New Breakthrough! Economics & Business at CUHK-Shenzhen Enters ESI Global Top 1% for the First Time
Recently, Clarivate released the latest Essential Science Indicators (ESI) statistics. The Economics & Business discipline at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) has entered the ESI global top 1% for the first time. This marks the discipline’s entry into the ranks of high-level international academic tiers with its strong research and academic capabilities, representing a key enhancement of CUHK-Shenzhen’s international academic reputation and influence.
In this ESI ranking, the Economics & Business discipline at CUHK-Shenzhen delivered outstanding results: a total of 445 papers indexed by ESI, with 8,578 citations, an average of 19.28 citations per paper, and 17 highly cited papers. This fully demonstrates CUHK-Shenzhen’s solid academic accumulation and prominent research competitiveness in the discipline. (*Data statistical period: January 2015–October 2025)
ESI is an in-depth analytical research performance statistics and trend research tool based on Web of Science Core Collection data. The database tracks and monitors over 12,000 academic journals globally, providing quantitative rankings of the research strength of authors, institutions, countries/regions, and journals across 22 disciplines by tracking core indicators such as the number of publications, total citations, and average citations per paper. As one of the authoritative tools for evaluating the academic level and international influence of global research institutions, ESI has become a key reference for defining disciplinary development. Entering the ESI global top 1% is widely recognized as reaching a world-class academic standard.
