. 2007, 25(0703): 5-12.
The social and academic influence of an institution of higher learning or a research institute may be measured by their positions in national important societies. In this paper, a reference is made of China Association for Science and Technology and various national societies under CAST. A ranking is worked out for 100 major institutions of higher learning and research institutes in China according to the posts taken by their staff in the above mentioned association and various societies. The first 10 institutions of higher learning are Tsinghua University, Peking University, Zhejiang University, China Agricultural University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Beihang University, Nanjing University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Sichuan University and Tongji University (the last two hold the tenth position jointly); the first 10 research institutes are Institute of Zoology of CAS, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science of CAS, Institute of Geology and Geophysics of CAS, Institute of Acoustics of CAS and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (the three hold the fourth position jointly), Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources of CAS, Institute of Botany of CAS, National Institute of Metrology of China, China Academy of Geological Science and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (the two hold the tenth position jointly) .
