Name: List of Top Universities of Physical fitness sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Published: 2026-07-08T02:32:44Z
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16.7K(top 50%)

PR articles

389.0K(top 20%)

PR citations

171(top 50%)

PR h-index

182(top 50%)

h-index

18.8K

documents

422.3K

doc citations

Top Universities (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	University	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Ghent University	170	18.7K	169	79
2	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	174	15.9K	143	97
3	Deakin University	298	15.4K	27	27
4	University of Sydney	192	14.7K	219	129
5	Queen's University	53	12.5K	307	52
6	University of Alberta	130	11.8K	292	145
7	Edith Cowan University	241	9.4K	6	11
8	University of Cambridge	148	8.9K	317	292
9	University of Newcastle	126	8.8K	108	62
10	University of Ottawa	73	8.7K	281	94
11	Auckland University of Technology	211	8.5K	5	5
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	130	7.8K	319	284
13	University of British Columbia	91	7.7K	463	315
14	University of Bristol	99	7.6K	239	163
15	University of Minnesota	104	7.1K	457	371
16	Australian Catholic University	164	7.0K	8	10
17	Victoria University	82	6.9K	29	14
18	University of South Carolina	86	6.6K	164	101
19	University of São Paulo	255	6.6K	176	213
21	University of Queensland	149	6.3K	287	307
22	University of Hong Kong	58	6.3K	297	130
23	University of Western Australia	85	6.2K	256	165
24	Loughborough University	65	5.9K	136	48
25	University of Toronto	91	5.8K	612	477
26	Erasmus University Rotterdam	59	5.3K	299	210
27	Arizona State University	75	5.2K	350	254
28	Glasgow Caledonian University	21	5.1K	79	5
29	University of Granada	109	5.0K	108	95
30	Technical University of Lisbon	19	5.0K	347	72
31	University of Strathclyde	35	4.8K	281	84
32	University of South Australia	85	4.5K	96	80
33	University of Victoria	54	4.4K	183	104
34	University of Southern Denmark	87	4.2K	107	109
35	University College London	81	4.2K	501	454
36	University of Rochester	9	4.2K	837	251
36	University of Prince Edward Island	7	4.2K	137	2
38	University of Oxford	56	4.1K	707	514
39	Maastricht University	67	4.1K	202	165
40	University of Auckland	56	4.0K	322	204
41	University of Exeter	55	3.9K	261	191
42	University of Connecticut	99	3.8K	236	270
43	University of California, San Diego	77	3.7K	469	476
45	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	110	3.5K	126	115
46	Queen's University Belfast	29	3.5K	384	133
47	Harvard University	75	3.5K	854	793
48	University of Salford	101	3.5K	22	27
49	Baylor University	83	3.4K	269	260
50	University of Calgary	65	3.4K	351	280
51	Bangor University	17	3.4K	285	84
52	University of Melbourne	64	3.4K	564	467
53	University of Oslo	48	3.3K	467	313
54	San Diego State University	41	3.3K	203	122
55	University of Copenhagen	53	3.3K	519	404
56	University of Michigan	45	3.3K	897	676
57	University of Limerick	66	3.3K	54	35
58	Central Queensland University	55	3.2K	23	15
59	University of Oklahoma	66	3.2K	237	209
60	University of Edinburgh	57	3.1K	451	388
61	University of Ballarat	20	3.1K	12	3
62	Leeds Beckett University	90	3.0K	15	11
63	Duke University	34	3.0K	763	521
64	University of Texas at Austin	53	3.0K	718	587
65	Queensland University of Technology	52	3.0K	208	177
66	University of Waterloo	74	2.9K	293	276
67	University of Amsterdam	33	2.9K	650	426
68	University of East Anglia	38	2.8K	252	178
69	University of Porto	66	2.8K	202	191
70	University of Zurich	45	2.7K	393	322
71	Western Sydney University	39	2.7K	187	106
72	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	34	2.7K	723	496
73	Liverpool John Moores University	77	2.7K	51	61
75	Ohio State University	48	2.5K	744	609
76	University of Tasmania	26	2.5K	324	151
77	Bond University	65	2.5K	18	17
79	Dublin City University	43	2.5K	75	50
80	Flinders University	33	2.5K	265	133
81	Western University	41	2.5K	415	330
82	University of Wollongong	55	2.5K	213	187
83	University of Manchester	17	2.4K	1047	498
84	Pablo de Olavide University	66	2.4K	19	33
85	University of the Basque Country	55	2.4K	158	131
86	Middlesex University	73	2.4K	17	25
87	Johns Hopkins University	17	2.3K	1031	623
88	University of Canberra	50	2.3K	45	40
89	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	32	2.3K	204	161
90	Tokyo Gakugei University	5	2.3K	116	6
91	University of Jyväskylä	76	2.2K	76	108
92	Ulster University	35	2.2K	165	102
93	Pennsylvania State University	43	2.2K	769	645
94	Federal University of Pelotas	57	2.2K	42	27
95	University of Lisbon	41	2.1K	342	231
96	University of Birmingham	43	2.1K	502	413
97	Swansea University	39	2.1K	179	129
98	McMaster University	34	2.1K	530	400
99	University of Saskatchewan	33	2.1K	379	217
100	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	70	2.1K	190	232
101	Newcastle University	38	2.1K	395	323
102	University of Guelph	37	2.0K	301	233
103	University of Southern Queensland	30	2.0K	80	58
104	Public University of Navarre	27	2.0K	72	33
105	Memorial University of Newfoundland	48	2.0K	159	139
106	University of Tampa	19	1.9K	22	4
107	University of Milan	130	1.9K	225	447
108	University of Technology Sydney	52	1.9K	219	217
109	University of Otago	35	1.9K	348	266
109	University of Bath	38	1.9K	260	233
111	University of Helsinki	28	1.9K	680	466
112	The College of New Jersey	31	1.8K	19	11
113	University of Washington	31	1.8K	874	722
114	Monash University	44	1.8K	650	625
115	University of Central Florida	71	1.8K	145	203
116	La Trobe University	63	1.8K	185	249
