?Essential Science Indicators was updated on November 1, 2013 to cover a 10-year plus eight-month period, January 1, 2003-August 31, 2013
INSTITUTION RANKINGS IN (ALL FIELDS)
| Rank | Fields No. | Institution | Papers | Citations | Citations Per Paper |
| 3 | 21 | CHINESE ACAD SCI | 192,904 | 1,877,238 | 9.73 |
| 86 | 19 | NATL UNIV SINGAPORE | 40,674 | 522,143 | 12.84 |
| 129 | 19 | PEKING UNIV | 39,640 | 396,611 | 10.01 |
| 131 | 19 | NATL TAIWAN UNIV | 40,228 | 392,191 | 9.75 |
| 155 | 21 | UNIV HONG KONG | 24,617 | 346,362 | 14.07 |
| 159 | 16 | ZHEJIANG UNIV | 44,881 | 340,258 | 7.58 |
| 162 | 14 | TSING HUA UNIV | 41,847 | 339,555 | 8.11 |
| 210 | 16 | SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV | 38,862 | 281,630 | 7.25 |
| 217 | 15 | FUDAN UNIV | 28,334 | 270,340 | 9.54 |
| 232 | 18 | CHINESE UNIV HONG KONG | 21,158 | 254,518 | 12.03 |
| 235 | 10 | UNIV SCI & TECHNOL CHINA | 24,818 | 253,030 | 10.2 |
| 255 | 13 | NANJING UNIV | 26,463 | 233,541 | 8.83 |
| 257 | 13 | NANYANG TECHNOL UNIV | 25,913 | 231,948 | 8.95 |
| 314 | 16 | ACAD SINICA | 16,469 | 195,958 | 11.9 |
| 318 | 16 | SUN YAT SEN UNIV | 21,889 | 193,130 | 8.82 |
| 339 | 13 | NATL CHENG KUNG UNIV | 23,448 | 179,737 | 7.67 |
| 367 | 15 | HONG KONG UNIV SCI & TECHNOL | 12,414 | 159,689 | 12.86 |
| 384 | 7 | JILIN UNIV | 20,630 | 150,257 | 7.28 |
| 393 | 10 | SHANDONG UNIV | 22,034 | 145,656 | 6.61 |
| 395 | 10 | CITY UNIV HONG KONG | 15,737 | 145,241 | 9.23 |
| 402 | 10 | HONG KONG POLYTECH UNIV | 17,286 | 140,203 | 8.11 |
| 405 | 10 | NANKAI UNIV | 15,055 | 138,777 | 9.22 |
| 410 | 11 | WUHAN UNIV | 16,419 | 135,063 | 8.23 |
| 417 | 11 | SICHUAN UNIV | 22,258 | 133,122 | 5.98 |
| 429 | 8 | NATL TSING HUA UNIV | 14,379 | 130,188 | 9.05 |
| 468 | 9 | HUAZHONG UNIV SCI & TECHNOL | 21,315 | 116,810 | 5.48 |
| 485 | 8 | DALIAN UNIV TECHNOL | 16,238 | 109,556 | 6.75 |
| 491 | 7 | CHINESE ACAD MED SCI PEKING UNION MED COLL | 11,017 | 107,702 | 9.78 |
| 493 | 8 | NATL YANG MING UNIV | 11,046 | 106,730 | 9.66 |
| 494 | 6 | NATL CHIAO TUNG UNIV | 15,323 | 106,681 | 6.96 |
| 520 | 12 | LANZHOU UNIV | 12,903 | 101,325 | 7.85 |
| 521 | 7 | HARBIN INST TECHNOL | 19,808 | 101,179 | 5.11 |
| 571 | 9 | XIAN JIAOTONG UNIV | 17,624 | 89,123 | 5.06 |
| 573 | 8 | XIAMEN UNIV | 11,119 | 88,845 | 7.99 |
| 584 | 8 | CHANG GUNG UNIV | 11,104 | 86,534 | 7.79 |
