Research field intelligence
Arts and Humanities Research Strength
Explore universities with the strongest current Arts and Humanities topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.
Research landscape
Arts and Humanities currently has 183 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 117,055 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 46.9, while average five-year publication growth is 18.7%.
The ranking below combines the strength of an institution’s field signal with its overall research-performance score and recent growth. It should be read as a research-intelligence indicator, not as a complete subject ranking of teaching, reputation, facilities or student outcomes.
Leading universities in Arts and Humanities
| Rank | University | Country | Field score | Field signal | Overall works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | 86.3 | 10,957 | 128,674 | -22.8% |
| #2 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) | Brazil | 83.8 | 8,821 | 59,868 | -16.1% |
| #3 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 83.6 | 9,014 | 54,207 | -18.7% |
| #4 | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Brazil | 82.8 | 7,889 | 46,423 | -11.5% |
| #5 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Spain | 81.9 | 6,471 | 50,020 | -8.8% |
| #6 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 81.3 | 6,609 | 51,642 | -20.6% |
| #7 | Universidad de Sevilla | Spain | 80.6 | 5,544 | 39,941 | -4.2% |
| #8 | Jagiellonian University | Poland | 80.1 | 4,508 | 42,643 | 12.3% |
| #9 | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | 78.5 | 4,861 | 35,822 | -15.8% |
| #10 | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | Brazil | 77.6 | 3,886 | 57,671 | -19.9% |
| #11 | Universidad de Granada | Spain | 77.4 | 3,750 | 40,518 | -18.3% |
| #12 | Université de Lorraine | France | 77.0 | 4,459 | 57,825 | -49.3% |
| #13 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico | 76.8 | 3,146 | 72,878 | -16.9% |
| #14 | University of Chile | Chile | 75.2 | 2,395 | 29,825 | 12.9% |
| #15 | University of Warsaw | Poland | 74.2 | 2,182 | 32,185 | 3.9% |
| #16 | Universidade de Brasília | Brazil | 72.2 | 2,063 | 35,347 | -17.0% |
| #17 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 71.6 | 1,321 | 50,200 | -12.5% |
| #18 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel | 71.1 | 1,432 | 30,904 | -11.7% |
| #19 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Spain | 71.0 | 1,292 | 43,318 | -7.8% |
| #20 | Universidade Federal do Paraná | Brazil | 70.9 | 1,659 | 37,685 | -16.8% |
| #21 | Université de Lille | France | 69.6 | 1,317 | 39,229 | -25.1% |
| #22 | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 69.0 | 1,100 | 29,999 | -8.4% |
| #23 | Université Laval | Canada | 68.2 | 1,017 | 31,593 | -20.1% |
| #24 | University of Coimbra | Portugal | 67.3 | 842 | 31,307 | -5.3% |
| #25 | St. Andrews University | United States | 65.0 | 919 | 886 | 53.5% |
| #26 | University of the Arts London | United Kingdom | 64.3 | 925 | 3,934 | 16.6% |
| #27 | Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie | Brazil | 63.5 | 870 | 5,663 | -11.2% |
| #28 | Hope College | United States | 62.9 | 365 | 1,348 | 130.6% |
| #29 | Point Loma Nazarene University | United States | 62.8 | 434 | 443 | 138.1% |
| #30 | Regent University | United States | 61.6 | 873 | 770 | 2.3% |
| #31 | St. John's College | United States | 60.9 | 893 | 373 | -5.7% |
| #32 | Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina | Brazil | 60.1 | 481 | 2,920 | 15.0% |
| #33 | Elizabethtown College | United States | 59.1 | 945 | 1,025 | -84.8% |
| #34 | Culver Stockton College | United States | 59.0 | 204 | 801 | 504.0% |
| #35 | Emmanuel College - Massachusetts | United States | 56.6 | 370 | 766 | 22.7% |
| #36 | Canisius College | United States | 55.7 | 432 | 417 | -11.8% |
| #37 | Claremont Colleges | United States | 55.6 | 382 | 431 | 12.7% |
| #38 | Universidade de Franca | Brazil | 55.1 | 354 | 1,389 | -17.1% |
| #39 | British School at Rome | Italy | 54.7 | 279 | 126 | 83.8% |
| #40 | Thiel College | United States | 54.5 | 446 | 161 | 0.0% |
| #41 | Abilene Christian University | United States | 54.4 | 232 | 724 | 5.8% |
| #42 | Ursinus College | United States | 54.2 | 249 | 571 | 39.4% |
| #43 | Manchester College | United Kingdom | 54.2 | 321 | 352 | -8.7% |
| #44 | Vincennes University | United States | 54.2 | 344 | 1,768 | -12.2% |
| #45 | Universidade Vale do Rio Verde | Brazil | 54.1 | 596 | 234 | -55.7% |
