2020 tables: Institutions - chemistry

The 2020 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

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# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share 2018-2019*
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 891.09 963.32 2,541 0.8%
2 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 185.78 260.67 564 30.8%
3 Nanjing University (NJU), China 209.05 230.51 424 2.8%
4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 148.38 202.25 1,026 27.0%
5 Tsinghua University, China 185.65 197.89 479 -0.6%
6 Peking University (PKU), China 191.09 195.34 690 -4.7%
7 Nankai University (NKU), China 147.50 184.59 420 16.6%
8 Sichuan University (SCU), China 136.25 172.75 245 18.2%
9 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 146.87 170.98 334 8.5%
10 Soochow University, China 124.48 159.53 276 19.5%
11 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 141.49 148.05 295 -2.5%
12 Xiamen University (XMU), China 102.77 143.42 239 30.1%
13 Kyoto University, Japan 148.36 135.81 263 -14.7%
14 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 86.89 132.96 251 42.6%
15 Fudan University, China 126.63 131.88 262 -2.9%
16 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 142.00 131.55 282 -13.6%
17 Wuhan University (WHU), China 110.07 128.80 211 9.1%
18 Jilin University (JLU), China 86.36 123.90 251 33.7%
19 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 102.95 122.38 304 10.8%
20 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 118.97 118.08 277 -7.5%
21 Hunan University (HNU), China 94.56 109.79 187 8.2%
22 Tianjin University (TJU), China 79.01 101.37 355 19.6%
23 Osaka University, Japan 91.20 101.31 187 3.5%
24 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 92.77 100.20 162 0.7%
25 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China 63.34 93.33 172 37.3%
26 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan 72.79 92.00 154 17.8%
27 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 72.50 89.62 214 15.2%
28 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 81.74 86.26 195 -1.6%
29 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 67.81 81.09 163 11.5%
30 Fuzhou University (FZU), China 56.83 79.92 140 31.1%
31 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 57.94 79.10 202 27.2%
32 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 75.61 77.32 149 -4.7%
33 Shandong University (SDU), China 58.78 73.94 178 17.2%
34 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 56.58 73.59 139 21.2%
35 Hokkaido University, Japan 60.92 68.19 132 4.3%
36 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 68.58 67.57 131 -8.2%
37 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China 63.01 67.22 147 -0.6%
38 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 74.34 66.81 145 -16.2%
39 Southwest University (SWU), China 46.30 63.38 79 27.6%
40 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 44.62 62.59 152 30.8%
41 Shandong Normal University (SDNU), China 65.27 61.88 90 -11.6%
42 Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China 33.52 61.36 194 70.6%
43 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China 42.83 61.22 139 33.2%
44 Kyushu University, Japan 46.37 58.03 121 16.6%
45 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 53.95 57.05 111 -1.4%
46 Tohoku University, Japan 59.39 56.56 124 -11.2%
47 Nagoya University, Japan 69.34 56.19 131 -24.5%
48 Beijing Normal University (BNU), China 33.51 55.72 115 55.0%
49 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 42.81 54.32 147 18.3%
50 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea 36.25 49.48 119 27.2%
51 Central South University (CSU), China 31.90 48.60 101 42.0%
52 Southeast University (SEU), China 46.13 47.37 88 -4.3%
53 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 46.80 45.79 135 -8.8%
54 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea 47.64 45.42 110 -11.1%
55 Monash University, Australia 38.41 45.28 128 9.9%
56 Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), China 42.78 44.62 84 -2.8%
57 Northwest University (NWU), China 43.21 44.33 82 -4.4%
58 Shenzhen University (SZU), China 30.12 42.62 138 31.9%
59 Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST), China 18.87 41.03 98 102.7%
60 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India 37.27 40.87 59 2.2%
61 Beihang University (BUAA), China 23.62 40.70 107 60.6%
62 University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China 28.54 40.69 82 32.9%
63 Henan Normal University, China 21.71 40.37 70 73.4%
64 Northeast Normal University (NENU), China 30.97 39.87 64 20.0%
65 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China 37.17 39.74 89 -0.3%
66 University of Jinan (UJN), China 20.47 39.65 50 80.6%
67 Shanghai University (SHU), China 29.14 38.55 89 23.3%
68 Chongqing University (CQU), China 29.69 38.21 83 20.0%
69 Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea 43.24 38.06 77 -18.0%
70 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan 36.41 37.88 167 -3.0%
71 RIKEN, Japan 48.55 37.63 145 -27.8%
72 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China 41.82 37.26 124 -17.0%
73 Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea 38.94 37.20 135 -11.0%
74 Central China Normal University (CCNU), China 26.18 37.01 61 31.8%
75 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 24.37 36.95 93 41.3%
76 Nanjing Normal University (NNU), China 25.41 36.31 72 33.2%
77 The University of Hong Kong (HKU), China 29.25 35.82 119 14.1%
78 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India 25.58 35.53 53 29.5%
79 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China 34.82 35.49 128 -5.0%
80 China Pharmaceutical University (CPU), China 31.52 34.24 57 1.2%
81 Henan University (HENU), China 20.04 33.45 58 55.6%
82 Changzhou University (CZU), China 21.69 33.27 50 43.0%
83 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan 37.97 32.66 102 -19.8%
84 Tongji University, China 26.85 32.56 85 13.0%
85 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), India 30.45 32.35 41 -1.0%
86 Yonsei University, South Korea 41.18 32.04 84 -27.5%
87 The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia 32.59 31.50 100 -9.9%
88 Korea University, South Korea 26.09 31.21 89 11.5%
89 ShanghaiTech University, China 22.58 31.18 102 28.7%
90 Jinan University (JNU), China 23.47 30.38 56 20.7%
91 National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan 33.41 29.49 60 -17.7%
92 Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), China 16.15 28.52 66 64.6%
93 Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 25.69 28.14 102 2.1%
94 National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan 29.86 27.66 86 -13.7%
95 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India 30.43 27.64 34 -15.3%
96 Jiangnan University, China 13.97 27.50 56 83.6%
97 Wuhan University of Technology (WUT), China 27.17 26.90 60 -7.7%
98 Okayama University, Japan 15.06 26.13 41 61.7%
99 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC), China 15.92 26.05 53 52.5%
100 Yangzhou University (YZU), China 11.84 25.93 48 104.1%

Footnote

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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2020 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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