Table 3.
Papers in the top 5% of their research field by citation rate, selected Asian universities: 2006–2009 to 2015–2018
| University | System | Top 5% papers 2006–09 | Top 5% papers 2015–18 | Top 5% as share of all in 2015–18 | Proportion of all papers internationally co-authored 2015–18 | Annual growth top 5% papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universities producing 500 or more papers in top 5% of their disciplinary field in 2015–18 | ||||||
| Tsinghua U | China | 402 | 1451 | 7.3% | 36.4% | 15.33% |
| Zhejiang U | China | 335 | 1263 | 5.4% | 30.9% | 15.89% |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong U | China | 314 | 1050 | 4.3% | 31.1% | 14.35% |
| National U Singapore | Singapore | 513 | 948 | 7.7% | 66.9% | 7.06% |
| Peking U | China | 307 | 910 | 5.3% | 37.4% | 12.83% |
| Huazhong U S&T | China | 114 | 874 | 5.3% | 27.5% | 25.40% |
| Nanyang Technological U | Singapore | 275 | 861 | 8.6% | 68.4% | 13.52% |
| Harbin IT | China | 180 | 790 | 5.5% | 27.3% | 17.86% |
| Sun Yat-sen U | China | 145 | 742 | 5.0% | 30.1% | 19.89% |
| Xi’an Jiaotong U | China | 111 | 735 | 4.8% | 28.8% | 23.37% |
| U Science and Technology | China | 246 | 696 | 6.6% | 32.5% | 12.25% |
| Fudan U | China | 230 | 663 | 4.3% | 30.4% | 12.48% |
| Central South U | China | 85 | 652 | 4.7% | 25.3% | 25.40% |
| U Tokyo | Japan | 656 | 637 | 4.4% | 39.6% | - 0.33% |
| Sichuan U | China | 132 | 624 | 3.8% | 22.0% | 18.84% |
| South China U Technology | China | 84 | 624 | 6.4% | 24.2% | 24.96% |
| Wuhan U | China | 114 | 622 | 5.1% | 27.1% | 20.75% |
| Tianjin U | China | 102 | 607 | 5.1% | 25.5% | 21.92% |
| Nanjing U | China | 195 | 595 | 5.1% | 33.3% | 13.20% |
| Hunan U | China | 71 | 572 | 9.3% | 29.1% | 26.09% |
| U Chinese Academy of Sci | China | 6 | 568 | 5.6% | 24.3% | 65.80% |
| Seoul National U | South Korea | 343 | 543 | 3.5% | 30.3% | 5.24% |
| Shandong U | China | 125 | 537 | 3.7% | 24.6% | 17.58% |
| Beihang U | China | 40 | 531 | 5.6% | 30.3% | 33.29% |
| Tongji U | China | 58 | 512 | 4.8% | 31.8% | 27.38% |
| Dalian U Technology | China | 143 | 501 | 5.3% | 27.8% | 14.95% |
| East Asian universities leading their systems with less than 500 top 5% papers in 2015–18 | ||||||
| U Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR | 308 | 465 | 6.3% | 45.9% | 4.68% |
| National Taiwan U | Taiwan | 276 | 303 | 3.4% | 38.1% | 1.04% |
| SELECTED COMPARATORS FROM OUTSIDE East Asia and Singapore | ||||||
| Harvard U | USA | 3593 | 4282 | 12.7% | 52.0% | 1.97% |
| U Toronto | Canada | 1250 | 1691 | 7.4% | 56.5% | 3.41% |
| MIT | USA | 1226 | 1578 | 14.9% | 57.0% | 2.84% |
| U Cambridge | UK | 1017 | 1370 | 10.2% | 69.7% | 3.37% |
| U Michigan | USA | 1308 | 1473 | 7.9% | 39.2% | 1.33% |
| ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 682 | 933 | 10.0% | 70.8% | 3.54% |
| U Sydney | Australia | 451 | 867 | 6.9% | 57.2% | 7.53% |
| U Utrecht | Netherlands | 562 | 745 | 7.9% | 60.0% | 3.18% |
*Does not include Israel. All universities with 500 papers published in 2015–18 and in the top 5%of their field on the basis of citations, plus selected East Asian systems not otherwise included. International is proportion of all papers (not just top 5%) that were co-authored outside the country. Source: Author from Leiden University, 2020