Top 25 institutions / East Asia

Regional tables are ordered by change in WFC from 2012 to 2015. Also shown are WFCs for 2015, the total number of articles (AC), and the percentage change in WFC from 2012 to 2015.

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2015	Institution	WFC 2015	AC 2015	Change in WFC 2012–2015	Change in WFC 2012–2015 (%)
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China	1,357.82	3449	245.02	22.02
2	Peking University (PKU), China	300.39	1113	88.32	41.64
3	Nanjing University (NJU), China	253.62	666	84.48	49.95
4	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China	229.13	661	82.35	56.11
5	Nankai University (NKU), China	150.88	334	65.04	75.76
6	Zhejiang University (ZJU), China	183.62	386	61.27	50.08
7	Fudan University, China	177.65	374	56.12	46.17
8	Tsinghua University (TH), China	231.33	785	52.74	29.53
9	Soochow University, China	108.47	209	52.43	93.57
10	Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea	50.31	189	49.27	4,732.54
11	East China Normal University (ECNU), China	83.90	164	48.35	136.03
12	Hunan University (HNU), China	92.47	144	43.26	87.88
13	Sichuan University (SCU), China	83.22	186	38.35	85.45
14	Xiamen University (XMU), China	112.49	240	35.38	45.89
15	Chongqing University (CQU), China	33.20	69	30.20	1,006.69
16	Southwest University (SWU), China	45.36	67	26.99	146.93
17	Tianjin University (TJU), China	64.02	206	26.29	69.68
18	Wuhan University (WHU), China	100.27	185	25.99	35.00
19	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China	88.73	547	23.78	36.60
20	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China	103.71	242	23.57	29.42
21	Jilin University (JLU), China	87.47	187	22.68	35.00
22	Lanzhou University (LZU), China	89.40	178	21.99	32.62
23	East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China	88.55	159	21.22	31.52
24	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China	76.12	200	21.05	38.22
25	South China University of Technology (SCUT), China	52.12	112	20.72	65.96

Weighted fractional count (WFC) for each institution is shown to two decimal places only. When two or more institutions have the same WFC, their positions are determined by the thousandth place (or beyond).

These results are based on the most recent data available. Owing to continual refinements of the data, the figures in the database are liable to change and might differ to those printed in the supplements.