Top 100 rising institutions from the Big 5 science nations by article

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The top 100 rising institutions among the Big 5 science nations, ranked by change in adjusted article Share (adjusted Share**) from 2020 to 2021*. Also listed are each institution's article Share (Share) and article count (Count) in 2021*, and percentage change in adjusted Share** from 2020 to 2021*.

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Rank	Institution	Location	Share 2021*	Count 2021*	Change in adjusted Share** 2020–21*	Change in adjusted Share** 2020–21* (%)
1	Shandong University (SDU)	China	184.71	634	53.82	40.1%
2	Zhejiang University (ZJU)	China	388.75	924	53.13	15.5%
3	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)	China	468.51	2,492	51.49	12.1%
4	Fudan University	China	330.65	900	45.61	15.7%
5	Nankai University (NKU)	China	268.63	549	42.99	18.6%
6	Tsinghua University	China	428.92	1,324	42.62	10.8%
7	Chongqing University (CQU)	China	107.78	213	35.66	48.1%
8	Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)	China	299.10	801	35.49	13.2%
9	Wuhan University (WHU)	China	237.53	526	33.98	16.3%
10	Soochow University	China	225.22	440	32.24	16.4%
11	Hunan University (HNU)	China	168.44	316	30.87	21.9%
12	Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)	China	113.55	262	30.69	36.1%
13	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)	China	319.51	933	28.67	9.7%
14	Fuzhou University (FZU)	China	84.66	185	25.98	43.1%
15	South China University of Technology (SCUT)	China	145.99	325	25.40	20.6%
16	Tongji University	China	149.90	453	25.22	19.8%
17	Zhengzhou University (ZZU)	China	125.40	472	24.77	24.1%
18	Peking University (PKU)	China	461.54	1,644	23.06	5.2%
19	Sichuan University (SCU)	China	238.88	449	22.64	10.3%
20	Lanzhou University (LZU)	China	144.13	311	22.48	18.1%
21	Dalian University of Technology (DUT)	China	112.32	218	22.32	24.2%
22	Central South University (CSU)	China	107.94	294	21.03	23.7%
23	Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	China	234.94	645	19.61	8.9%
24	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz)	United States of America (USA)	62.58	193	18.70	41.5%
25	Nanjing Normal University (NNU)	China	60.79	169	18.12	41.4%
26	National Institutes of Health (NIH)	United States of America (USA)	409.59	1,025	17.87	4.5%
27	The University of Hong Kong (HKU)	China	110.35	463	17.34	18.2%
28	Changzhou University (CZU)	China	41.38	62	16.97	67.4%
29	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	China	106.48	410	15.94	17.2%
30	Xiamen University (XMU)	China	205.81	418	15.17	7.8%
31	University of Münster (WWU)	Germany	151.95	350	14.83	10.6%
32	Nanjing University (NJU)	China	423.73	989	13.83	3.3%
33	Henan University (HENU)	China	60.83	138	13.68	28.3%
34	The Rockefeller University	United States of America (USA)	95.47	281	13.40	16.0%
35	New York University (NYU)	United States of America (USA)	209.58	618	13.02	6.5%
36	TU Dortmund University	Germany	42.73	165	13.01	42.7%
37	Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST)	China	48.19	96	12.51	34.2%
38	Xiangtan University (XTU)	China	26.93	52	12.47	83.4%
39	Jiangsu University (JSU)	China	30.09	76	12.45	68.5%
40	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	United States of America (USA)	86.99	296	12.17	15.9%
41	UCL	United Kingdom (UK)	219.37	955	11.87	5.6%
42	King's College London (KCL)	United Kingdom (UK)	96.16	446	11.72	13.6%
43	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT)	China	28.67	84	10.93	59.9%
44	Southeast University (SEU)	China	93.03	225	10.85	12.9%
45	Yangzhou University (YZU)	China	50.06	118	10.80	26.9%
46	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States of America (USA)	344.24	1,037	10.47	3.1%
47	Tianjin University (TJU)	China	180.87	623	10.45	6.0%
48	Westlake University	China	28.23	120	10.33	56.1%
49	Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)	United States of America (USA)	23.26	64	10.29	76.9%
50	Donghua University (DHU)	China	56.12	114	10.19	21.7%
51	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)	China	178.56	474	10.15	5.9%
