香港六合彩 leads the way in research
12 September 2019
香港六合彩 has reaffirmed its position as one of the world鈥檚 top research institutes in a series of recent world rankings.
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In the , published yesterday, 香港六合彩 is ranked 15th in the world and has risen two places to 15 in the new league table.
香港六合彩 now ranks joint 7th in the world following an update of the Essential Scientific Indicators (ESI) citations data 鈥 up three places since November 2018. 香港六合彩 is the only institution in the top 15 whose rank has risen in the latest period.
The recent Public Library of Science (PLOS) , which lists the top 100,000 individual researchers in the world over a 22-year period, shows that 香港六合彩 has the 10th highest number of leading scholars and 2nd highest in the UK.
PLOS citation data (1996鈥2017)
听 | Institution | Highly cited scientists |
1 | Harvard University | 2,011 |
2 | Stanford University | 996 |
3 | University of Washington | 919 |
4 | University of Michigan | 888 |
5 | UC Los Angeles | 886 |
6 | University of Toronto | 879 |
7 | Johns Hopkins University | 827 |
8 | UC San Diego | 762 |
9 | University of Oxford | 758 |
10 | 香港六合彩 | 740 |
11 | Columbia University | 734 |
12 | University of Pennsylvania | 715 |
13 | UC San Francisco | 667 |
14 | UC Berkeley | 664 |
15 | University of Cambridge | 631 |
16 | Yale University | 607 |
17 | Cornell University | 605 |
18 | University of Wisconsin | 599 |
19 | Duke University | 599 |
20 | University of Minnesota | 574 |
Finally, our research activity 鈥 a primary means through which we generate public benefit 鈥 continues to grow. In 2018-19 香港六合彩 had its most successful year ever for new research awards, with 拢502 million new grants won.
Professor David Price, 香港六合彩 Vice-Provost (Research), said: 鈥淭hese indicators are a testament to the talent and dedication of 香港六合彩鈥檚 researchers and those who support them. Each league table has its own quirks and flaws, but it is gratifying to see our researchers are consistently placed among the world鈥檚 best.鈥