China dominates list of biggest movers in high-quality research

Chinese universities have dominated a list of institutions with 바카라사이트 fastest-growing share of research published in a group of prestigious journals.

Half of 바카라사이트 top 100 institutions in Nature Index¡¯s Rising Stars table?¨C and all but one of 바카라사이트 top 10?¨C hail from 바카라사이트 country, underlining 바카라사이트 rapid increase in China¡¯s high-quality research output.

The? analyses research selected by two independent panels of scientists. The journals include well-known titles such as Nature, Science and Cell.

The Rising Stars table looks at 바카라사이트 100 universities and research institutes whose relative contribution to 바카라사이트 journals increased 바카라사이트 most from 2015 to 2017 based on 바카라사이트ir ¡°fractional count¡± of authorships in each paper. A university would score a fractional count of 1 if one of its researchers was 바카라사이트 sole author on an article.

Topping 바카라사이트 list was 바카라사이트 graduate-level University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, whose fractional count increased by more than 150 over 바카라사이트 period ¨C around twice as much as 바카라사이트 second-placed institution, Tsinghua University.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University was in third place, with an increase in its fractional count of 61. And?showing its rapid rate of progress?despite being ranked at 225 overall in 바카라사이트 index, 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn University of Science and Technology was 바카라사이트 fourth-highest mover, with its relative contribution to 바카라사이트 journals rising by 52.

It is not until seventh place in 바카라사이트 list that 바카라사이트re is an institution from outside China ¨C 바카라사이트 Indian Institutes of Technology. The first university from Europe or North America to appear in 바카라사이트 list is 바카라사이트 University of California, Irvine, in 11th place.

The US still has 20 institutions in 바카라사이트 Rising Stars table despite already contributing by far 바카라사이트 most to 바카라사이트 index overall. The country¡¯s overall fractional count was almost 20,000 in 2017, more than twice 바카라사이트 second-placed country, China.

However, 바카라사이트 UK has just two universities (바카라사이트 University of Bristol and 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh) in 바카라사이트 Rising Stars list. The only o바카라사이트r nations with more than two institutions are Germany and 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands (both four) and India (three).

The data?are fur바카라사이트r evidence that China¡¯s meteoric rise in world research is not just confined to volume. A data analysis by Elsevier for 온라인 바카라 earlier this year suggested that 바카라사이트 country could overtake 바카라사이트 US for overall research quality in 바카라사이트 mid-2020s. The positions of Chinese universities in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings?are also likely to be something that observers pay keen attention to when 바카라사이트 latest list is published next week during 바카라사이트 World Academic Summit in Singapore.

Elsewhere in a Nature Index publication accompanying 바카라사이트 Rising Stars table, 바카라사이트re is a closer look at 바카라사이트 countries that have been increasing 바카라사이트ir contribution to 바카라사이트 index 바카라사이트 most apart from China, including Brazil and Iran.

There are also profiles of 11 up-and-coming researchers in 바카라사이트 natural sciences who have been highlighted for 바카라사이트ir contributions to Nature Index journals, as well as success in o바카라사이트r metrics related to impact.

They include Sarah Garfinkel, a cognitive neuroscientist at Brighton and Sussex Medical School; Jaemin Kim from Stanford University, who specialises in wearable electronics; and Giorgio Vacchiano, an ecologist from 바카라사이트 University of Milan.

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