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The Nature Index is an open database of author affiliations and institutional relationships. The Index tracks contributions to research articles published in high-quality natural-science and health-science journals, selected based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders, released in June 2024 (news), features 500 leading institutions worldwide across academia, government, corporate, healthcare, and non-profit/non-governmental sectors in natural and health sciences, according to their output in the 145 Nature Index journals in 2023 (journal list).
17 Jul 2024 [2 min read] |
The Index uses two metrics to count the article output for an institution, country/territory, or region:
Count: A Count of one is assigned to an institution or location if one or more authors of the research article are from that institution or location, regardless of the number of coauthors from outside.
Share: Nature Index’s signature metric, Share, is a fractional count that takes into account the proportion of authors from an institution or location and the number of affiliated institutions per article. All authors are considered to have contributed equally to the article. The maximum combined Share for any article is 1.0.
Among the top performers, CityUHK (profile in Nature Index) has impressive rankings:
99th on the list of 2024 Research Leaders: Leading institutions (HKU 86th, CUHK 112th, HKUST 115th, and PolyU 180th)
39th on the list of Leading 100 Chinese institutions (HKU 30th, CUHK 37th, HKUST 43rd, and PolyU 57th)
20th on the list of Top 50 rising Chinese institutions (PolyU 36th)
To learn more about the methodology and use of the Nature Index, please visit:
Brief Guide: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/brief-guide
Nature Index 2024 China: https://www.nature.com/collections/efchdhgeci
Institution Benchmarking: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-research-output?type=share&list=&list_ids=
The Nature Index provides a new perspective for evaluating research publications in the natural and health sciences, though it has limitations. It tracks only a subset of research outputs and does not normalize the data to account for factors like institutional size or research specialization. As such, the Nature Index should be used alongside other tools to enable a comprehensive assessment of research productivity and impact.
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