Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China
Overview
Reform through innovation
Founded in 2010, with a mission to reform and reinvigorate Chinese higher education, the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) is dedicated to virtue, truth, and advancement.
SUSTech is widely regarded as a trailblazer and innovator in advancing China's higher education. We are on the trajectory to world-class through nurturing creative leaders who excel in interdisciplinary research and generate new knowledge for the world.
Into a second decade of increasing impact
Ranked 166th in the world in the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings (1st for citations in mainland China) and first on the Nature Index rising star list for 2021 (currently 29th among all universities in the world), in eleven short years SUSTech has delivered impact through being at the cutting edge of fundamental scientific advancement.
Experimental proof of the 3D Quantum Hall effect and the observation of quantum interference in chemical reactions achieved at SUSTech were selected among China’s top ten scientific advances in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
SUSTech researchers joined the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, producing the first images of the virus morphology in its native state via our cryo-electron microscopy center and exploring the impact of the pandemic on atmospheric pollution.
We are pushing the boundaries of robotics through capturing the world fish robot speed record, developing novel artificial muscles for insect-like robots designed to aid in disaster relief operations, or testing smart gloves to help patients with tactile dysfunction recover their sensation.
SUSTech teams are also on the frontlines of the research on climate change and the drive to sustainability, studying the loss of forest in southeast Asian mountain ranges, the impact of extreme temperatures on tea cultivation, and climate change’s impact on worldwide river flows.
From Shenzhen to the world
As one of China’s most international universities, SUSTech recruits scientific minds from across the globe and our research is highly connected with the world academic community. Nearly 49% of publications come from international collaboration with more than 2,800 different institutions, and in 2020, research grants per scientist averaged 500,000 USD - one of China’s highest rates.
On our state-of-the-art campus in Shenzhen, China’s hi-tech innovation nexus, we’re busy creating the future one advance at a time. Come join us and be a part of that making.
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Research
Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) published between 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.
Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.
| Count | Share |
|---|---|
| 774 | 292.68 |
Outputs by subject (Share)
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Biological sciences | 114 | 34.26 |
| Chemistry | 369 | 150.80 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 126 | 47.00 |
| Health sciences | 42 | 8.24 |
| Physical sciences | 318 | 111.97 |
Share output for the past 5 years
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92.35 | 128.09 | 219.63 | 240.35 | 293.40 |
Compare Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) with other institutions
*Note: 2022 data contains Share for article affiliations from newly added health-science journals.
Highlight of the month
New doping method boosts solar cell efficiency
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High-efficiency solar cells have been fabricated thanks to a new method for adding molecules of an organic compound during fabrication.
Conventional solar cells are based on silicon and have a maximum efficiency of about 25%. But a new kind of solar cell based on crystals known as perovskites have been achieving efficiencies rivalling those of silicon solar cells.
However, one hindrance to fabricating high-efficiency perovskite solar cells is realizing controlled doping of the perovskite material.
Now, a team led by researchers from SUSTech in Shenzhen, China, has developed a new molecular doping process, and they used it to achieve a record conversion efficiency of 25.4% in a perovskite.
The device showed good stability, with its conversion efficiency dropping by just 3.4% after 1,000 hours of exposure to light.
References
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Collaboration
Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
International vs. domestic collaboration by Share
- 73.82% Domestic (392 institutions)
- 26.18% International (750 institutions)
Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.
Top 10 domestic collaborators with Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) by Share*
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
(104.01)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Peking University (PKU)
(40.06)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
(35.64)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Tsinghua University
(27.60)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
(26.72)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
(26.49)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
(25.21)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
(20.15)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
(17.49)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Zhejiang University (ZJU)
(16.83)
Top 10 international collaborators with Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) by Share*
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and National University of Singapore (NUS)
(20.79)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
(5.95)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
(5.64)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
(4.92)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
(4.91)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
(4.88)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
(4.34)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Imperial College London (ICL)
(4.15)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
(4.10)
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Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
(4.06)
Relationships
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
- MOE Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, SUSTech
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Small Molecule Drug Discovery and Synthesis, SUSTech
- Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, SUSTech
- Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Photonic-Thermal-Electrical Energy Materials and Devices
- MIT-SUSTech Centers for Mechanical Engineering Research and Education
- SUSTech-HIT Joint Graduate Program
- SUSTech-HKU Joint Laboratories for Matrix Biology and Diseases
- SUSTech-PKU Joint Institute of Plant and Food Science
- SUSTech-UQ Joint Center for Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- SZCDC-SUSTech Joint Key Laboratory for Tropical Diseases
- Shenzhen Institute of Wide-bandgap Semicondutors (WinS)
- Shenzhen People’s Hospital
- UTS-SUStech Joint Research Centre for Biomedical Materials Devices
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