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Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 20171110
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 20171110
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 20171110
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Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017
Contents
Foreword 3
Overview 4
Methodology 5
Ranking Results
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Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017
Foreword
ShanghaiRanking's efforts on project. The Academic Excellence
ranking of world universities by Survey is different from those
particular subjects started in 2009. surveys conducted by other ranking
The first batch of subjects ranked are agencies. We invited deans, chairs
5: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and heads of academic units from
Computer Science and Economics/ the worlds Top 100 universities to list
Business. These subject rankings the criteria for academic excellence,
adopted the methodology used such as the most prestigious awards
in Academic Ranking of World and journals, other than asking them
Universities (ARWU) with minor to nominate the best universities in
Dr. Ying Cheng changes. Since then we have the world that they may know little
CEO, ShanghaiRanking been thinking about refining the about. Another unique feature of
methodology and expanding the the Survey is its transparency. Those
rankings to more subjects. This who are willing to give their opinion
year we are very glad to present should agree to make public their
the results of Global Ranking of names and affiliations, and the
Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 52 Academic Excellence Survey is open
subjects to the students, scholars, all the time and the results will be
higher education leaders and updated periodically. In 2017 GRAS,
policymakers worldwide. the results of the Survey are used to
construct two indicators, including
The key feature of ShanghaiRanking's the number of papers in top journals
various lists is that all the and the number of staff winning
measures are objective, which significant awards.
distinguishes ARWU and GRAS
from other rankings with respect With the strength of objective
to transparency, understandability measures and the important
and reliability. While keeping contribution by the best scholars
this feature, we never stopped in the world (these scholars are
exploring indicators that are able not responsible for ranking results),
to better capture the value of the I believe that ShanghaiRankings
universities and subjects. One GRAS is able to provide a sound
direction of such efforts was to view on the global competitiveness
seek input from the best scholars of thousands of universities in
in the ranked fields, and this led to ranked subjects.
the Academic Excellence Survey
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Overview
Without diminishing importance The results highlight 27 top awards rankings. At this very exciting
of the organizing framework from 19 subjects and 94 top moment, which marks the
represented by the university, journals from 33 subjects. Data beginning of our new journey
academic disciplines provide for more than 4000 universities in in extending our understanding
substance and context in which these 52 subjects were collected of universities and their
both teaching and research is and evaluated. competences, we would like
carried out. Says Dr. Jan Sadlak, to give thanks to those who
the President of IREG Observatory On the lists of ShanghaiRankings have been supporting our work
on Academic Ranking and Global Ranking of Academic and providing us with valuable
Excellence: Particularly relevant Subjects, more than 1400 feedbacks and we will continue
in the context of rankings, is an universities from 80 countries are to provide our key audience with
argument that there is hardly presented for a total of 14400 the subject rankings that are
an institution which can claim to times. Universities from the transparent, reliable, and useful.
perform equally well in teaching United States have the strongest
and research and in all academic presence. American universities
disciplines and study programs. appear on the published lists for a
total of 3857 times and take 32 top
ShanghaiRanking recognizes the positions in 52 subjects. Harvard
irreplaceable value of subject takes 15 crowns and MIT takes 5.
rankings. After the first release While the superb performance of
of subject rankings in 2009, it American universities is seemingly
took us 8 years to expand the expected, it is interesting to note
subject rankings to cover 52 the outstanding performance
subjects across natural sciences, of universities from emerging
engineering, life sciences, medical countries, especially China.
sciences, and social sciences. Chinese (including Hong Kong)
ShanghaiRanking has been universities top 8 subjects and are
featured by using transparent presented on the league tables for
methodology and third-party a total of 1652 times, just behind
data. In Global Ranking of the United States and surpassed
Academic Subject 2017, academic the United Kingdom.
leaders from the worlds Top 100 Dr. Snow Wang
universities were invited to engage The development and release of Executive Editor,
in the process of developing the Global Ranking of Academic Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
two of our signature indicators, Subjects open a new era for Ranking Manager,
academic awards and top journals. ShanghaiRankings subject ShanghaiRanking
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Methodology
Ranking Subjects
In 2017 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, institutions are ranked in 52 subjects across natural sciences,
engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.
Selection of Universities
To be included in a subject ranking, the universities need to have a minimum number of research publications
during the period of 2011-2015. The publication threshold is different for different subjects. Bibliometric data are
collected from InCites database.
Publication Publication
Fields Academic Subjects Fields Academic Subjects
Threshold Threshold
Mathematics 100 Biological Sciences 200
Physics 200
Human Biological Sciences 100
Life
Natural Chemistry 200
Sciences Agricultural Sciences 100
Sciences Earth Sciences 100
Veterinary Sciences 50
Geography 50
Aerospace Engineering 25
Finance 50
Marine/Ocean Engineering 25
Management 50
Transportation Science & 50
Technology
Public Administration 25
Remote Sensing 50
Hospitality & Tourism
25
Mining & Mineral Engineering 25 Management
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Definition of Indicators
number of publications in an
PUB Academic Subject for an institution
AWARD
PUB is the number of papers during the period of 2011-2015. AWARD refers to the total number
authored by an institution in an Only papers of Article type are of the staff of an institution
Academic Subject during the considered. Data are collected wining a significant award in an
period of 2011-2015. Only papers from InCites database. Academic Subject. Staff is defined
of 'Article' type are considered. as those who work full-time at an
Data are collected from InCites institution at the time of winning
database. Papers in different Web TOP the prize. If a researcher was
of Science categories are grouped retired at the time of winning the
into relevant Academic Subjects TOP is the number of papers award, we count the institution
published in Top Journals in an where the researcher s last full-
Academic Subject for an institution time academic position was at.