117	University of Southampton	28	1.8K	579	428
117	Appalachian State University	41	1.8K	43	29
119	State University of Londrina	52	1.8K	41	28
120	Massey University	23	1.8K	297	156
121	Dalhousie University	26	1.8K	468	299
122	Northumbria University	47	1.7K	113	104
123	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	26	1.7K	318	210
124	University of Valencia	52	1.7K	225	261
125	Sapienza University of Rome	65	1.7K	411	493
126	Harokopio University of Athens	25	1.7K	29	21
127	Université de Montréal	49	1.6K	519	541
128	University of Massachusetts Amherst	26	1.6K	447	349
129	University of Bergen	14	1.6K	640	316
130	Coventry University	42	1.6K	65	68
131	University of Alabama	49	1.6K	225	250
132	Tokyo Medical University	20	1.6K	73	31
133	University of Kansas	59	1.5K	323	405
134	Curtin University	42	1.5K	296	290
135	Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology	4	1.5K	184	32
136	Oregon Health and Science University	8	1.5K	574	277
137	Oklahoma State University	74	1.5K	131	222
138	Washington University in St. Louis	42	1.5K	536	561
139	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	28	1.5K	23	4
140	University of Pittsburgh	39	1.5K	650	652
141	East Carolina University	19	1.4K	278	145
142	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	93	1.4K	95	134
143	University of Leeds	29	1.4K	605	502
144	University of Glasgow	39	1.4K	477	488
145	King's College London	30	1.4K	590	522
146	Bates College	29	1.4K	32	30
147	University of Cape Town	22	1.4K	447	304
148	Teesside University	24	1.3K	40	14
149	Swinburne University of Technology	36	1.3K	147	162
150	University of Texas at El Paso	11	1.3K	301	88
151	University of Zagreb	30	1.3K	262	161
152	Virginia Tech	21	1.3K	684	510
153	Northwestern University	28	1.3K	720	666
154	Oregon State University	24	1.3K	528	439
155	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign	28	1.3K	818	727
156	Chinese University of Hong Kong	54	1.3K	328	472
157	Hong Kong Baptist University	50	1.3K	122	174
158	East Tennessee State University	46	1.3K	41	56
159	University of Zaragoza	37	1.2K	210	210
160	University of Jaén	30	1.2K	82	80
161	University of Iowa	18	1.2K	775	554
162	University of Arkansas	26	1.2K	303	227
163	University of Agder	33	1.2K	32	48
164	University of Alabama at Birmingham	35	1.2K	364	371
164	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	30	1.2K	184	156
166	University of Potsdam	37	1.2K	163	197
167	University of Gothenburg	26	1.2K	592	507
168	Democritus University of Thrace	34	1.2K	59	71
169	Imperial College London	25	1.2K	828	767
169	McGill University	30	1.2K	812	783
171	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	59	1.2K	262	441
172	Marquette University	34	1.2K	109	105
172	James Cook University	42	1.2K	163	232
172	University of Chichester	35	1.2K	5	9
175	University of Basel	22	1.2K	428	370
176	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	36	1.1K	400	459
177	São Paulo State University	87	1.1K	183	291
178	University College Dublin	33	1.1K	324	384
179	University of Colorado	31	1.1K	455	486
180	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia	40	1.1K	5	12
182	Autonomous University of Madrid	23	1.1K	374	299
183	University of Lille	21	1.1K	497	374
184	Texas Tech University	42	1.1K	233	300
185	University of Pécs	21	1.1K	100	62
185	Sorbonne	29	1.1K	239	246
187	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	18	1.1K	470	367
188	University of Suffolk	34	1.1K	4	4
189	Waseda University	48	1.1K	146	175
190	Utrecht University	21	1.1K	819	713
191	University of León	34	1.1K	49	64
192	Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha	32	1.0K	137	133
193	University of Leicester	13	1.0K	622	371
194	Nuffield Department of Population Health	9	1.0K	81	43
195	Toronto Metropolitan University	4	1.0K	614	157
196	University of Southern Maine	4	1.0K	158	13
197	RMIT University	24	1.0K	356	304
198	University of Wisconsin–La Crosse	40	1.0K	9	18
199	University of Barcelona	23	1.0K	609	531
200	University of Kentucky	49	1.0K	389	571
201	University of Lausanne	17	1.0K	497	381
202	Université du Québec	23	1.0K	523	410
202	University of Chester	28	1.0K	18	14
204	Nanyang Technological University	17	999	644	491
205	Federation University Australia	13	992	79	31
206	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	16	991	447	316
207	Edge Hill University	27	985	21	16
208	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	42	968	281	374
209	University of L'Aquila	7	966	411	148
210	University of Puerto Rico	3	964	576	133
211	German Sport University Cologne	40	944	22	36
212	Radboud University	19	942	681	576
213	Laval University	26	939	561	539
214	George Washington University	19	935	536	427
214	University of Missouri	16	935	794	582
216	Wageningen University & Research	22	934	474	504
217	University of Gloucestershire	29	923	14	17
218	University of Utah	25	914	734	691
219	Temple University	20	909	462	397
220	Ruhr University Bochum	15	905	561	380
221	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	56	904	246	357
222	Tufts University	22	903	355	365
225	Vigo University	26	900	213	195
226	Sciences Po	10	899	310	163
226	University of Mississippi	37	899	214	290
226	St George's, University of London	16	899	194	202
229	Michigan State University	16	897	1031	802
229	University of Memphis	33	897	130	192
229	Manouba University	26	897	20	14
233	Texas A&M University	39	890	762	877
234	Douglas College	1	887	65	1
235	Stanford University	26	879	1099	1094
236	Southern Cross University	20	871	115	99