| 602 | 14 | BEIJING NORMAL UNIV | 11,164 | 85,044 | 7.62 |
| 615 | 4 | E CHINA UNIV SCI & TECHNOL | 10,020 | 82,580 | 8.24 |
| 631 | 6 | CENT S UNIV | 15,410 | 80,176 | 5.2 |
| 634 | 6 | TIANJIN UNIV | 13,600 | 78,850 | 5.8 |
| 638 | 7 | NATL CENT UNIV | 9,844 | 77,991 | 7.92 |
| 655 | 6 | S CHINA UNIV TECHNOL | 11,333 | 75,779 | 6.69 |
| 678 | 7 | SOUTHEAST UNIV | 12,366 | 72,941 | 5.9 |
| 695 | 9 | CHINA AGR UNIV | 10,714 | 70,187 | 6.55 |
| 716 | 7 | TONGJI UNIV | 12,100 | 67,191 | 5.55 |
| 745 | 6 | HUNAN UNIV | 7,951 | 64,282 | 8.08 |
| 751 | 6 | SUZHOU UNIV | 9,953 | 64,078 | 6.44 |
| 806 | 7 | E CHINA NORMAL UNIV | 8,368 | 58,912 | 7.04 |
| 812 | 4 | NE NORMAL UNIV | 5,745 | 58,700 | 10.22 |
| 832 | 6 | SHANGHAI UNIV | 9,347 | 55,511 | 5.94 |
| 842 | 11 | HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIV | 5,137 | 54,396 | 10.59 |
| 868 | 2 | INST HIGH ENERGY PHYS | 2,112 | 52,185 | 24.71 |
| 891 | 3 | BEIJING UNIV CHEM TECHNOL | 6,532 | 49,841 | 7.63 |
| 970 | 8 | OCEAN UNIV CHINA | 6,816 | 44,319 | 6.5 |
| 1003 | 5 | BEIJING INST TECHNOL | 8,116 | 42,537 | 5.24 |
| 1006 | 4 | CENT CHINA NORMAL UNIV | 4,899 | 42,294 | 8.63 |
| 1024 | 3 | SECOND MIL MED UNIV | 6,040 | 41,565 | 6.88 |
| 1027 | 3 | CHINA UNIV GEOSCI | 6,470 | 41,299 | 6.38 |
| 1040 | 4 | CHINESE ACAD AGR SCI | 6,477 | 40,346 | 6.23 |
| 1057 | 5 | BEIHANG UNIV | 9,505 | 39,137 | 4.12 |
| 1063 | 4 | FOURTH MIL MED UNIV | 5,878 | 38,641 | 6.57 |
| 1068 | 2 | CAPITAL MED UNIV | 6,844 | 38,371 | 5.61 |
| 1079 | 4 | DONGHUA UNIV | 4,573 | 37,605 | 8.22 |
| 1105 | 4 | ZHENGZHOU UNIV | 6,558 | 36,495 | 5.56 |
| 1115 | 3 | NANJING AGR UNIV | 5,242 | 36,011 | 6.87 |
| 1139 | 4 | UNIV SCI & TECHNOL BEIJING | 8,463 | 35,417 | 4.18 |
| 1140 | 2 | NANJING MED UNIV | 5,450 | 35,392 | 6.49 |
| 1152 | 2 | HUAZHONG AGR UNIV | 5,014 | 34,953 | 6.97 |
| 1171 | 3 | WUHAN UNIV TECHNOL | 4,847 | 33,970 | 7.01 |
| 1202 | 3 | FUZHOU UNIV | 4,366 | 32,728 | 7.5 |
| 1209 | 4 | UNIV ELECT SCI & TECHNOL CHINA | 8,816 | 32,486 | 3.68 |
| 1229 | 3 | NW UNIV XIAN | 4,573 | 31,752 | 6.94 |
| 1237 | 4 | CHONGQING UNIV | 7,712 | 31,487 | 4.08 |
| 1247 | 2 | NANJING NORMAL UNIV | 4,625 | 31,343 | 6.78 |
| 1275 | 4 | JIANGNAN UNIV | 4,954 | 30,297 | 6.12 |
| 1303 | 4 | NORTHWESTERN POLYTECH UNIV CHINA | 8,009 | 29,464 | 3.68 |
| 1314 | 2 | NATL CTR NANOSCI & TECHNOL | 1,466 | 29,133 | 19.87 |
