Top 100 institutions in physical sciences in Asia Pacific

The table shows the top 100 institutions in physical 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	569.02	2,060	1	-0.3%
2	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	Japan	219.08	659	6	-12.2%
3	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)	China	185.45	618	9	76.8%
4	Tsinghua University	China	172.67	710	10	31.1%
5	Peking University (PKU)	China	166.94	670	12	20.9%
6	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	136.58	856	16	349.7%
7	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	136.11	343	17	39.1%
8	Nanjing University (NJU)	China	133.50	432	18	38.8%
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)	China	116.17	389	23	163.8%
10	Zhejiang University (ZJU)	China	105.17	336	28	48.4%
11	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	103.35	276	29	-7.8%
12	Fudan University	China	93.89	286	32	5.7%
13	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	91.87	209	34	-4.5%
14	Soochow University	China	83.32	210	39	11.8%
15	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)	China	78.71	213	43	108.4%
16	Kyoto University	Japan	76.67	239	45	-13.7%
17	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	Japan	71.63	300	51	1.4%
18	Tohoku University	Japan	70.73	234	53	-27.7%
19	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	70.37	216	54	2144.2%
20	Seoul National University (SNU)	South Korea	67.07	253	56	-30.2%
21	RIKEN	Japan	65.56	312	57	-15.8%
22	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)	China	63.67	221	59	93.3%
23	Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)	China	62.66	165	61	49.8%
24	Beihang University (BUAA)	China	59.39	289	66	87.0%
25	Jilin University (JLU)	China	57.84	146	69	83.9%
26	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	South Korea	55.74	139	70	29.4%
27	Tianjin University (TJU)	China	55.56	175	71	94.1%
28	Wuhan University (WHU)	China	54.93	189	72	97.3%
29	Nankai University (NKU)	China	51.39	177	78	68.8%
30	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	South Korea	49.45	183	84	-14.8%
31	Osaka University	Japan	48.96	194	85	-10.6%
32	Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)	China	47.64	127	88	87.9%
33	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	47.49	169	89	4.3%
34	Yonsei University	South Korea	46.63	165	91	2.0%
35	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	45.39	145	96	127.0%
36	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea	42.98	130	100	-36.6%
37	Sichuan University (SCU)	China	42.70	97	103	134.7%
38	Institute for Basic Science (IBS)	South Korea	42.52	189	104	16.5%
39	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	Japan	41.72	176	106	-12.2%
40	South China University of Technology (SCUT)	China	40.24	99	111	207.8%
41	University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	Australia	39.67	140	113	-12.2%
42	Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)	India	39.44	175	114	-4.0%
43	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)	India	39.13	156	115	13.1%
44	Xiamen University (XMU)	China	38.80	97	117	194.2%
45	Shandong University (SDU)	China	36.34	158	126	40.5%
46	Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)	China	36.26	109	128	204.8%
47	East China Normal University (ECNU)	China	35.93	108	131	113.5%
48	Shenzhen University (SZU)	China	35.70	124	133	309.7%
49	Nagoya University	Japan	35.10	159	135	-13.8%
50	Hunan University (HNU)	China	35.03	107	136	586.5%
51	Southeast University (SEU)	China	34.72	106	138	59.9%
52	Korea University	South Korea	34.27	175	142	-11.8%
53	Australian National University (ANU)	Australia	34.10	129	144	-37.1%
54	Kyushu University	Japan	32.79	136	151	30.2%
55	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)	China	32.46	89	152	75.3%
56	University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)	China	32.22	84	155	72.0%
57	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	China	31.52	151	157	37.4%
58	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Japan	31.14	119	161	-29.2%
59	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taiwan	30.78	173	165	-42.7%
60	Indian Institute of Science (IISc)	India	30.70	125	166	-21.7%
61	The University of Queensland (UQ)	Australia	30.38	80	169	31.1%
62	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	China	29.94	92	174	107.7%
63	Beijing Normal University (BNU)	China	29.62	96	176	35.8%
64	Monash University	Australia	29.22	165	177	-8.0%
65	The University of Melbourne (UniMelb)	Australia	29.10	164	178	3.4%
66	Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)	Singapore	28.68	116	179	-4.3%
67	Tongji University	China	27.59	77	189	133.1%
68	Donghua University (DHU)	China	27.23	59	191	277.0%
69	Hokkaido University	Japan	27.11	73	192	10.7%
70	Chongqing University (CQU)	China	26.22	69	200	14.2%
71	Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT)	China	26.16	65	203	102.7%
72	National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)	Taiwan	26.02	137	206	-28.0%
73	Lanzhou University (LZU)	China	25.62	97	208	31.9%
74	Zhengzhou University (ZZU)	China	25.58	137	210	645.1%
75	Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)	South Korea	23.95	105	226	-4.4%
76	Hanyang University (HYU)	South Korea	23.68	136	227	10.1%
77	Jinan University (JNU)	China	23.18	50	232	1007.0%
78	China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP)	China	23.13	74	233	129.3%
79	ShanghaiTech University	China	22.93	99	235	820.6%
80	Central South University (CSU)	China	22.42	73	239	246.9%
81	The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	China	21.51	135	244	-10.1%
82	The University of Sydney (USYD)	Australia	20.65	141	251	9.4%
83	Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST)	China	20.35	54	252	120.1%
84	Dalian University of Technology (DUT)	China	19.77	58	254	60.8%
85	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	Japan	19.26	155	258	-13.5%
86	South China Normal University (SCNU)	China	18.84	89	262	212.3%
87	Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)	China	18.76	52	264	128.7%
88	Keio University	Japan	18.58	44	265	9.7%
89	Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)	China	18.54	90	268	239.7%
90	National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)	Taiwan	17.58	67	282	-35.4%
91	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	16.99	40	288	227.0%
92	Wuhan University of Technology (WUT)	China	16.90	43	290	69.1%
93	Shanghai University (SHU)	China	16.83	54	291	-6.1%
94	Shanxi University (SXU)	China	16.81	97	292	192.1%
95	University of Tsukuba	Japan	16.58	134	297	-23.1%
96	University of Wollongong (UOW)	Australia	16.56	57	298	45.9%
97	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)	South Korea	15.30	40	315	-16.2%
98	Academia Sinica	Taiwan	14.88	147	318	-29.5%
99	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	14.63	68	319	-2.5%
100	Hunan Normal University (HUNNU)	China	14.57	46	321	967.9%

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.