Top 100 rising institutions from the Big 5 science nations
The top 100 rising institutions among the Big 5 science nations, ranked by change in adjusted article Share (adjusted Share**) from 2020 to 2021*. Also listed are each institution's article Share (Share) and article count (Count) in 2021*, and percentage change in adjusted Share** from 2020 to 2021*.
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| 1 | Shandong University (SDU) | China | 184.71 | 634 | 53.82 | 40.1% |
| 2 | Zhejiang University (ZJU) | China | 388.75 | 924 | 53.13 | 15.5% |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | China | 468.51 | 2,492 | 51.49 | 12.1% |
| 4 | Fudan University | China | 330.65 | 900 | 45.61 | 15.7% |
| 5 | Nankai University (NKU) | China | 268.63 | 549 | 42.99 | 18.6% |
| 6 | Tsinghua University | China | 428.92 | 1,324 | 42.62 | 10.8% |
| 7 | Chongqing University (CQU) | China | 107.78 | 213 | 35.66 | 48.1% |
| 8 | Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) | China | 299.10 | 801 | 35.49 | 13.2% |
| 9 | Wuhan University (WHU) | China | 237.53 | 526 | 33.98 | 16.3% |
| 10 | Soochow University | China | 225.22 | 440 | 32.24 | 16.4% |
| 11 | Hunan University (HNU) | China | 168.44 | 316 | 30.87 | 21.9% |
| 12 | Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) | China | 113.55 | 262 | 30.69 | 36.1% |
| 13 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) | China | 319.51 | 933 | 28.67 | 9.7% |
| 14 | Fuzhou University (FZU) | China | 84.66 | 185 | 25.98 | 43.1% |
| 15 | South China University of Technology (SCUT) | China | 145.99 | 325 | 25.40 | 20.6% |
| 16 | Tongji University | China | 149.90 | 453 | 25.22 | 19.8% |
| 17 | Zhengzhou University (ZZU) | China | 125.40 | 472 | 24.77 | 24.1% |
| 18 | Peking University (PKU) | China | 461.54 | 1,644 | 23.06 | 5.2% |
| 19 | Sichuan University (SCU) | China | 238.88 | 449 | 22.64 | 10.3% |
| 20 | Lanzhou University (LZU) | China | 144.13 | 311 | 22.48 | 18.1% |
| 21 | Dalian University of Technology (DUT) | China | 112.32 | 218 | 22.32 | 24.2% |
| 22 | Central South University (CSU) | China | 107.94 | 294 | 21.03 | 23.7% |
| 23 | Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) | China | 234.94 | 645 | 19.61 | 8.9% |
| 24 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) | United States of America (USA) | 62.58 | 193 | 18.70 | 41.5% |
| 25 | Nanjing Normal University (NNU) | China | 60.79 | 169 | 18.12 | 41.4% |
| 26 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | United States of America (USA) | 409.59 | 1,025 | 17.87 | 4.5% |
| 27 | The University of Hong Kong (HKU) | China | 110.35 | 463 | 17.34 | 18.2% |
| 28 | Changzhou University (CZU) | China | 41.38 | 62 | 16.97 | 67.4% |
| 29 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | China | 106.48 | 410 | 15.94 | 17.2% |
| 30 | Xiamen University (XMU) | China | 205.81 | 418 | 15.17 | 7.8% |
| 31 | University of Münster (WWU) | Germany | 151.95 | 350 | 14.83 | 10.6% |
| 32 | Nanjing University (NJU) | China | 423.73 | 989 | 13.83 | 3.3% |
| 33 | Henan University (HENU) | China | 60.83 | 138 | 13.68 | 28.3% |
| 34 | The Rockefeller University | United States of America (USA) | 95.47 | 281 | 13.40 | 16.0% |
| 35 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America (USA) | 209.58 | 618 | 13.02 | 6.5% |
| 36 | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 42.73 | 165 | 13.01 | 42.7% |
| 37 | Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST) | China | 48.19 | 96 | 12.51 | 34.2% |
| 38 | Xiangtan University (XTU) | China | 26.93 | 52 | 12.47 | 83.4% |
| 39 | Jiangsu University (JSU) | China | 30.09 | 76 | 12.45 | 68.5% |
| 40 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States of America (USA) | 86.99 | 296 | 12.17 | 15.9% |
| 41 | UCL | United Kingdom (UK) | 219.37 | 955 | 11.87 | 5.6% |
| 42 | King's College London (KCL) | United Kingdom (UK) | 96.16 | 446 | 11.72 | 13.6% |
| 43 | Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) | China | 28.67 | 84 | 10.93 | 59.9% |
| 44 | Southeast University (SEU) | China | 93.03 | 225 | 10.85 | 12.9% |
| 45 | Yangzhou University (YZU) | China | 50.06 | 118 | 10.80 | 26.9% |
| 46 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America (USA) | 344.24 | 1,037 | 10.47 | 3.1% |
| 47 | Tianjin University (TJU) | China | 180.87 | 623 | 10.45 | 6.0% |
| 48 | Westlake University | China | 28.23 | 120 | 10.33 | 56.1% |
| 49 | Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) | United States of America (USA) | 23.26 | 64 | 10.29 | 76.9% |
| 50 | Donghua University (DHU) | China | 56.12 | 114 | 10.19 | 21.7% |
| 51 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) | China | 178.56 | 474 | 10.15 | 5.9% |
