Name: List of Top Universities of Planetary Science sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Top Universities (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	University	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	University of Chicago	35	2.0K	922	764
2	Washington University in St. Louis	17	1.9K	1,460	834
3	University of New Mexico	64	1.7K	287	469
4	University of California, Los Angeles	70	1.6K	926	1,304
5	California Institute of Technology	18	1.3K	651	546
6	University of Arizona	23	912	1,406	1,281
7	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	19	826	604	521
8	The Open University	15	725	567	411
9	Tokyo University of Science	13	679	737	510
10	United States Geological Survey	22	632	374	430
11	University of Lille	3	620	2,246	849
12	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	1	608	3,593	1,246
13	University of California, San Diego	14	464	1,826	1,865
14	Arizona State University	31	446	1,014	1,649
15	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8	438	1,976	1,712
16	University of Arkansas	14	432	764	716
17	University of Washington	6	422	2,971	2,296
18	Purdue University	15	420	2,046	2,046
19	Rutgers University	11	366	2,264	2,013
20	University of Tübingen	6	354	1,677	1,167
21	University of Minnesota	8	329	3,058	2,575
22	Lunar and Planetary Institute	8	315	24	27
23	University of Delaware	7	310	1,536	1,296
24	ETH Zürich	9	292	1,855	1,892
25	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	2	275	1,442	748
26	University of Houston	13	268	1,091	1,277
27	University of Essex	8	267	804	772
28	University of Tokyo	11	264	2,181	2,022
29	University of Bern	9	259	1,544	1,545
30	University of Pittsburgh	6	247	2,682	2,295
31	University of Cologne	3	244	2,263	1,372
32	Stony Brook University	11	230	1,287	1,560
33	University of Oxford	3	223	4,100	2,914
34	Leibniz University Hannover	2	207	1,696	914
35	University of Edinburgh	6	193	2,642	2,346
36	University of Manchester	10	186	2,326	2,605
37	Iowa State University	3	181	2,499	1,835
38	University of the Witwatersrand	6	177	1,559	1,366
39	Clemson University	3	176	2,089	1,374
39	Kobe University	6	176	1,304	1,087
41	University of Vienna	10	173	1,724	1,970
42	Australian National University	9	162	1,719	2,024
43	Brown University	3	161	2,458	1,888
43	Oregon State University	6	161	1,719	1,733
43	State University of New York	4	161	1,946	1,553
46	Missouri Baptist University	2	155	3	1
47	University of Fribourg	1	149	1,961	944
48	Brooklyn College	2	147	877	434
49	University of Hawaii	4	146	1,391	1,292
50	University of Cambridge	5	136	3,298	3,011
51	Columbia University	2	135	4,173	3,076
52	Paris Diderot University	2	128	1,644	1,194
53	Rice University	13	127	701	1,384
54	Freie Universität Berlin	2	113	2,570	1,844
55	United States Army	1	109	2,454	1,514
56	University of Notre Dame	2	108	2,334	1,694
57	McMaster University	6	103	2,285	2,522
58	Princeton University	3	101	2,084	1,898
59	University of Copenhagen	5	95	2,726	2,787
60	University of Cape Town	5	93	1,755	1,881
60	University of New Brunswick	1	93	1,910	1,133
62	Texas A&M University	6	89	2,953	3,226
63	University of Adelaide	6	85	2,161	2,503
63	University of Miami	2	85	2,888	2,384
65	Osaka University	5	77	2,057	2,154
66	Missouri University of Science and Technology	3	76	848	857
67	Yale University	2	75	3,706	3,080
68	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	3	73	1,461	1,503
69	Louisiana State University	3	72	2,870	2,686
70	Olivet Nazarene University	1	71	57	27
71	University of Melbourne	3	70	3,860	3,582
72	University of Zaragoza	1	67	2,562	1,771
72	Pierre and Marie Curie University	9	67	1,140	1,827
74	University of Hamburg	1	62	3,004	2,213
75	Nihon University	3	61	1,351	1,248
76	University of Sussex	2	60	2,253	2,034
77	University of British Columbia	1	58	4,784	3,814
78	Ibaraki University	2	56	731	634
79	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign	3	53	3,419	3,448
80	Harvard University	3	51	4,183	4,139
80	University of Saskatchewan	4	51	2,100	2,473
82	Ehime University	1	50	1,480	1,105
83	Makerere University	1	49	1,522	1,122
83	University of Turin	1	49	3,270	2,605
83	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	2	49	3,153	2,995
86	University of Kentucky	6	48	2,329	3,053
87	San Diego State University	1	47	2,731	2,125
87	Lawrence University	16	47	17	200
89	Lehigh University	3	44	1,200	1,389
89	Curtin University	7	44	1,594	2,572
91	Charles University	2	42	2,611	2,355
91	University of California, Berkeley	4	42	3,225	3,738
93	Tokyo Metropolitan University	1	41	1,424	1,060
94	University of Perugia	5	40	1,328	1,923
95	University of Newcastle	1	39	3,290	2,836
96	Stanford University	2	38	4,323	4,137
97	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	1	37	2,965	2,430
97	Okayama University	2	37	1,716	1,618
97	Indiana University Bloomington	2	37	2,431	2,434
97	Kyushu University	1	37	2,850	2,395
101	Gunma University	2	36	1,140	1,154
101	Stockholm University	1	36	3,054	2,638
103	University of Tasmania	1	35	2,673	2,324
104	University of Ottawa	2	34	3,395	3,358
