Leading 50 young universities in biological sciences

The leading 50 young universities in biological sciences ranked by article Share in the subject in 2020 (Share 2020). Also listed are each university's life science article count of the year (Count 2020) and the subject Share in relation to its overall Share (Subject contribution %).

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1	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	1978	70.04	477	16.5%
2	Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)	United States of America (USA)	1981	46.12	160	93.0%
3	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)	United States of America (USA)	1972	31.06	170	97.5%
4	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)	Austria	2009	27.60	57	79.4%
5	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	1971	27.43	93	14.5%
6	Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)	Netherlands	1973	24.36	152	93.7%
7	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	1991	21.13	110	9.5%
8	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio)	United States of America (USA)	1972	19.94	65	95.2%
9	Wageningen University & Research (WUR)	Netherlands	1986	19.02	113	37.4%
10	ShanghaiTech University	China	2013	18.98	99	27.0%
11	Capital Medical University	China	1994	18.02	98	90.6%
12	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	China	1991	17.29	51	13.5%
13	Medical University of Vienna (MUW)	Austria	2004	17.11	131	86.1%
14	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	16.67	77	7.5%
15	Nanjing Medical University (NJMU)	China	1993	15.73	69	62.9%
16	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	2011	14.32	44	34.3%
17	Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)	China	1984	14.16	48	57.6%
18	Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)	Spain	1990	13.93	130	94.2%
19	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)	Norway	1996	13.73	87	31.8%
20	Northwest A&F University (NWAFU)	China	1985	13.23	30	37.1%
21	China Pharmaceutical University (CPU)	China	1986	12.63	20	31.3%
22	Augusta University	United States of America (USA)	1996	12.57	43	97.9%
23	Tianjin Medical University (TMU)	China	1993	12.56	46	76.2%
24	Maastricht University (UM)	Netherlands	1976	11.77	84	67.0%
25	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)	Saudi Arabia	2009	10.16	39	8.8%
26	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	Japan	1988	9.87	56	50.8%
27	University of Lübeck	Germany	1985	9.83	82	87.3%
28	University of Potsdam	Germany	1991	9.17	62	35.9%
29	Shenzhen University (SZU)	China	1983	8.99	41	10.7%
30	Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)	Austria	2004	8.72	34	84.6%
31	Wenzhou Medical University (WMU)	China	2013	8.42	31	61.3%
32	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)	Sweden	1977	8.28	68	41.2%
33	Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU)	China	1972	7.74	31	57.0%
34	Linköping University (LiU)	Sweden	1975	7.71	32	21.0%
35	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	South Korea	1986	7.55	29	8.3%
36	University of Bayreuth (UBT)	Germany	1975	7.53	25	16.3%
37	University of Wollongong (UOW)	Australia	1975	7.36	30	20.0%
38	Chongqing Medical University (CQMU)	China	1985	7.22	23	70.8%
39	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)	South Korea	2009	6.99	24	7.7%
40	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	1994	6.57	33	7.0%
41	Jiangnan University	China	1995	6.47	13	16.3%
42	Westlake University	China	2018	6.35	28	34.5%
43	University of California, Merced (UC Merced)	United States of America (USA)	2005	6.25	27	32.8%
44	University of Bremen (Uni Bremen)	Germany	1971	6.05	26	17.7%
45	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU)	Germany	1993	5.91	36	56.7%
46	South China Agricultural University (SCAU)	China	1984	5.89	35	38.5%
47	University of Macau (UM)	China	1981	5.80	22	28.6%
48	University of Oldenburg	Germany	1973	5.52	22	22.5%
49	Hangzhou Normal University (HZNU)	China	2007	5.46	19	25.4%
50	San Diego State University (SDSU)	United States of America (USA)	1972	5.22	19	41.8%