Tsinghua University
清华大学
China
Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Tsinghua University's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Tsinghua University is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
Tsinghua University has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
Research outputs by subject area
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Leading research topics
In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Tsinghua University published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | 417 | 136.53 |
| Physical Chemistry | 337 | 83.35 |
| Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | 206 | 76.48 |
| Electrical Engineering | 161 | 56.42 |
| Quantum Physics | 132 | 40.12 |
| Organic Chemistry | 102 | 36.24 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 98 | 35.71 |
| Nanotechnology | 107 | 35.36 |
Share output for the past 5 years
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Tsinghua University.
Top 5 domestic collaborators with Tsinghua University by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| Peking University (PKU) | 238.92 / 272.21 | 511.13 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 250.51 / 224.82 | 475.32 |
| State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability | 49.82 / 115.81 | 165.63 |
| Tsinghua - PKU Joint Center for Life Sciences (CLS) | 73.26 / 65.34 | 138.60 |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | 60.71 / 69.24 | 129.95 |
Top 5 international collaborators with Tsinghua University by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| National University of Singapore (NUS) | 19.68 / 17.26 | 36.94 |
| Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | 11.36 / 15.19 | 26.55 |
| University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | 17.39 / 7.79 | 25.18 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 10.60 / 8.45 | 19.05 |
| University of Cambridge | 10.85 / 6.50 | 17.35 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Tsinghua University. All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
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Tsinghua University
- Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University (AADTHU)
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua
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Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Tsinghua
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Tsinghua
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Tsinghua
- MOE Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Tsinghua
- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua
- Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua
- Department of Physics, Tsinghua
- MOE Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety, Tsinghua
- MOE Key Laboratory of Eco Planning and Green Building, Tsinghua
- MOE Key Laboratory of Pervasive Computing, Tsinghua
- National Engineering Research Center for Synergetic Control of Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gases
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS)
- School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua
- School of Environment, Tsinghua
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua
- School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), Tsinghua
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua
- School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
- State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua
- State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Green Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua
- State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Technology and Systems, Tsinghua
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Space-time Information Sensing Technology, Tsinghua
- The Future Laboratory (FL), Tsinghua
- Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList)
- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS)
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems
- BESIII Collaboration
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology (ICSB-BJ)
- Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI)
- Beijing Proteome Research Center (BPRC)
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR) - Beijing
- Chinese Primate Biomedical Research Alliance (CPBRA)
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Water Pollution Control Technology and Equipment
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Coal Based Energy (i-CCE)
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Nanomaterial Science and Engineering
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Environmental Quality
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology (INNOGST)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Intelligent New Energy Vehicle
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter (CICQM)
- Cooperative Innovation Center for Water Safety Hydro Science
- Cooperative Innovation Centre of Terahertz Science
- Danish-Chinese Centre for Self-Assembly and Function of Molecular Nanostructures on Surfaces
- Earth System Science Numerical Simulator Facility
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI)
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety
- Haixi Collaborative Innovation Center for New Display Devices and Systems Integration
- Hall A Collaboration
- Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy and Environment
- Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disorders
- Innovation Center for MicroNanoelectronics and Integrated System
- Institute of Environmental Engineering Nano-Technology
- International Joint Laboratory of Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development (FZUKU-LAB SPSD)
- International Tangible Interaction Design Lab (ITID Lab)
- Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM)
- Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGS)
- Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research Centre
- MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) Consortium
- NIM-TH Joint institute for Measurement Science (JMI)
- National Center for Protein Sciences - Beijing
- National Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy
- National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology (NERCBBT)
- National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Technology and Equipment for Water Environment Pollution Monitoring
- National User-Side Energy Storage Innovation Research and Development Center
- Open Faculty for Innovation, Education, Science, Technology and Art (Open FIESTA)
- Peking University-Tsinghua University-National Institute of Biological Sciences Joint Graduate Program (PTN)
- SXMU-Tsinghua Collaborative Innovation Center for Frontier Medicine
- Southwest United Graduate School
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Space Propulsion
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Low-carbon Technology
- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Turbomachinery Power Equipment
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases
- State Key Laboratory of Cryptography and Digital Economy Security
- State Key Laboratory of Green Biomanufacturing
- State Key Laboratory of Iron and Steel Industry Environmental Protection
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments
- State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability
- State Key Laboratory of Widegap Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Wireless Communication Technology
- TH-NAOC Joint Research Center for Astrophysics
- The Daya Bay Collaboration
- The LHCb Collaboration
- The STAR Collaboration
- The Super-Kamiokande Collaboration
- Tsinghua - PKU Joint Center for Life Sciences (CLS)
- Tsinghua SMSE - AVIC ARI Joint Research Center for Advanced Materials and Anti-icing
- Tsinghua University-China Three Gorges Corporation Joint Research Center for Climate Governance Mechanism and Green Low-carbon Transformation Strategy
- Tsinghua University–China Electronics Technology HIK Group Co. Joint Research Center for Brain-Inspired Computing
- Tsinghua-BP Clean Energy Center
- Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI)
- Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center
- Tsinghua-MIT China Energy and Climate Project (CECP)
- Tsinghua-Rio Tinto Joint Research Centre for Resources, Energy and Sustainable Development
- Tsinghua-Veolia Joint Research Center for Advanced Environmental Technology
- Tsinghua-iFlytek Joint Laboratory
- XIN Center