Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service

BOZEMAN — Montana State University has once again been recognized in a respected ranking system for its scientific impact and collaboration.

The university earned a spot on the CWTS Leiden Ranking for 2020, which ordered the 1,176 universities in the world with the largest contributions in international scientific journals. MSU is one of only 198 universities in the U.S. to be included on the list.

The ranking is based on universities’ scientific contributions published in scholarly journals, as well as the impact those scientific findings have on t...