Top 100 rising institutions in physical sciences

The table shows the top 100 rising institutions in physical sciences, ranked by change in adjusted Share* from 2015 to 2019. Also listed are the institution's Share and Count in 2019, percentage change in adjusted Share from 2015 to 2019, and global rank in the 2020 annual tables.

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Rank	Institution	Share 2019	Count 2019	Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2019	Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2019 (%)	2020 Annual Tables Rank
1	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China	130.43	849	101.67	353.5 %	15
2	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China	167.51	583	68.18	68.6 %	10
3	Tsinghua University, China	184.13	728	59.45	47.7 %	9
4	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China	86.77	225	51.14	143.5 %	36
5	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China	83.90	361	42.20	101.2 %	39
6	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China	44.60	149	41.63	1402.3 %	95
7	Nanjing University (NJU), China	128.91	438	37.86	41.6 %	16
8	Wuhan University (WHU), China	61.18	202	34.82	132.1 %	58
9	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China	64.27	206	33.09	106.1 %	55
10	National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore	125.37	322	32.70	35.3 %	17
11	Tianjin University (TJU), China	57.71	168	30.62	113.0 %	62
12	South China University of Technology (SCUT), China	42.52	95	30.14	243.5 %	>100
13	Hunan University (HNU), China	31.41	108	26.58	550.0 %	>100
14	Shenzhen University (SZU), China	34.34	118	26.09	316.2 %	>100
15	Beihang University (BUAA), China	54.28	281	24.22	80.6 %	68
16	Soochow University, China	94.38	213	23.79	33.7 %	31
17	Zhejiang University (ZJU), China	90.79	295	23.70	35.3 %	33
18	Sichuan University (SCU), China	40.45	103	23.23	134.9 %	>100
19	Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China	33.86	100	22.60	200.7 %	>100
20	Xiamen University (XMU), China	33.96	75	21.47	172.0 %	>100
21	Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China	60.10	146	20.50	51.8 %	60
22	Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China	44.20	98	20.18	84.0 %	96
23	Peking University (PKU), China	150.68	647	19.93	15.2 %	11
24	Jilin University (JLU), China	49.22	120	19.43	65.2 %	81
25	South China Normal University (SCNU), China	24.86	90	19.14	335.2 %	>100
26	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	202.56	639	18.53	10.1 %	6
27	Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China	21.27	103	18.02	554.3 %	>100
28	Nankai University (NKU), China	46.82	165	18.00	62.5 %	89
29	City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China	35.87	115	16.94	89.4 %	>100
30	Donghua University (DHU), China	23.23	50	16.39	239.8 %	>100
31	Jinan University (JNU), China	16.94	39	14.95	754.3 %	>100
32	Simons Foundation, United States of America (USA)	14.76	79	14.76	N/A	>100
33	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia	47.42	112	14.42	43.7 %	87
34	Central South University (CSU), China	20.32	66	14.20	232.1 %	>100
35	Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea	48.67	184	14.12	40.9 %	84
36	ShanghaiTech University, China	16.42	64	14.06	596.3 %	>100
37	Tongji University, China	24.82	67	13.61	121.5 %	>100
38	University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA)	38.79	166	13.60	54.0 %	>100
39	Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China	20.96	65	13.19	169.9 %	>100
40	China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), China	22.68	77	13.12	137.4 %	>100
41	Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia	109.82	571	12.81	13.2 %	22
42	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea	53.38	144	12.59	30.9 %	69
43	Southeast University (SEU), China	33.02	103	12.46	60.6 %	>100
44	Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany	47.71	252	12.35	34.9 %	85
45	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China	33.65	144	11.92	54.9 %	>100
46	Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China	23.99	65	11.78	96.4 %	>100
47	Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), Israel	71.61	230	11.77	19.7 %	45
48	University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China	29.40	71	11.66	65.7 %	>100
49	Nanjing Normal University (NNU), China	15.46	65	11.45	285.8 %	>100
