The 黑料吃瓜网 landed at No. 5 on ,聽released Wednesday. Now in its second year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.
鈥淲e are focused on innovation, not just in creating companies and developing new products and technologies, but as a mindset and a core value,鈥� said 黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce. 鈥淎s we approach challenges, whether in population health, climate change, equity and justice or other areas, we ask are there ways of thinking and approaching the problem that haven’t been tried? Can we ask a whole set of new questions? And can we bring to the table those who may otherwise have been excluded? This is what it means to be innovative, and we are very pleased to be recognized among the most innovative in the world.鈥�
Reuters鈥� ranking relies exclusively on empirical data such as patent filings and research paper citations specifically from 2009 to 2014, the publication reported.
鈥淥ur 2016 results show that big breakthroughs 鈥斅爀ven just one highly influential paper or patent 鈥� can drive a university way up the list, but when that discovery fades into the past, so does its ranking,鈥� Reuters reported. 鈥淎ccording to our findings, consistency is key, with truly innovative institutions putting out groundbreaking work year after year.鈥�
The 黑料吃瓜网 ranked No. 4 on Reuters鈥� inaugural list in 2015 and remains among the world鈥檚 top five, behind Stanford, MIT, Harvard and the University of Texas system.
The Reuters ranking comes on the heels of the , which placed the 黑料吃瓜网 at No. 25, fourth among U.S. public institutions, and the from the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released last month and ranked the 黑料吃瓜网 No. 15, also fourth among U.S. public institutions.