- Student-faculty ratios: 37.0
- Male to female ratio: 54 : 46
- School nature: Public
- Website: https://www.ugent.be/en
- Address: Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25,Gent, 9000,Belgium
- Phone: -
Ghent University (UGent) in Belgium was founded in 1817 by King William I of Orange. As a Flemish university, most of UGent’s 230 degree programmes are taught in Dutch, although a few of its graduate degrees are offered in English. With a total of 36,000 students and 9,000 staff, UGent is one of the major research universities in Belgium. Its 11 faculties offer a wide academic portfolio, including courses in every scientific discipline, while its research investment averages around £180million annually. UGent prides itself on being among the leading universities in the world with a global reputation that attracts talented students and teachers. It boasts associations with several Nobel Prize winners, among them Joseph Guislain, Walter Fiers, Marc Van Montagu and Peter Piot. While its alumni include such notables as Robert Cailliau, who collaborated with Tim Berners-Lee in developing the internet, and the astronaut Dirk Frimout. The university’s main campus is located close to the city centre. It also has a campus by the sea in Ostend, home to the GreenBridge incubation and innovation center that provides facilities for start-up technology companies, and conducts sustainability research into seas and oceans. UGent was also the first university in Europe to be accepted as part of the Songdo Global University Campus (SGUC) in Incheon, South Korea, where it provides three bachelor's programmes in molecular biotechnology, environmental technology and food technology to domestic and international students, alongside the 10 other universities it shares a campus with. Students who live in Ghent can expect to be surrounded by beautiful architecture, unique street art and a large number of pubs, clubs and restaurants. Good transport links exist throughout the city and Ghent has excellent links to the rest of Belgium by train. Much of Ghent is also navigable by bicycle, which is the most popular mode of transport for students.
- Total number of students 35,839
- Number of international students 3,696
- Total number of academic staff 1,018
- Number of international staff 74
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 4,740
- Number of master's degrees awarded 6,371
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 690
- Number of research only staff 4,272
- Number of new undergraduate students 6,003
- Number of new master's students 5,611
- Number of new doctoral students 832
- Global score 68.7
- Global research reputation #117
- Regional research reputation #40
- Publications #54
- Books #124
- Conferences #113
- Normalized citation impact #288
- Total citations #62
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #58
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #213
- International collaboration #779
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #112
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #69
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #266
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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37.0
No. of students per staff
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10%
Percentage of International Students
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54 : 46
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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38,080
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
124
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2012
106
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2013
93
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2014
85
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2015
90
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2016
118
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2017
118
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2018
107
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2019
=143
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2020
123
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Arts & humanities
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2014
76
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2015
69
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2016
=88
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2017
=100
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2018
73
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2019
79
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-
Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2014
80
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2015
93
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2018
=95
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2019
126–150
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-
Engineering & technology
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2014
81
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2018
101–125
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2019
151–175
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Life sciences
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2012
36
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2013
48
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2014
40
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2015
38
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2016
47
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2017
=45
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2018
44
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2019
48
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Physical sciences
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2018
151–175
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2019
151–175
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Social sciences
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2014
83
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2018
126–150
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2019
101–125
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Business & Economics
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2017
97
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2018
98
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2019
151–175
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Computer Science
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2018
151–175
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2019
201–250
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Law
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2018
58
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2019
74
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Education
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2018
=49
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2019
90
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Psychology
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2018
40
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2019
=74
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#8 Agricultural Sciences
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- Agricultural Sciences overall score 81.3
- Agricultural Sciences global research reputation #17
- Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation #2
- Agricultural Sciences publications #17
- Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact #51
- Agricultural Sciences total citations #9
- Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #13
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #75
- Agricultural Sciences international collaboration #114
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #28
- Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #7
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #34
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#46 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 65.6
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #92
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #36
- Arts and Humanities publications #14
- Arts and Humanities books #86
- Arts and Humanities conferences #26
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #108
- Arts and Humanities total citations #18
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #14
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #138
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #33
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#81 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 54.2
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #118
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #95
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #90
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #135
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #76
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #58
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #95
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #313
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #47
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #77
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #164
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#94 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 66.9
- Chemistry global research reputation #118
- Chemistry regional research reputation #36
- Chemistry publications #108
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #274
- Chemistry total citations #109
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #92
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #221
- Chemistry international collaboration #602
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #82
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #115
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #211
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#95 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 66.8
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #132
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #46
- Clinical Medicine publications #120
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #224
- Clinical Medicine total citations #107
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #94
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #125
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #416
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #44
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #93
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #159
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#108 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 50.3
- Computer Science global research reputation #184
