Stanford University

United States of America (USA)

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Stanford University's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Stanford University is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global United States of America (USA)
Overall 15 2
Academic 13 2

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global United States of America (USA)
Applied sciences 38 1
Health sciences 9 3
Natural sciences 21 3
Biological sciences 5 2
Chemistry 60 4
Earth & environmental sciences 46 13
Physical sciences 21 6
Social sciences 2 2

Research

Stanford University has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 2380 708.17

Overall Count and Share for 'Stanford University' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 327 137.00
Biological sciences 362 124.57
Chemistry 193 72.87
Earth & environmental sciences 101 29.64
Health sciences 826 217.57
Physical sciences 434 74.32
Social sciences 137 52.19

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Stanford University published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
Topics Count Share
Clinical Sciences 195 43.87
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 125 38.22
Oncology and Carcinogenesis 156 36.32
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 74 27.59
Zoology 58 26.27
Physical Chemistry 74 25.25
Quantum Physics 62 22.95

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 620 639 576 676 714
Applied sciences 122 117 100 124 0
Health sciences 155 205 196 210 0
Natural sciences 330 300 264 299 0
Biological sciences 136 122 98 107 0
Chemistry 78 68 68 78 75
Earth & environmental sciences 33 31 22 28 0
Physical sciences 83 79 76 86 0
Social sciences 14 16 17 44 0
Nature & Science 61 48 43 60 67

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Stanford University.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (348 institutions) 18.9%
Domestic (368 institutions) 81.1%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Stanford University by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Stanford Medicine 204.77 / 140.25 345.02
Harvard University 55.56 / 76.61 132.17
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) 36.74 / 30.72 67.46
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 29.27 / 28.57 57.84
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) 28.57 / 24.82 53.39
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Top 5 international collaborators with Stanford University by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Max Planck Society 20.07 / 13.52 33.59
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 22.12 / 9.14 31.27
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 17.23 / 7.25 24.48
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 9.84 / 13.32 23.16
University of Oxford 10.07 / 10.38 20.45
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Stanford University. All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.