UCSD Ranked Top-10 Globally Among Biomedical Science Institutions

SAN DIEGO -- The Nature Index research database, which tracks high-quality scientific articles, said Thursday that UC San Diego ranks in the top 10 worldwide among institutions researching biomedical science topics.

UCSD ranked sixth among the top-200 academic institutions and ninth among healthcare institutions worldwide in biomedical sciences. The university's branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research also ranked 42nd among the top biomedical science non-governmental organizations in the country.

For the biomedical science rankings, Nature Index reviewed 55 journals chosen by an unaffiliated group of scientists with articles that span from 2012 to 2018.

``These new rankings reinforce other third-party endorsements of UC San Diego's faculty and the quality of its research,'' UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla said. ``Our biomedical researchers continue to discover solutions to the world's most pressing health issues.''

City News Service contributed to this report.