| 1339 | 3 | NANJING UNIV SCI & TECHNOL | 5,358 | 28,262 | 5.27 |
| 1366 | 3 | S CHINA NORMAL UNIV | 5,202 | 27,390 | 5.27 |
| 1380 | 1 | CHINESE ACAD GEOL SCI | 2,371 | 26,978 | 11.38 |
| 1396 | 3 | CHINESE CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT | 2,613 | 26,494 | 10.14 |
| 1405 | 4 | NORTHEASTERN UNIV CHINA | 6,441 | 26,214 | 4.07 |
| 1441 | 2 | CHINA PHARMACEUT UNIV | 4,017 | 25,277 | 6.29 |
| 1447 | 3 | NANJING UNIV AERONAUT & ASTRONAUT | 5,382 | 25,042 | 4.65 |
| 1451 | 3 | HUNAN NORMAL UNIV | 3,392 | 24,928 | 7.35 |
| 1466 | 1 | CHINA MED UNIV | 4,409 | 24,596 | 5.58 |
| 1470 | 1 | THIRD MIL MED UNIV | 4,052 | 24,523 | 6.05 |
| 1505 | 2 | ACAD MIL MED SCI | 2,777 | 23,588 | 8.49 |
| 1524 | 3 | SHENYANG PHARMACEUT UNIV | 3,102 | 23,250 | 7.5 |
| 1528 | 4 | YANGZHOU UNIV | 3,672 | 23,142 | 6.3 |
| 1556 | 2 | YUNNAN UNIV | 3,622 | 22,511 | 6.22 |
| 1565 | 3 | SOUTHWEST UNIV | 4,100 | 22,334 | 5.45 |
| 1566 | 3 | BEIJING UNIV TECHNOL | 4,857 | 22,260 | 4.58 |
| 1572 | 2 | SHANTOU UNIV | 2,362 | 22,132 | 9.37 |
| 1581 | 3 | NANJING UNIV TECHNOL | 4,255 | 22,023 | 5.18 |
| 1601 | 3 | JINAN UNIV | 4,394 | 21,674 | 4.93 |
| 1619 | 1 | HARBIN MED UNIV | 3,728 | 21,376 | 5.73 |
| 1620 | 2 | ZHEJIANG UNIV TECHNOL | 4,567 | 21,371 | 4.68 |
| 1661 | 4 | JIANGSU UNIV | 5,151 | 20,374 | 3.96 |
| 1685 | 3 | CHINA UNIV PETR | 5,219 | 20,091 | 3.85 |
| 1692 | 3 | HENAN NORMAL UNIV | 3,187 | 19,978 | 6.27 |
| 1699 | 4 | SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIV | 2,643 | 19,856 | 7.51 |
| 1700 | 1 | SO MED UNIV | 3,325 | 19,837 | 5.97 |
| 1740 | 2 | NW A&F UNIV | 4,420 | 19,405 | 4.39 |
| 1758 | 2 | XIDIAN UNIV | 5,932 | 19,120 | 3.22 |
| 1773 | 3 | SHAANXI NORMAL UNIV | 3,668 | 18,841 | 5.14 |
| 1778 | 3 | NANCHANG UNIV | 3,717 | 18,787 | 5.05 |
| 1784 | 3 | QINGDAO UNIV SCI & TECHNOL | 3,126 | 18,707 | 5.98 |
| 1789 | 2 | ANHUI NORMAL UNIV | 2,159 | 18,609 | 8.62 |
| 1802 | 3 | XIANGTAN UNIV | 3,309 | 18,387 | 5.56 |
| 1847 | 2 | S CHINA AGR UNIV | 2,971 | 17,645 | 5.94 |
| 1883 | 1 | TIANJIN MED UNIV | 2,737 | 16,897 | 6.17 |
| 1885 | 3 | BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIV | 4,730 | 16,886 | 3.57 |
| 1897 | 3 | ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIV | 3,386 | 16,728 | 4.94 |
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