during the period of 2011-
CNCI 2015. Top Journals are identified
The significant awards in each
subject are identified through
Categor y Normalized Citation t h r o u g h S h a n g h a i R a n k i n g s ShanghaiRankings Academic
Impact (CNCI) is the ratio of Academic Excellence Sur vey or Excellence Survey.
citation of papers published by an by Journal Impact Factor. In 2017,
institution in an Academic Subject 94 top journals selected by the If a winner is affiliated with more
during the period of 2011-2015 to Sur vey are used in rankings of than one institution at the time of
the average citation of papers in 33 Academic Subjects. The list winning the award, each institution
the same category, of the same of the top journals can be found is assigned the reciprocal of the
year and same type. A CNCI value here. For Academic Subjects that number of institutions. If the award
of 1 represents world-average do not have journals identified is awarded to more than one
performance while a value above by the Survey, the JCR top 20% winner in one year, weights are
1 represents performance above j o u r n a l s a re u s e d . To p 2 0 % set for winners according to their
the world average. Only papers journals are defined as their proportion of the prize. Different
of 'Article' type are considered. Journal Impact Factors in the weights are set according to the
Data are collected from InCites top 20% of each Web of Science periods of winning the prizes. The
database. categor y according to Journal weight is 100% for winners in 2011-
Citation Report (JCR) 2015, and 2015, 75% for winners in 2001-
then aggregated into different 2010, 50% for winners in 1991-
Academic Subjects. Only papers of
IC Article type are considered. In the
2000, and 25% for winners in
1981-1990.
International collaboration (IC) is Academic Subject of Public Health,
the number of publications that although a top journal is selected
have been found with at least two by the Survey, there is no Article
different countries in addresses of type paper on it, therefore we use
the authors divided by the total JCR top 20% journals instead.
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Indicators and Weights
Different weights are allocated to the indicators for different subjects. For each indicator, institutions are
calculated as a percentage of the top scored institution and then multiplied by the allocated weight. A
final score is arrived by adding scores for all indicators and the final score is ranked in descending order.
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ACOUSTICS
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
OPTICS
PHYSICS, APPLIED
PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL
Physics PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER
PHYSICS, FLUIDS & PLASMAS
PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL
PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
PHYSICS, NUCLEAR
PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS
CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY, APPLIED
CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR
Natural CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Sciences Chemistry
CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
POLYMER SCIENCE
SPECTROSCOPY
AREA STUDIES
Geography GEOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Ecology
ECOLOGY
ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING
Mechanical Engineering
ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL
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Mapping of Web of Science Categories to Academic Subjects
ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Environmental Science & Engineering ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Engineering
Water Resources WATER RESOURCES
ENGINEERING, MARINE
Marine/Ocean Engineering
ENGINEERING, OCEAN
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation Science & Technology
TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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ALLERGY
ANDROLOGY
ANESTHESIOLOGY
AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
DERMATOLOGY
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
GERONTOLOGY
HEMATOLOGY
INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Clinical Medicine MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
ONCOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
ORTHOPEDICS
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
PEDIATRICS
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
PSYCHIATRY
REHABILITATION
Medical RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RHEUMATOLOGY
Sciences SURGERY
TRANSPLANTATION
TROPICAL MEDICINE
UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
ERGONOMICS
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Public Health NUTRITION & DIETETICS
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Nursing NURSING
CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
TOXICOLOGY
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Mapping of Web of Science Categories to Academic Subjects
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Political Sciences
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Sociology SOCIOLOGY
Communication COMMUNICATION
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOGICAL
Social Sciences PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Psychology
PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL
PSYCHOLOGY, MATHEMATICAL
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
BUSINESS
Business Administration
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
MANAGEMENT
Management
OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
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Ranking Results
MATHEMATICS
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PHYSICS
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CHEMISTRY
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EARTH SCIENCES
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GEOGRAPHY
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ECOLOGY
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
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ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
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AUTOMATION & CONTROL
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TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
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INSTRUMENTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
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CIVIL ENGINEERING
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
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NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY
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ENERGY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
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WATER RESOURCES
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FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
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MARINE/OCEAN ENGINEERING
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TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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REMOTE SENSING
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MINING & MINERAL ENGINEERING
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METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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VETERINARY SCIENCES
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CLINICAL MEDICINE
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PUBLIC HEALTH
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DENTISTRY & ORAL SCIENCES
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NURSING
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
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PHARMACY & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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ECONOMICS
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STATISTICS
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LAW
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POLITICAL SCIENCES
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SOCIOLOGY
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EDUCATION
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COMMUNICATION
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PSYCHOLOGY
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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FINANCE
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MANAGEMENT
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT
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LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
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