236	Universidad de los Andes	12	871	282	129
238	National University of Singapore	27	860	770	787
238	University of Navarre	28	860	131	191
240	Kenyatta University	11	859	49	15
241	University of South Florida	25	848	518	517
242	University of Virginia	23	844	676	662
243	Purdue University	17	838	1041	860
244	Goethe University Frankfurt	19	833	463	421
244	Universidade Católica de Brasília	44	833	17	30
247	Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina	41	820	20	24
248	Iowa State University	21	816	641	595
249	University of Split	19	815	82	55
250	Syracuse University	17	812	803	647
252	George Mason University	45	799	204	352
253	University of Verona	57	785	92	249
253	Cardiff Metropolitan University	27	785	6	11
255	University of Florida	26	784	940	945
256	University of Lancashire	41	783	51	121
257	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	27	781	173	195
258	University of New South Wales	26	780	866	873
259	Loyola University Chicago	5	776	594	206
260	University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro	20	773	86	80
260	Shanghai University of Sport	53	773	11	20
262	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	17	770	7	10
263	Miguel Hernández University of Elche	24	756	111	142
264	Louisiana State University	19	749	715	656
265	Cornell University	19	747	1223	1119
265	Colorado State University	15	747	714	556
265	University of Houston	22	747	502	498
268	Universidade Federal do Paraná	33	746	194	211
269	University of Murcia	29	742	189	228
270	University of Turin	38	740	359	525
271	University of La Frontera	20	739	69	63
272	Tor Vergata University of Rome	17	738	404	328
273	University of Louisville	17	737	429	373
274	University of Pennsylvania	12	734	692	566
275	Kennesaw State University	28	728	37	49
276	University of Stirling	25	718	193	263
277	University of Cádiz	12	716	204	120
278	University of California, San Francisco	11	714	761	630
279	Aarhus University	21	713	740	746
280	Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception	27	709	18	15
281	University of Beira Interior	24	707	74	102
282	University of Ljubljana	21	705	440	396
282	University of Bologna	35	705	521	713
284	University of South Wales	33	697	12	23
285	Tel Aviv University	21	692	769	730
286	University of Notre Dame	15	691	520	442
287	University of Nebraska Medical Center	19	690	273	258
288	Charles University	32	689	406	467
289	University of Hull	18	688	295	237
290	Federal University of Minas Gerais	37	687	284	357
290	University of Bedfordshire	18	687	28	29
292	Indiana State University	6	686	209	60
293	University of Jendouba	22	682	6	5
294	West Virginia University	21	675	430	418
295	Brock University	11	667	289	169
297	Kent State University	17	658	304	288
298	University of Lyon	15	657	501	455
299	University of Sheffield	11	655	1015	767
300	D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara	25	653	64	86
301	Cardiff University	8	651	1014	656
302	Seoul National University	19	649	886	783
303	University of Tsukuba	28	646	400	440
304	University of Dundee	13	635	426	394
305	University of Illinois at Chicago	18	629	740	742
306	University of Paris	24	625	348	395
307	University of Liverpool	15	622	815	691
308	University of Regensburg	4	619	681	356
309	University of Surrey	8	618	729	511
309	University of the Republic	11	618	538	336
311	Texas Christian University	30	608	84	109
312	Rutgers University	23	607	882	939
313	University of Konstanz	12	604	361	330
314	Griffith University	32	603	381	614
315	University of California, Berkeley	13	599	1224	1106
316	University of Maryland	13	596	960	837
317	University of the West of England	13	593	244	197
318	University of Adelaide	11	592	916	730
319	Medical University of South Carolina	3	591	756	377
320	Florida State University	18	590	616	592
321	University of Tartu	15	589	343	308
322	University of Groningen	19	587	770	806
323	University of Sherbrooke	14	585	412	364
324	Auburn University	27	580	399	475
326	University of Picardie Jules Verne	10	575	135	92
327	Lithuanian Sports University	30	570	5	11
327	Paris North University	13	570	142	120
329	University of Bremen	18	567	319	339
330	Brown University	21	566	621	715
330	Durham University	13	566	685	545
332	The Robert Gordon University	10	565	112	82
333	University of Galway	9	556	509	361
333	University of Essex	23	556	242	334
336	Murdoch University	25	551	199	296
337	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz	12	547	604	529
338	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	23	544	246	229
339	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	18	543	412	468
340	Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre	19	542	24	18
341	Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná	17	541	37	38
342	Pierre and Marie Curie University	9	540	684	551
343	Rio de Janeiro State University	29	535	122	143
345	Kansas State University	17	534	467	452
346	Macquarie University	14	532	639	594
347	Northern Kentucky University	15	529	45	24
348	University of New Mexico	18	528	581	624
348	University of Pernambuco	19	528	28	20
350	University of Extremadura	26	527	153	226
350	Open University of the Netherlands	11	527	39	44
352	Fontys University of Applied Sciences	7	525	23	12
353	Charles Sturt University	13	524	233	218
354	University of Manitoba	29	518	454	668
355	Yale University	13	514	1080	998
356	University of North Dakota	21	512	141	184
356	University of Girona	12	512	224	204
358	Technical University of Madrid	25	511	244	345
358	Umeå University	16	511	540	554
