Stockholm University)	1	36	172	214
62	Geochemistry (Stockholm University)	1	36	95	112
62	Biochemistry (Arizona State University)	1	36	255	301
62	History (University of Chicago)	2	36	53	54
62	Geology (University of Chicago)	2	36	12	21
62	Chemistry (Gunma University)	2	36	126	160
68	Geology (University of Tasmania)	1	35	38	37
69	Chemistry (University of Kentucky)	3	34	213	361
70	Geophysics (University of Copenhagen)	1	31	47	55
70	Geology (Lawrence University)	8	31	1	21
72	Geology (Texas Christian University)	8	30	3	61
73	Geophysics (University of Adelaide)	1	29	59	73
73	Geochemistry (Pennsylvania State University)	2	29	20	34
73	Geology (University of Adelaide)	1	29	64	75
76	Astronomy (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)	1	25	202	236
77	Chemistry (University of Tokyo)	2	24	590	781
78	Oceanography (University of California, San Diego)	2	22	569	825
78	Solid State Physics (University of Tokyo)	1	22	238	239
78	Nuclear Physics (Australian National University)	2	22	59	92
81	Economic Geology (University of Texas at Austin)	1	20	156	179
82	Astronomy (University of California, Los Angeles)	19	17	53	186
82	Geology (University of Otago)	2	17	99	155
82	Mineralogy (Pennsylvania State University)	1	17	26	32
82	Geology (West Texas A&M University)	1	17	2	2
86	Chemistry (Douglass Residential College)	2	15	7	28
87	Chemistry (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)	1	13	201	240
88	Geology (University of Alberta)	2	12	54	101
88	Geophysics (Pennsylvania State University)	1	12	13	15
88	Metallurgy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)	2	12	42	69
88	Planetary Science (California Institute of Technology)	1	12	48	87
92	Geophysics (University of Texas at Austin)	1	10	122	157
92	Geology (University of Toronto)	3	10	74	185
92	Applied Physics (Curtin University)	1	10	122	209
92	History (University of Illinois at Chicago)	3	10	19	63
96	Geology (University of California, Los Angeles)	2	9	33	66
96	Metallurgy (Technical University of Denmark)	3	9	6	23
98	Geology (University of Copenhagen)	1	8	154	255
98	Geophysics (Louisiana State University)	2	8	102	184
98	Geology (Louisiana State University)	2	8	105	197
98	Petrology (University of Cambridge)	1	8	21	28
102	Astronomy (University of Southern California)	9	7	55	215
102	Geophysics (University of the Witwatersrand)	1	7	12	19
104	Chemistry (McMaster University)	1	6	296	428
104	Petrology (University of Copenhagen)	1	6	10	15
106	Geology (University of Maryland)	1	5	140	219
106	Geology (University of South Carolina)	1	5	65	108
106	Biochemistry (Massey University)	3	5	67	173
106	Computer Science (University of California, San Diego)	1	5	416	649
106	Astronomy (University of California, Berkeley)	1	5	59	97
106	Chemistry (Tokyo University of Science)	1	5	417	573
106	Chemistry (Massey University)	3	5	104	230
106	Electrical Engineering (University of California, San Diego)	1	5	117	173
106	Volcanology (University of Hawaii)	1	5	9	12
115	Planetary Science (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)	1	4	52	99
115	Geography (University of Edinburgh)	1	4	198	373
115	Geology (Kyoto University)	1	4	70	96
115	Mineralogy (Kyoto University)	1	4	68	95
115	Geology (University of Canterbury)	1	4	33	58
115	Geology (California State University, Fresno)	1	4	5	14
115	Geology (Universiti Malaya)	1	4	106	179
115	Classics (University of California, Irvine)	1	4	5	1
123	Applied Physics (University of North London)	1	3	5	11
123	Geology (University of Glasgow)	1	3	44	73
123	Geology (Charles University)	1	3	72	113
126	Geochemistry (ETH Zürich)	1	2	98	176
126	Geology (University of Pretoria)	1	2	59	119
126	Chemistry (Victoria University of Wellington)	1	2	148	221
129	Geochemistry (Utrecht University)	1	1	136	223
129	Atmospheric Science (University of Miami)	1	1	396	602
129	Geochemistry (University of Cape Town)	1	1	18	41
129	Education (Nagoya University)	1	1	233	428
129	Dynamics (John Jay College of Criminal Justice)	1	1	42	55
129	Chemistry (Umeå University)	1	1	449	687
129	Marine Geology (University of Miami)	1	1	62	110
129	Geophysics (University of Miami)	1	1	62	112
129	Geology (Lakehead University)	1	1	36	80
129	Electronics (University of Utah)	1	1	32	55
129	Geology (Nagoya University)	1	1	3	11
129	Nuclear Chemistry (University of Cologne)	1	1	21	42
129	Chemistry (Chadron State College)	2	1	1	1
142	Geology (University of Kansas)	1	0	139	217
142	Materials Science (University of Manchester)	1	0	163	263
142	Geology (Dr. Hari Singh Gour University)	2	0	8	15
142	Mathematics (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)	1	0	174	335
142	Geology (Boise State University)	1	0	13	40
142	Geophysics (Boise State University)	1	0	7	28

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