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What is the best university for Environmental Science in China?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
| 1 | Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing |
#1 | 100.0 | 16.5% | 18,235 |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing |
#2 | 91.5 | 17.8% | 3,646 |
| 3 | Tongji UniversityShanghai |
#4 | 82.9 | 16.3% | 2,779 |
| 4 | Tsinghua UniversityBeijing |
#5 | 80.2 | 17.3% | 2,255 |
| 5 | Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou |
#6 | 77.9 | 16.7% | 2,332 |
| 6 | Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing |
#7 | 76.0 | 18.0% | 2,696 |
| 7 | Peking UniversityBeijing |
#9 | 72.9 | 19.0% | 2,006 |
| 8 | Nanjing UniversityNanjing |
#10 | 71.6 | 16.7% | 1,358 |
| 9 | China University of GeosciencesWuhan |
#11 | 70.4 | 18.3% | 1,581 |
| 10 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou |
#13 | 68.4 | 15.6% | 1,728 |
| 11 | Hohai UniversityNanjing |
#14 | 67.5 | 13.7% | 2,550 |
| 12 | Dalian University of TechnologyDalian |
#15 | 66.6 | 16.3% | 1,089 |
| 13 | University of Hong KongPok Fu Lam |
#18 | 64.4 | 19.3% | 886 |
| 14 | Nankai UniversityTianjin |
#19 | 63.7 | 18.0% | 915 |
| 15 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong |
#20 | 63.1 | 20.6% | 597 |
| 16 | Chongqing UniversityChongqing |
#22 | 61.9 | 17.1% | 1,309 |
| 17 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai |
#24 | 60.8 | 15.4% | 1,547 |
| 18 | Wuhan UniversityWuhan |
#25 | 60.3 | 17.4% | 2,037 |
| 19 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin |
#27 | 59.4 | 17.0% | 1,766 |
| 20 | Xiamen UniversityXiamen |
#29 | 58.5 | 13.5% | 1,147 |
| 21 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen |
#32 | 57.3 | 18.3% | 506 |
| 22 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong |
#36 | 55.8 | 23.0% | 870 |
| 23 | East China Normal UniversityShanghai |
#37 | 55.5 | 17.8% | 783 |
| 24 | Fudan UniversityShanghai |
#38 | 55.2 | 14.1% | 1,043 |
| 25 | Tianjin UniversityTianjin |
#39 | 54.8 | 15.8% | 1,539 |
| 26 | Hunan UniversityChangsha |
#40 | 54.5 | 21.5% | 701 |
| 27 | Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing |
#44 | 53.3 | 16.2% | 2,895 |
| 28 | China Agricultural UniversityBeijing |
#45 | 53.1 | 19.6% | 1,300 |
| 29 | Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou |
#46 | 52.8 | 15.0% | 1,375 |
| 30 | Ministry of Natural ResourcesBeijing |
#47 | 52.5 | 14.8% | 1,786 |
| 31 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing |
#50 | 51.8 | 14.8% | 959 |
| 32 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong |
#53 | 51.1 | 19.6% | 556 |
| 33 | State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution ControlBeijing |
#56 | 50.4 | 20.7% | 411 |
| 34 | Ocean University of ChinaQingdao |
#59 | 49.7 | 11.1% | 1,734 |
| 35 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan |
#60 | 49.5 | 14.5% | 1,104 |
| 36 | Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)Guangzhou |
#61 | 49.3 | 15.9% | 764 |
| 37 | Sichuan UniversityChengdu |
#64 | 48.7 | 14.6% | 1,708 |
| 38 | Northwest A&F UniversityYangling |
#65 | 48.5 | 20.7% | 1,160 |
| 39 | Shandong UniversityJinan |
#72 | 47.3 | 14.3% | 1,268 |
| 40 | Ministry of Ecology and EnvironmentBeijing |
#74 | 46.9 | 14.1% | 870 |
| 41 | Guangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhou |
#76 | 46.6 | 15.4% | 792 |
| 42 | Nanjing Normal UniversityNanjing |
#77 | 46.5 | 13.2% | 968 |
| 43 | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsBeijing |
#80 | 46.0 | 17.7% | 1,746 |
| 44 | Central South UniversityChangsha |
#81 | 45.8 | 16.6% | 2,111 |
| 45 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan |
#85 | 45.2 | 16.6% | 748 |
| 46 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing |
#86 | 45.1 | 16.3% | 892 |
| 47 | South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou |
#88 | 44.8 | 13.1% | 1,015 |
| 48 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei |
#91 | 44.4 | 14.4% | 719 |
| 49 | Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen |
#97 | 43.6 | 17.6% | 676 |
| 50 | Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing |
#99 | 43.3 | 16.4% | 1,078 |
| 51 | China University of Mining and TechnologyXuzhou |
#100 | 43.2 | 14.4% | 1,816 |
| 52 | Jinan UniversityGuangzhou |
#103 | 42.9 | 13.8% | 606 |
| 53 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing |
#104 | 42.8 | 12.2% | 1,610 |
| 54 | Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing |
#105 | 42.6 | 14.3% | 1,430 |
| 55 | Chinese Research Academy of Environmental SciencesBeijing |
#107 | 42.4 | 14.7% | 940 |
| 56 | Southeast UniversityNanjing |
#109 | 42.2 | 16.0% | 1,079 |
| 57 | Yunnan UniversityKunming |
#113 | 41.7 | 15.3% | 722 |
| 58 | Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyXi'an |
#114 | 41.6 | 14.6% | 979 |
| 59 | Chengdu University of TechnologyChengdu |
#116 | 41.4 | 14.4% | 1,051 |
| 60 | Southwest UniversityChongqing |
#120 | 41.0 | 14.6% | 779 |
Who are the top Environmental Science researchers in China?
Shilong Piao, Guangming Zeng and Yong‐Guan Zhu rank highest among researchers based in China, on their papers in Environmental Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Shilong Piao#28 worldwide overall254.3 of 412 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Guangming Zeng#192 worldwide overall272.3 of 628 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Yong‐Guan Zhu#4,144 worldwide overall225.9 of 541 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Bojie Fu#3,536 worldwide overall194.3 of 461 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Daniel C.W. Tsang#58 worldwide overall133.2 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Guibin Jiang#33,629 worldwide overall169.5 of 644 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Qiang Zhang#6,080 worldwide overall138.1 of 332 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Haidong Kan#6,884 worldwide overall147.3 of 452 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Peng Gong#22,928 worldwide overall128.4 of 378 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Jingyun Fang#4,306 worldwide overall112.5 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Guang‐Guo Ying#12,200 worldwide overall121.1 of 318 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Hailong Wang#36,153 worldwide overall112.7 of 282 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Kebin He#3,854 worldwide overall109.5 of 264 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Chuyang Y. Tang#141 worldwide overall97.2 of 171 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Jian Zhong Peng#88,985 worldwide overall102.0 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
How China compares with other countries in Environmental Science