The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University to rank universities globally. TThe ranking considers every university that has any Nobel Laureates, Fields Medalists, Highly Cited Researchers, or papers published in Nature or Science. In addition, universities with significant amount of papers indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) are also included. In total, more than 1000 universities are currently ranked and the best 500 are published on the web. This page reports the ranking of the best 50 universities in Social Sciences.
Ranking of the best 20 world universities in Social Sciences - 2011 edition
Rank | University | Country | Score | |
1 |
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100.0
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2 |
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94.8
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3 |
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81.5
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4 |
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80.2
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5 |
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78.3
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6 |
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78.0
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7 |
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77.7
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8 |
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74.0
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9 |
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71.6
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10 |
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65.3
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11 |
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64.4
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12 |
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62.6
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13 |
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61.0
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14 |
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60.0
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15 |
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57.3
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16 |
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57.2
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17 |
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57.0
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18 |
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56.7
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19 |
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56.4
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20 |
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55.4
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21 |
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54.0
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22 |
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53.7
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23 |
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53.6
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24 |
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53.0
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25 |
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52.7
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26 |
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52.6
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27 |
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52.3
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28 |
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50.9
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29 |
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50.5
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30 |
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50.3
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31 |
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49.8
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32 |
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49.6
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33 |
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48.9
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34 |
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47.3
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35 |
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46.9
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36 |
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46.5
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37 |
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46.4
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38 |
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46.3
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39 |
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45.9
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40 |
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45.3
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41 |
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44.6
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42 |
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44.0
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43 |
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43.9
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44 |
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43.6
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45 |
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43.5
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46 |
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43.2
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46 |
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43.2
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46 |
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43.2
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46 |
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43.2
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50 |
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42.9
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50 |
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42.9
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