Top universities in United States by research output (2026)

Harvard University is the most active research institution in United States, with 2,962 papers in the last 29 days.

Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.

Most active institutions in United States

Rank	Institution	Papers (29 days)	Per day
1	Harvard University	2,962	102
2	Stanford University	1,669	58
3	United States Department of Energy	1,203	41
4	Johns Hopkins University	687	24
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	553	19
6	Mass General Brigham	549	19
7	Mayo Clinic	466	16
8	University of Michigan	455	16
9	University of Washington	416	14
10	Office of Science	330	11
11	Texas A&M University	264	9
12	Cornell University	228	8
13	University of California San Diego	218	8
14	Yale University	216	7
15	University of Pennsylvania	192	7
16	Duke University	173	6
17	New York University	173	6
18	University of California, San Francisco	167	6
19	University of California, Los Angeles	153	5
20	United States Department of Health and Human Services	144	5
21	University of Florida	142	5
22	University of Chicago	135	5
23	Emory University	131	5
24	University of Minnesota	131	5
25	University of Pittsburgh	128	4

This list includes institutions that were among the 200 most active in the world on at least one day. See all of United States's research or search any institution at the top of the page.