Top 200 academic institutions
The table shows the top 200 rising academic institutions, ranked by change in adjusted fractional count (Adjusted FC*) from 2015 to 2017. Also listed are an institution's FC and total number of articles (AC) in 2017, percentage change in Adjusted FC from 2015 to 2017, and global rank in the 2018 annual tables.
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| 1 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | China | 255.65 | 1,359 | 153.70 | 150.8 % | 26 |
| 2 | Tsinghua University (TH) | China | 353.40 | 1,084 | 74.30 | 26.6 % | 10 |
| 3 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) | China | 166.39 | 546 | 61.29 | 58.3 % | 52 |
| 4 | Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) | China | 67.60 | 195 | 51.90 | 330.5 % | 183 |
| 5 | Wuhan University (WHU) | China | 158.44 | 341 | 47.77 | 43.2 % | 58 |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) | China | 299.53 | 801 | 46.38 | 18.3 % | 18 |
| 7 | Nanjing University (NJU) | China | 321.50 | 773 | 42.90 | 15.4 % | 13 |
| 8 | South China University of Technology (SCUT) | China | 97.25 | 182 | 39.41 | 68.1 % | 112 |
| 9 | Southeast University (SEU) | China | 75.60 | 136 | 37.63 | 99.1 % | 162 |
| 10 | University of California Irvine (UCI) | United States of America (USA) | 162.50 | 439 | 36.82 | 29.3 % | 56 |
| 11 | Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) | China | 88.63 | 209 | 31.85 | 56.1 % | 127 |
| 12 | Xiamen University (XMU) | China | 145.95 | 273 | 30.54 | 26.5 % | 69 |
| 13 | Peking University (PKU) | China | 384.43 | 1,273 | 29.22 | 8.2 % | 8 |
| 14 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center) | United States of America (USA) | 151.72 | 289 | 29.09 | 23.7 % | 63 |
| 15 | Sichuan University (SCU) | China | 123.34 | 230 | 28.99 | 30.7 % | 81 |
| 16 | Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) | United States of America (USA) | 206.95 | 449 | 28.55 | 16.0 % | 36 |
| 17 | Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) | China | 148.28 | 376 | 28.40 | 23.7 % | 64 |
| 18 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) | China | 112.05 | 279 | 27.66 | 32.8 % | 94 |
| 19 | The University of Hong Kong (HKU) | China | 92.45 | 347 | 26.68 | 40.6 % | 121 |
| 20 | Shandong Normal University (SDNU) | China | 52.05 | 79 | 26.64 | 104.9 % | 232 |
| 21 | Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) | China | 51.71 | 140 | 25.90 | 100.4 % | 235 |
| 22 | Zhejiang University (ZJU) | China | 240.33 | 580 | 25.46 | 11.8 % | 30 |
| 23 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 229.18 | 574 | 24.49 | 12.0 % | 32 |
| 24 | Soochow University | China | 158.44 | 299 | 23.80 | 17.7 % | 57 |
| 25 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States of America (USA) | 299.63 | 891 | 22.95 | 8.3 % | 17 |
| 26 | Shenzhen University (SZU) | China | 32.52 | 131 | 22.77 | 233.6 % | 331 |
| 27 | Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) | China | 51.58 | 110 | 22.43 | 76.9 % | 236 |
| 28 | Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) | China | 80.91 | 158 | 22.41 | 38.3 % | 145 |
| 29 | University of Oslo (UiO) | Norway | 65.58 | 335 | 22.13 | 50.9 % | 194 |
| 30 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) | Saudi Arabia | 109.98 | 237 | 21.56 | 24.4 % | 97 |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | United States of America (USA) | 195.39 | 468 | 21.32 | 12.2 % | 43 |
| 32 | University of Bristol (UoB) | United Kingdom (UK) | 152.12 | 467 | 20.82 | 15.9 % | 61 |
| 33 | China University of Geosciences (CUG) | China | 47.32 | 113 | 20.80 | 78.4 % | 249 |
| 34 | China Pharmaceutical University (CPU) | China | 34.38 | 66 | 20.75 | 152.3 % | 322 |
| 35 | University of Basel (UB) | Switzerland | 109.67 | 310 | 20.45 | 22.9 % | 98 |
| 36 | Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) | India | 50.20 | 188 | 20.36 | 68.2 % | 242 |
| 37 | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) | India | 98.21 | 246 | 19.20 | 24.3 % | 110 |
| 38 | Colorado State University | United States of America (USA) | 75.04 | 208 | 18.89 | 33.7 % | 165 |
| 39 | ShanghaiTech University | China | 23.67 | 129 | 18.56 | 363.7 % | 407 |
| 40 | Dortmund University of Technology (TU Dortmund) | Germany | 41.82 | 209 | 18.42 | 78.7 % | 277 |
| 41 | University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) | United States of America (USA) | 148.04 | 448 | 16.84 | 12.8 % | 65 |
| 42 | University of Amsterdam (UvA) | Netherlands | 76.42 | 518 | 16.77 | 28.1 % | 161 |
| 43 | The University of Chicago (UChicago) | United States of America (USA) | 221.23 | 680 | 16.72 | 8.2 % | 34 |
| 44 | Central South University (CSU) | China | 43.75 | 114 | 16.61 | 61.2 % | 266 |
| 45 | Jinan University (JNU) | China | 29.37 | 101 | 16.48 | 127.9 % | 355 |
| 46 | Beijing Normal University (BNU) | China | 83.58 | 224 | 16.47 | 24.5 % | 140 |
| 47 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) | Germany | 93.30 | 348 | 16.30 | 21.2 % | 119 |
| 48 | Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre)** | Netherlands | 50.55 | 160 | 16.11 | 46.8 % | 241 |
| 49 | Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) | Netherlands | 66.67 | 134 | 16.04 | 31.7 % | 191 |
| 50 | Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) | China | 31.04 | 66 | 15.87 | 104.6 % | 342 |
| 51 | Central China Normal University (CCNU) | China | 45.46 | 145 | 15.83 | 53.4 % | 260 |
| 52 | Southwest University (SWU) | China | 62.10 | 91 | 15.62 | 33.6 % | 204 |
| 53 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) | South Korea | 77.17 | 162 | 15.26 | 24.7 % | 159 |
| 54 | Northwest University (NWU) | China | 34.41 | 55 | 15.18 | 78.9 % | 321 |
| 55 | Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) | Belgium | 120.01 | 322 | 15.03 | 14.3 % | 83 |
| 56 | Shandong University (SDU) | China | 88.60 | 338 | 14.97 | 20.3 % | 128 |
| 57 | University of Vienna | Austria | 65.42 | 212 | 14.84 | 29.3 % | 195 |
| 58 | Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) | China | 26.07 | 71 | 14.48 | 125.0 % | 379 |
| 59 | University of Utah (Utah) | United States of America (USA) | 133.10 | 311 | 14.18 | 11.9 % | 73 |
| 60 | Lanzhou University (LZU) | China | 106.87 | 189 | 13.92 | 15.0 % | 100 |
| 61 | Michigan State University (MSU) | United States of America (USA) | 78.90 | 340 | 13.85 | 21.3 % | 152 |
| 62 | Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST) | China | 33.95 | 72 | 13.53 | 66.2 % | 323 |
| 63 | Tongji University | China | 70.89 | 227 | 13.49 | 23.5 % | 175 |
| 64 | Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) | Austria | 24.37 | 53 | 13.49 | 124.0 % | 401 |
| 65 | Emory University | United States of America (USA) | 104.39 | 266 | 13.47 | 14.8 % | 104 |
