The latest data from the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) showed that the Computer Science of Tianjin University entered the top 1% in ESI rankings. This follows the fields of materials science, engineering, chemistry, physics, agricultural science, and biology and biochemistry to be the seventh subject of TJU entering ESI ranking lists. With total citations of 3,152 in terms of papers in the field of Computer Science, TJU ranks 396th among 404 research institutions which enter the ESI lists in this period; in the last decade, TJU was ranked 168th with 819 high level research papers in the field and 167th with 11 highly cited papers.
The Essential Science Indicators (ESI) presents an array of data that ranks scientists, and their papers, and as well as countries and institutions that perform scientific research. The ESI database is based on more than 10,000 academic journals with over 10 million documented proceedings collected by the Science Citation Index (SCI) and the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). It ranks the top scientists, institutions, countries, and journals in 22 fields of research based on journal article publication counts and citation data. Being in the top 1% of ESI rankings means entering ESI lists, while reaching the top 1‰ indicates that the institution is at the top research level in the field internationally.
The year of 2017 witnessed materials science and chemistry disciplines from TJU entering the top 1‰. Now together with engineering discipline, there are three disciplinary fields of TJU which have entered the top 1‰ in ESI rankings, with engineering ranked 51st and materials science 69th. Further to this, TJU’s clinical medicine and pharmacology and toxicology fields have been very close to ESI listing according to InCites. The ESI rankings have shown the academic influence of TJU in the specific fields worldwide, serving as a reference to the construction of world class universities.
By: He Xiaowei, Xu Hui, Sun Xiaofang
Editors: Yin Shiyu and Ross Colquhoun