360	Boise State University	19	508	123	140
361	Northern Arizona University	15	505	217	222
361	Aston University	7	505	402	251
363	Texas State University	18	501	225	207
363	City, University of London	7	501	426	271
365	University of Campinas	39	500	382	577
365	University of Brighton	12	500	172	160
367	Polytechnic Institute of Porto	5	496	118	47
368	University of Miami	36	495	419	736
368	University of Maiduguri	8	495	27	15
370	University of Tampere	6	494	441	262
370	Lindenwood University	23	494	8	9
372	University of Waikato	18	489	196	240
372	Carroll University	24	489	4	12
374	Florida Atlantic University	16	488	288	290
374	University of Seville	23	488	343	450
376	University of Sunderland	3	486	233	59
377	University of Hertfordshire	16	483	162	194
378	Gustavus Adolphus College	3	482	71	8
379	Auburn University at Montgomery	11	477	33	18
380	University of Southern California	24	475	815	1029
381	University of Sfax	21	471	153	175
382	New York University	15	470	1087	1038
382	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	16	470	828	832
384	University of Belgrade	23	469	397	441
385	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	7	468	530	301
385	Truman State University	19	468	14	14
387	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul	10	467	142	61
388	University of Brasília	23	465	275	305
389	University of Wolverhampton	18	463	62	80
390	University of Colorado Denver	14	462	493	495
391	ISMAI	21	459	5	10
392	University of Turku	7	458	826	555
395	University of Tokyo	26	454	865	989
396	Nord University	13	453	68	70
398	University of Thessaly	16	449	186	215
399	University of Massachusetts Boston	7	447	392	256
399	Universidad de Málaga	11	447	386	322
401	Palacký University Olomouc	23	442	142	210
402	University of Rhode Island	18	439	349	438
403	Federal University of Juiz de Fora	30	438	64	94
404	University of Guilan	24	437	104	127
405	University of Padua	27	436	610	851
406	University of Aberdeen	13	431	624	625
406	University of York	10	431	724	632
408	National Taiwan Normal University	15	427	208	203
409	University of Staffordshire	7	426	162	82
409	European University of Madrid	21	426	25	50
411	Nova Southeastern University	15	425	127	144
411	Telemark University College	5	425	34	31
413	University Centre Shrewsbury	1	424	10	1
414	University of Fribourg	5	423	598	355
414	University of Cassino	13	423	76	84
414	University of Evansville	4	423	42	9
417	King Saud University	6	421	897	603
418	University of Skövde	6	420	99	51
418	Manchester Metropolitan University	21	420	211	304
420	University of Stuttgart	7	416	549	422
421	University of Nebraska Omaha	14	413	166	182
422	University of North Texas	23	411	276	435
422	Goodwin University	3	411	397	203
424	University of Missouri–Kansas City	9	410	337	280
425	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	8	409	341	265
426	ETH Zürich	6	407	1218	976
426	University of Graz	12	407	344	345
429	China Medical University	8	403	593	408
430	Columbia University	12	401	1313	1271
430	University of Plymouth	9	401	436	382
433	Diego Portales University	7	398	99	48
434	Towson University	7	397	242	128
434	University of San Francisco	8	397	165	98
434	University of Worcester	10	397	50	48
434	Lanzhou University	3	397	911	432
438	Peking University	11	393	1090	944
438	Bloomsburg University	8	393	60	32
440	Eastern Illinois University	10	390	75	62
441	University of Crete	4	389	619	335
442	Universiti Malaya	9	388	658	492
442	University of Derby	13	388	91	102
444	King Abdulaziz University	4	384	870	515
445	University of Eastern Finland	13	380	355	380
446	The Education University of Hong Kong	23	377	126	187
447	University of Toledo	8	373	480	383
448	Munster Technological University	11	372	55	51
449	Pontifical University of Salamanca	8	371	6	4
450	Ball State University	20	369	107	182
450	Coastal Carolina University	17	369	15	33
450	University of Glamorgan	2	369	320	81
453	American University of Beirut	2	367	864	296
454	Ohio University	18	365	289	394
454	University of the West of Scotland	12	365	74	80
454	Wilfrid Laurier University	9	365	393	354
457	Universidade Federal de Goiás	19	364	167	189
458	University of Haifa	5	362	844	492
459	University of Chile	15	360	500	547
459	London Metropolitan University	3	360	264	99
461	University of Coimbra	11	359	580	556
462	Concordia University	7	358	708	535
463	Andrés Bello University	17	357	88	98
464	University of Nordland	6	355	26	30
465	University of Wisconsin–Madison	17	353	1220	1381
465	University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	7	353	251	166
467	Akershus University College	7	352	73	59
468	University of Salamanca	11	351	700	652
468	Grand Valley State University	16	351	64	109
470	University of Salzburg	17	350	186	296
470	University of A Coruña	27	350	113	236
472	University of Bahrain	1	349	417	52
473	University of Vienna	13	347	859	857
474	St Mary's University College	4	345	17	5
475	Ramon Llulll University	2	344	275	85
475	Universidade Federal da Paraíba	24	344	133	196
477	Illinois State University	10	341	284	243
477	North-West University	12	341	293	283
477	Springfield College	18	341	9	18
480	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	14	340	514	578
481	University of Niš	9	337	147	91
481	Universidad de Los Lagos	11	337	40	29
483	Federal University of Viçosa	18	336	212	237
484	Oxford Brookes University	13	333	213	263
484	Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice	11	333	11	7
486	Collin College	1	331	484	95
487	University of Lincoln	9	330	216	185
488	University of Teramo	12	328	928	947