| 66 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom (UK) | 155.17 | 597 | 13.20 | 9.3 % | 59 |
| 67 | Western University (UWO) | Canada | 46.12 | 116 | 13.17 | 40.0 % | 254 |
| 68 | Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) | China | 20.24 | 55 | 12.96 | 177.9 % | 434 |
| 69 | University of Virginia (UVA) | United States of America (USA) | 78.05 | 281 | 12.91 | 19.8 % | 157 |
| 70 | South China Normal University (SCNU) | China | 23.59 | 49 | 12.90 | 120.6 % | 408 |
| 71 | University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) | China | 41.38 | 87 | 12.54 | 43.5 % | 281 |
| 72 | University of Zurich (UZH) | Switzerland | 125.93 | 573 | 11.50 | 10.1 % | 78 |
| 73 | Qufu Normal University (QFNU) | China | 12.66 | 39 | 11.45 | 949.4 % | >500 |
| 74 | Texas A&M University (TAMU) | United States of America (USA) | 168.22 | 474 | 11.40 | 7.3 % | 51 |
| 75 | Griffith University | Australia | 24.09 | 92 | 11.28 | 88.1 % | 403 |
| 76 | Dartmouth College | United States of America (USA) | 56.70 | 134 | 11.20 | 24.6 % | 212 |
| 77 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | United States of America (USA) | 37.33 | 85 | 11.19 | 42.8 % | 303 |
| 78 | University of Groningen (RUG) | Netherlands | 110.37 | 345 | 11.14 | 11.2 % | 96 |
| 79 | Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) | China | 51.92 | 104 | 11.03 | 27.0 % | 234 |
| 80 | Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) | China | 21.56 | 60 | 10.88 | 101.9 % | 421 |
| 81 | Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) | Russia | 47.25 | 371 | 10.66 | 29.1 % | 250 |
| 82 | University of Jinan (UJN) | China | 19.35 | 30 | 10.65 | 122.4 % | 446 |
| 83 | Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) | China | 32.19 | 47 | 10.61 | 49.2 % | 334 |
| 84 | Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) | Germany | 29.18 | 105 | 10.37 | 55.1 % | 357 |
| 85 | Ocean University of China (OUC) | China | 27.23 | 94 | 10.14 | 59.4 % | 366 |
| 86 | Fuzhou University (FZU) | China | 42.16 | 80 | 10.01 | 31.1 % | 276 |
| 87 | Shanxi University (SXU) | China | 26.99 | 73 | 9.99 | 58.8 % | 371 |
| 88 | University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) | Spain | 54.07 | 205 | 9.92 | 22.5 % | 223 |
| 89 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | China | 69.39 | 295 | 9.90 | 16.6 % | 180 |
| 90 | University of Connecticut (UConn) | United States of America (USA) | 71.42 | 163 | 9.84 | 16.0 % | 173 |
| 91 | University of Münster (WWU) | Germany | 112.79 | 270 | 9.80 | 9.5 % | 91 |
| 92 | China Agricultural University (CAU) | China | 29.72 | 77 | 9.77 | 49.0 % | 353 |
| 93 | China University of Petroleum (CUP) | China | 21.31 | 54 | 9.45 | 79.7 % | 423 |
| 94 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) | China | 37.18 | 99 | 9.39 | 33.8 % | 306 |
| 95 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) | China | 106.51 | 315 | 9.37 | 9.6 % | 101 |
| 96 | University of Milan (UNIMI) | Italy | 34.43 | 270 | 9.21 | 36.5 % | 320 |
| 97 | Kanazawa University (KU) | Japan | 27.62 | 70 | 9.17 | 49.7 % | 364 |
| 98 | University of São Paulo (USP) | Brazil | 56.35 | 259 | 9.10 | 19.2 % | 214 |
| 99 | Henan University (HENU) | China | 17.65 | 36 | 8.80 | 99.4 % | 469 |
| 100 | University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) | United States of America (USA) | 55.68 | 150 | 8.77 | 18.7 % | 217 |
| 101 | University of Victoria (UVic) | Canada | 32.61 | 172 | 8.77 | 36.8 % | 329 |
| 102 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | United Kingdom (UK) | 33.28 | 104 | 8.75 | 35.7 % | 326 |
| 103 | University of Copenhagen (UCPH) | Denmark | 140.60 | 530 | 8.67 | 6.6 % | 72 |
| 104 | Hefei University of Technology (HFUT) | China | 15.96 | 37 | 8.64 | 118.0 % | 498 |
| 105 | Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) | Austria | 21.74 | 65 | 8.57 | 65.1 % | 420 |
| 106 | University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) | Germany | 43.04 | 131 | 8.37 | 24.1 % | 272 |
| 107 | Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) | Israel | 173.88 | 415 | 8.16 | 4.9 % | 49 |
| 108 | Hebei University (HBU) | China | 14.00 | 25 | 8.13 | 138.5 % | >500 |
| 109 | Nanjing Medical University (NJMU) | China | 16.78 | 64 | 8.04 | 92.0 % | 481 |
| 110 | University of Sherbrooke (USherbrooke) | Canada | 39.37 | 107 | 7.89 | 25.1 % | 296 |
| 111 | Capital Normal University (CNU) | China | 20.08 | 56 | 7.76 | 63.0 % | 435 |
| 112 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) | China | 25.37 | 93 | 7.72 | 43.8 % | 387 |
| 113 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) | Japan | 21.17 | 45 | 7.70 | 57.2 % | 426 |
| 114 | Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (SUST) | China | 8.30 | 12 | 7.68 | 1246.1 % | >500 |
| 115 | Kindai University | Japan | 11.94 | 24 | 7.64 | 177.2 % | >500 |
| 116 | Utrecht University (UU) | Netherlands | 127.01 | 606 | 7.56 | 6.3 % | 77 |
| 117 | Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) | United States of America (USA) | 20.77 | 54 | 7.50 | 56.5 % | 427 |
| 118 | The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) | United States of America (USA) | 22.46 | 67 | 7.43 | 49.4 % | 416 |
| 119 | Keio University | Japan | 62.15 | 131 | 7.31 | 13.3 % | 203 |
| 120 | Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) | South Korea | 13.99 | 45 | 7.26 | 108.0 % | >500 |
| 121 | Beihang University (BUAA) | China | 51.38 | 225 | 7.23 | 16.4 % | 237 |
| 122 | Kyushu University | Japan | 95.16 | 310 | 7.16 | 8.1 % | 116 |
| 123 | Masaryk University (MU) | Czech Republic | 21.97 | 81 | 7.10 | 47.7 % | 418 |
| 124 | Qingdao Agricultural University (QAU) | China | 9.89 | 14 | 6.86 | 226.2 % | >500 |
| 125 | The University of Wollongong (UOW) | Australia | 31.10 | 115 | 6.84 | 28.2 % | 341 |
| 126 | Washington State University (WSU) | United States of America (USA) | 37.25 | 112 | 6.79 | 22.3 % | 304 |
| 127 | Leipzig University | Germany | 49.87 | 146 | 6.76 | 15.7 % | 243 |
| 128 | Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Germany | 128.54 | 456 | 6.75 | 5.5 % | 76 |
| 129 | Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (ZZULI) | China | 8.03 | 11 | 6.63 | 473.9 % | >500 |
| 130 | Shanghai University (SHU) | China | 39.87 | 99 | 6.51 | 19.5 % | 291 |
| 131 | Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU) | China | 11.54 | 21 | 6.50 | 128.9 % | >500 |
| 132 | University of Lausanne (UNIL) | Switzerland | 51.33 | 183 | 6.49 | 14.5 % | 238 |
| 133 | Auburn University | United States of America (USA) | 14.98 | 35 | 6.47 | 76.0 % | >500 |
| 134 | Uppsala University (UU) | Sweden | 96.74 | 418 | 6.45 | 7.1 % | 114 |
| 135 | Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) | Germany | 89.31 | 394 | 6.40 | 7.7 % | 125 |
