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Ranking trend

About the US News & World Ranking

The US News & World Ranking was first created in 2014. As the ranking is relatively new, the methodology has undergone a number of revisions. Compared to the QS and THE rankings, the US News and World methodology has a greater focus on research, but still includes a reputational survey component.

Key	2014	2015	2016
US N&W	113	128	95

• NTU Ranking Methodology

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Key	2014	2015	2016
US N&W	113	128	95

Performance Indicators

Broad Indicator	Indicator	Weighting (%)
Reputation	Global research reputation	12.5	25
	Regional research reputation	12.5
Research Productivity	Publications	10	15
	Books	2.5
	Conferences	2.5
Citation Metrics	Normalized citation impact	10	50
	Normalized citation impact	7.5
	# publications in top 10% highly cited papers	12.5
	% publications in top 10% highly cited papers	10
	# publications in top 1% highly cited papers	5
	% publications in top 1% highly cited papers	5
International Collaboration			10

Subject Rankings

US N&W also conducts rankings by subject areas, with UWA ranked in the top 200 in fifteen key fields:

Subject	UWA 2017 Rank
Plant and Animal Science	22
Agricultural Sciences	26
Environment/Ecology	44
Geosciences	63
Psychiatry/Psychology	70
Molecular Biology and Genetics	107
Social Sciences and Public Health	108
Clinical Medicine	112
Immunology	114
Engineering	140
Space Science	142
Arts and Humanities	157
Neuroscience and Behavior	157
Biology and Biochemistry	161
Economics and Business	168

For more information visit: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/methodology.

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