The bi-monthly ESI (Essential Science Indicators) data update falls on November 9, 2017. The latest results show that the ESI engineering disciplines of Chongqing University are among the top 1‰ globally, and the clinical medicine is among the top 1% globally for the first time.
ESI engineering disciplines included among the top 1‰
In recent years, the development of CQU has been guided by the local and national major need and international leading edge. The University has been attaching great importance to collaborative innovation with enterprises and implementing the interdisciplinary collaboration support plan, in an ultimate effort to foster modern reconstruction of traditional engineering. Its basic research capacity has been growing constantly. In recent years, the University has seen rapid development, and over took a number of institutions and is eventually included among the top 1‰ globally in terms of ESI. This is a milestone of transformational upgrading of the engineering disciplines of Chongqing University, and it demonstrates that the international academic influence of the discipline is now among “world top ones”, a great leap forward towards the goal of building Chongqing University into a world first-rate university.
Table 1 ESI Data of Engineering Disciplines of CQU
Discipline |
Total number of papers |
Number of citations |
Average number of citations |
Number of papers most cited |
Number |
Ranking* |
Number |
Ranking* |
Number |
Ranking* |
Number |
Ranking* |
Engineering |
4,342 |
58/1,319 |
24,286 |
127/1,319 |
5.59 |
1,165/1,319 |
49 |
99/1,319 |
Clinical medicine included among top 1% for the first time
In addition, Chongqing University has seized the development opportunity to expedite the construction of great life and medicine disciplines. The academic influence of “ESI clinical medicine” largely supported by biomedical engineering and other specialties is now among the top 1% of ESI.
At present, 5 disciplines of Chongqing University, including engineering science, material science, chemistry, computer science and clinical medicine, are among the top 1%.
Table 2 Basic Information on Top 1% ESI Disciplines of CQU
Name |
S/N |
Number of papers on Web of Science |
Number of citations |
Influence of citations |
Number of most cited papers |
Materials science |
1 |
3,708 |
27,835 |
7.51 |
25 |
Engineering |
2 |
4,342 |
24,286 |
5.59 |
49 |
Chemistry |
3 |
2,508 |
21,526 |
8.58 |
34 |
Computer Science |
4 |
755 |
3,695 |
4.89 |
9 |
Clinical Medicine |
5 |
253 |
2,016 |
7.97 |
0 |
Chongqing University is now going through a critical period for overall implementation of the “13th Five-year Plan”, deepening comprehensive reform and building “Double-First-Rate” university. The whole university has been building consensus and practicing innovation boldly, and implementing the “Double-First-Rate” construction, the “13th Five-year Plan” and comprehensive reform, which are planned as a whole. With layered system construction and interdisciplinary collaboration building system as the “two wheels”, and construction of discipline groups as the “locomotive” to drive overall development of the University and foster building of Chongqing University as a world first-rate university, Chongqing University will make further contribution to building of a moderately well-off society in an all-round way and Chinese nation's great rejuvenation.