| 52 | University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg) | Germany | 95.84 | 320 | 10.13 | 11.6% |
| 53 | University of South Carolina - Columbia (SC) | United States of America (USA) | 36.04 | 99 | 9.96 | 37.2% |
| 54 | University of Regensburg (UR) | Germany | 78.09 | 174 | 9.54 | 13.6% |
| 55 | Nanjing Forestry University (NFU) | China | 21.24 | 72 | 9.43 | 77.2% |
| 56 | Osaka University | Japan | 190.13 | 518 | 9.40 | 5.1% |
| 57 | Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) | China | 39.07 | 124 | 9.38 | 30.8% |
| 58 | Shinshu University (SU) | Japan | 19.22 | 104 | 9.37 | 91.7% |
| 59 | Central China Normal University (CCNU) | China | 56.55 | 157 | 9.28 | 19.2% |
| 60 | Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) | Germany | 169.09 | 676 | 9.21 | 5.7% |
| 61 | Qingdao University (QU) | China | 34.66 | 93 | 8.90 | 33.7% |
| 62 | Anhui University (AHU) | China | 51.53 | 152 | 8.88 | 20.4% |
| 63 | University of Washington (UW) | United States of America (USA) | 272.41 | 972 | 8.87 | 3.3% |
| 64 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) | United States of America (USA) | 45.69 | 148 | 8.86 | 23.5% |
| 65 | Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) | China | 56.66 | 200 | 8.86 | 18.1% |
| 66 | Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) | United States of America (USA) | 94.37 | 320 | 8.71 | 10.0% |
| 67 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) | China | 65.56 | 230 | 8.68 | 14.9% |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass Medical School) | United States of America (USA) | 61.71 | 247 | 8.67 | 16.0% |
| 69 | Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) | China | 32.97 | 81 | 8.60 | 34.5% |
| 70 | Leipzig University | Germany | 41.91 | 187 | 8.57 | 25.1% |
| 71 | China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB) | China | 32.95 | 72 | 8.49 | 33.9% |
| 72 | University of Bonn (Uni Bonn) | Germany | 75.41 | 350 | 8.45 | 12.4% |
| 73 | South China Normal University (SCNU) | China | 49.32 | 170 | 8.31 | 19.8% |
| 74 | Mayo Clinic | United States of America (USA) | 66.93 | 204 | 8.13 | 13.5% |
| 75 | Hebei University of Technology (HEBUT) | China | 18.43 | 42 | 8.07 | 75.4% |
| 76 | University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) | China | 448.28 | 1,266 | 8.06 | 1.8% |
| 77 | Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST) | China | 21.94 | 64 | 7.72 | 52.8% |
| 78 | China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) | China | 41.39 | 143 | 7.66 | 22.2% |
| 79 | University of Southern California (USC) | United States of America (USA) | 137.05 | 384 | 7.49 | 5.7% |
| 80 | Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) | United States of America (USA) | 87.98 | 341 | 7.47 | 9.1% |
| 81 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) | Germany | 82.00 | 377 | 7.26 | 9.5% |
| 82 | University of Virginia (UVA) | United States of America (USA) | 99.50 | 305 | 7.18 | 7.6% |
| 83 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center) | United States of America (USA) | 154.17 | 305 | 7.10 | 4.7% |
| 84 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) | United States of America (USA) | 39.17 | 182 | 7.08 | 21.6% |
| 85 | Yunnan University (YNU) | China | 37.57 | 100 | 7.05 | 22.6% |
| 86 | University of Birmingham (UB) | United Kingdom (UK) | 65.69 | 347 | 6.93 | 11.6% |
| 87 | Xidian University | China | 21.27 | 50 | 6.81 | 45.9% |
| 88 | Nantong University (NTU) | China | 23.27 | 61 | 6.79 | 40.2% |
| 89 | Ritsumeikan University | Japan | 12.59 | 44 | 6.75 | 111.0% |
| 90 | Temple University | United States of America (USA) | 34.25 | 114 | 6.67 | 23.6% |
| 91 | Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU) | China | 27.23 | 57 | 6.61 | 31.3% |
| 92 | Henan Normal University | China | 39.19 | 126 | 6.60 | 19.8% |
| 93 | Osaka City University (OCU) | Japan | 17.70 | 58 | 6.47 | 56.0% |
| 94 | The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) | United States of America (USA) | 26.96 | 81 | 6.45 | 30.7% |
| 95 | University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Mānoa) | United States of America (USA) | 59.59 | 282 | 6.43 | 11.9% |
| 96 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom (UK) | 67.22 | 269 | 6.42 | 10.3% |
| 97 | Indiana University (IU) | United States of America (USA) | 116.24 | 384 | 6.29 | 5.6% |
| 98 | Northeast Normal University (NENU) | China | 54.00 | 88 | 6.28 | 12.9% |
| 99 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom (UK) | 66.56 | 370 | 6.25 | 10.2% |
| 100 | AstraZeneca plc | United Kingdom (UK) | 33.21 | 139 | 6.25 | 22.7% |
Footnote
*Data for 2021 represents the period October 2020–September 2021.
**Adjusted Share is calculated by adjusting Share values to 2020 levels.