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What is the best university for Physical Sciences in China?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
| 1 | Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing |
#1 | 100.0 | 14.5% | 130,553 |
| 2 | Tsinghua UniversityBeijing |
#2 | 92.5 | 17.1% | 34,118 |
| 3 | Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou |
#5 | 82.7 | 15.8% | 29,596 |
| 4 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai |
#6 | 80.7 | 15.1% | 30,738 |
| 5 | Peking UniversityBeijing |
#7 | 79.0 | 16.3% | 17,655 |
| 6 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing |
#9 | 76.3 | 15.1% | 26,183 |
| 7 | Tongji UniversityShanghai |
#11 | 74.2 | 15.0% | 22,170 |
| 8 | Wuhan UniversityWuhan |
#12 | 73.2 | 16.6% | 16,304 |
| 9 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei |
#15 | 70.8 | 14.6% | 19,807 |
| 10 | Nanjing UniversityNanjing |
#16 | 70.1 | 14.8% | 11,751 |
| 11 | University of Hong KongPok Fu Lam |
#17 | 69.4 | 20.1% | 7,973 |
| 12 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou |
#19 | 68.2 | 14.1% | 17,340 |
| 13 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin |
#20 | 67.7 | 15.1% | 30,641 |
| 14 | Chongqing UniversityChongqing |
#21 | 67.2 | 15.6% | 18,513 |
| 15 | Sichuan UniversityChengdu |
#22 | 66.7 | 14.8% | 19,137 |
| 16 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen |
#24 | 65.7 | 17.2% | 8,468 |
| 17 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong |
#25 | 65.3 | 19.9% | 6,499 |
| 18 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an |
#26 | 64.9 | 15.1% | 27,791 |
| 19 | Fudan UniversityShanghai |
#27 | 64.5 | 14.2% | 13,636 |
| 20 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong |
#30 | 63.3 | 23.1% | 11,440 |
| 21 | Central South UniversityChangsha |
#33 | 62.3 | 16.1% | 23,312 |
| 22 | Nankai UniversityTianjin |
#34 | 62.0 | 16.0% | 9,370 |
| 23 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan |
#36 | 61.4 | 15.5% | 22,401 |
| 24 | Hunan UniversityChangsha |
#39 | 60.5 | 18.7% | 11,710 |
| 25 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing |
#41 | 60.0 | 13.5% | 21,737 |
| 26 | Shandong UniversityJinan |
#44 | 59.2 | 13.5% | 17,617 |
| 27 | South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou |
#45 | 59.0 | 14.1% | 18,016 |
| 28 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong |
#46 | 58.7 | 21.7% | 8,060 |
| 29 | Dalian University of TechnologyDalian |
#50 | 57.8 | 14.5% | 17,119 |
| 30 | Jilin UniversityChangchun |
#53 | 57.2 | 14.8% | 14,939 |
| 31 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an |
#54 | 57.0 | 16.5% | 21,251 |
| 32 | Xiamen UniversityXiamen |
#62 | 55.5 | 13.1% | 10,479 |
| 33 | China University of GeosciencesWuhan |
#63 | 55.3 | 17.0% | 8,293 |
| 34 | Tianjin UniversityTianjin |
#64 | 55.2 | 13.9% | 21,332 |
| 35 | Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing |
#70 | 54.2 | 14.9% | 9,222 |
| 36 | Beihang UniversityBeijing |
#73 | 53.7 | 14.2% | 20,093 |
| 37 | Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen |
#75 | 53.5 | 15.8% | 11,171 |
| 38 | Southeast UniversityNanjing |
#76 | 53.3 | 15.0% | 24,122 |
| 39 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong |
#78 | 53.0 | 19.1% | 5,410 |
| 40 | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing |
#79 | 52.9 | 16.4% | 4,395 |
| 41 | Zhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou |
#83 | 52.4 | 13.9% | 12,422 |
| 42 | Hohai UniversityNanjing |
#92 | 51.2 | 13.5% | 10,589 |
| 43 | Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou |
#98 | 50.6 | 12.5% | 6,908 |
| 44 | Hefei University of TechnologyHefei |
#100 | 50.3 | 11.5% | 9,337 |
| 45 | Fuzhou UniversityFuzhou |
#104 | 49.9 | 13.3% | 9,396 |
| 46 | Henan UniversityKaifeng |
#105 | 49.8 | 13.0% | 4,393 |
| 47 | University of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing |
#107 | 49.6 | 14.2% | 14,388 |
| 48 | East China Normal UniversityShanghai |
#110 | 49.3 | 13.2% | 6,248 |
| 49 | ShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai |
#113 | 49.0 | 13.8% | 2,819 |
| 50 | Donghua UniversityShanghai |
#114 | 48.9 | 14.0% | 6,372 |
| 51 | Guangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhou |
#117 | 48.7 | 13.6% | 9,699 |
| 52 | Anhui UniversityHefei |
#118 | 48.6 | 11.3% | 7,594 |
| 53 | North China Electric Power UniversityBeijing |
#127 | 47.8 | 10.8% | 12,837 |
| 54 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing |
#130 | 47.5 | 12.9% | 5,431 |
| 55 | Soochow UniversitySuzhou |
#133 | 47.3 | 12.6% | 8,890 |
| 56 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyNanjing |
#139 | 46.8 | 10.8% | 14,870 |
| 57 | Jinan UniversityGuangzhou |
#146 | 46.3 | 14.0% | 4,657 |
| 58 | Xidian UniversityXi'an |
#151 | 45.9 | 13.0% | 13,913 |
| 59 | East China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai |
#158 | 45.4 | 11.9% | 7,967 |
| 60 | Nanchang UniversityNanchang |
#161 | 45.2 | 14.4% | 5,582 |
Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in China?
Ben Zhong Tang, Wei Huang and Lei Jiang rank highest among researchers based in China, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Ben Zhong Tang#1,291 worldwide overall1,068.8 of 2,914 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Wei Huang#22,470 worldwide overall1,132.1 of 4,340 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Lei Jiang#4,874 worldwide overall898.4 of 2,500 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Xiaogang Wang#14,719 worldwide overall887.0 of 2,799 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Guangming Zeng#192 worldwide overall735.4 of 1,467 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Lin Gu#1,293 worldwide overall670.1 of 1,537 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Qiang Zhang#13,247 worldwide overall687.3 of 2,194 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Jiaguo Yu#35 worldwide overall560.9 of 966 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Hui–Ming Cheng#1,509 worldwide overall537.2 of 1,246 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Feiyu Kang#4,145 worldwide overall534.5 of 1,359 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Liqiang Mai#234 worldwide overall483.3 of 918 papers here in the top 10%
- 12D. Wang#14,491 worldwide overall576.2 of 1,867 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Huan Pang#726 worldwide overall487.3 of 1,020 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Dingsheng S. Wang#108 worldwide overall466.3 of 852 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Han Zhang#34,677 worldwide overall622.4 of 2,419 papers here in the top 10%
How China compares with other countries in Physical Sciences