Rice University
Rice University is number 227 in the 311 University Innovation Index, with a score of 70.7. It published about 8,728 research works in 2024 and 2025, which drew 51,071 citations in those years, and its h-index is 955.
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Other leading universities in United States
- University of Washington (#1)
- Johns Hopkins University (#3)
- Harvard University (#4)
- Stanford University (#5)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#6)
- University of Southern California (#9)
- University of Pennsylvania (#18)
- The University of Texas at Austin (#21)
- University of Michigan (#22)
- University of California, San Francisco (#23)
- Carnegie Mellon University (#24)
- Columbia University (#27)
- University of California San Diego (#32)
- University of California, Los Angeles (#35)
- Princeton University (#40)
Questions and answers
How innovative is Rice University?
Rice University is number 227 in the 311 University Innovation Index, with a score of 70.7.
How much research does Rice University publish?
Rice University published about 8,728 research works in 2024 and 2025.
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