Blockchain Research Ranking

Blockchain, we are told, is poised to reshape global finance. That may be premature but it is beginning to look as though it will have a significant impact. Recent announcements by China and the United States indicate that blockchain technology will become an important part of international and national financial systems over the next few years.

In 2023 CoinDesk published a ranking of the best international universities for blockchain. The indicators were Scholarly Impact, Campus Blockchain Offerings, Employment and Industry Outcomes, and Academic Reputation. The rankings were led by Hong Kong Polytechnic University followed by the National University of Singapore and the University of Zurich. If we look at the research, the top three are Sun Yat-sen University, Nanyang Technological University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Since there has been no new edition of the CoinDesk ranking, the following ranking has been compiled. It consists only of publications in Scopus and Web of Science between 2020 and 2024. Universities have been ranked according to the number of publications in Scopus indexed journals.

Non-academic institutions and departments and colleges that are not linked to an institution have been excluded. Academic institutions with 100 or more publications in Scopus between 2020 and 2024 are included.

The current ranking shows that Mainland China is clearly the leader for blockchain research and that India, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia have also performed well. Of the top ten universities for Scopus publications, seven are located in Mainland China, one in Hong Kong, one in India, and one in Saudi Arabia. The best American university is the University of Texas at San Antonio, which is in 59^th place.

 

  

Scopus rank	Institution	Country	Scopus Affiliation 2020-2024	WOS 2020-2024 affiliation
1	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China	731	45
2	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	594	66
3	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China	490	43
4	Xidian University	China	458	46
5	SRM Institute of Science and Technology	India	359	20
6	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	350	38
7	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	331	33
8	Beihang University	China	329	19
9	King Saud University	KSA	319	54
10	Tsinghua University	China	315	21
11	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	313	23
12	Vellore Institute of Technology	India	309	48
13	Amity University	India	305	--
14	Sun Yat-Sen University	China	300	20
15	Southeast University	China	290	30
16	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	287	35
17	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	279	40
18	Zhejiang University	China	277	24
19	Lovely Professional University	India	276	14
20	Wuhan University	China	270	24
21=	Beijing Jiaotong University	China	262	19
21=	Chandigarh University	India	262	--
23	Beijing University of Technology	China	247	16
24	Chitkara University, Punjab	India	242	--
25	Guangzhou University	China	241	18
26	Graphic Era Deemed to be University	India	234	--
27	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	223	24
28	K L Deemed to be University	India	220	--
29	Nanjing University of Post and Telecommunications	China	216	19
30=	King Abdulaziz University	KSA	211	33
30=	Nirma University, Institute of Technology	India	211	38
32	Peking University	China	210	--
33	Nirma University	India	206	38
34=	Shenzhen University	China	205	29
34=	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	India	205	35
36	UNSW Sydney	Australia	200	42
37	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	UAE	195	19
38	University of Technology Sydney	Australia	193	35
39	Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications	China	192	27
40	Qatar University	Qatar	190	24
41	Northeastern University	China	189	15
42	Symbiosis International (Deemed University)	India	188	17
43	Guilin University of Electronic Technology	China	186	13
44	Deakin University	Australia	184	37
45	Thapar Institute of Engineering Technology	India	181	27
46	Hainan University	China	179	10
47	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	177	25
48	COMSATS University Islamabad	Pakistan	176	23
49	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	175	18
50	Tianjin University	China	174	13
51	National University of Defense Technology China	China	173	--
52	Institute of Information Engineering	India	170	--
53	Guangdong University of Technology	China	166	23
54	Uttaranchal University	India	163	--
55	Shandong University	China	162	--
56	Nanjing University of Information Science Technology	China	161	34
57	Galgotias University	India	160	--
58	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	China	159	24
59	The University of Texas at San Antonio	USA	157	27
60	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	India	156	--
61=	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet	Norway	153	--
61=	Bina Nusantara University	Indonesia	153	--
63	University College London	UK	151	27
64	East China Normal University	China	150	--
65	RMIT University	Australia	149	24
66=	Qilu University of Technology	China	148	10
66=	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	148	14
68	Hunan University	China	145	--
69=	Nanjing University	China	143	--
69=	Saveetha School of Engineering	India	143	--
71	The University of Sydney	Australia	141	16
72=	Old Dominion University	USA	138	17
72=	Fudan University	China	138	10
74=	University of Science and Technology of China	China	133	10
74=	North China Electric Power University	China	133	--
76	Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications	China	131	--
77=	Taif University	KSA	129	20
77=	Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai	India	129	28
79	Queensland University of Technology	China	128	14
80=	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR	126	10
80=	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	China	126	22
80=	University of Waterloo	Canada	126	--
80=	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	India	126	--
84	Monash University	Australia	125	15
85=	University College Dublin	Ireland	123	20
85=	University of Science and Technology Beijing	China	123	10
85=	Chongqing University	China	123	19
88	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	122	16
89=	Technische Universität Berlin	Berlin	119	--
89=	National University of Singapore	Singapore	119	23
89=	Shanghai University	China	119	13
92	Fujian Normal University	China	118	10
93	University of Sfax	Tunisia	117	13
94=	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	India	116	25
94=	Christ University	India	116	--
96	Anna University	India	114	--
97=	Lebanese American University	Lebanon	113	30
97=	Macau University of Science and Technology	Macau SAR	113	24
99	Asia University	Taiwan	112	17
100	École de Technologie Supérieure	Canada	110	13
101=	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	109	28
101=	South China University of Technology	China	109	10
101=	Graphic Era Hill University	India	109	--
104=	ETH Zürich	Switzerland	108	--
104=	Carlos Alvarez College of Business	USA	108	--
106=	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	107	21
106=	JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)	India	107	--
106=	Imperial College London	UK	107	14
109=	Università degli Studi di Salerno	Italy	106	10
109=	Sichuan University	China	106	11
109=	Carleton University	Canada	106	20
109=	Technische Universität München	Germany	106	11
109=	Tongji University	China	106	--
109=	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	KSA	106	20
115=	Guizhou University	China	105	--
115=	Jazan University	KSA	105	--
117=	Universität Zürich	Switzerland	103	12
117=	Università degli Studi di Cagliari	Italy	103	--
119=	Umm Al-Qura University	KSA	102	14
119=	Technische Universität Wien	Austria	102	--
121=	The University of British Columbia	Canada	101	14
121=	University of Luxembourg	Luxemburg	101	11
121=	Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University	KSA	101	16
124=	International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad	India	100	--
124=	Università di Pisa	Italy	100	--
124=	Institute of Computing Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	100	--
124=	Sharda University	India	100	--

 

 

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