Korea's KAIST-University Journal Online is No. 1 in Asia's Most Innovative University Rankings

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　In partnership with Clarivate Analytics, Reuters announces its second "Top 2016 Most Innovative University Rankings in Asia" following 2. The first place was KAIST (Korea Science and Technology Institute) in Korea, and the top in Japan was the University of Tokyo, which ranked third.

　This ranking ranks the universities that have contributed most to the advancement of science and the invention of new technologies based on the citation information of patents and academic papers owned by the universities.Of the top 75 schools announced, China ranked the most, with 25 in Hong Kong and mainland China, 19 in Japan, and 5 in Australia.

　Following 2016, KAIST from South Korea was selected as the most innovative university in Asia.It has been praised for producing many influential inventions, and in particular, the number of patent applications filed by KAIST is extremely large, and it is frequently cited in patents and research papers by external researchers.

　From Japan, Tohoku University (3th), Kyoto University (7th), Osaka University (8th), etc. ranked in the top, with the University of Tokyo in 10rd place.Clarivate's citation analyst, David Pendlebury, who analyzed the rankings, said Japan's innovation potential is still high and its patents are growing.

　In addition, the growth of educational institutions in China and South Korea, which greatly increase the indicators related to internationality in the patent strategy by policy, is remarkable, and compared to the top 2016 in 75, from China, China Oil University (45th), Electronic Science University (70th) and Tongji University (75th), and Yeungnam University (69th) and Yeungnam University (73th) are newly ranked from Korea.

Reference: [Clarivate Analytics] Reuters announces Top 75 most innovative university rankings in Asia

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