| 136 | Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) | Netherlands | 75.39 | 454 | 6.40 | 9.3 % | 163 |
| 137 | Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) | Thailand | 6.64 | 15 | 6.39 | 2602.3 % | >500 |
| 138 | Anhui University (AHU) | China | 14.78 | 39 | 6.38 | 75.9 % | >500 |
| 139 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom (UK) | 76.85 | 407 | 6.24 | 8.8 % | 160 |
| 140 | Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) | China | 11.33 | 22 | 6.22 | 121.6 % | >500 |
| 141 | Simon Fraser University (SFU) | Canada | 33.60 | 174 | 6.17 | 22.5 % | 325 |
| 142 | Xidian University | China | 11.71 | 25 | 6.12 | 109.3 % | >500 |
| 143 | University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) | United States of America (USA) | 34.84 | 77 | 6.07 | 21.1 % | 316 |
| 144 | Ritsumeikan University | Japan | 10.23 | 37 | 6.07 | 145.9 % | >500 |
| 145 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) | Norway | 8.62 | 41 | 5.99 | 227.0 % | >500 |
| 146 | Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) | Singapore | 11.65 | 31 | 5.90 | 102.7 % | >500 |
| 147 | Florida Atlantic University (FAU) | United States of America (USA) | 9.78 | 28 | 5.90 | 151.7 % | >500 |
| 148 | Nanjing Normal University (NNU) | China | 30.58 | 99 | 5.84 | 23.6 % | 346 |
| 149 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) | United States of America (USA) | 14.90 | 50 | 5.77 | 63.2 % | >500 |
| 150 | The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) | United States of America (USA) | 38.98 | 157 | 5.70 | 17.1 % | 298 |
| 151 | Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU) | China | 7.13 | 17 | 5.69 | 392.8 % | >500 |
| 152 | Dalhousie University | Canada | 31.60 | 95 | 5.65 | 21.8 % | 338 |
| 153 | RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen) | Germany | 93.19 | 387 | 5.61 | 6.4 % | 120 |
| 154 | Jiangsu Normal University (JSNU) | China | 13.38 | 22 | 5.60 | 72.0 % | >500 |
| 155 | University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg) | Germany | 94.49 | 312 | 5.59 | 6.3 % | 118 |
| 156 | Nanchang Hangkong University (NCHU) | China | 6.12 | 15 | 5.52 | 912.7 % | >500 |
| 157 | University of Aveiro (UA) | Portugal | 19.72 | 62 | 5.46 | 38.3 % | 437 |
| 158 | University of Kentucky (UK) | United States of America (USA) | 44.21 | 120 | 5.39 | 13.9 % | 264 |
| 159 | State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany) | United States of America (USA) | 22.42 | 117 | 5.37 | 31.5 % | 417 |
| 160 | The University of Dublin | Ireland | 48.18 | 145 | 5.37 | 12.5 % | 248 |
| 161 | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 9.61 | 40 | 5.36 | 126.0 % | >500 |
| 162 | University of Eastern Finland (UEF) | Finland | 12.31 | 59 | 5.27 | 74.9 % | >500 |
| 163 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) | China | 7.16 | 30 | 5.27 | 277.9 % | >500 |
| 164 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) | United States of America (USA) | 69.49 | 179 | 5.26 | 8.2 % | 179 |
| 165 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC) | China | 30.93 | 111 | 5.21 | 20.2 % | 343 |
| 166 | Wenzhou Medical University (WMU) | China | 9.80 | 40 | 5.20 | 113.0 % | >500 |
| 167 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | United States of America (USA) | 15.79 | 72 | 5.18 | 48.9 % | >500 |
