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Sichuan Normal University

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Research Index 2026 · 90% range 790–1052 of 1,305 · score 29.5

Not ranked in the World University Rankings

We couldn’t find an official student count for this university, so its alumni outcomes can’t be measured per student. It is listed in the Research Index but not ranked overall.

Research Index

A · Quality
39.3
B · Strength
16.6

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =803. On strength alone: =1088. 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
9.7% (8.5%–10.9%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.6% (0.4%–1.0%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
150
All papers (fractional count)
1,553
International co-authored
20.3%
Open access
39.1%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
47 (15.04 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–fewer than 200 papers
Life & earth sciences–fewer than 200 papers
Mathematics & computer science=336range 209–563 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering=1111range 881–1310 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities–fewer than 200 papers

Position over time

Not enough periods to show a trend.

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

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–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.