Top 100 universities by knowledge field, by region | Top 100 universities by knowledge field, by country | Top 100 universities by knowledge field, by region | Top 100 universities by knowledge field, by country |
The Americas, more specifically North America, lead the ranking of the world top 100 universities in the five knowledge fields in the chart : Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SCI), Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences (ENG), Life and Agriculture Sciences (LIFE), Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy (MED), and Social Science (SOC). It is in the latter field that American supremacy is the strongest, and the presence of the other regions is visibly the weakest.
Europe comes second in all fields except engineering, where it is outperformed by the Asia/Oceania region. The latter keeps a comparatively modest standing in the other four knowledge fields.
By country, the top three in each field are as follows :
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Knowledge Field | Americas | Europe | Asia/Oceania | Africas | Total |
| Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SCI) | 52 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 100 |
| Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences (ENG) | 46 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 100 |
| Life and Agriculture Sciences (LIFE) | 57 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 100 |
| Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy (MED) | 59 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 100 |
| Social Science (SOC) | 77 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 100 |
| Total (number) | 291 | 143 | 66 | 0 | 500 |
| Total (percent) | 58.2% | 28.6% | 13.2% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
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Country | SCI | ENG | LIFE | MED | SOC |
| Australia | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| China | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| France | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Germany | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Japan | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| United States | 50 | 42 | 53 | 53 | 69 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.
