AI Search Visibility Rankings

Top Research & Academia Sites
for AI Search Visibility

How well do the leading Research and Academia brands show up when AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini answer questions? Here are the scores.

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22
Research & Academia brands scored
42
Average score
64
Top score in Research & Academia

🏆 Research & Academia AI Visibility Rankings

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harvard.edu
Emerging
64
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duke.edu
Emerging
59
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berkeley.edu
Emerging
57
#4
epfl.ch
Emerging
52
#5
princeton.edu
Low Visibility
50
#6
caltech.edu
Low Visibility
46
#7
imperial.ac.uk
Low Visibility
46
#8
manchester.ac.uk
Low Visibility
44
#9
ox.ac.uk
Low Visibility
43
#10
ucl.ac.uk
Low Visibility
43
#11
ethz.ch
Low Visibility
43
#12
lse.ac.uk
Low Visibility
42
#13
cam.ac.uk
Low Visibility
41
#14
yale.edu
Low Visibility
41
#15
kcl.ac.uk
Low Visibility
41
#16
ntu.edu.sg
Low Visibility
39
#17
stanford.edu
Low Visibility
36
#18
cornell.edu
Low Visibility
33
#19
mit.edu
Low Visibility
33
#20
nus.edu.sg
Invisible
30
#21
kaist.ac.kr
Invisible
25
#22
columbia.edu
Invisible
20

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What is AI Search Visibility?

Why it matters

AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini are answering millions of queries. Sites that score high in AI visibility get cited as sources - sites that score low are invisible.

How SearchScore measures it

We audit 8 categories: AI Citability, Brand Authority, Content & E-E-A-T, Technical, Structured Data, Platform Optimisation, Topical Authority and AI Platform Readiness. Each is weighted and combined into a score out of 100.

What a good score looks like

The average Research & Academia score is 42/100. AI-Ready status requires 86+. Most brands score below 60 - meaning the majority of Research and Academia companies are invisible to AI search.

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