Top Software Research Institutions
Nanjing University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Peking University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, out of 7 ranked institutions.
Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanjing University |
100.0 | 17.2% | 96 | 728 | #6 |
| 2 | Peking University |
64.4 | 21.2% | 62 | 521 | #10 |
| 3 | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
43.5 | 11.0% | 130 | 614 | #19 |
| 4 | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
28.8 | 7.7% | 83 | 324 | #24 |
| 5 | Beihang University |
17.3 | 15.2% | 103 | 666 | #46 |
| 6 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
7.9 | 5.5% | 98 | 322 | #18 |
| 7 | National University of Defense Technology |
0.0 | 8.2% | 92 | 404 | - |
institutions ranked worldwide in Software (7). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).
Ranked by volume, 2022-now
- 1
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China 140 works
- 2
Beihang University
China 109 works
- 3
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France 107 works
- 4
Nanjing University
China 102 works
- 5
National University of Defense Technology
China 99 works
- 6
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Germany 91 works
- 7
Peking University
China 66 works
- 8
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
China 59 works
- 9
Carnegie Mellon University
United States 59 works
- 10
Technical University of Munich
Germany 55 works
- 11
Tsinghua University
China 54 works
- 12
RWTH Aachen University
Germany 53 works
- 13
American Society of Genealogists
United States 51 works
- 14
University of Luxembourg
Luxembourg 51 works
- 15
University of Stuttgart
Germany 46 works
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Nanjing University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Peking University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, out of 7 ranked institutions.