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Anhui Normal University

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 976–1214 of 1,240 · score 23.3
Research Index =1118

How it scores

Research
12
Alumni outcomes
12
Admissions & earnings
178/227

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country (mainland China).

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Lowest admitted gaokao rank, Zhejiang 2025
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Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
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Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
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Students (undergraduate / total)
33,600 / 42,280

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
17.6
B · Strength
12.3

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =1085. On strength alone: =1144. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
7.2% (6.3%–8.2%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.4% (0.3%–0.7%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
135
All papers (fractional count)
1,858
International co-authored
21.5%
Open access
37.8%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
17 (4.30 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=1503range 1330–1600 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences=685range 501–852 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science=1099range 915–1215 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering1351range 1174–1478 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities–fewer than 200 papers

Position over time

bottom2019–2022: 1145 of 1,2462020–2023: 1118 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=1118Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

No Nobel, Fields, Turing or Abel laureates linked to this university in Wikidata.