Microbiology Enters of Top 1% ESI Disciplines: Boosting SCUT’s Top 1% Count to 18

On September 11, the latest data from the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database by Clarivate Analytics shows that Microbiology at South China University of Technology (SCUT) has made its debut in the global top 1% for the first time. As a result, the number of SCUT’s disciplines ranked in the top 1% globally has increased to 18, including 5 in the top 1‰ and 2 in the top 1‱ ——tying for fourth place nationally in the latter category. Currently SCUT’s overall global ranking stands at 139th, marking a 29-place improvement from the same period in 2024.

Key contributing units to this milestone include the School of Biology and Biological Engineering, School of Food Science and Engineering, Second Affiliated Hospital (Guangzhou First People's Hospital), School of Environment and Energy, and School of Medicine, covering multiple fields such as biology, food science and engineering, clinical medicine, and basic medicine. The inclusion of Microbiology in ESI's top 1% highlights SCUT's establishment of an interdisciplinary system in its life sciences discipline cluster, integrating science, engineering, and medicine. It continues to produce important academic achievements with broad influence, marking another milestone in the university’s close alignment with the Healthy China strategy and its vigorous development of basic biological sciences and medical disciplines.

Source from SCUT News

Translated by SHI Weipeng

Initial review by AN Yufan

Final review by WU Zhaosheng

Images: Screenshots from Clarivate Analytics official website