Top 10 institutions in Physical Sciences
The table shows the top 10 rising institutions in the physical sciences, 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, and percentage change in Adjusted FC from 2015 to 2017.
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| 1 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | China | 73.56 | 479 | 50.01 | 212.4% |
| 2 | Nanjing University (NJU) | China | 114.53 | 363 | 29.80 | 35.2% |
| 3 | University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) | China | 121.64 | 413 | 29.61 | 32.2% |
| 4 | Tsinghua University (TH) | China | 145.12 | 585 | 29.11 | 25.1% |
| 5 | Peking University (PKU) | China | 140.78 | 580 | 19.76 | 16.3% |
| 6 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) | China | 52.78 | 130 | 19.64 | 59.3% |
| 7 | Hunan University (HNU) | China | 23.46 | 52 | 18.96 | 421.7% |
| 8 | Xiamen University (XMU) | China | 29.95 | 69 | 18.41 | 159.4% |
| 9 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) | Saudi Arabia | 47.28 | 94 | 17.23 | 57.3% |
| 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) | China | 55.80 | 274 | 16.88 | 43.4% |
Footnote
* FC figures are adjusted to 2017 levels.