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Computer Science research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#1 worldwide), followed by Tsinghua University and Peking University.

China's world rank
#2
of 128 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
406k
Top-10% rate
11.7%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computer Science in China?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #1100.012.3%13,630
2Tsinghua UniversityBeijing #291.718.2%6,239
3Peking UniversityBeijing #875.215.5%4,067
4University of Hong KongPok Fu Lam #1072.621.9%1,980
5Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou #1270.416.8%4,858
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai #1369.414.0%5,658
7University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei #1468.614.7%4,313
8Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong #1766.221.1%1,846
9Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong #2263.221.1%1,695
10Nanjing UniversityNanjing #2362.613.6%2,368
11Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong #2462.120.7%2,154
12University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #3159.112.4%3,443
13Fudan UniversityShanghai #3258.713.8%2,985
14City University of Hong KongHong Kong #3557.619.5%1,748
15Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin #3757.014.2%4,516
16Wuhan UniversityWuhan #3856.716.2%3,212
17Hunan UniversityChangsha #4056.017.9%1,694
18Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou #4155.814.0%3,639
19Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan #4255.515.7%3,279
20Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen #4953.614.2%1,193
21Tongji UniversityShanghai #5252.912.9%2,644
22Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an #5751.815.3%3,115
23Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing #5851.611.6%4,303
24Chongqing UniversityChongqing #6151.014.1%1,975
25Nankai UniversityTianjin #6550.313.9%1,375
26China University of GeosciencesWuhan #6949.517.3%1,078
27Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen #7149.214.0%2,222
28Beihang UniversityBeijing #7448.713.9%4,624
29Southeast UniversityNanjing #7548.613.5%3,818
30Alibaba Group (China)Hangzhou #7648.421.4%1,294
31Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an #7748.215.4%3,786
32Tencent (China)Shenzhen #8047.821.6%1,131
33Shandong UniversityJinan #8247.512.6%2,208
34Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing #8347.317.7%759
35South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou #8746.813.2%2,586
36Sichuan UniversityChengdu #8946.514.1%2,499
37Hefei University of TechnologyHefei #9046.413.7%1,730
38Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenShenzhen #9146.319.5%737
39Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing #9545.712.5%1,678
40Central South UniversityChangsha #9645.616.0%2,362
41Xidian UniversityXi'an #9845.414.6%4,380
42East China Normal UniversityShanghai #10045.111.6%1,854
43Tianjin UniversityTianjin #10244.912.8%2,604
44Dalian University of TechnologyDalian #10344.813.1%2,306
45Anhui UniversityHefei #11044.013.0%1,848
46Xiamen UniversityXiamen #11243.811.3%1,823
47University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu #11343.712.3%5,029
48Donghua UniversityShanghai #11543.511.1%873
49Macau University of Science and TechnologyMacao #11943.116.3%665
50Beijing Academy of Artificial IntelligenceBeijing #12442.616.9%977
51Guangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhou #12542.511.6%1,722
52University of MacauMacao #13042.020.0%815
53ShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai #13241.813.7%552
54Peng Cheng LaboratoryShenzhen #14241.019.1%1,545
55Southwest UniversityChongqing #14440.813.5%1,272
56Jilin UniversityChangchun #15140.213.9%1,453
57Central China Normal UniversityWuhan #15440.014.7%1,096
58Northeastern UniversityShenyang #15639.814.0%2,945
59Shandong Normal UniversityJinan #15739.812.9%926
60Zhejiang LabHangzhou #16439.215.3%723

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Computer Science researchers in China?

Meng Wang, Xuelong Li and Qiang Yang rank highest among researchers based in China, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Meng Wang#26,069 worldwide overall251.6 of 736 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Xuelong Li#5,338 worldwide overall217.5 of 520 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Qiang Yang#19,138 worldwide overall222.8 of 579 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4David Zhang#14,883 worldwide overall220.6 of 599 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Michael Rung-Tsong Lyu#17,292 worldwide overall230.7 of 584 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Xiaogang Wang#14,719 worldwide overall192.9 of 388 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Huiling Chen#9,885 worldwide overall170.7 of 321 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Heng Tao Shen#13,975 worldwide overall207.5 of 512 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Debiao He#11,616 worldwide overall198.0 of 442 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Zhi‐Hua Zhou#9,519 worldwide overall166.9 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Xiangnan He#525 worldwide overall145.1 of 232 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Ji-Rong Wen#13,231 worldwide overall170.2 of 456 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Jinde Cao#599,567 worldwide overall501.2 of 1,147 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Huchuan Lu#6,031 worldwide overall164.2 of 358 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Jiwen Lu#6,144 worldwide overall154.8 of 351 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in China on their work in Computer Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#1 worldwide), followed by Tsinghua University and Peking University.

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