489	Poznań University of Medical Sciences	10	326	140	123
490	Old Dominion University	19	324	251	406
490	Nord-Trøndelag University College	8	324	3	4
490	University of California, Irvine	7	324	1159	1004
493	Ulm University	5	322	739	573
493	Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences	1	322	109	26
495	University of Wyoming	13	321	417	486
496	Autonomous University of Chile	19	320	40	79
497	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	15	319	333	358
498	Federal Rural University of Pernambuco	8	317	200	115
499	Castleton University	2	316	10	1
499	American River College	2	316	12	3
501	Rowan University	6	314	217	139
502	Universidade Federal do Piauí	17	313	93	107
503	Federal University of Maranhão	24	312	53	70
503	Copenhagen Business School	7	312	175	160
505	Saint Mary's University	11	310	135	154
505	Middle Tennessee State University	12	310	98	99
507	Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte	31	309	49	115
508	Chinese Culture University	9	307	101	93
509	University of Malta	1	306	701	123
509	University of Canterbury	8	306	613	521
509	Rush University	6	306	390	327
509	University of New Brunswick	11	306	373	402
509	University of Lleida	7	306	270	239
509	University of Santiago	15	306	147	195
515	Leeds Trinity University	19	302	7	25
516	Peking Union Medical College	10	299	464	425
516	Ithaca College	9	299	72	68
518	Université libre de Bruxelles	10	298	673	666
519	Emory University	16	296	754	894
520	Technical University of Munich	11	295	923	943
520	Simon Fraser University	10	295	756	771
520	University College Cork	11	295	505	555
523	Southampton Solent University	12	294	12	16
524	Australian National University	10	292	971	987
524	Northern Illinois University	14	292	299	371
526	St. Ambrose University	2	291	44	8
527	University of Strasbourg	3	289	904	535
528	Mid Sweden University	10	288	128	164
528	Örebro University	5	288	409	306
530	Brunel University London	11	287	442	536
530	Nippon Sport Science University	15	287	8	10
532	University of Évora	9	286	187	163
533	University of Düsseldorf	2	285	988	558
533	Washington State University	7	285	1001	873
535	Shenzhen University	9	283	576	530
536	Marie and Louis Pasteur University	7	282	454	411
537	Hofstra University	13	281	170	222
539	Pamukkale University	5	280	281	138
540	Wayne State University	19	279	599	824
541	Beijing Sport University	23	277	15	21
541	Niigata University of Health and Welfare	15	277	20	20
543	University of North Alabama	20	276	8	14
543	Universidade Federal do Amazonas	12	276	104	101
545	Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro	23	275	27	46
546	École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation	9	273	304	311
547	Georgia Southern University	27	272	68	199
547	University of Dayton	8	272	264	226
549	University of Delaware	10	270	784	840
550	Tianjin Medical University	4	269	436	291
550	The Hague University	6	269	40	29
552	Edinburgh Napier University	16	268	96	227
553	Mississippi State University	19	267	329	539
553	King Juan Carlos University	20	267	153	287
555	Heidelberg University	16	265	671	827
556	Selçuk University	10	261	228	210
556	A.T. Still University	10	261	31	40
558	University of Kent	8	260	590	578
559	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	14	259	161	220
559	Southeastern Louisiana University	8	259	77	77
559	University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia	9	259	32	43
559	Rollins College	11	259	299	391
559	National Taiwan University of Sport	12	259	6	10
564	Creighton University	15	258	132	207
564	University of Oulu	6	258	813	669
567	University of Northern Colorado	3	256	300	130
568	University of Warwick	5	255	1140	905
569	University of Regina	11	254	253	304
570	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	10	253	242	315
570	Kingdom University	2	253	76	22
572	Queen Mary University of London	6	252	991	812
572	University of the Sunshine Coast	14	252	154	232
572	University of California, Davis	2	252	1917	1354
575	University of Gdańsk	15	251	249	304
577	Canterbury Christ Church University	3	250	219	95
579	North Carolina State University	10	249	969	1060
579	Federal University of Pernambuco	14	249	384	390
579	Paulista University	11	249	11	20
582	Greenlands	8	247	7	15
583	Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences	7	246	30	36
584	Tarbiat Modares University	19	245	350	530
586	Kanazawa University	33	244	210	448
587	Elon University	9	243	43	50
587	Universidad Nacional de Rosario	12	243	586	619
589	Peking University Health Science Center	6	242	246	232
589	Oslo Metropolitan University	5	242	368	187
591	Sacred Heart University	15	241	20	40
591	Texas Woman's University	9	241	104	79
591	Menlo College	3	241	810	631
594	Kyoto University	11	239	1039	1039
595	University of Freiburg	10	238	689	768
595	Federal University of Sergipe	21	238	100	175
597	Minnesota State University, Mankato	12	237	47	65
598	University of the Witwatersrand	11	236	657	687
598	University of Liège	2	236	1278	783
600	Louisiana Tech University	13	235	75	139
600	York St John University	4	235	213	111
602	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	8	234	1155	1051
602	University of Houston–Clear Lake	8	234	68	65
604	University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt	8	231	7	19
604	University of Texas Medical Branch	9	231	428	475
604	Nottingham Trent University	12	231	290	394
608	National Taiwan University	6	230	1188	1004
608	Barry University	4	230	92	51
608	University of Huddersfield	5	230	399	272
608	State University of West Paraná	8	230	73	53
