According to the latest statistics from Essential Science Indicators (short for "ESI") released by Clarivate Analytics on March 9, the City University of Macau has been ranked among the global top 1% in the Social Sciences, General, marking new progress in the University’s discipline development. This ranking demonstrates that the University's research output and quality are among the leading worldwide institutions in the field.
The Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is a key indicator for evaluating the academic quality and influence of international universities and other institutions. Clarivate Analytics ranks 125 institutions from China, Hong Kong, and Macao in the top 1% worldwide in Social Science, General. This ranking acknowledges CityU as one of the top research institutions in general social sciences for its academic excellence and research capacity.
Besides being in the ESI global top 1%, the achievement indicates major progress in discipline development. It demonstrates a strong academic output by CityU in Social Sciences, General, covering various disciplines such as international tourism and leisure management, business administration, urban planning and design, psychology, education, and international relations studies across different faculties and research units. This achievement is a testament to the University’s unique education and strengths, guided by its vision of “Macao Characteristics, China Soul, and Global Vision”.
The Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool based on scholarly literature in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE/SSCI). It analyzes scientific literature to study the development and impact of leading scientists, research institutions, countries (or regions) and scientific journals in specific subject areas. ESI uses six indicators: number of papers, citation count, citation frequency, highly cited papers, hot papers and cutting-edge papers in 22 broad discipline fields. Data covers a rolling 10-year period and updates rankings and citation counts bimonthly. ESI global top 1% in a specific subject field or the overall ranking of universities and research institutions are based on the citation counts of their academic publications.
