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Top Surfaces, Coatings and Films Research Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 24 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 100.0 23.6% 225 3.3k#2
2 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 78.2 22.7% 139 2.1k#10
3 Donghua UniversityChina · Shanghai 65.4 29.6% 97 2k#38
4 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 56.4 25.6% 120 1.9k#35
5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 49.4 18.4% 132 1.7k#52
6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 43.6 27.0% 95 1.5k#39
7 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 38.8 27.9% 66 1.1k#36
8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 34.6 23.0% 117 1.5k#64
9 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 30.9 26.1% 106 1.7k#53
10 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 27.5 25.9% 86 1.3k#47
11 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 24.5 18.5% 108 1.4k#19
12 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 21.8 21.6% 83 1.1k#45
13 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 19.3 24.4% 86 1.2k#99
14 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 17.0 23.0% 81 1k#60
15 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 14.8 24.1% 61 730—
16 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 12.8 21.1% 62 829#94
17 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 10.9 18.3% 84 1.1k—
18 Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 9.1 27.4% 60 1.1k—
19 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 7.4 17.8% 77 1.1k#58
20 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 5.7 23.7% 63 946—
21 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 4.2 20.3% 63 938—
22 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina · Nanjing 2.7 21.7% 61 793—
23 Soochow UniversityChina · Suzhou 133.9 13.7% 76 1k#73
24 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 0.0 10.9% 97 651#4

institutions ranked worldwide in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (24). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

0 – 5: 4 places5 – 10: 3 places10 – 15: 3 places15 – 20: 2 places20 – 25: 2 places25 – 30: 1 places30 – 35: 2 places35 – 40: 1 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 0 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 225 works
  2. 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 139 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 132 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 120 works
  5. 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 117 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 108 works
  7. 7 South China University of TechnologyChina 106 works
  8. 8 Donghua UniversityChina 97 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 97 works
  10. 10 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 95 works
  11. 11 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 86 works
  12. 12 Jilin UniversityChina 86 works
  13. 13 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 84 works
  14. 14 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 83 works
  15. 15 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 81 works

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