| #46 | Istanbul Bilim University | Turkey | 54.0 | 348 | 1,365 | -33.0% |
| #47 | Karakalpak State University | Uzbekistan | 53.5 | 105 | 3,196 | 128.8% |
| #48 | San Antonio College | United States | 52.7 | 293 | 3,003 | -83.1% |
| #49 | Universidade de Taubaté | Brazil | 52.6 | 222 | 1,990 | 0.7% |
| #50 | Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith | India | 52.6 | 82 | 706 | 180.1% |
| #51 | Catholic Theological Union | United States | 52.5 | 423 | 102 | 16.7% |
| #52 | Oral Roberts University | United States | 52.1 | 260 | 506 | -17.8% |
| #53 | Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul | Brazil | 52.1 | 161 | 1,919 | 26.3% |
| #54 | Universidade Católica de Pelotas | Brazil | 52.0 | 189 | 1,560 | -5.6% |
| #55 | Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração | Portugal | 51.9 | 571 | 133 | -50.0% |
| #56 | Colby College | United States | 51.3 | 168 | 1,279 | -9.5% |
| #57 | Hastings College | United States | 50.9 | 108 | 142 | 119.4% |
| #58 | Saint Michael's College | United States | 50.7 | 233 | 436 | -14.8% |
| #59 | Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary | United States | 50.5 | 302 | 105 | -4.7% |
| #60 | Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas | Brazil | 50.2 | 183 | 1,955 | -10.1% |
| #61 | Methodist University | United States | 49.9 | 36 | 1,276 | 292.5% |
| #62 | Dominican University | United States | 49.7 | 86 | 581 | 103.7% |
| #63 | Lesley University | United States | 49.5 | 252 | 314 | -41.1% |
| #64 | Winthrop University | United States | 49.4 | 149 | 501 | 9.2% |
| #65 | Evangel University | United States | 49.3 | 133 | 447 | 54.2% |
| #66 | Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia | Portugal | 48.9 | 227 | 863 | -51.5% |
| #67 | Lee University | United States | 48.3 | 175 | 544 | -43.2% |
| #68 | College of DuPage | United States | 47.4 | 38 | 304 | 214.8% |
| #69 | Stuttgart Media University | Germany | 46.8 | 121 | 588 | -2.1% |
| #70 | Seattle Pacific University | United States | 46.6 | 84 | 979 | 1.8% |
| #71 | Elmira College | United States | 46.5 | 62 | 129 | 128.1% |
| #72 | Presbyterian College | United States | 46.5 | 79 | 258 | 65.8% |
| #73 | Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences | Chile | 46.5 | 137 | 2,307 | -61.6% |
| #74 | North Park University | United States | 46.4 | 139 | 184 | -17.9% |
| #75 | Saint Vincent College | United States | 46.2 | 89 | 383 | 42.6% |
| #76 | University of Saint Mary of the Lake | United States | 45.9 | 186 | 292 | -45.7% |
| #77 | Rollins College | United States | 45.7 | 81 | 643 | 5.1% |
| #78 | Trier University of Applied Sciences | Germany | 45.4 | 52 | 1,530 | 49.2% |
| #79 | Académie de Montpellier | France | 45.3 | 207 | 279 | -59.7% |
| #80 | Eastern Mennonite University | United States | 45.2 | 88 | 183 | 42.1% |
| #81 | Park University | United States | 45.0 | 54 | 1,030 | 27.2% |
| #82 | Chestnut Hill College | United States | 44.9 | 71 | 749 | -2.3% |
| #83 | Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | Denmark | 44.7 | 103 | 797 | -53.3% |
| #84 | Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana | India | 44.6 | 98 | 694 | -30.9% |
| #85 | Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 44.6 | 83 | 1,826 | -24.2% |
| #86 | Wartburg College | United States | 44.3 | 113 | 117 | 4.7% |
| #87 | La Salle University | United States | 44.3 | 70 | 1,761 | -20.5% |
| #88 | American University of Paris | France | 44.2 | 87 | 443 | 3.2% |
| #89 | Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis | United States | 44.0 | 110 | 184 | -15.9% |
| #90 | College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University | United States | 43.7 | 106 | 323 | -35.4% |
| #91 | Brooklyn Technical High School | United States | 43.6 | 92 | 146 | -3.5% |
| #92 | Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 43.6 | 78 | 194 | 13.9% |
| #93 | Virginia Union University | United States | 43.5 | 37 | 172 | 136.1% |
| #94 | Stetson University | United States | 43.1 | 76 | 510 | -28.0% |
| #95 | Westminster College - Pennsylvania | United States | 42.9 | 108 | 191 | -39.6% |
| #96 | Hyogo University of Teacher Education | Japan | 42.8 | 49 | 392 | 55.9% |
| #97 | National Hsinchu University of Education | Taiwan | 42.3 | 32 | 199 | 96.6% |
| #98 | Des Moines University | United States | 42.2 | 48 | 713 | 12.4% |
| #99 | University of Dallas | United States | 42.2 | 49 | 1,005 | 1.3% |
| #100 | American International College | United States | 42.2 | 21 | 252 | 168.6% |
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