University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
中国科学技术大学
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 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 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), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Chemistry | 476 | 163.61 |
| Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | 305 | 100.04 |
| Quantum Physics | 306 | 94.81 |
| Chemical Engineering | 250 | 88.70 |
| Organic Chemistry | 107 | 56.65 |
| Nanotechnology | 99 | 31.39 |
| Astronomical Sciences | 114 | 31.12 |
| Materials Engineering | 81 | 30.98 |
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 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
Top 5 domestic collaborators with University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 432.80 / 594.28 | 1027.08 |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | 69.84 / 84.18 | 154.02 |
| State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired interfacial Materials Science | 40.98 / 102.20 | 143.18 |
| The First Affiliated Hospital, USTC | 87.00 / 54.57 | 141.57 |
| Soochow University | 51.50 / 61.66 | 113.16 |
Top 5 international collaborators with University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | 10.69 / 10.58 | 21.28 |
| Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | 7.47 / 8.59 | 16.06 |
| National University of Singapore (NUS) | 7.96 / 6.97 | 14.93 |
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 10.06 / 4.39 | 14.44 |
| Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) | 6.16 / 2.84 | 9.00 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). 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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University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, USTC
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, USTC
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (HFNL), USTC
- Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center
- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, USTC
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), USTC
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, USTC
- School of Earth and Space Sciences, USTC
- School of Engineering Science, USTC
- School of Mathmatical Sciences, USTC
- School of Physical Sciences, USTC
- State Key Laboratory of Fire Science (SKLFS), USTC
- State Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, USTC
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.
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Science and Technology
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Subsurface Exploration and Earthquake Hazard Prevention
- BESIII Collaboration
- Belle Collaboration
- Biomedical Basic Research Center (BBRC) of Jiangsu Province
- CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology
- CAS Hefei Science Center
- CAS Key Laboratory of Frontier Physics in Controlled Nuclear Fusion
- CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion
- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion
- CAS-Alibaba Quantum Computing Laboratory
- Chinese Center for Antarctic Astronomy (CCAA)
- Chinese Primate Biomedical Research Alliance (CPBRA)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures (CICAM)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Astronautical Science and Technology
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Astronomy and Space Exploration
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology (NANO-CIC)
- Cooperative Innovation Center for High Performance Computing
- DAMPE Collaboration
- Deep Space Exploration Laboratory
- DØ Collaboration
- Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- Hall A Collaboration
- Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center
- Innovation Center for Cell Biology
- Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network
- Innovation Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Frontiers
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center
- Joint Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry
- Joint Laboratory of Quantum Biophysics, USTC - IBP CAS
- Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research Centre
- Micro/Nano Electronics System Integration Research Centre
- National Geophysics Observatory at Mengcheng
- Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory
- SINANO-USTC School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Glass Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired interfacial Materials Science
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Dynamics
- State Key Laboratory of Eye Health
- State Key Laboratory of Immune Response and Immunotherapy
- State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution
- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Geodesy
- The CMS Collaboration
- The Daya Bay Collaboration
- The STAR Collaboration
- USTC - Laoshan Laboratory Joint Laboratory of Advanced Computing for Transparent Oceans
- USTC-CIAC CAS Joint School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering
- USTC-CityU Joint Advanced Research Centre (Suzhou)
- USTC-Shenyang Jinghua Hospital Joint Center for Human Reproduction and Genetics
- USTC-UC Berkeley Joint Nano Science and Technology Institute