Top 50 Chinese institutions

The table shows the top 50 Chinese institutions 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 articles in the Nature Index (AC 2015-17).

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1 Peking University (PKU) academic1,146.763,728
2 Tsinghua University academic944.863,019
3 Nanjing University (NJU) academic931.442,202
4 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) academic839.722,216
5 Zhejiang University (ZJU) academic685.061,534
6 Fudan University academic599.881,375
7 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) academic518.212,811
8 Institute of Chemistry (ICCAS), CAS government480.741,495
9 Nankai University (NKU) academic464.661,261
10 Soochow University academic452.11843
11 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) academic403.001,395
12 Wuhan University (WHU) academic395.88795
13 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) academic394.33972
14 Xiamen University (XMU) academic389.52736
15 Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), CAS government339.66719
16 Sichuan University (SCU) academic326.58664
17 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) academic309.15869
18 Lanzhou University (LZU) academic304.61559
19 Jilin University (JLU) academic294.90663
20 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) academic291.44738
21 Hunan University (HNU) academic269.32449
22 Institute of Physics (IOP), CAS government268.651,007
23 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) academic268.00530
24 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), CAS government263.34545
25 Shandong University (SDU) academic255.34893
26 East China Normal University (ECNU) academic248.65519
27 Tianjin University (TJU) academic239.471,083
28 South China University of Technology (SCUT) academic235.97469
29 Beijing Normal University (BNU) academic234.27715
30 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) academic234.04927
31 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), CAS government226.71397
32 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) academic222.43436
33 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) academic220.41551
34 Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM), CAS government209.62341
35 Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), CAS government197.37635
36 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) academic196.29803
37 National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), CAS government192.61587
38 Tongji University academic191.09621
39 Southeast University (SEU) academic182.04351
40 Dalian University of Technology (DUT) academic181.56358
41 People's Liberation Army (PLA) government157.17617
42 Southwest University (SWU) academic153.90229
43 Beihang University (BUAA) academic147.58527
44 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) academic144.05270
45 Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), CAS government138.04442
46 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) academic135.62290
47 City University of Hong Kong (CityU) academic128.99438
48 Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), CAS government128.33297
49 Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HIPS), CAS government122.44543
50 China University of Geosciences (CUG) academic120.42283

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.