52	University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg)	Germany	95.84	320	10.13	11.6%
53	University of South Carolina - Columbia (SC)	United States of America (USA)	36.04	99	9.96	37.2%
54	University of Regensburg (UR)	Germany	78.09	174	9.54	13.6%
55	Nanjing Forestry University (NFU)	China	21.24	72	9.43	77.2%
56	Osaka University	Japan	190.13	518	9.40	5.1%
57	Beijing University of Technology (BJUT)	China	39.07	124	9.38	30.8%
58	Shinshu University (SU)	Japan	19.22	104	9.37	91.7%
59	Central China Normal University (CCNU)	China	56.55	157	9.28	19.2%
60	Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)	Germany	169.09	676	9.21	5.7%
61	Qingdao University (QU)	China	34.66	93	8.90	33.7%
62	Anhui University (AHU)	China	51.53	152	8.88	20.4%
63	University of Washington (UW)	United States of America (USA)	272.41	972	8.87	3.3%
64	Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein)	United States of America (USA)	45.69	148	8.86	23.5%
65	Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)	China	56.66	200	8.86	18.1%
66	Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)	United States of America (USA)	94.37	320	8.71	10.0%
67	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)	China	65.56	230	8.68	14.9%
68	University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMass Medical School)	United States of America (USA)	61.71	247	8.67	16.0%
69	Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)	China	32.97	81	8.60	34.5%
70	Leipzig University	Germany	41.91	187	8.57	25.1%
71	China University of Geosciences, Beijing (CUGB)	China	32.95	72	8.49	33.9%
72	University of Bonn (Uni Bonn)	Germany	75.41	350	8.45	12.4%
73	South China Normal University (SCNU)	China	49.32	170	8.31	19.8%
74	Mayo Clinic	United States of America (USA)	66.93	204	8.13	13.5%
75	Hebei University of Technology (HEBUT)	China	18.43	42	8.07	75.4%
76	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)	China	448.28	1,266	8.06	1.8%
77	Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST)	China	21.94	64	7.72	52.8%
78	China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP)	China	41.39	143	7.66	22.2%
79	University of Southern California (USC)	United States of America (USA)	137.05	384	7.49	5.7%
80	Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS)	United States of America (USA)	87.98	341	7.47	9.1%
81	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU)	Germany	82.00	377	7.26	9.5%
82	University of Virginia (UVA)	United States of America (USA)	99.50	305	7.18	7.6%
83	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center)	United States of America (USA)	154.17	305	7.10	4.7%
84	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)	United States of America (USA)	39.17	182	7.08	21.6%
85	Yunnan University (YNU)	China	37.57	100	7.05	22.6%
86	University of Birmingham (UB)	United Kingdom (UK)	65.69	347	6.93	11.6%
87	Xidian University	China	21.27	50	6.81	45.9%
88	Nantong University (NTU)	China	23.27	61	6.79	40.2%
89	Ritsumeikan University	Japan	12.59	44	6.75	111.0%
90	Temple University	United States of America (USA)	34.25	114	6.67	23.6%
91	Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU)	China	27.23	57	6.61	31.3%
92	Henan Normal University	China	39.19	126	6.60	19.8%
93	Osaka City University (OCU)	Japan	17.70	58	6.47	56.0%
94	The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)	United States of America (USA)	26.96	81	6.45	30.7%
95	University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Mānoa)	United States of America (USA)	59.59	282	6.43	11.9%
96	University of Exeter	United Kingdom (UK)	67.22	269	6.42	10.3%
97	Indiana University (IU)	United States of America (USA)	116.24	384	6.29	5.6%
98	Northeast Normal University (NENU)	China	54.00	88	6.28	12.9%
99	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom (UK)	66.56	370	6.25	10.2%
100	AstraZeneca plc	United Kingdom (UK)	33.21	139	6.25	22.7%

Footnote

^*Data for 2021 represents the period October 2020–September 2021.

^**Adjusted Share is calculated by adjusting Share values to 2020 levels.