The latest ESI Global Rankings (from Jan. 1, 2009 to Oct. 31, 2019) published by Clarivate Analytics revealed that two disciplines at Shandong University (SDU), China——Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology——newly entered the top 0.1% worldwide. SDU's Microbiology and Geosciences also performed well, recently ranking among the global top 1%.

Five disciplines at the university, including Mathematics, Chemistry, Materials Science, Pharmacology & Toxicology, and Engineering are among top 100 globally.

Among the total 22 specific fields of research, 18 disciplines at SDU have entered the global top 1%. SDU moves up to 250^th globally on the list, rising 14 places compared to November 2019, ranking 11^thon Chinese mainland.

According to the latest data, four disciplines at Shandong University including Chemistry, Engineering, Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology have entered the top 0.1% in the ESI rankings.

SDU's Chemistry, Physics, Clinical Medicine, Materials Science, Biology & Biochemistry, Engineering, Molecular & Genetics, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Neuroscience & Behavior, Mathematics, Immunology, Environment & Ecology, Plant & Animal Science, Computer Science, Agricultural Science, Social Science, Microbiology and Geoscience have entered the global top 1% with significant improvement.

Based on journal article publication counts and citation data from the Web of Science database, ESI has been recognized as a comprehensive compilation of science performance statistics and science trends data.

Source: view.sdu.edu.cn

Written by: Sun Yangyang, Xie Tingting

Edited by: Matthew Lane