UCL leads the way in research

UCL has reaffirmed its position as one of the world's top research institutes in a series of recent world rankings. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 , published yesterday, UCL is ranked 15th in the world and has risen two places to 15 in the new Shanghai-ARWU 2019 league table. UCL now ranks joint 7th in the world following an update of the Essential Scientific Indicators (ESI) citations data - up three places since November 2018. UCL is the only institution in the top 15 whose rank has risen in the latest period. The recent Public Library of Science (PLOS) publications , which lists the top 100,000 individual researchers in the world over a 22-year period, shows that UCL has the 10th highest number of leading scholars and 2nd highest in the UK. PLOS citation data (1996-2017) Finally, our research activity - a primary means through which we generate public benefit - continues to grow. In 2018-19 UCL had its most successful year ever for new research awards, with £502 million new grants won.
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