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Xidian University

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 139–501 of 1,240 · score 49.2
Research Index 171

How it scores

Research
87
Alumni outcomes
19
Admissions & earnings
37/227

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)
22,487 / 37,886

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

Research Index

A · Quality
79.1
B · Strength
89.2

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =258. On strength alone: 142. 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
13.5% (12.9%–14.1%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
1.1% (0.9%–1.2%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
1,211
All papers (fractional count)
9,002
International co-authored
26.0%
Open access
35.2%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
26 (1.43 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=795range 544–1092 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences509range 342–690 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science75range 36–150 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering=509range 343–656 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities430range 250–669 of 1,262

Position over time

top 10%top 30%bottom2006–2009: 418 of 5712020–2023: 171 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

171Research 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.