Recently, "Springer Nature" released the latest "Nature Index Science Cities" supplement. It shows that six Chinese cities now place within the global top 10, accounting for over half of the top 10 spots for the first time. Guangzhou rose two places to secure the sixth position globally.

The rankings show that Beijing has maintained the top position since 2016, while Shanghai holds second place. Nanjing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, and Hangzhou rank fifth, sixth, eighth, and tenth, respectively. Shenzhen is positioned at 18th place.

Earlier, "Nature" published "The leading cities in the world for high-quality research in 2024," which also featured five subsidiary rankings: Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Health Sciences. Guangzhou ranked among the global top ten across all these subjects, ranking sixth in Physical Sciences, ninth in Life Sciences, fourth in Chemistry, third in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and tenth in Health Sciences.

The Nature Index is compiled by Nature Research Intelligence, part of Springer Nature. It is a publicly available database of author affiliations and institutional relationships, measuring contributions to research articles published in 145 high-quality natural-science and health-science journals.

全球科研城市十强出炉：广州升至第六，深圳排第十八

近日，“施普格林·自然”发布了《自然》增刊最新的“自然指数-科研城市”榜单，在这份榜单中，中国共有六座城市位列十强，首次超过半数，广州排名较上一次上升两位，跃居全球第六。

榜单显示，北京自2016年起一直位居榜首，上海则居第二位。南京、广州、武汉、杭州分别位居第五、第六、第八和第十位。深圳则位列第十八位。

《自然》杂志官网也在此前发布了“2024年全球高质量科研领先城市”，其中还列出物理科学、生命科学、化学、地球与环境科学、健康科学五大子榜单。在物理科学中，广州排名第六；生命科学中，广州排名第九；化学领域，广州排名全球第四，地球与环境科学中，广州排名第三；健康科学中，广州排名第十。广州在所有子榜单中排名均进入全球前十。

自然指数由施普林格·自然旗下的自然科研智讯编制，是一个包括论文作者单位信息和机构间关系的公开数据库，它追踪各机构对145种高质量自然科学和健康科学期刊上发表的科研论文的贡献情况。

文｜记者 李钢
翻译丨黄宇洁
审校丨肖凯欣