Top 50 Chinese institutions in Chemistry

The table shows the top 50 Chinese institutions in chemistry in 2015-17 ranked by their fractional count (FC), a metric which accounts for the contribution of each author to articles in journals tracked by the Nature Index. Also listed are institutions' total number of chemistry articles in the Nature Index (AC 2015-17).

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1 Peking University (PKU) academic534.951,519
2 Nanjing University (NJU) academic473.45784
3 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) academic468.18901
4 Institute of Chemistry (ICCAS), CAS government434.371,292
5 Tsinghua University academic431.04942
6 Zhejiang University (ZJU) academic360.18615
7 Nankai University (NKU) academic347.30936
8 Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), CAS government328.17685
9 Fudan University academic294.66543
10 Xiamen University (XMU) academic286.36470
11 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) academic277.051,379
12 Soochow University academic273.37454
13 Sichuan University (SCU) academic246.10374
14 Wuhan University (WHU) academic242.48384
15 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) academic239.58394
16 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), CAS government236.60480
17 Hunan University (HNU) academic221.67340
18 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) academic220.41385
19 Jilin University (JLU) academic212.39417
20 Lanzhou University (LZU) academic212.10341
21 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), CAS government210.26352
22 Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM), CAS government195.11306
23 South China University of Technology (SCUT) academic189.84341
24 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) academic173.94381
25 East China Normal University (ECNU) academic173.65288
26 Tianjin University (TJU) academic163.80809
27 Shandong University (SDU) academic136.75256
28 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) academic133.91347
29 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) academic133.66293
30 Southwest University (SWU) academic128.04151
31 Dalian University of Technology (DUT) academic122.66243
32 National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), CAS government115.28302
33 Shandong Normal University (SDNU) academic109.11145
34 Southeast University (SEU) academic107.22176
35 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) academic104.83198
36 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) academic100.97238
37 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) academic96.53301
38 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) academic94.56202
39 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) academic94.50296
40 Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), CAS government93.18210
41 Fuzhou University (FZU) academic92.42149
42 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) academic87.86157
43 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) academic87.28178
44 Central China Normal University (CCNU) academic87.08120
45 Northeast Normal University (NENU) academic87.02132
46 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) academic83.41182
47 Institute of Physics (IOP), CAS government82.48315
48 Beijing Normal University (BNU) academic78.15169
49 City University of Hong Kong (CityU) academic74.35255
50 Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) academic68.92100

Footnote

* Output of the parent institutions, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), has been attributed to their first-level affiliated institutes.