ShanghaiTech University

上海科技大学

China

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

Profile

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 ShanghaiTech 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 ShanghaiTech University is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global China
Overall 148 75
Academic 136 71

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global China
Applied sciences 131 89
Health sciences 226 63
Natural sciences 129 63
Biological sciences 213 71
Chemistry 84 58
Earth & environmental sciences 1604 433
Physical sciences 132 33

Research

ShanghaiTech University has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

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Research outputs by subject area

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), ShanghaiTech University published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 72.05 97.69 97.88 145.86 180.25
Applied sciences 16.61 26.36 21.03 35.19 57.81
Health sciences 7.47 14.35 13.11 18.06 25.45
Natural sciences 47.97 56.99 63.74 92.27 96.87
Biological sciences 12.91 10.94 11.68 17.83 12.28
Chemistry 25.35 36.32 37.69 56.57 64.76
Earth & environmental sciences 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00
Physical sciences 9.71 9.74 14.34 17.86 19.83
Social sciences 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 0.13
Nature & Science 0.93 2.27 1.41 2.52 2.61

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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 ShanghaiTech University.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (16 institutions) 5.6%
Domestic (54 institutions) 94.4%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with ShanghaiTech University by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Top 5 international collaborators with ShanghaiTech University by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for ShanghaiTech 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.

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.