- Student-faculty ratios: 11.5
- Male to female ratio: 46 : 54
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://english.pku.edu.cn/
- Address: No.5 Yiheyuan Road,Beijing, 100871,China
- Phone: -
Peking University is a public institution that was founded in 1898, though it wasn't known by its current name until 1912. The university’s main campus, known as Yan Yuan, is located in the Haidian District in the western suburbs of Beijing, China's capital city. University housing is available for both undergraduate and graduate students. Tuition costs are higher for non-Chinese nationals and vary by subject, with science subjects costing more. The university’s academic calendar is semester-based, and students typically study four years for undergraduate degree programs, two to three years for master's programs and four years for doctoral degree programs. PKU, as the university is sometimes called, has academic departments focused on various humanities, social sciences and science disciplines. The language of instruction for undergraduates is Chinese, and graduate-level programs are taught in either Chinese or English. In 2000, Beijing Medical University was incorporated into PKU and renamed the Peking University Health Science Center, which is now the home of PKU’s medical programs, including pharmaceutics and nursing. The university has numerous research labs and centers, such as the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics & Technology, the Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications. PKU has established academic and exchange partnership programs with institutions around the world. One such collaboration is a master's program in international affairs organized jointly with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the U.K.
- Total number of students 42,547
- Number of international students 7,155
- Total number of academic staff 4,775
- Number of international staff 993
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 3,509
- Number of master's degrees awarded 5,392
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 2,107
- Number of research only staff 1,491
- Number of new undergraduate students 4,206
- Number of new master's students 6,604
- Number of new doctoral students 2,316
- Global score 72
- Global research reputation #51
- Regional research reputation #5
- Publications #24
- Books #179
- Conferences #24
- Normalized citation impact #486
- Total citations #42
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #42
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #403
- International collaboration #23
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #733
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #50
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #314
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11.5
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15%
Percentage of International Students
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46 : 54
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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39,575
Number of FTE Students
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World University Rankings
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2011
37
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2012
49
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2013
46
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2014
45
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48
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42
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2017
29
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31
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2020
24
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Asia University Rankings
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2013
4
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2014
5
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2015
4
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2
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3
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World Reputation Rankings
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43
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2012
38
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2013
45
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2014
41
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32
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2016
21
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2017
17
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2018
17
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Arts & humanities
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=84
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2017
27
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2018
17
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=23
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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75
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2018
50
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=51
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Engineering & technology
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25
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2012
44
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47
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43
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24
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2017
12
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2018
7
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2019
14
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Life sciences
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26
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19
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Physical sciences
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2011
42
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45
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2014
32
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37
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28
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19
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2018
17
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2019
19
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Social sciences
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2012
30
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2013
41
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2014
37
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2015
42
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2018
22
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23
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Business & Economics
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18
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2018
17
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2019
23
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Computer Science
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27
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25
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2019
32
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Education
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2019
26
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Psychology
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43
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2014
1
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2015
1
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2016
1
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2017
1
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1
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2
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#58 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 57.7
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #40
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #5
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #30
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #320
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #52
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #68
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #360
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #26
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #448
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #86
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #304
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#16 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 85.6
- Chemistry global research reputation #47
- Chemistry regional research reputation #8
- Chemistry publications #10
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #100
- Chemistry total citations #8
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #11
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #165
- Chemistry international collaboration #61
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #769
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #11
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #82
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#107 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 65.6
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #55
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #10
- Clinical Medicine publications #64
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #545
- Clinical Medicine total citations #122
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #140
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #604
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #17
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #545
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #173
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #541
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#23 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 74.8
- Computer Science global research reputation #48
- Computer Science regional research reputation #7
- Computer Science publications #27
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #90
- Computer Science total citations #30
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #29
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Computer Science international collaboration #19
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #160
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #44
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
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#58 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 52.9
- Economics and Business global research reputation #47
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #5
- Economics and Business publications #58
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #130
- Economics and Business total citations #78
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #167
- Economics and Business international collaboration #35
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #36
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #69
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #108
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#26 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 81.1
- Engineering global research reputation #58
- Engineering regional research reputation #13
- Engineering publications #66
- Engineering normalized citation impact #76
- Engineering total citations #42
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #40
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #94
- Engineering international collaboration #66
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #461
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #29
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #101
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#58 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 71.6
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #261
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #5
- Environment/Ecology publications #20
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #151
- Environment/Ecology total citations #30
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #28
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #156
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #8
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #257
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #45
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #196
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#15 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 84.5
- Geosciences global research reputation #34
- Geosciences regional research reputation #2
- Geosciences publications #9
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #120
- Geosciences total citations #13
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #14
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #119
- Geosciences international collaboration #9
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #266
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #16
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #92
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#139 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 34.0
- Immunology global research reputation #83
- Immunology regional research reputation #12
- Immunology publications #125
- Immunology normalized citation impact #167
- Immunology total citations #145
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #176
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #190
- Immunology international collaboration #149
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #203
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #133
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #143
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#10 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 86.3
- Materials Science global research reputation #33
- Materials Science regional research reputation #9
- Materials Science publications #25
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #36
- Materials Science total citations #10
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #11
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #36
- Materials Science international collaboration #53
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #382
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #7
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #37
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#21 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 76.1
- Mathematics global research reputation #34
- Mathematics regional research reputation #3
- Mathematics publications #17
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #174
- Mathematics total citations #32
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #32
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #158
- Mathematics international collaboration #11
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #269
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
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#189 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 33.8
- Microbiology global research reputation #127
- Microbiology regional research reputation #21
- Microbiology publications #138
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #184
- Microbiology total citations #169
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #194
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #202
- Microbiology international collaboration #18
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #228
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #130
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #123
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#66 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 58.5
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #152
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #4
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #49
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #243
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #66
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #76
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #253
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #3
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #289
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #90
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #231
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#122 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 47.8
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #169
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #5
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #89
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #317
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #137
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #162
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #324
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #9
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #208
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #186
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #291
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#23 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 69.7
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #58
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #6
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #13
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #154
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #18
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #16
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #123
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #14
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #220
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #136
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #237
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#22 Physics
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- Physics overall score 83.0
- Physics global research reputation #28
- Physics regional research reputation #4
- Physics publications #9
- Physics normalized citation impact #437
- Physics total citations #17
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #15
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #443
- Physics international collaboration #63
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #631
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #27
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #434
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#82 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 68.2
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #160
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #27
- Plant and Animal Science publications #306
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #25
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #173
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #171
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #55
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #5
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #251
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #90
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #20
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#167 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 41.0
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #91
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #5
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #156
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #324
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #219
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #285
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #358
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #29
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #10
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #240
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #288
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#67 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 59.9
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #43
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #5
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #193
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #49
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #151
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #174
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #182
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #49
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #9
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #97
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #38
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#65 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 60.0
- Space Science global research reputation #44
- Space Science regional research reputation #3
- Space Science publications #48
- Space Science normalized citation impact #202
- Space Science total citations #97
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #101
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #208
- Space Science international collaboration #1
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #183
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #123
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #188