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What is the best university for Earth and Planetary Sciences in China?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
| 1 | Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing |
#1 | 100.0 | 14.2% | 10,051 |
| 2 | Nanjing UniversityNanjing |
#4 | 80.2 | 15.0% | 836 |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing |
#7 | 72.2 | 14.7% | 2,054 |
| 4 | Peking UniversityBeijing |
#9 | 68.6 | 16.0% | 942 |
| 5 | China University of GeosciencesWuhan |
#16 | 60.3 | 15.8% | 1,541 |
| 6 | Tsinghua UniversityBeijing |
#18 | 58.7 | 17.5% | 647 |
| 7 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen |
#19 | 57.9 | 16.2% | 416 |
| 8 | Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou |
#26 | 53.4 | 14.2% | 809 |
| 9 | University of Hong KongPok Fu Lam |
#28 | 52.3 | 18.5% | 309 |
| 10 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou |
#29 | 51.8 | 13.9% | 789 |
| 11 | Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)Guangzhou |
#37 | 48.4 | 13.9% | 701 |
| 12 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing |
#39 | 47.6 | 11.7% | 1,388 |
| 13 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong |
#42 | 46.5 | 20.5% | 228 |
| 14 | Ocean University of ChinaQingdao |
#44 | 45.9 | 10.2% | 1,271 |
| 15 | Ministry of Natural ResourcesBeijing |
#48 | 44.6 | 10.7% | 1,598 |
| 16 | Tongji UniversityShanghai |
#50 | 44.0 | 14.6% | 845 |
| 17 | Wuhan UniversityWuhan |
#53 | 43.2 | 17.4% | 854 |
| 18 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong |
#57 | 42.2 | 22.5% | 262 |
| 19 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai |
#61 | 41.2 | 13.1% | 541 |
| 20 | Fudan UniversityShanghai |
#63 | 40.8 | 11.1% | 438 |
| 21 | Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou |
#75 | 38.2 | 13.0% | 638 |
| 22 | Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyQingdao |
#78 | 37.7 | 11.6% | 626 |
| 23 | Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing |
#80 | 37.3 | 15.6% | 707 |
| 24 | Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)Zhuhai |
#81 | 37.2 | 12.8% | 368 |
| 25 | Hohai UniversityNanjing |
#83 | 36.8 | 13.7% | 794 |
| 26 | Northwest UniversityXi'an |
#86 | 36.3 | 12.4% | 545 |
| 27 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei |
#100 | 34.1 | 13.1% | 659 |
| 28 | Tianjin UniversityTianjin |
#104 | 33.6 | 16.1% | 501 |
| 29 | Chengdu University of TechnologyChengdu |
#110 | 32.8 | 12.6% | 954 |
| 30 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong |
#111 | 32.6 | 17.7% | 263 |
| 31 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing |
#128 | 30.6 | 9.2% | 1,152 |
| 32 | Jilin UniversityChangchun |
#134 | 30.0 | 11.5% | 724 |
| 33 | Nanjing Normal UniversityNanjing |
#135 | 29.9 | 15.0% | 289 |
| 34 | Xiamen UniversityXiamen |
#137 | 29.6 | 12.9% | 424 |
| 35 | East China Normal UniversityShanghai |
#142 | 29.1 | 15.7% | 288 |
| 36 | Shandong UniversityJinan |
#146 | 28.7 | 14.4% | 354 |
| 37 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin |
#148 | 28.5 | 13.8% | 471 |
| 38 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an |
#151 | 28.2 | 13.8% | 383 |
| 39 | Nankai UniversityTianjin |
#152 | 28.1 | 20.8% | 126 |
| 40 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaQingdao |
#159 | 27.5 | 12.1% | 633 |
| 41 | Chongqing UniversityChongqing |
#162 | 27.2 | 17.8% | 264 |
| 42 | Central South UniversityChangsha |
#165 | 27.0 | 17.6% | 642 |
| 43 | China Meteorological AdministrationBeijing |
#166 | 26.9 | 7.6% | 1,035 |
| 44 | Yunnan UniversityKunming |
#170 | 26.5 | 12.5% | 312 |
| 45 | Hunan UniversityChangsha |
#171 | 26.5 | 21.9% | 110 |
| 46 | Dalian University of TechnologyDalian |
#172 | 26.4 | 17.3% | 394 |
| 47 | National University of Defense TechnologyChangsha |
#175 | 26.1 | 9.9% | 569 |
| 48 | State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution ControlBeijing |
#178 | 25.9 | 21.4% | 94 |
| 49 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong |
#181 | 25.6 | 21.0% | 132 |
| 50 | China National Petroleum Corporation (China)Beijing |
#187 | 25.2 | 12.1% | 1,172 |
| 51 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing |
#200 | 24.2 | 12.9% | 279 |
| 52 | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing |
#201 | 24.1 | 15.2% | 120 |
| 53 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an |
#207 | 23.7 | 15.7% | 347 |
| 54 | Sinopec (China)Beijing |
#212 | 23.4 | 13.7% | 462 |
| 55 | Chinese Academy of Meteorological SciencesBeijing |
#214 | 23.3 | 9.0% | 384 |
| 56 | South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou |
#218 | 23.0 | 15.9% | 204 |
| 57 | Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesBeijing |
#220 | 22.9 | 9.0% | 697 |
| 58 | Ministry of Ecology and EnvironmentBeijing |
#226 | 22.5 | 13.9% | 135 |
| 59 | Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen |
#237 | 21.8 | 17.2% | 179 |
| 60 | China Earthquake AdministrationBeijing |
#241 | 21.6 | 9.7% | 1,164 |
Who are the top Earth and Planetary Sciences researchers in China?
Fu‐Yuan Wu, Guochun Zhao and Xian‐Hua Li rank highest among researchers based in China, on their papers in Earth and Planetary Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Fu‐Yuan Wu#2,167 worldwide overall198.3 of 387 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Guochun Zhao#6,176 worldwide overall188.1 of 432 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Xian‐Hua Li#11,778 worldwide overall149.3 of 353 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Min Sun#59,553 worldwide overall151.1 of 446 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Yong‐Fei Zheng#23,753 worldwide overall140.2 of 390 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Yi‐Gang Xu#42,457 worldwide overall127.8 of 357 papers here in the top 10%
- 7M. Santosh#395,423 worldwide overall282.7 of 1,080 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Mei‐Fu Zhou#8,623 worldwide overall121.6 of 296 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Hai Cheng#40,883 worldwide overall150.9 of 614 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Fahu Chen#16,485 worldwide overall118.1 of 358 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Yongsheng Liu#87,135 worldwide overall97.1 of 276 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Sanzhong Li#112,281 worldwide overall110.6 of 411 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Lin Ding#63,039 worldwide overall100.2 of 314 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Zhisheng An#32,561 worldwide overall99.4 of 307 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Wenjiao Xiao#60,261 worldwide overall107.5 of 411 papers here in the top 10%
How China compares with other countries in Earth and Planetary Sciences