Leading 50 young universities in physical sciences

The leading 50 young universities in physical sciences ranked by article Share in the subject in 2020 (Share 2020). Also listed are each university's physical science article count of the year (Count 2020) and the subject Share in relation to its overall Share (Subject contribution %).

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1	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	1978	143.33	907	33.7%
2	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	1971	109.19	219	57.7%
3	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	1991	106.75	267	48.2%
4	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	83.50	247	37.7%
5	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	South Korea	2009	55.98	137	61.7%
6	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea	1986	50.70	145	55.9%
7	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	Saudi Arabia	2009	50.52	118	44.0%
8	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	1991	48.97	175	38.3%
9	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	1994	42.64	138	45.7%
10	Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)	Austria	1975	36.93	154	78.4%
11	Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)	India	2005	35.13	166	65.7%
12	Shenzhen University (SZU)	China	1983	32.49	110	38.6%
13	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	China	1994	30.80	100	53.1%
14	ShanghaiTech University	China	2013	27.48	103	39.0%
15	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	2011	21.60	52	51.7%
16	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)	Norway	1996	19.97	56	46.2%
17	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)	Italy	1978	19.20	80	80.8%
18	Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST)	China	1993	19.14	48	41.6%
19	Hunan Normal University (HUNNU)	China	1984	17.70	48	55.5%
20	Linköping University (LiU)	Sweden	1975	17.70	58	48.1%
21	University of Wollongong (UOW)	Australia	1975	17.12	61	46.6%
22	University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)	Italy	1998	17.03	164	58.6%
23	South China Normal University (SCNU)	China	1982	16.28	95	39.8%
24	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	1988	16.00	39	49.8%
25	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	1992	14.82	76	85.1%
26	ITMO National Research University (ITMO University)	Russia	1994	14.27	43	67.6%
27	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)	South Korea	1993	14.27	37	45.4%
28	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)	Australia	1992	14.23	50	49.8%
29	Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT)	China	1995	13.30	39	29.1%
30	Yangzhou University (YZU)	China	1992	13.20	38	33.2%
31	University of Siegen	Germany	1972	11.96	78	64.1%
32	Federal University of ABC (UFABC)	Brazil	2005	11.39	103	92.8%
33	University of Bayreuth (UBT)	Germany	1975	11.30	26	24.5%
34	São Paulo State University (UNESP)	Brazil	1976	10.47	87	62.4%
35	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)	Russia	2011	10.33	45	47.0%
36	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	Australia	1989	10.26	41	36.5%
37	Griffith University	Australia	1971	10.17	25	44.2%
38	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)	Austria	2009	10.14	28	29.2%
39	Hubei University (HUBU)	China	1984	10.10	23	38.5%
40	University of Rome Tor Vergata	Italy	1982	10.09	119	62.1%
41	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)	India	1994	9.81	27	34.9%
42	University of Potsdam	Germany	1991	9.77	46	38.3%
43	Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT)	China	1993	9.54	34	16.4%
44	Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)	Spain	1971	9.27	66	63.9%
45	Yanshan University (YSU)	China	1997	9.12	29	63.6%
46	Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)	Singapore	2009	9.12	26	64.1%
47	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)	China	2005	9.08	29	49.7%
48	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)	India	1989	8.71	17	23.4%
49	University of Aveiro (UA)	Portugal	1973	8.50	26	44.8%
50	Jiangnan University	China	1995	8.48	23	21.4%