- Student-faculty ratios: 17.9
- Male to female ratio: 51 : 49
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/
- Address: 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road,119077,Singapore
- Phone: +65 6516 6666
As Singapore’s flagship university and among Asia’s best, the National University of Singapore (NUS) offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise. Our 17 faculties across three campuses in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram – provide a rigorous broad-based curriculum underscored by cross-faculty enrichment. We have pioneered many innovative academic programmes which include student exchange, entrepreneurial internships at 12 NUS Overseas Colleges, as well as double, joint and concurrent degree programmes with some of the world’s best universities. Close to 40,000 students from 100 countries enrich our vibrant and diverse campus community. The University’s multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. Researchers in our faculties, 29 university-level research institutes, research centres of excellence and corporate labs focus on themes that include energy, environmental and urban sustainability; treatment and prevention of diseases common among Asians; active ageing; advanced materials; as well as risk management and resilience of financial systems. The University’s latest research focus is to use data science, operations research and cybersecurity to support Singapore's Smart Nation initiative. We also strive to create a supportive and innovative environment to promote creative enterprise within our community.
- Total number of students 30,727
- Number of international students 8,741
- Total number of academic staff 1,761
- Number of international staff 1,068
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 6,660
- Number of master's degrees awarded
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 812
- Number of research only staff 1,885
- Number of new undergraduate students 7,126
- Number of new master's students
- Number of new doctoral students 835
- Global score 75.2
- Global research reputation #21
- Regional research reputation #13
- Publications #38
- Books #30
- Conferences #30
- Normalized citation impact #267
- Total citations #41
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #36
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #136
- International collaboration #535
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #84
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #38
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #176
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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17.9
No. of students per staff
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28%
Percentage of International Students
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51 : 49
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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30,869
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2011
34
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2012
40
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2013
29
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2014
26
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2015
25
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2016
26
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2017
24
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2018
=22
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2019
23
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2020
25
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Asia University Rankings
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2013
2
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2014
2
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2015
2
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2016
1
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2017
1
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2018
1
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2019
2
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World Reputation Rankings
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2011
27
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2012
23
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2013
22
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2014
21
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2015
24
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2016
26
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2017
27
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2018
24
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2019
24
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Arts & humanities
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2012
38
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2013
43
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2014
49
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2015
42
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2016
70
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2017
48
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2018
30
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2019
32
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2011
39
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2012
41
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2013
37
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2014
42
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2015
44
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2016
32
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2017
31
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2018
28
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2019
26
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Engineering & technology
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2011
16
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2012
19
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2013
12
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2014
13
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2015
13
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2016
13
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2017
=7
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2018
8
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2019
8
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Life sciences
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2012
44
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2013
33
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2014
31
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2015
34
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2016
27
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2017
29
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2018
26
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2019
27
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Physical sciences
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2013
39
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2014
41
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2015
41
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2016
19
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2017
18
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2018
16
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2019
18
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Social sciences
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2012
47
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2013
39
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2014
29
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2015
29
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2016
28
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2017
37
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2018
21
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2019
22
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Business & Economics
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2017
13
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2018
16
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2019
17
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Computer Science
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2017
10
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2018
13
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2019
15
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Law
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2018
30
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2019
21
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Psychology
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2018
55
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2019
=52
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#79 Agricultural Sciences
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- Agricultural Sciences overall score 59.0
- Agricultural Sciences global research reputation #45
- Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation #12
- Agricultural Sciences publications #215
- Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact #25
- Agricultural Sciences total citations #127
- Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #126
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #54
- Agricultural Sciences international collaboration #72
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #2
- Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #128
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
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#63 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 61.7
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #35
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #5
- Arts and Humanities publications #107
- Arts and Humanities books #132
- Arts and Humanities conferences #28
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #123
- Arts and Humanities total citations #116
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #94
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #78
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #228
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #53
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#29 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 64.0
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #29
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #17
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #36
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #127
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #36
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #35
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #119
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #194
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #53
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #36
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #123
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#7 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 90.8
- Chemistry global research reputation #14
- Chemistry regional research reputation #18
- Chemistry publications #25
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #23
- Chemistry total citations #10
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #8
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #15
- Chemistry international collaboration #574
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #211
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #9
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #33
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#71 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 69.9
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #27
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #13
- Clinical Medicine publications #93
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #323
- Clinical Medicine total citations #101
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #324
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #216
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #42
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #117
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #333
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#4 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 92.5
- Computer Science global research reputation #14
- Computer Science regional research reputation #15
- Computer Science publications #12
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #24
- Computer Science total citations #7
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #10
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- Computer Science international collaboration #131
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #16
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #5
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #20
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#22 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 64.7
- Economics and Business global research reputation #19
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #13
- Economics and Business publications #24
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #100
- Economics and Business total citations #29
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #28
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #101
- Economics and Business international collaboration #108
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #4
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #37
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #79
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#2 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 94.0
- Engineering global research reputation #15
- Engineering regional research reputation #15
- Engineering publications #17
- Engineering normalized citation impact #42
- Engineering total citations #9
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #6
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #25
- Engineering international collaboration #292
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #37
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #6
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #54
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#72 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 68.6
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #47
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #7
- Environment/Ecology publications #97
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #129
- Environment/Ecology total citations #96
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #75
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #78
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #209
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #69
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #129
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#63 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 53.2
- Immunology global research reputation #32
- Immunology regional research reputation #8
- Immunology publications #77
- Immunology normalized citation impact #76
- Immunology total citations #81
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #78
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #80
- Immunology international collaboration #134
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #35
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #86
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
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#9 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 86.9
- Materials Science global research reputation #17
- Materials Science regional research reputation #13
- Materials Science publications #27
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #35
- Materials Science total citations #13
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #9
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #31
- Materials Science international collaboration #278
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #91
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #11
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #51
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#35 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 70.2
- Mathematics global research reputation #27
- Mathematics regional research reputation #15
- Mathematics publications #76
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #73
- Mathematics total citations #53
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #73
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #148
- Mathematics international collaboration #105
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #3
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #49
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #82
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#36 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 61.4
- Microbiology global research reputation #28
- Microbiology regional research reputation #5
- Microbiology publications #66
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #111
- Microbiology total citations #61
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #66
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #115
- Microbiology international collaboration #173
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #30
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #47
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #90
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#42 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 62.7
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #48
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #9
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #25
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #227
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #41
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #37
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #161
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #253
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #50
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #61
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #223
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#108 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 50.1
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #45
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #29
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #120
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #210
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #130
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #143
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #265
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #146
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #8
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #165
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #235
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#27 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 68.7
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #27
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #7
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #51
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #63
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #43
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #36
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #59
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #205
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #62
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #28
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #42
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#58 Physics
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- Physics overall score 75.8
- Physics global research reputation #33
- Physics regional research reputation #41
- Physics publications #28
- Physics normalized citation impact #384
- Physics total citations #45
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #49
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #420
- Physics international collaboration #534
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #391
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #40
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #345
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#112 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 63.2
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #46
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #10
- Plant and Animal Science publications #141
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #292
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #164
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #208
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #361
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #249
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #16
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #128
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #180
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#131 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 46.5
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #48
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #11
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #151
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #246
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #179
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #204
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #284
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #125
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #8
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #158
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #181
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#59 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 62.0
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #23
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #8
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #77
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #235
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #91
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #94
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #270
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #148
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #31
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #231