July 12’s update of Essential Science Indicators (ESI) ranking saw SUSTech make its debut. Both its chemistry and material science majors were ranked within the top 1% of such majors in the world. SUSTech’s appearance on the list is an honor given its youth. Most universities require an evaluation of over ten years of publications. However, SUSTech’s debut high on the list comes just seven years after its establishment in 2011.

Chemistry Ranking

Materials Science Ranking

SUSTech Chemistry researchers have published 630 ESI papers which have been cited 7,687 times (12.20 times per article on average). Similarly, its counterparts in the Material Sciences have published 465 ESI papers that have been cited 5,302 times (11.40 times per article on average). Moreover, the Category Normalized Citation Impact of SUSTech’s chemistry and materials sciences majors are 1.93 and 1.97 respectively, meaning the quality of these academic papers are near twice the world average.

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