50	Fudan University, China	95.09	285	10.95	13.0 %	29
51	Cornell University, United States of America (USA)	97.00	325	10.92	12.7 %	26
52	Nanchang University (NCU), China	15.36	35	10.79	235.8 %	>100
53	Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands	35.24	80	10.55	42.7 %	>100
54	The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK)	43.04	238	10.50	32.3 %	99
55	Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), China	15.53	70	10.36	200.5 %	>100
56	Johns Hopkins University (JHU), United States of America (USA)	54.76	248	10.30	23.2 %	66
57	Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), China	11.38	32	10.00	726.6 %	>100
58	University of Valencia (UV), Spain	22.66	197	9.74	75.4 %	>100
59	University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands	37.74	290	9.52	33.7 %	>100
60	Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (GU), Germany	30.01	107	9.42	45.7 %	>100
61	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata), India	10.90	25	9.31	588.7 %	>100
62	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India	13.54	136	9.30	219.1 %	>100
63	China Pharmaceutical University (CPU), China	9.60	19	9.24	2532.7 %	>100
64	Griffith University, Australia	12.82	33	9.23	256.9 %	>100
65	Yangzhou University (YZU), China	10.16	35	9.10	857.4 %	>100
66	Bar-Ilan University (BIU), Israel	19.64	45	9.05	85.5 %	>100
67	University of Barcelona (UB), Spain	29.71	159	8.92	42.9 %	>100
68	Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China	20.55	52	8.91	76.5 %	>100
69	Qufu Normal University (QFNU), China	8.67	12	8.67	N/A	>100
70	The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA)	71.13	294	8.60	13.8 %	47
71	Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST), China	17.20	40	8.44	96.4 %	>100
72	Hefei University of Technology (HFUT), China	10.51	21	8.41	401.1 %	>100
73	Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia	9.95	46	8.23	479.2 %	>100
74	Shandong University (SDU), China	32.63	165	8.14	33.2 %	>100
75	Western University (UWO), Canada	13.47	37	8.08	149.7 %	>100
76	Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore	11.93	39	7.88	194.8 %	>100
77	Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA)	103.59	290	7.84	8.2 %	23
78	New York University (NYU), United States of America (USA)	37.58	149	7.78	26.1 %	>100
79	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States of America (USA)	37.64	221	7.70	25.7 %	>100
80	University of California, Davis (UC Davis), United States of America (USA)	39.00	187	7.60	24.2 %	>100
81	Durham University, United Kingdom (UK)	51.62	147	7.57	17.2 %	74
82	Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT), China	7.68	21	7.57	6444.3 %	>100
83	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), United States of America (USA)	20.39	72	7.42	57.2 %	>100
84	Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America (USA)	71.38	338	7.22	11.2 %	46
85	University of Oslo (UiO), Norway	13.95	119	7.20	106.7 %	>100
86	Silesian University in Opava (SLU), Czech Republic	9.66	16	7.16	287.1 %	>100
87	Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), China	10.29	36	7.15	227.8 %	>100
88	East China Normal University (ECNU), China	23.06	83	7.13	44.7 %	>100
89	University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia	17.87	61	7.12	66.2 %	>100
90	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT), Czech Republic	9.71	16	7.07	268.6 %	>100
91	University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Portugal	21.30	128	7.07	49.7 %	>100
92	Yanshan University (YSU), China	9.27	20	7.07	321.0 %	>100
93	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), China	24.60	76	7.06	40.3 %	>100
94	Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), South Korea	9.05	28	6.86	313.5 %	>100
95	Qingdao University (QU), China	8.83	30	6.81	336.9 %	>100
96	Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil	10.13	39	6.80	204.6 %	>100
97	University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy	21.38	171	6.61	44.8 %	>100
98	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	32.97	238	6.58	24.9 %	>100
99	Central China Normal University (CCNU), China	13.96	110	6.45	85.9 %	>100
100	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA)	245.45	747	6.41	2.7 %	4

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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 2019 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.