104	Hokkaido University	1	34	2,902	2,452
106	University of North Dakota	1	33	1,753	1,526
107	Harper College	4	31	9	24
108	University of Texas at Austin	2	30	3,811	3,732
108	Case Western Reserve University	1	30	3,241	2,882
108	Texas Christian University	8	30	392	1,102
111	Pennsylvania State University	2	29	4,553	4,391
112	Ramapo College	1	28	232	203
113	University of St Andrews	1	26	2,196	2,044
113	Université libre de Bruxelles	4	26	1,802	2,621
115	University of Birmingham	3	25	3,185	3,668
115	University of Turku	1	25	2,930	2,702
115	Oklahoma State University	1	25	2,879	2,590
118	University of Leicester	1	24	3,032	2,837
119	University of Louisville	2	22	2,439	2,716
120	Université de Montréal	1	21	4,199	3,899
120	University of Houston–Clear Lake	1	21	589	583
122	Federal University of Minas Gerais	2	20	2,304	2,511
122	Chicago State University	1	20	1,075	1,134
122	Nassau Community College	2	20	61	106
125	University of Barcelona	1	19	3,490	3,297
126	Technical University of Lisbon	3	18	1,485	2,219
127	University of Warsaw	3	17	1,616	2,235
127	University of São Paulo	2	17	3,818	3,941
127	University of Otago	2	17	2,618	3,035
127	West Texas A&M University	1	17	410	437
131	Newcastle University	1	15	3,508	3,437
131	Douglass Residential College	2	15	83	139
133	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1	14	3,246	3,299
133	Mercer University	2	14	665	1,047
135	University of Alberta	3	13	3,674	4,442
135	University of Colorado Boulder	1	13	3,442	3,530
135	North Carolina State University	1	13	3,622	3,691
135	Yamagata University	1	13	1,367	1,405
135	University of La Serena	1	13	345	407
135	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	1	13	1,398	1,451
141	University of Southern California	10	12	2,166	4,082
141	Washington State University	1	12	3,209	3,353
143	University of Toronto	3	10	4,492	5,189
143	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	1	10	2,898	3,031
143	University of Illinois at Chicago	3	10	2,909	3,857
146	Université du Québec	1	9	3,389	3,566
146	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań	2	9	1,270	1,714
146	Marine Biological Laboratory	2	9	717	1,088
146	Technical University of Denmark	3	9	1,802	2,668
146	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	2	9	508	930
151	Patna University	1	8	198	279
151	Morgan State University	1	8	710	936
151	Geological Survey of Alabama	1	8	42	49
151	Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale	1	8	75	106
155	University of Salzburg	1	7	1,593	1,871
156	University of Oregon	1	6	2,562	2,899
156	Federal University of Bahia	1	6	1,802	2,136
156	Three Australia	1	6	2,393	2,782
159	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	1	5	629	852
159	University of Maryland	1	5	3,850	4,260
159	University of Waikato	1	5	1,795	2,327
159	University of South Carolina	1	5	3,408	3,779
159	Massey University	3	5	1,702	3,019
159	Long Beach City College	1	5	17	41
165	Kyoto University	1	4	3,541	3,880
165	University of Canterbury	1	4	2,425	2,968
165	Dalhousie University	2	4	2,784	3,803
165	University of Lausanne	3	4	1,968	3,186
165	Universiti Malaya	1	4	2,778	3,301
165	Texas Tech University	2	4	2,604	3,631
165	University of Western Australia	2	4	3,206	4,148
165	University of Palermo	1	4	2,498	2,929
165	Wayland Baptist University	1	4	16	62
165	California State University, Fresno	1	4	1,039	1,513
165	University of California, Irvine	1	4	3,703	4,109
176	Cornell University	1	3	4,588	5,024
176	University of Glasgow	1	3	3,834	4,334
176	University of Messina	1	3	1,935	2,439
176	Dr. Hari Singh Gour University	4	3	107	400
176	University of North London	1	3	318	452
181	Virginia Tech	1	2	3,793	4,332
181	Friedrich Schiller University Jena	1	2	2,538	3,141
181	University of Pretoria	1	2	2,826	3,418
181	Colorado College	1	2	414	782
181	Victoria University of Wellington	1	2	2,436	3,079
181	Old Dominion University	1	2	2,210	2,808
181	Gazi University	1	2	1,812	2,371
181	Northeastern Illinois University	1	2	490	868
181	California Western School of Law	1	2	53	129
190	University of Utah	2	1	3,585	4,648
190	Utrecht University	1	1	3,924	4,519
190	Michigan State University	2	1	3,874	5,000
190	Concordia University	1	1	2,693	3,495
190	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	1	1	2,740	3,480
190	Syracuse University	1	1	2,742	3,464
190	Umeå University	1	1	2,776	3,496
190	Lakehead University	1	1	1,364	2,043
190	Nagoya University	1	1	2,820	3,453
190	San Francisco State University	1	1	1,704	2,335
190	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	1	1	815	1,207
190	Portland State University	1	1	2,075	2,760
190	Chadron State College	2	1	25	124
203	University of Kansas	1	0	3,703	4,460
203	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1	0	4,098	4,710
203	Boise State University	1	0	1,435	2,206
203	University of Manitoba	1	0	3,476	4,229
203	Swarthmore College	1	0	862	1,496
203	University of Texas at El Paso	1	0	1,830	2,669
203	National University of Tucumán	1	0	693	1,069
203	University of Iowa	1	0	3,759	4,470

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