Top 25 rising young universities

The top 25 rising young universities ranked by change in adjusted article Share (adjusted Share*) between 2019 and 2020. Also listed are each university's article Share (Share) and article count (Count) in 2020, and percentage change in adjusted Share 2019–20.

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Rank	Institution	Location	Year established	Share 2020	Count 2020	Change in adjusted Share 2019–20	Change in adjusted Share 2019–20 (%)
1	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	2012	221.61	591	88.77	66.8%
2	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	South Korea	1971	189.28	400	31.81	20.2%
3	City University of Hong Kong (CityU)	China	1994	93.41	314	23.70	34.0%
4	Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT)	China	1995	45.77	127	19.82	76.4%
5	ShanghaiTech University	China	2013	70.41	280	15.44	28.1%
6	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)	India	1989	37.30	60	15.37	70.1%
7	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	Japan	2011	41.79	107	15.18	57.1%
8	Ningbo University (NBU)	China	1986	32.49	82	14.80	83.6%
9	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	China	1994	58.02	220	14.70	33.9%
10	Wenzhou University (WZU)	China	1984	28.38	65	13.57	91.6%
11	University of Oldenburg	Germany	1973	24.55	64	12.40	102.1%
12	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)	Austria	2009	34.76	82	11.22	47.7%
13	Westlake University	China	2018	18.41	82	11.21	155.6%
14	Northwest A&F University (NWAFU)	China	1985	35.67	70	10.36	40.9%
15	Hubei University (HUBU)	China	1984	26.24	61	9.66	58.2%
16	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST)	China	2004	37.32	165	9.59	34.6%
17	University of Technology Sydney (UTS)	Australia	1988	32.15	105	9.41	41.4%
18	Tianjin University of Technology (TJUT)	China	1979	30.57	62	8.92	41.2%
19	Wuyi University	China	1985	19.33	54	8.33	75.8%
20	University of California, Merced (UC Merced)	United States of America (USA)	2005	19.04	63	7.82	69.6%
21	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)	Russia	2011	22.00	97	7.76	54.5%
22	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH)	India	2008	11.20	38	7.59	210.0%
23	China University of Geosciences (CUG)	China	1987	75.31	213	7.45	11.0%
24	Capital Medical University	China	1994	19.89	112	7.15	56.1%
25	Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT)	China	1993	58.24	134	7.04	13.8%

Footnote

^*Adjusted Share is calculated by adjusting Share values to 2020 levels.