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ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï ranked among the top 10 institutions worldwide in producing research and Earth and environmental sciences last year. The university also placed 50th among academic institutions globally in producing high-quality science, overall.Ìý

Those rankings come from the Nature Index, an annual database spearheaded by Springer Nature that tracks the scientific output of academic, government and other institutions around the world. The which was released earlier this month, tallies up how often researchers published to 82 top-tier journals, including Nature, Science and Cell.Ìý

From April 2017 to March 2018, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï scientists were authors on 228 papers in 16 elite journals in this field. That placed ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï ninth in the world, behind only the California Institute of Technology among academic institutions in the United States.

Last year, ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï scientists were instrumental in exploringÌýblack carbon on ice and snow,Ìýthe role of household cleaners in air pollutionÌýand other critical research questions in Earth and environmental science.

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï also ranked globally in producing scientific research in all fields. Scientists here churned out 585 papers in the 82 selected journals last year, earning the university a nod as the 15th largest publisher among public universities in the United States.

The Nature Index also listed ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï 64th in publishing research in the physical sciences.Ìý