Top 100 institutions in Earth & environmental sciences in Asia Pacific

The table shows the top 100 institutions in Earth & environmental sciences in Asia Pacific, ranked by article share (Share) in 2020^*. Also listed are each institution's article count (Count) in 2020^*, its global position and percentage change in adjusted Share^** from 2015 to 2020^*.

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PositionPosition	Institution	Location	Share 2020*	Count 2020*	Global subject position 2020*	Change in adjusted Share** 2015–2020* (%)
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	China	314.03	981	1	59.8%
2	Nanjing University (NJU)	China	82.33	237	6	67.4%
3	Tongji University	China	68.79	203	9	139.3%
4	Peking University (PKU)	China	66.91	246	12	28.9%
5	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	65.90	351	13	308.0%
6	China University of Geosciences (CUG)	China	65.82	180	14	245.6%
7	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)	China	60.66	147	16	139.3%
8	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)	China	48.16	134	21	391.2%
9	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	Japan	46.16	138	23	-13.5%
10	Tsinghua University	China	44.34	168	26	42.7%
11	China Meteorological Administration (CMA)	China	41.69	127	31	104.8%
12	Zhejiang University (ZJU)	China	40.79	97	34	101.9%
13	University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	Australia	37.77	123	37	3.8%
14	The University of Queensland (UQ)	Australia	36.80	97	38	-27.4%
15	Beijing Normal University (BNU)	China	35.54	177	39	28.6%
16	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	32.30	76	48	43.8%
17	Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)	China	31.65	67	50	76.6%
18	Wuhan University (WHU)	China	30.59	64	54	277.5%
19	Australian National University (ANU)	Australia	27.71	115	59	-4.5%
20	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	25.93	60	63	34.8%
21	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST)	China	25.82	122	64	35.1%
22	Monash University	Australia	24.81	90	69	13.4%
23	Nankai University (NKU)	China	24.56	44	70	68.8%
24	Seoul National University (SNU)	South Korea	23.28	51	75	182.4%
25	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	23.23	83	76	142178.4%
26	Curtin University	Australia	21.60	75	85	22.7%
27	Jinan University (JNU)	China	21.12	46	87	4128.1%
28	China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB)	China	21.00	59	88	756.4%
29	Fudan University	China	20.85	66	92	197.1%
30	Lanzhou University (LZU)	China	19.98	54	94	135.5%
31	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	19.76	61	97	46.5%
32	Dalian University of Technology (DUT)	China	19.70	27	99	28.4%
33	The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)	Australia	19.47	122	102	-39.8%
34	Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR)	China	19.33	143	104	287.8%
35	Tianjin University (TJU)	China	17.46	158	114	247.4%
36	Hokkaido University	Japan	17.39	47	115	-16.4%
37	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)	China	17.27	43	116	156.6%
38	China Earthquake Administration (CEA)	China	17.14	50	119	-1.4%
39	The University of Melbourne (UniMelb)	Australia	16.98	71	121	1.6%
40	Hohai University (HHU)	China	16.56	41	124	811.5%
41	Ocean University of China (OUC)	China	16.14	113	125	80.7%
42	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	Japan	16.08	74	126	-32.4%
43	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taiwan	16.01	46	127	-7.0%
44	The University of Western Australia (UWA)	Australia	15.89	74	130	5.0%
45	Tohoku University	Japan	15.32	54	137	-43.6%
46	The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	China	14.79	60	143	91.1%
47	GNS Science	New Zealand	13.58	49	154	-2.0%
48	Kyoto University	Japan	13.32	51	158	-29.2%
49	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)	China	12.53	22	167	81.5%
50	University of Tasmania (UTAS)	Australia	12.33	69	169	3.4%
51	East China Normal University (ECNU)	China	12.15	44	171	35.9%
52	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	Japan	11.94	41	174	46.8%
53	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	China	11.91	52	175	209.2%
54	Academia Sinica	Taiwan	11.79	48	177	-7.2%
55	Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)	Japan	11.70	31	178	50.9%
56	The University of Auckland	New Zealand	10.38	30	187	49.2%
57	The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni)	Australia	10.29	46	191	-27.1%
58	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	China	10.19	39	192	110.8%
59	Nagoya University	Japan	9.98	35	195	-3.5%
60	Shandong University (SDU)	China	9.88	121	196	761.4%
61	Macquarie University	Australia	9.51	46	198	10.0%
62	Hunan University (HNU)	China	9.19	18	206	53.7%
63	Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT)	China	9.07	32	210	515.1%
64	Xiamen University (XMU)	China	9.05	29	211	4.8%
65	Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT)	China	8.91	21	214	412.2%
66	Shanghai University (SHU)	China	8.75	18	220	616.5%
67	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Japan	8.59	32	225	-14.9%
68	Nanjing Normal University (NNU)	China	8.53	26	226	618.0%
69	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT)	China	8.32	13	232	253.8%
70	China Agricultural University (CAU)	China	8.18	24	234	794.8%
71	Chongqing University (CQU)	China	8.07	22	237	1307.1%
72	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	7.86	30	242	122.5%
73	National Central University (NCU)	Taiwan	7.77	19	244	62.4%
74	Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)	Japan	7.69	38	245	31.3%
75	University of Otago	New Zealand	7.64	28	246	-14.3%
76	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	7.60	33	247	1214.6%
77	Kyushu University	Japan	7.45	30	250	-9.2%
78	Central South University (CSU)	China	7.33	20	254	122.1%
79	Northwest A&F University (NWAFU)	China	6.77	23	273	155.2%
80	Beijing University of Technology (BJUT)	China	6.67	7	276	63.1%
81	China University of Petroleum, Beijing (CUPB)	China	6.58	13	277	307.7%
82	National University of Defense Technology (NUDT)	China	6.56	11	278	N/A
83	South China University of Technology (SCUT)	China	6.52	18	280	367.8%
84	Beihang University (BUAA)	China	6.50	22	281	49.4%
85	Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)	Australia	6.47	21	284	-11.1%
86	Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS)	China	6.42	26	285	-28.7%
87	Southwest University (SWU)	China	6.39	20	286	435.6%
88	Sichuan University (SCU)	China	6.35	16	289	1274.7%
89	South China Normal University (SCNU)	China	6.34	19	291	N/A
90	Victoria University of Wellington (Victoria)	New Zealand	6.32	31	292	-17.9%
91	Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU)	China	6.28	12	294	40.5%
92	National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)	Japan	6.24	28	295	-42.8%
93	The University of Sydney (USYD)	Australia	6.19	32	296	-55.5%
94	National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)	Japan	6.10	16	298	26.3%
95	Jiangnan University	China	6.03	11	301	755.2%
96	Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)	China	5.78	39	306	156.3%
97	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)	China	5.75	19	307	183.7%
98	Northwest University (NWU)	China	5.71	19	309	718.5%
99	Indian Institute of Science (IISc)	India	5.56	13	317	34.0%
100	Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)	China	5.55	15	319	-34.0%

Footnote

^*Data from the latest full year available at time of publication, September 2019–August 2020.

^**Adjusted Share is calculated by adjusting Share values to 2019 levels.