- Computer Science regional research reputation #70
- Computer Science publications #42
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #127
- Computer Science total citations #55
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #66
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #178
- Computer Science international collaboration #251
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #140
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #151
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #210
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#101 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 41.6
- Economics and Business global research reputation #176
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #66
- Economics and Business publications #87
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #87
- Economics and Business total citations #83
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #86
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #98
- Economics and Business international collaboration #156
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #45
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #86
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #96
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#116 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 66.7
- Engineering global research reputation #142
- Engineering regional research reputation #55
- Engineering publications #116
- Engineering normalized citation impact #225
- Engineering total citations #103
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #226
- Engineering international collaboration #523
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #127
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #189
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #411
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#59 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 71.5
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #75
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #30
- Environment/Ecology publications #36
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #199
- Environment/Ecology total citations #51
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #45
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #194
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #237
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #42
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #60
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #182
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#117 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 57.6
- Geosciences global research reputation #148
- Geosciences regional research reputation #40
- Geosciences publications #151
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #166
- Geosciences total citations #143
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #130
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #148
- Geosciences international collaboration #197
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #32
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #99
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #95
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#53 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 55.5
- Immunology global research reputation #146
- Immunology regional research reputation #21
- Immunology publications #73
- Immunology normalized citation impact #12
- Immunology total citations #50
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #60
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #25
- Immunology international collaboration #100
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #11
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #20
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #7
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#138 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 51.9
- Materials Science global research reputation #130
- Materials Science regional research reputation #22
- Materials Science publications #136
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #246
- Materials Science total citations #144
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #138
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #227
- Materials Science international collaboration #392
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #93
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #195
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #267
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#35 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 61.5
- Microbiology global research reputation #79
- Microbiology regional research reputation #1
- Microbiology publications #16
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #160
- Microbiology total citations #37
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #45
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #159
- Microbiology international collaboration #145
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #29
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #57
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #150
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#112 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 50.4
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #163
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #13
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #106
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #172
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #109
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #96
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #134
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #232
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #35
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #120
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #179
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#196 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 36.8
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #231
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #102
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #148
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #198
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #151
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #151
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #215
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #181
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #19
- 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 #205
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#45 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 63.8
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #56
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #14
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #69
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #44
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #53
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #35
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #29
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #228
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #49
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #65
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #107
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#252 Physics
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- Physics overall score 59.2
- Physics global research reputation #472
- Physics regional research reputation #148
- Physics publications #175
- Physics normalized citation impact #279
- Physics total citations #163
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #145
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #233
- Physics international collaboration #490
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #212
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #192
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #338
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#5 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 92.2
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #34
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #2
- Plant and Animal Science publications #5
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #148
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #5
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #4
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #317
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #106
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #2
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #90
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#48 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 65.0
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #49
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #11
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #39
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #117
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #42
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #42
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #110
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #199
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #44
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #52
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #125
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#58 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 62.2
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #149
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #28
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #33
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #210
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #43
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #41
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #170
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #276
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #56
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #46
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #186
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#181 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 30.3
- Space Science global research reputation #145
- Space Science regional research reputation #46
- Space Science publications #180
- Space Science normalized citation impact #157
- Space Science total citations #186
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #179
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #154
- Space Science international collaboration #140
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #41
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #209
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #206