According to the latest Clarivate ESI data released on July 8th, the Environment/Ecology discipline of Henan University ranks the top 1% of ESI. To date, seven disciplines of our university – Chemistry, Materials Science, Clinical Medicine, Engineering, Botany/Zoology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, and Environment/Ecology rank the top 1% of ESI.  In terms of comprehensive ranking of ESI, HENU has risen to 1297, 472 higher than that in 2017.

Introduction to data sources: Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is a basic analysis and evaluation tool for evaluating scientific research performance and tracking scientific development trend, which was launched by ISI in 2001. The Essential Science Indicator database reveals emerging science trends as well as influential individuals, institutions, papers, journals and countries in various fields of research. With science trend statistics drawn from more than 12 million articles from over 12,000 global journals and tracking the upper echelon of research across 22 broad categories, Essential Science Indicators delivers the in-depth coverage researchers need to effectively analyze and benchmark research performance.