The 黑料吃瓜网 is ranked No. 13 in the world 鈥� No. 3 among public universities 鈥� on the , released this month.
While the 黑料吃瓜网 has ranked among the top 20 universities each year since the ARWU was first published, this year鈥檚 ranking is the highest it has achieved to date. The 黑料吃瓜网 ranked No. 16 for seven consecutive years before climbing to No. 15 for three straight years before landing at No. 13 this year.
鈥淲e鈥檙e dedicated to advancing the public good, whether that鈥檚 here in Washington or the other side of the planet, and our faculty and alumni are central to that mission,鈥� 黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淭his ranking is a wonderful recognition of the impact their research and scholarship is having on lives and communities worldwide. And it鈥檚 particularly gratifying to see so many of our population health-related disciplines getting the recognition they richly deserve.鈥�
The ARWU was first published in 2003 by Shanghai Jiao Tong University鈥檚 Center for World-Class Universities. Since 2009, the ranking has been published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, which is not affiliated with any university. This year, the ARWU ranked 1,300 universities around the world.
Like the recently-published , the ARWU calculates its rankings based on a university鈥檚 external recognition. The components of the ARWU ranking include: total number of alumni and faculty winning major awards; number of highly-cited researchers employed; and counts the number of papers published and cited. The 黑料吃瓜网 scores especially highly in the number of faculty-authored articles indexed in major science and social-science citation indices. More information about the ARWU鈥檚 methodology is available on its .
In addition to their overall rankings, the ARWU also publishes in a number of fields in the natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences. The 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 highest subject rankings in 2017 include: public health (No. 3 in the world), dentistry and oral sciences (No. 3), biological sciences (No. 5), and biomedical engineering (No. 5).