Top 100 institutions in biological sciences in Asia Pacific

The table shows the top 100 institutions in biological sciences in Asia Pacific, ranked by article share (Share) in 2020^*. Also listed are each institution's article count (Count) in 2020^*, its global rank and percentage change in adjusted Share^** from 2015 to 2020^*.

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#Rank	Institution	Location	Share 2020*	Count 2020*	Global subject rank 2020*	Change in adjusted Share** 2015–2020* (%)
1	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	China	279.01	959	5	25.6%
2	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	Japan	95.98	331	31	-29.8%
3	Peking University (PKU)	China	91.06	292	35	49.1%
4	Zhejiang University (ZJU)	China	71.35	212	54	148.0%
5	Tsinghua University	China	69.40	259	56	20.4%
6	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	67.91	458	57	245.9%
7	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)	China	62.94	241	61	114.0%
8	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	62.67	267	62	16.1%
9	The University of Queensland (UQ)	Australia	62.12	277	63	3.2%
10	Kyoto University	Japan	58.41	196	71	-11.3%
11	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)	China	57.70	172	74	97.7%
12	Fudan University	China	57.00	228	76	25.9%
13	The University of Melbourne (UniMelb)	Australia	51.86	332	83	16.7%
14	RIKEN	Japan	50.10	229	88	-26.7%
15	Osaka University	Japan	45.17	165	98	-21.3%
16	Seoul National University (SNU)	South Korea	44.13	149	99	9.1%
17	People's Liberation Army (PLA)	China	42.20	198	102	39.9%
18	Monash University	Australia	40.33	231	105	3.6%
19	Academia Sinica	Taiwan	36.70	98	121	19.1%
20	University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	Australia	34.68	174	134	50.4%
21	Nagoya University	Japan	34.38	114	136	-3.1%
22	Wuhan University (WHU)	China	31.59	117	147	139.6%
23	Tohoku University	Japan	30.10	105	161	31.5%
24	Sichuan University (SCU)	China	29.71	94	164	233.0%
25	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CAMS & PUMC)	China	28.14	139	170	47.1%
26	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)	China	27.39	108	172	143.3%
27	The University of Sydney (USYD)	Australia	27.39	153	173	-27.7%
28	The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	China	27.28	107	176	101.8%
29	Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)	Singapore	26.54	130	178	-20.1%
30	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)	China	26.42	132	179	50.0%
31	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	25.77	121	183	15.2%
32	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	25.71	91	186	25.3%
33	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)	China	25.60	102	188	122.6%
34	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	China	23.64	107	206	57.6%
35	Australian National University (ANU)	Australia	22.29	92	211	4.5%
36	Nanjing University (NJU)	China	22.05	65	214	4.9%
37	China Agricultural University (CAU)	China	21.93	63	215	41.4%
38	Yonsei University	South Korea	21.86	76	218	-8.6%
39	Hokkaido University	Japan	21.66	74	219	-20.6%
40	Xiamen University (XMU)	China	20.14	61	226	39.0%
41	Shandong University (SDU)	China	19.76	136	229	32.8%
42	Soochow University	China	18.86	49	236	79.4%
43	Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU)	China	18.81	56	238	29.3%
44	Nankai University (NKU)	China	18.48	68	242	42.0%
45	Kyushu University	Japan	18.25	78	245	-18.5%
46	The University of Western Australia (UWA)	Australia	17.74	100	250	-5.6%
47	ShanghaiTech University	China	16.96	95	260	767.8%
48	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)	India	16.77	41	262	10.8%
49	Nanjing Medical University (NJMU)	China	16.14	77	272	212.3%
50	East China Normal University (ECNU)	China	16.10	52	273	73.5%
51	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taiwan	15.85	67	275	-3.1%
52	University of Tsukuba	Japan	15.43	69	281	-3.4%
53	University of Otago	New Zealand	15.34	73	285	-1.2%
54	Institute for Basic Science (IBS)	South Korea	15.33	65	286	167.6%
55	Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)	China	15.21	52	288	172.0%
56	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	Japan	15.02	76	292	-1.5%
57	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	14.36	67	299	1800.4%
58	Central South University (CSU)	China	13.84	83	305	175.8%
59	National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS)	China	13.83	53	306	3.3%
60	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	13.68	41	309	12.6%
61	Northwest A&F University (NWAFU)	China	13.06	30	316	442.7%
62	Indian Institute of Science (IISc)	India	12.93	28	317	-3.9%
63	Tongji University	China	12.70	70	323	13.5%
64	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	Japan	12.36	47	329	20.8%
65	China Pharmaceutical University (CPU)	China	11.91	23	339	348.7%
66	Beijing Normal University (BNU)	China	11.81	60	342	7.4%
67	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)	Australia	11.71	84	345	-20.2%
68	Korea University	South Korea	11.59	54	348	14.1%
69	James Cook University (JCU)	Australia	11.17	52	355	15.3%
70	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	11.13	37	356	44.9%
71	The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni)	Australia	10.97	89	358	3.8%
72	Capital Medical University	China	10.87	85	361	95.7%
73	Keio University	Japan	10.83	58	362	-54.8%
74	QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	Australia	10.76	78	365	33.3%
75	Tianjin Medical University (TMU)	China	10.66	39	367	19.2%
76	Guangzhou Medical University (GMU)	China	10.28	63	375	374.6%
77	The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)	Australia	10.11	68	377	-15.8%
78	Southern Medical University (SMU)	China	9.75	44	385	65.9%
79	Jilin University (JLU)	China	9.68	35	387	161.0%
80	Southeast University (SEU)	China	9.61	30	389	102.6%
81	The University of Auckland	New Zealand	9.19	59	401	-4.6%
82	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU)	China	9.02	35	405	361.6%
83	Kobe University	Japan	8.89	45	410	2.9%
84	Chiba University	Japan	8.76	39	412	49.7%
85	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	South Korea	8.72	48	414	18.2%
86	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	Japan	8.69	55	416	15.9%
87	Macquarie University	Australia	8.61	50	419	-1.4%
88	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea	8.10	34	434	-36.4%
89	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	India	8.08	23	436	-49.8%
90	Chongqing Medical University (CQMU)	China	7.90	23	442	207.5%
91	Shenzhen University (SZU)	China	7.85	42	444	502.8%
92	BGI	China	7.84	45	445	-46.8%
93	National Cancer Center (NCC)	Japan	7.64	38	448	18.3%
94	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	Japan	7.57	43	450	-16.7%
95	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	Australia	7.56	50	454	-12.9%
96	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Japan	7.44	35	462	-7.6%
97	Wenzhou Medical University (WMU)	China	7.14	33	474	87.3%
98	Okayama University	Japan	7.13	37	475	-33.9%
99	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (IGAKUKEN)	Japan	7.11	26	476	-13.9%
100	Southwest University (SWU)	China	7.08	14	477	73.5%

Footnote

^*Data from the latest full year available at time of publication, September 2019–August 2020.

^**Adjusted Share is calculated by adjusting Share values to 2019 levels.