608	Methodist University of Piracicaba	9	230	12	18
613	Medical University of Vienna	9	228	440	495
613	University of Tehran	30	228	398	753
615	University of California, Merced	1	225	792	334
616	University of Nottingham	8	221	1222	1195
616	Sichuan University	6	221	1092	863
618	Anglia Ruskin University	10	220	136	204
618	University of Greenwich	10	220	234	332
620	University of Bradford	10	219	340	432
620	University of Physical Education in Wrocław	10	219	10	12
623	University of Iceland	6	217	488	463
624	Pontifical Xavierian University	4	215	297	176
625	Catholic University of the Sacred Heart	6	214	623	570
626	Princeton University	6	212	938	926
626	Utah State University	14	212	433	652
628	Fudan University	11	211	884	929
628	UCL Medical School	4	211	73	90
630	Royal Military College of Canada	1	209	384	118
631	Juntendo University	15	208	172	271
632	University College Odisee	1	207	33	2
633	University of Cincinnati	9	205	977	1016
633	San Jorge University	9	205	19	30
637	Montana State University	6	201	583	545
637	University of Alicante	7	201	404	395
639	National Yang-Ming University	5	200	462	407
639	Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)	21	200	136	243
641	Linköping University	3	199	1089	801
642	University of Poitiers	5	198	473	393
642	Samford University	8	198	33	44
644	University of West Florida	4	194	231	143
645	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	9	193	1019	1098
645	University of Macau	13	193	357	499
645	Lipscomb University	5	193	24	27
648	University of Vermont	8	192	684	750
648	National University of Córdoba	5	192	792	642
648	University of the Balearic Islands	6	192	316	320
651	University of Arizona	9	190	1326	1396
651	University of Mary	9	190	13	12
653	University of Notre Dame Australia	13	189	38	74
653	Waikato Institute of Technology	5	189	7	8
655	Ariel University	13	188	139	199
655	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	14	188	268	345
657	University of Orléans	8	187	278	329
657	University of Primorska	10	187	63	100
659	Case Western Reserve University	8	186	1154	1224
660	The Citadel	7	184	46	45
663	Emporia State University	5	182	69	41
663	University of Abertay Dundee	10	182	77	148
665	South Dakota State University	11	181	196	328
667	Vanderbilt University	7	180	1105	1140
667	Sheffield Hallam University	13	180	221	375
667	University of Tulsa	16	180	89	282
670	Technological University Dublin	15	179	24	54
671	Salem College	1	178	32	2
672	Miami University	7	177	551	569
672	University of Calcutta	5	177	563	437
672	North Dakota State University	12	177	355	543
672	Northwest University	7	177	463	432
672	Bellarmine University	5	177	28	27
677	Stockholm University	4	176	1225	1015
677	University of Colorado Boulder	9	176	963	1130
677	Louisiana State University Shreveport	3	176	89	81
680	University of Central Missouri	7	175	52	50
680	Federal University of Bahia	9	175	375	379
680	Kingston University	4	175	429	337
684	Saarland University	7	174	538	569
684	University of Colombo	3	174	275	125
686	Tokyo University of Science	5	173	725	640
686	Universidade Federal de Alagoas	5	173	287	214
688	University of Southern Mississippi	10	172	289	362
689	University of Rennes	10	171	165	320
689	Tehran University of Medical Sciences	17	171	392	600
692	National Taiwan Sport University	10	170	16	24
693	University of Almería	21	169	104	307
693	Texas A&M University–San Antonio	3	169	55	12
696	Tilburg University	2	167	766	523
698	University of the West Indies	3	166	641	346
698	High Point University	10	166	25	40
698	Shiraz University of Medical Sciences	8	166	334	339
698	University of Kurdistan	10	166	135	183
702	Sun Yat-sen University	5	165	1245	1072
702	Rovira i Virgili University	5	165	491	486
704	Adams State University	5	164	11	19
705	Institut universitaire de France	3	163	528	375
707	University of Cumbria	7	161	25	39
708	University of Bonn	3	160	1188	967
708	University of Giessen	7	160	654	733
708	Chiba University	6	160	705	646
711	Friedrich Schiller University Jena	5	157	854	798
711	University of Innsbruck	13	157	436	724
711	Nagoya University	9	157	819	899
714	Bowling Green State University	6	156	422	458
714	University of North Florida	4	156	285	177
714	Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp	3	156	280	240
714	Birmingham City University	9	156	94	125
718	University of New Hampshire	9	155	479	639
718	PSL Research University	2	155	890	535
720	Mahidol University	12	154	453	635
720	Paris Descartes University	5	154	586	589
720	University of Greater Manchester	3	154	120	87
720	Winona State University	3	154	73	40
720	St. Catherine University	4	154	60	41
725	Texas A&M International University	9	153	32	54
726	Universidade Federal do Pará	8	152	325	327
727	Amherst College	2	151	319	200
727	University of Würzburg	6	151	726	800
727	Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso	11	151	206	278
727	University of Wisconsin–Parkside	5	151	72	79
727	Ishikawa Prefectural University	7	151	49	71
732	Missouri Western State University	6	150	12	18
733	Ritsumeikan University	9	149	267	311
733	Jinan University	6	149	699	664
735	Kyambogo University	1	148	152	20
735	Universidade Nove de Julho	6	148	66	56
735	University West	6	148	185	214
739	University of Oregon	6	146	794	815
739	Hasselt University	1	146	733	381
739	National Changhua University of Education	2	146	306	172
742	International University of Catalonia	2	145	185	102
742	Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus	4	145	21	22
742	Rocky Mountain College	6	145	3	5
