Research field intelligence

Nursing Research Strength

Name: Nursing University Research Ranking & Trends – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution

Explore universities with the strongest current Nursing topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.

Research landscape

Nursing currently has 816 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 111,950 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 50.4, while average five-year publication growth is 64.7%.

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 Nursing

Rank	University	Country	Field score	Field signal	Overall works	Growth
#1	Jiangnan University	China	88.6	4,135	34,527	40.4%
#2	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	United Kingdom	87.5	4,009	33,149	-3.9%
#3	Henan University of Technology	China	83.1	1,638	11,316	124.4%
#4	Makerere University	Uganda	79.7	1,864	19,493	19.8%
#5	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	79.0	1,865	20,272	9.9%
#6	Tufts University	United States	79.0	1,184	27,151	45.2%
#7	University of Ghana	Ghana	78.6	1,701	18,856	15.4%
#8	University of London	United Kingdom	77.1	1,237	11,991	1.8%
#9	University of Gondar	Ethiopia	77.1	1,549	10,418	19.7%
#10	Beijing Technology and Business University	China	76.9	1,083	11,213	47.3%
#11	Yangzhou University	China	76.4	942	36,436	28.7%
#12	Aga Khan University	Pakistan	75.2	984	6,304	31.4%
#13	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	75.0	1,093	20,765	19.0%
#14	Jimma University	Ethiopia	74.8	1,243	8,891	-3.0%
#15	Bahir Dar University	Ethiopia	74.6	974	9,683	38.5%
#16	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	73.9	887	24,776	22.8%
#17	Northeast Agricultural University	China	73.9	814	13,891	21.6%
#18	University of Manitoba	Canada	73.6	769	28,960	3.3%
#19	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana	73.3	820	16,153	20.3%
#20	Harvard Global Health Institute	United States	73.0	849	4,861	-3.9%
#21	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	73.0	775	15,068	22.9%
#22	Tianjin University of Science and Technology	China	72.8	634	11,657	48.9%
#23	University of Life Sciences in Lublin	Poland	72.4	928	5,212	11.6%
#24	University of Malawi	Malawi	71.5	1,099	4,448	-32.5%
#25	University of Nairobi	Kenya	71.4	920	13,217	-8.5%
#26	Hawassa University	Ethiopia	71.3	821	7,012	12.7%
#27	University of Rwanda	Rwanda	71.1	662	6,656	49.4%
#28	Mekelle University	Ethiopia	71.1	623	4,281	46.9%
#29	Tribhuvan University	Nepal	71.0	541	19,111	75.8%
#30	Haramaya University	Ethiopia	71.0	833	6,054	0.4%
#31	University for Development Studies	Ghana	70.3	728	6,173	23.3%
#32	University of Zambia	Zambia	70.2	545	7,287	65.0%
#33	Kasetsart University	Thailand	70.0	592	14,628	26.1%
#34	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	69.6	617	4,993	31.2%
#35	Institute of Medical Sciences	India	69.6	732	21,554	-3.4%
#36	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	69.4	568	18,466	24.1%
#37	Wuhan Polytechnic University	China	69.2	363	5,921	99.6%
#38	North Dakota State University	United States	69.1	494	8,222	22.1%
#39	Tampere University	Finland	69.1	426	23,342	21.6%
#40	University of Agriculture in Krakow	Poland	69.0	520	5,690	37.7%
#41	University of Cape Coast	Ghana	69.0	583	9,656	12.4%
#42	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	68.7	579	10,478	20.1%
#43	BRAC University	Bangladesh	68.3	502	5,764	32.2%
#44	Debre Markos University	Ethiopia	68.3	513	3,935	35.6%
#45	Christian Medical College, Vellore	India	68.2	522	7,604	12.0%
#46	Iranshahr University	Iran	68.2	593	7,108	-0.4%
#47	Ewha Womans University	South Korea	68.1	383	13,101	20.2%
#48	Zhengzhou University of Light Industry	China	68.1	333	7,798	76.4%
#49	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Nigeria	67.9	345	6,679	106.3%
#50	University of Novi Sad	Serbia	67.8	460	20,315	17.5%
#51	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	67.5	339	17,832	35.8%
#52	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Nigeria	67.3	646	6,581	-10.8%
