The Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, The Netherlands, recently ranked the University of Massachusetts Amherst 42nd in the world, just after University College London, and 35th in North America in its Leiden Ranking for 2013, based on the science publication performance of 500 major universities worldwide. The ranking, an “advanced indicator of scientific impact” covers five areas: biomedical and health sciences, life and earth sciences, mathematics and computer science, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities.
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