746	University of Isfahan	16	144	190	354
746	United States Air Force Academy	1	144	128	43
746	University of Paris-Est	4	144	543	493
750	Lund University	7	143	1267	1343
750	Semmelweis University	6	143	396	424
752	Acadia University	3	142	316	218
752	University of St Mark & St John	4	142	19	16
754	Redwood Building	3	140	54	70
756	University of Greifswald	4	139	511	470
756	Anadolu University	2	139	399	238
756	St. Francis Xavier University	6	139	189	224
756	Concordia University Chicago	4	139	12	11
756	Sorbonne Universités	3	139	644	565
761	Fluminense Federal University	10	138	337	449
761	Université de Moncton	3	138	298	205
761	Lebanon Valley College	8	138	22	25
761	Polytechnic Institute of Bragança	4	138	54	81
765	Yonsei University	9	137	796	964
765	University of the Faroe Islands	3	137	34	21
765	Beijing Normal University	5	137	818	777
768	University of Magdeburg	7	136	444	562
768	Laurentian University	3	136	420	332
768	Parthenope University of Naples	6	136	181	253
768	Arcadia University	4	136	72	60
768	Western New Mexico University	2	136	24	8
773	University of Toulon	9	135	144	202
774	University of St Andrews	3	134	909	752
774	Trinity College, Dublin	3	134	1223	970
774	University of Roehampton	4	134	257	217
778	Western Washington University	4	133	357	333
778	Stephen F. Austin State University	5	133	79	74
780	University of Nicosia	11	132	52	132
780	Guangzhou Sport University	10	132	9	19
780	Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto	7	132	207	221
780	Paris-Saclay University	8	132	841	905
784	Brigham Young University	11	131	560	836
784	Stellenbosch University	8	131	695	827
784	Midwestern State University of Texas	7	131	14	17
784	Windesheim University of Applied Sciences	2	131	60	33
784	Aalborg University Copenhagen	1	131	260	118
790	Complutense University of Madrid	5	130	1101	1030
790	Fu Jen Catholic University	2	130	531	313
792	Clemson University	4	129	1031	905
792	University of Montpellier	6	129	869	920
792	University of Molise	9	129	153	344
792	Atlantic University	3	129	13	19
797	Aberystwyth University	6	128	407	463
797	Marmara University	8	128	320	405
797	University of Sousse	9	128	139	185
800	University of Göttingen	2	127	1342	1033
800	Western Michigan University	14	127	350	664
803	University of Milan-Bicocca	14	126	447	850
803	Brooks College of Health	3	126	18	10
803	Jaume I University	6	126	362	451
803	Universidade da Região de Joinville	2	126	61	22
807	United States Military Academy	5	125	116	146
807	Shandong University	4	125	1127	992
807	University of Reading	3	125	1143	938
807	University of Nebraska at Kearney	8	125	49	94
807	University of California, Los Angeles	9	125	1396	1629
812	University of Portsmouth	9	124	412	629
812	Tianjin University of Sport	7	124	12	20
814	Fırat University	2	123	447	295
814	Hacettepe University	13	123	442	698
814	Chongqing Medical University	3	123	519	419
817	Uppsala University	7	122	1235	1333
817	University of Hildesheim	3	122	77	51
817	Newman University	6	122	9	23
817	Isfahan University of Medical Sciences	8	122	263	343
817	Kean University	4	122	118	97
817	University of Taipei	9	122	35	56
823	Wake Forest University	8	121	588	775
823	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	10	121	756	1004
823	Tokyo Medical and Dental University	3	121	518	436
823	Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences	20	121	47	203
823	Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University	5	121	120	119
828	École polytechnique	4	120	1053	1037
828	New Mexico State University	4	120	656	590
828	University of Montana	5	120	467	507
831	Plekhanov Russian Economic University	4	119	69	18
831	Ningbo University	7	119	513	533
834	University of Minho	5	118	710	758
834	Teikyo University	8	118	258	321
836	Kyushu University	12	117	792	1010
836	Chapman University	3	117	358	313
838	Kazan Federal University	3	116	425	302
838	University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway	4	116	789	759
838	Rhodes University	4	116	417	370
838	Universidad Finis Terrae	7	116	24	23
844	Qingdao University	3	114	731	557
844	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	4	114	695	678
844	Southwest Minnesota State University	4	114	2	13
844	Universidade Cesumar	10	114	4	7
844	University of Côte d'Azur	3	114	350	373
849	University of Ibadan	4	113	572	461
849	San Francisco State University	4	113	551	550
851	TUD Dresden University of Technology	1	112	1477	1012
851	Psychologische Hochschule Berlin	1	112	72	21
853	Allama Iqbal Medical College	1	111	73	19
853	Kharazmi University	11	111	144	261
853	New York Institute of Technology	4	111	130	148
857	Aalborg University	13	110	466	819
857	Bournemouth University	6	110	305	414
857	Daemen University	5	110	17	17
857	Federal University of Uberlândia	11	110	252	352
857	Hebei Normal University	7	110	216	262
862	University of Kassel	2	109	666	471
862	Tulane University of Louisiana	5	109	840	898
862	University of Alaska Anchorage	1	109	465	233
862	Federal University of Rio Grande	12	109	272	471
866	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	1	108	433	151
866	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	5	108	535	539
866	Marymount University	4	108	45	39
869	Leiden University	5	107	1233	1272
869	Valdosta State University	6	107	68	87
869	University North	3	107	262	266
872	Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg	4	106	733	716
872	University of Texas at San Antonio	7	106	499	681
872	University of Lorraine	2	106	985	700
872	University of South Carolina Upstate	4	106	31	27
