🏙️ AgglomerationsThe city agglomerations of the universities, labs and companies whose researchers wrote the papers of this library; San Francisco, Seattle and Beijing lead.
400 agglomerations · page 1 of 4 · ranked by the citations of their institutions · institutions
By country United States69 Germany39 United Kingdom26 China20 India17 France16 Italy14 Canada13 Netherlands10 Spain9 Japan8 Saudi Arabia8 Switzerland7 Egypt7 Algeria6 South Africa6 Australia5 Brazil5 Indonesia5 Israel5 Sweden5 Austria4 Belgium4 Norway4 New Zealand4 Poland4 United Arab Emirates3 Czechia3 Denmark3 Finland3 Nigeria3 Russia3 Estonia2 Ethiopia2 Hungary2 Ireland2 Jordan2 South Korea2 Morocco2 Portugal2 Romania2 Tunisia2 Türkiye2 Taiwan2 Ukraine2 Vietnam2
Ranking San Francisco United States 23 institutions · 991 324 citations Seattle United States 5 institutions · 376 498 citations Beijing China 31 institutions · 283 594 citations New York City United States 16 institutions · 213 884 citations Boston United States 17 institutions · 195 759 citations Austin United States 4 institutions · 177 075 citations Pittsburgh United States 2 institutions · 159 422 citations Oxford United Kingdom 2 institutions · 153 625 citations Munich Germany 5 institutions · 145 936 citations Paris France 53 institutions · 131 216 citations Los Angeles United States 7 institutions · 127 094 citations London United Kingdom 12 institutions · 118 410 citations Hefei China 3 institutions · 113 446 citations Cambridge United Kingdom 2 institutions · 112 595 citations Montreal Canada 7 institutions · 100 848 citations Singapore Singapore 8 institutions · 91 887 citations Sydney Australia 5 institutions · 86 752 citations Baltimore United States 3 institutions · 85 122 citations Amsterdam Netherlands 5 institutions · 83 111 citations Philadelphia United States 3 institutions · 82 335 citations Chicago United States 5 institutions · 79 313 citations Seoul South Korea 11 institutions · 76 422 citations Toronto Canada 6 institutions · 75 032 citations Melbourne Australia 4 institutions · 74 966 citations Bremen Germany 2 institutions · 68 160 citations Birmingham United Kingdom 3 institutions · 67 994 citations Champaign United States 1 institution · 63 460 citations Jyväskylä Finland 1 institution · 62 143 citations Tallinn Estonia 1 institution · 62 003 citations Atlanta United States 3 institutions · 60 649 citations Edinburgh United Kingdom 2 institutions · 59 810 citations Tel Aviv Israel 9 institutions · 59 783 citations Trento Italy 4 institutions · 59 387 citations Saarbruecken Germany 4 institutions · 58 971 citations Washington United States 12 institutions · 51 159 citations Boulder United States 3 institutions · 50 496 citations Stuttgart Germany 4 institutions · 48 738 citations Berlin Germany 7 institutions · 48 250 citations Hong Kong China 6 institutions · 48 034 citations Moscow Russia 9 institutions · 47 834 citations Madison United States 1 institution · 46 745 citations Milan Italy 4 institutions · 45 460 citations San Diego United States 1 institution · 45 121 citations Shanghai China 9 institutions · 44 531 citations Manchester United Kingdom 1 institution · 42 781 citations Heidelberg Germany 3 institutions · 42 684 citations Ljubljana Slovenia 3 institutions · 42 003 citations Hangzhou China 8 institutions · 41 869 citations Davis United States 1 institution · 41 553 citations Guangzhou China 11 institutions · 40 909 citations Zurich Switzerland 3 institutions · 40 737 citations Pilani India 1 institution · 40 529 citations Tübingen Germany 1 institution · 40 312 citations Vienna Austria 3 institutions · 39 613 citations Orlando United States 1 institution · 39 453 citations Provo United States 1 institution · 39 445 citations Marseille France 3 institutions · 39 245 citations Rochester United States 1 institution · 38 902 citations Kiel Germany 1 institution · 38 850 citations Belo Horizonte Brazil 1 institution · 38 791 citations Pilsen Czechia 1 institution · 38 657 citations Augsburg Germany 1 institution · 38 318 citations Cincinnati United States 1 institution · 38 318 citations Vancouver Canada 2 institutions · 36 949 citations Xi'an China 4 institutions · 36 769 citations South Bend United States 1 institution · 35 879 citations Tampa United States 1 institution · 33 109 citations Barcelona Spain 6 institutions · 31 969 citations Tokyo Japan 17 institutions · 27 830 citations Harbin China 1 institution · 25 250 citations Stellenbosch South Africa 1 institution · 24 025 citations Providence United States 1 institution · 21 721 citations Athens Greece 4 institutions · 19 846 citations Prague Czechia 3 institutions · 19 140 citations Ottawa Canada 2 institutions · 18 930 citations Sheffield United Kingdom 1 institution · 17 924 citations Lisbon Portugal 7 institutions · 17 801 citations Columbus United States 1 institution · 16 163 citations Copenhagen Denmark 5 institutions · 16 112 citations Darmstadt Germany 2 institutions · 15 928 citations Rome Italy 4 institutions · 15 585 citations Doha Qatar 5 institutions · 14 524 citations Bilbao Spain 1 institution · 14 069 citations Dublin Ireland 7 institutions · 13 507 citations Nijmegen Netherlands 2 institutions · 12 883 citations Kitchener Canada 2 institutions · 12 845 citations Uppsala Sweden 1 institution · 11 454 citations Rochester United States 2 institutions · 11 106 citations New Haven United States 1 institution · 10 906 citations Pisa Italy 3 institutions · 10 199 citations Tucson United States 1 institution · 9 997 citations Ann Arbor United States 1 institution · 9 826 citations Dortmund Germany 1 institution · 9 745 citations Birmingham United States 1 institution · 9 535 citations Bengaluru India 5 institutions · 8 707 citations Osaka Japan 4 institutions · 8 707 citations Jerusalem Israel 3 institutions · 8 672 citations Santa Barbara United States 1 institution · 7 888 citations Nanjing China 3 institutions · 7 408 citations Dresden Germany 2 institutions · 7 148 citations Agglomerations: the GHSL Urban Centre Database 2025; populations: the GHSL functional urban areas 2015 (urban centre and commuting zone), else the urban centre, as each page says (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, CC BY 4.0). An institution belongs to the urban centre its coordinates (ROR, OpenAlex) fall in, or one within 5 km. Land: Natural Earth.
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