#53	Guru Nanak Dev University	India	67.2	430	6,394	17.4%
#54	Qingdao Agricultural University	China	67.2	400	10,864	13.2%
#55	Central Queensland University	Australia	67.1	326	9,253	40.6%
#56	Federal University of Technology	Nigeria	67.0	466	9,833	25.5%
#57	Wollo University	Ethiopia	67.0	483	4,448	19.9%
#58	Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology	India	67.0	515	2,100	4.7%
#59	Nanjing University of Finance and Economics	China	66.9	281	6,278	81.8%
#60	Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	China	66.6	281	5,250	92.9%
#61	University of Lagos	Nigeria	66.5	387	12,698	30.3%
#62	Woldia University	Ethiopia	66.5	303	3,136	114.2%
#63	Université d'Abomey-Calavi	Benin	66.3	450	7,914	14.0%
#64	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania	66.2	356	3,492	70.3%
#65	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	66.2	386	4,518	27.4%
#66	Jigjiga University	Ethiopia	66.0	242	2,020	145.3%
#67	Arba Minch University	Ethiopia	66.0	431	4,562	9.9%
#68	University of Rajshahi	Bangladesh	65.9	341	7,831	28.1%
#69	American University of Beirut	Lebanon	65.7	295	8,318	5.1%
#70	Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo	Burkina Faso	65.6	287	4,848	103.9%
#71	University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	65.4	355	6,355	44.9%
#72	University of Kinshasa	DR Congo	65.4	327	6,295	63.8%
#73	Kenyatta University	Kenya	65.3	493	7,097	7.8%
#74	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	65.3	421	6,030	-10.7%
#75	University of Kigali	Rwanda	65.0	181	2,158	182.4%
#76	International Institute for Population Sciences	India	64.9	481	2,217	-23.9%
#77	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	64.7	332	10,802	23.6%
#78	Harbin University of Commerce	China	64.5	344	3,322	34.7%
#79	Cheikh Anta Diop University	Senegal	64.1	339	8,068	35.8%
#80	The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti	Nigeria	64.1	308	9,225	76.9%
#81	University of South Dakota	United States	64.0	306	4,209	18.9%
#82	National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management	India	63.9	335	1,748	5.3%
#83	Wolaita Sodo University	Ethiopia	63.8	338	3,371	23.2%
#84	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria	63.7	312	12,401	31.1%
#85	Chaudhary Devi Lal University	India	63.7	213	1,583	103.9%
#86	University of Venda	South Africa	63.6	321	3,527	38.3%
#87	Debre Tabor University	Ethiopia	63.6	360	3,703	-4.1%
#88	Royal College of Nursing	United Kingdom	63.6	333	711	97.6%
#89	University of Foggia	Italy	63.6	233	8,194	24.2%
#90	University of Calabar	Nigeria	63.6	319	8,148	25.5%
#91	University of Ilorin	Nigeria	63.6	268	10,782	28.2%
#92	Debre Berhan University	Ethiopia	63.4	316	2,698	12.0%
#93	Dilla University	Ethiopia	63.3	325	3,182	27.5%
#94	Henan Institute of Science and Technology	China	63.0	253	4,968	41.4%
#95	African Leadership Institute	South Africa	62.9	175	598	339.8%
#96	Government Medical College	India	62.9	228	9,192	95.7%
#97	Moi University	Kenya	62.7	324	4,022	9.8%
#98	Marathwada Agricultural University	India	62.4	166	2,282	390.3%
#99	The University of Dodoma	Tanzania	62.3	171	3,796	121.8%
#100	Autonomous University of Queretaro	Mexico	62.1	264	6,032	24.5%

How to interpret this field page

Field classifications are inferred from the scholarly works associated with institutions in OpenAlex. An institution can therefore appear strongly in several fields at once, and topic classifications may evolve as the scholarly graph is updated. ITS Research Solution does not infer a faculty or department simply from the existence of a topic signal.

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ITS Research Solution only indexes pages when the underlying data is rich enough to support useful comparison and interpretation. Registry-only records, short research histories, missing topics and low-completeness profiles stay in the database but remain outside the public sitemap. This prevents repetitive, thin institution and subject pages.

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