876	Tsinghua University	5	105	1252	1228
876	University of Novi Sad	3	105	637	482
876	Georgia State University	9	105	635	923
876	Wayne State College	4	105	12	20
880	Pompeu Fabra University	9	104	419	690
880	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad	15	104	262	530
880	Kaohsiung Medical University	4	104	473	460
880	California Polytechnic State University	6	104	243	354
880	Universidade Federal do Ceará	9	104	406	572
880	Sorbonne University	5	104	863	808
886	Bielefeld University	3	103	810	728
886	University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences	3	103	1195	1034
886	Singapore-HUJ Alliance for Research and Enterprise	1	103	354	187
889	University of Idaho	5	102	585	668
889	Cayetano Heredia University	4	102	186	220
891	St. Francis College	4	101	24	12
891	Sakarya University	1	101	608	304
891	East China Normal University	6	101	704	760
891	University of Windsor	5	101	607	662
891	University of Cagliari	18	101	299	775
896	University of Naples Federico II	5	100	1050	1137
896	Kazan State Medical University	3	100	58	40
896	Polytechnic Institute of Viseu	1	100	141	73
899	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3	99	1687	1569
899	Southeast Missouri State University	3	99	111	98
899	Taipei Medical University	5	99	465	514
899	Nipissing University	3	99	138	116
904	University of Antwerp	3	98	1232	1107
904	Tunis El Manar University	3	98	583	457
904	Nagoya Gakuin University	1	98	31	6
904	FH Joanneum	3	98	22	17
908	University of Geneva	6	97	961	1126
908	Shahid Beheshti University	10	97	366	545
908	Saint Louis University	2	97	1030	798
908	University of Catania	8	97	586	820
908	Long Island University	4	97	263	256
908	Troy University	7	97	53	71
908	University of Kragujevac	5	97	198	233
908	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire	5	97	140	200
908	Marywood University	3	97	39	35
917	Kyung Hee University	7	96	639	814
917	Chukyo University	8	96	44	69
917	Manisa Celal Bayar University	3	96	301	254
921	University of Guadalajara	3	95	570	453
921	Klaipėda University	2	95	92	74
921	University of Neuchâtel	1	95	709	473
921	University of KwaZulu-Natal	6	95	634	781
921	University of Puget Sound	6	95	308	461
926	University of Oldenburg	4	94	552	579
926	University of Mostar	2	94	43	24
928	University of Hamburg	3	93	1225	1121
928	University of Pisa	6	93	937	1110
928	National University of Malaysia	5	93	615	656
928	University of Évry Val d'Essonne	2	93	190	162
934	University of Wuppertal	5	92	203	311
934	Tokyo Metropolitan University	2	92	663	497
934	Nevada State College	2	92	27	16
934	Federal University of Espírito Santo	11	92	239	394
938	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	4	91	294	286
938	Keio University	4	91	914	865
938	Grenoble University - Grenoble Alpes University	3	91	859	760
938	Reed College	6	91	496	681
942	Burapha University	6	90	88	153
942	National Chung Hsing University	4	90	632	634
942	Hokkaido University	9	90	874	1097
942	Shimane University	4	90	408	412
942	University of Madeira	2	90	227	194
942	University of Burgundy Franche-Comté	7	90	651	830
948	Yong In University	1	89	37	16
948	Nihon Fukushi University	6	89	22	37
950	University of Twente	2	88	1088	965
950	Aix-Marseille University	6	88	970	1099
950	University of British Columbia Okanagan	3	88	360	373
950	Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	6	88	43	87
954	Drexel University	7	87	653	945
954	Chulalongkorn University	6	87	680	801
954	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	7	87	418	586
954	Carleton University	4	87	1013	1026
954	Gazi University	7	87	498	603
954	University of Palermo	8	87	661	943
954	Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	6	87	8	28
961	Technological University Hinthada	7	86	266	327
962	Liaoning Normal University	4	85	268	263
962	Florida Southern College	3	85	27	22
965	Rakuno Gakuen University	7	84	55	105
966	University of Alcalá	5	83	541	684
966	Southern Oregon University	1	83	178	80
966	Opole University of Technology	4	83	80	72
966	Korea University	7	83	906	1153
970	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University	3	82	301	308
970	Sultan Qaboos University	3	82	619	592
970	Erzurum Technical University	4	82	75	91
970	Northwest Missouri State University	4	82	23	49
970	Metropolitan University College	1	82	56	36
975	Dartmouth College	1	81	1512	1112
975	Smith College	1	81	567	330
975	Eindhoven University of Technology	4	81	675	781
975	University of Debrecen	5	81	467	561
975	Heriot-Watt University	4	81	663	748
975	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	2	81	1287	1093
975	Columbus State University	2	81	108	67
975	Tongji Medical College	2	81	675	554
975	Moulton College	2	81	5	7
984	Makerere University	2	80	667	564
984	Georgetown University	4	80	1068	1061
984	San José State University	3	80	601	528
984	Salem State University	3	80	47	64
984	Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University	2	80	152	102
990	Polytechnic University of Milan	4	79	784	856
990	University of Sassari	8	79	317	590
990	Ashland University	1	79	108	51
990	University of Central Arkansas	5	79	108	163
990	College of the Holy Cross	4	79	176	230
990	Universidade Lusófona	9	79	46	188
990	Loyola University Andalucía	9	79	22	65
997	Northern Michigan University	6	78	67	115
997	Anton de Kom University of Suriname	2	78	39	27
997	Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology	6	78	4	23
997	University of Mazandaran	13	78	92	240

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