Minjiang University has reached a new milestone in research excellence: its Plant & Animal Science discipline has entered the top 1% globally for the first time in the latest Essential Science Indicators (ESI) rankings released by Clarivate on September 23, 2026.
The achievement brings the university’s total number of ESI top 1% disciplines to four — Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Plant & Animal Science — with Engineering standing out in the top 0.5%worldwide. The addition, made as the university embarks on a new five-year planning cycle, underscores the steady momentum of its disciplinedevelopment.
ESI is a deep analytical research tool built on the Web of Science™ Core Collection. Widely used around the world to measure research performance and track scientific trends, it is updated every two months and ranks universities and research institutions across 22 fields based on rolling data from the past decade of SCI/SSCI papers and their citations. The number of ESI top 1% disciplines has become one of the key indicators of the international academic competitiveness of universities and research institutions.
