Technion Ranked 26th on Nature Index

Technion is the only Israeli representative on Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars list

Ranked 26th in the world in the list of 2016 Rising Stars, following a 40% increase in the Technion’s publications in leading scientific journals

The Technion is in 26th place in the Rising Stars list published by Nature Index. The list includes 100 institutions around the world that recorded the most significant progress in research in 2012-2015. The 100 institutions – virtually all of them universities – are ranked by the increase in their contribution to 68 high-quality journals that comprise the Nature Index.

The greatest achievements were recorded by Chinese universities:Nine Chinese institutions in total occupy the top 10 positions, and the list of 100 includes 40 Chinese institutions. This is in comparison with just 11 US institutions, nine British, eight German and only one Israeli: Technion.

The index, as stated, shows the increase in the number of publications, and in the case of the Technion this represents a 40% increase in the said period: from a score of 68.75 in 2012, when the index was published for the first time, to a score of 95.59 in 2015. (Click here for a breakdown of the figures)

“Nature is one of the world’s leading scientific journals, and it is a great honor for us to be included in its Rising Stars list,” said Technion President Prof. Peretz Lavie. “The Index is further evidence of Technion’s academic excellence, the incessant improvement in the achievements of its researchers and our constant progress in realizing Technion’s vision: to be one of the world’s ten leading science and technology research universities. To this end, we are working on recruiting dozens of outstanding new faculty members every year and expanding our academic and international research activities.”

Many of the institutions on the list are really new stars, which significantly increased the number of publications in high-quality scientific journals. For example, South Korea’s new Institute for Basic Science increased its contribution to high-quality journals by more than 4,000% in four years, and is now ranked 11th on the list.

Nature Index is published by Nature Research, member of the Springer Nature Group. Springer Nature is the world’s largest academic publishing house, which publishes the most influential journals, and a pioneer in the field of open research. The Nature Research Division distributes the prestigious journal Nature (founded in 1869) and many other journals, and operates additional services for the scientific community.

David Swinbanks, Founder of the Nature Index, said: “The Nature Index is an increasingly powerful tool to assess research performance. By identifying these rising stars, we’re given an insight into which new emerging institutions are likely to play a role in addressing some of the globe’s most pressing challenges.”

More information about Nature Index is available at:http://www.nature.com/nature/supplements/nature-index-rising-stars