2021 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

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# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share 2019-2020*
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 295.28 329.82 1,050 6.8%
2 Nanjing University (NJU), China 81.37 86.80 265 2.0%
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 62.92 68.64 381 4.3%
4 Peking University (PKU), China 51.41 68.42 276 27.2%
5 Tongji University, China 56.46 65.10 217 10.2%
6 China University of Geosciences (CUG), China 52.05 59.83 168 9.9%
7 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 54.93 55.89 145 -2.7%
8 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 34.51 52.49 159 45.4%
9 Tsinghua University, China 41.67 50.03 183 14.8%
10 China Meteorological Administration (CMA), China 43.27 46.82 147 3.4%
11 The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia 34.49 46.58 118 29.1%
12 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 49.91 45.46 142 -12.9%
13 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 30.33 43.28 139 36.4%
14 Beijing Normal University (BNU), China 32.20 39.77 191 18.1%
15 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 36.34 38.05 89 0.1%
16 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China 29.45 34.34 78 11.4%
17 Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), China 23.34 32.43 136 32.8%
18 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 34.02 29.20 65 -18.0%
19 Australian National University (ANU), Australia 24.52 28.37 110 10.6%
20 Fudan University, China 14.71 27.12 79 76.3%
21 Wuhan University (WHU), China 28.19 26.51 56 -10.1%
22 Curtin University, Australia 21.54 25.19 76 11.8%
23 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 26.09 25.06 61 -8.2%
24 Monash University, Australia 22.82 24.86 87 4.1%
25 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 10.50 24.82 85 125.9%
26 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 12.89 23.26 61 72.5%
27 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 15.57 22.48 29 38.0%
28 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia 17.81 22.31 124 19.7%
29 Nankai University (NKU), China 21.76 20.65 41 -9.3%
30 Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), China 18.92 20.50 167 3.6%
31 Jinan University (JNU), China 14.06 20.43 49 38.9%
32 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan 22.90 20.11 77 -16.1%
33 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 19.10 20.06 53 0.4%
34 Ocean University of China (OUC), China 12.39 19.59 130 51.1%
35 Tohoku University, Japan 19.88 19.50 58 -6.3%
36 Hohai University (HHU), China 9.62 19.48 46 93.6%
37 China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB), China 22.03 19.46 52 -15.6%
38 Tianjin University (TJU), China 12.92 19.16 176 41.7%
39 Hokkaido University, Japan 14.02 18.97 51 29.3%
40 China Earthquake Administration (CEA), China 20.98 18.67 60 -15.0%
41 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 8.74 18.52 52 102.6%
42 National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan 10.63 17.22 50 54.8%
43 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 16.07 16.93 39 0.7%
44 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 20.33 15.32 28 -28.0%
45 The University of Hong Kong (HKU), China 13.08 15.08 66 10.2%
46 The University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia 19.81 14.59 61 -29.6%
47 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 10.01 13.70 48 30.9%
48 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), China 9.26 13.08 59 35.0%
49 University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia 11.18 12.94 69 10.7%
50 Academia Sinica, Taiwan 8.82 12.73 48 38.0%
51 Xiamen University (XMU), China 9.78 12.72 35 24.3%
52 Kyoto University, Japan 16.41 12.51 50 -27.1%
53 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 6.21 12.20 26 87.9%
54 The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia 15.86 11.50 66 -30.7%
55 Shandong University (SDU), China 8.55 11.15 143 24.5%
56 Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT), China 5.63 10.92 40 85.5%
57 GNS Science, New Zealand 13.53 10.92 44 -22.9%
58 Nagoya University, Japan 7.77 10.45 38 28.4%
59 Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), China 9.72 10.37 27 2.0%
60 Macquarie University, Australia 11.38 10.25 42 -13.9%
61 Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Japan 8.49 10.24 29 15.2%
62 Central South University (CSU), China 7.13 10.14 29 36.0%
63 Chongqing University (CQU), China 3.56 10.07 26 170.3%
64 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan 15.59 10.00 36 -38.7%
65 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan 8.32 9.69 36 11.3%
66 China University of Petroleum, Beijing (CUPB), China 5.28 9.59 24 73.4%
67 The University of Auckland, New Zealand 7.21 9.44 31 25.2%
68 Nanjing Normal University (NNU), China 4.89 9.00 30 75.9%
69 Hunan University (HNU), China 11.87 8.88 18 -28.5%
70 China Agricultural University (CAU), China 7.55 8.36 25 5.9%
71 The University of Adelaide (Adelaide Uni), Australia 8.33 8.26 38 -5.3%
72 Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS), China 4.91 8.04 31 56.5%
73 Shanghai University (SHU), China 6.16 7.88 16 22.4%
74 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China 4.98 7.62 32 46.3%
75 Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT), China 3.94 7.62 11 84.7%
76 Beihang University (BUAA), China 9.65 7.60 23 -24.7%
77 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan 4.05 7.54 29 77.7%
78 University of Otago, New Zealand 10.13 7.53 28 -29.0%
79 Southwest University (SWU), China 2.29 7.42 23 209.2%
80 India Department of Space (DOS), India 5.98 7.09 12 13.3%
81 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China 10.99 6.95 36 -39.5%
82 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar), India 4.61 6.93 10 43.6%
83 Kyushu University, Japan 9.89 6.88 24 -33.5%
84 Yonsei University, South Korea 4.59 6.87 22 43.2%
85 South China Normal University (SCNU), China 3.83 6.85 20 70.9%
86 University of Tsukuba, Japan 3.01 6.76 17 114.6%
87 Sichuan University (SCU), China 3.54 6.71 17 81.1%
88 Victoria University of Wellington (Victoria), New Zealand 5.37 6.69 36 19.1%
89 Jilin University (JLU), China 3.44 6.50 15 80.6%
90 National Central University (NCU), Taiwan 4.79 6.42 16 28.2%
91 China University of Petroleum, East China (CUP East China), China 2.71 6.42 17 126.3%
92 Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT), China 1.78 6.39 18 242.4%
93 China Geological Survey (CGS), China 4.12 6.38 152 48.0%
94 Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST), China 4.73 6.31 10 27.5%
95 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 5.88 6.29 36 2.4%
96 Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), China 5.18 6.24 32 15.1%
97 University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia 7.74 6.20 30 -23.5%
98 Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea 5.04 6.16 19 16.7%
99 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea 4.11 6.15 20 43.2%
100 National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), China 4.98 6.08 10 16.6%

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals, selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2021 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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