Top 50 Chinese institutions in Physical Sciences

The table shows the top 50 Chinese institutions in physical sciences in 2015-17 ranked by their fractional count (FC), a metric which accounts for the contribution of each author to articles in journals tracked by the Nature Index. Also listed are institutions' total number of physical science articles in the Nature Index (AC 2015-17).

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#Rank	Institution	Sector	FC 2015-2017	AC 2015-2017
1	Peking University (PKU)	academic	407.55	1,582
2	Tsinghua University	academic	399.37	1,670
3	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)	academic	324.79	1,129
4	Nanjing University (NJU)	academic	322.25	1,023
5	Institute of Physics (IOP), CAS	government	232.25	881
6	Soochow University	academic	216.48	405
7	Fudan University	academic	212.69	523
8	Zhejiang University (ZJU)	academic	206.52	592
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)	academic	143.18	739
10	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	academic	137.16	866
11	Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)	academic	136.90	326
12	National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), CAS	government	133.89	359
13	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	academic	132.26	433
14	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)	academic	122.46	340
15	Institute of Chemistry (ICCAS), CAS	government	115.62	445
16	Beihang University (BUAA)	academic	103.98	398
17	Wuhan University (WHU)	academic	97.29	256
18	Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)	academic	95.08	197
19	Nankai University (NKU)	academic	94.51	294
20	Jilin University (JLU)	academic	89.71	235
21	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)	academic	87.29	284
22	Tianjin University (TJU)	academic	80.80	257
23	Shandong University (SDU)	academic	79.63	415
24	Southeast University (SEU)	academic	78.36	178
25	Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), CAS	government	73.72	599
26	The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	academic	70.29	370
27	Xiamen University (XMU)	academic	70.25	158
28	Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (BINN), CAS	government	65.44	194
29	Beijing Normal University (BNU)	academic	62.69	173
30	Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)	academic	61.78	138
31	Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HIPS), CAS	government	61.48	296
32	Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), CAS	government	59.88	151
33	University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)	academic	59.59	144
34	Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP), CAS	government	59.15	193
35	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	academic	58.82	356
36	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	academic	58.43	182
37	Lanzhou University (LZU)	academic	57.24	154
38	Institute of Semiconductors (IOS), CAS	government	56.83	202
39	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)	academic	56.28	182
40	Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), CAS	government	54.85	134
41	South China University of Technology (SCUT)	academic	53.80	131
42	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	academic	53.51	132
43	Sichuan University (SCU)	academic	52.52	139
44	Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), CAS	government	50.54	115
45	Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CNITECH), CAS	government	47.58	97
46	National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC), CAS	government	45.83	123
47	Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (SICCAS), CAS	government	45.45	102
48	Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT)	academic	44.94	92
49	Shanghai University (SHU)	academic	44.51	121
50	Chongqing University (CQU)	academic	43.74	119

Footnote

* Output of the parent institutions, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), has been attributed to their first-level affiliated institutes.