October 20th US time, US News & World Report (U.S.News for short), one of the world's most authoritative ranking agencies, officially released a ranking of nearly 1,500 top universities from 86 countries. A total of 205 Chinese universities made the list, including 176 from the mainland. JSNU ranks 1056th in the world university rankings and 102th in the Chinese mainland university rankings, which is a new breakthrough compared to 2019 and 2020.
The 2021 world university rankings of U.S.News follow a previous index system: 12.5% of global research reputation ratings; 12.5% of reputation ratings of regional research; 10% of journal (publication) evaluation; 2.5% of evaluation of published books; 2.5% of academic conference evaluation; 10% of standardized reference impact assessment; 7.5% of the total number of citations; 12.5% of the top 10% of publications; 10% of percentage evaluation of high-frequency cited references; 10% of evaluation of international cooperation; etc.
U.S.News rankings not only provide a comprehensive assessment of each university's undergraduate and graduate education, but also provide an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the university's academic research and reputation. The rankings have a huge influence in the global education industry. Being the most authoritative and influential university rankings, it is one of the important indicators for international students to refer to when choosing schools. The improvement of the ranking of Jiangsu Normal University fully proves the development of scientific research capability and academic reputation of JSNU.
