On December 17, 2014, the Nature journal issued a special supplement on China’s progresses in science and technology. Nature listed the top 200 research institute according to the nature index of the papers published on the 68 mainstream journals by the researchers from these institutes. Lanzhou University ranked (LZU) 17. At the same time, Nature also issued the nature index of the top 50 institutes in life sciences, earth and environmental sciences, chemistry and physical sciences. LZU ranked 11, 13, 16 and 29 separately in the four disciplines. For more details, please refer to http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v516/n7531_supp/full/516S77a.html.
For more about the nature index, please refer to: http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-98680-843559.html.
(Translated by Wei Xianchao; proofread by Sissi Xu)