| 168 | University of Ottawa (uOttawa) | Canada | 62.97 | 164 | 5.16 | 8.9 % | 200 |
| 169 | Grenoble Alpes University (UGA) | France | 55.88 | 563 | 5.13 | 10.1 % | 216 |
| 170 | Tianjin Medical University (TMC) | China | 13.63 | 47 | 5.12 | 60.2 % | >500 |
| 171 | Guangzhou University (GU) | China | 5.34 | 19 | 5.10 | 2177.8 % | >500 |
| 172 | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU) | Poland | 14.92 | 52 | 5.10 | 52.0 % | >500 |
| 173 | The University of Kansas (KU) | United States of America (USA) | 49.32 | 208 | 5.08 | 11.5 % | 244 |
| 174 | Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) | China | 21.53 | 53 | 5.08 | 30.9 % | 422 |
| 175 | Northern Arizona University (NAU) | United States of America (USA) | 7.85 | 22 | 5.07 | 182.9 % | >500 |
| 176 | Gifu Pharmaceutical University (GPU) | Japan | 6.16 | 9 | 5.07 | 465.1 % | >500 |
| 177 | University of Tartu (UT) | Estonia | 14.50 | 56 | 5.05 | 53.4 % | >500 |
| 178 | Kookmin University | South Korea | 7.85 | 16 | 5.04 | 179.4 % | >500 |
| 179 | North China Electric Power University (NCEPU) | China | 13.30 | 35 | 5.02 | 60.6 % | >500 |
| 180 | Northeast Normal University (NENU) | China | 39.95 | 65 | 5.01 | 14.3 % | 290 |
| 181 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom (UK) | 14.51 | 36 | 4.99 | 52.4 % | >500 |
| 182 | University of Fribourg (UNIFR) | Switzerland | 23.92 | 94 | 4.97 | 26.2 % | 405 |
| 183 | Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) | China | 17.27 | 83 | 4.95 | 40.1 % | 473 |
| 184 | National Chung Cheng University (CCU) | Taiwan | 7.56 | 10 | 4.94 | 188.4 % | >500 |
| 185 | Guangzhou Medical University (GMU) | China | 7.99 | 42 | 4.92 | 160.2 % | >500 |
| 186 | Boston College (BC) | United States of America (USA) | 29.55 | 52 | 4.88 | 19.8 % | 354 |
| 187 | Hohai University (HHU) | China | 6.92 | 22 | 4.87 | 238.2 % | >500 |
| 188 | Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) | China | 16.00 | 36 | 4.87 | 43.8 % | 496 |
| 189 | University of Trento (UNITN) | Italy | 19.30 | 179 | 4.86 | 33.7 % | 447 |
| 190 | South China Agricultural University (SCAU) | China | 7.44 | 23 | 4.84 | 186.1 % | >500 |
| 191 | Temple University | United States of America (USA) | 43.66 | 116 | 4.83 | 12.4 % | 267 |
| 192 | Huaqiao University (HQU) | China | 13.44 | 24 | 4.79 | 55.4 % | >500 |
| 193 | Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) | China | 17.76 | 43 | 4.78 | 36.9 % | 467 |
| 194 | University of Granada (UGR) | Spain | 21.79 | 135 | 4.72 | 27.6 % | 419 |
| 195 | Changzhou University (CZU) | China | 27.22 | 39 | 4.61 | 20.4 % | 367 |
| 196 | University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) | Norway | 15.97 | 72 | 4.57 | 40.1 % | 497 |
| 197 | University of Kent | United Kingdom (UK) | 9.67 | 34 | 4.56 | 89.3 % | >500 |
| 198 | Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) | Austria | 53.31 | 192 | 4.55 | 9.3 % | 226 |
| 199 | University of Montana (UMT) | United States of America (USA) | 10.92 | 36 | 4.52 | 70.7 % | >500 |
| 200 | Texas Tech University (TTU) | United States of America (USA) | 19.07 | 130 | 4.52 | 31.1 % | 448 |
Footnote
* FC figures are adjusted to 2017 levels.
** Wageningen University & Research (WUR) was created in 2016 from a merger between Wageningen University and its eight research institutes. 2015 output is based on the sum of FC for the university and research institutions.