By Wu Tie
Staff of Hai Xuan
According to the statistical results unveiled by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China on October 27th, Tsinghua University continues to lead Chinese universities in the number of papers included in SCI (web version), Ei, and ISTP as well as in the number of papers quoted by SCI.
Among SCI papers which mainly reflect basic research achievements, a total of 2,915 papers from Tsinghua were included in the online edition of SCI in 2005, an increase of 20.4% over 2004, and 2,844 SCI papers were quoted. In the 10 disciplines published by the Institute, Tsinghua ranked first in material science and physics and third in chemistry.
The number of papers from Tsinghua included in Ei reached 3,242 in 2005, accounting for 6.0% of all papers included in Ei from all Chinese institutions. This is the 13th year Tsinghua has achieved the top rank for publications since 1993.
