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The 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking was officially released at the end of 2025. Widely regarded as one of the world's most rigorous and "hardcore" rankings of university research performance,
it is based entirely on objective bibliometric datarCosuch as publication output and citation impactrCoand excludes subjective or non-research-related factors like reputation surveys, alumni donations, or student-faculty ratios.

Efoi Top 10 Universities in the 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking (by overall scientific impact)
Rank University Country

1 Zhejiang University China

2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China

3 Harvard University United States

4 Sichuan University China

5 Central South University China

6 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China

7 Sun Yat-sen University China

8 XirCOan Jiaotong University China

9 Tsinghua University China

10 University of Toronto Canada

rLa Eight of the top ten institutions are from China, drawing significant global attention. Traditional Western powerhouses such as Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, and the University of Michigan all rank outside the top 20.

Efif Highlights of Chinese UniversitiesrCO Performance
- Comprehensive rise: Beyond elite institutions, rCLdark horsesrCY like Zhengzhou University and Shenzhen University have shown strong citation performance in specific fields such as materials science, engineering, and computer science;
- Successful research transformation: Shifting from a focus on quantity of publications to high-quality, high-impact research;
- Room for growth in humanities and social sciences: While STEM and medical disciplines are dominant, global citation impact in the humanities and social sciences still has room for improvement.

Efo# International Reactions
-The New York Times published an in-depth article titled rCLHarvard Slips in Global Rankings as Chinese Universities SurgerCY, highlighting Zhejiang UniversityrCOs rise to #1;
- Media outlets in South Korea, India, and other countries are widely discussing the rCLeastward shift of global academic powerrCY;
- Western academia is beginning to reassess the long-term investments and institutional advantages of ChinarCOs research ecosystem.

EfAi Did You Know? What Is the Leiden Ranking?
Published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the ranking was first launched in 2007. It is renowned for being transparent, reproducible, and driven entirely by bibliometric data, making it a key reference for research policymakers and administrators worldwide.

Let me know if you'd like the full dataset, subject-specific rankings, or comparisons with other systems like QS, THE, or ARWU!
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Labubu fan <user11874@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

The 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking was officially released at the end of 2025. Widely regarded as one of the world's most rigorous and "hardcore" rankings of university research performance,
it is based entirely on objective bibliometric datarCosuch as publication output and citation impactrCoand excludes subjective or non-research-related factors like reputation surveys, alumni donations, or student-faculty ratios.

Efoi Top 10 Universities in the 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking (by overall scientific impact)
Rank University Country

1 Zhejiang University China

2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China

3 Harvard University United States

4 Sichuan University China

5 Central South University China

6 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China

7 Sun Yat-sen University China

8 XirCOan Jiaotong University China

9 Tsinghua University China

10 University of Toronto Canada

rLa Eight of the top ten institutions are from China, drawing significant global attention. Traditional Western powerhouses such as Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, and the University of Michigan all rank outside the top 20.

Efif Highlights of Chinese UniversitiesrCO Performance
- Comprehensive rise: Beyond elite institutions, rCLdark horsesrCY like Zhengzhou University and Shenzhen University have shown strong citation performance in specific fields such as materials science, engineering, and computer science;
- Successful research transformation: Shifting from a focus on quantity of publications to high-quality, high-impact research;
- Room for growth in humanities and social sciences: While STEM and medical disciplines are dominant, global citation impact in the humanities and social sciences still has room for improvement.

Efo# International Reactions
-The New York Times published an in-depth article titled rCLHarvard Slips in Global Rankings as Chinese Universities SurgerCY, highlighting Zhejiang UniversityrCOs rise to #1;
- Media outlets in South Korea, India, and other countries are widely discussing the rCLeastward shift of global academic powerrCY;
- Western academia is beginning to reassess the long-term investments and institutional advantages of ChinarCOs research ecosystem.

EfAi Did You Know? What Is the Leiden Ranking?
Published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the ranking was first launched in 2007. It is renowned for being transparent, reproducible, and driven entirely by bibliometric data, making it a key reference for research policymakers and administrators worldwide.

Let me know if you'd like the full dataset, subject-specific rankings, or comparisons with other systems like QS, THE, or ARWU!

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On Tuesday, Thibault, the China correspondent forLe Monde, wrote in his column: rCLThe rise of Chinese universities has left the West less certain than before.rCY

The article noted that in several international rankings assessing research strength, Chinese universities have now nearly caught up with their American counterparts.

CitingThe New York Times of January 15, the piece highlighted a report published that day which sparked widespread astonishment. According to theTimes, in the university ranking released by Leiden University in the NetherlandsrCowhich evaluates institutions solely based on scientific publication outputrCoHarvard University had dropped to third place. Even more surprisingly, eight Chinese universities now surround Harvard in the top ten. At the top of this ranking stands ChinarCOs Zhejiang University.

This marks a dramatic shift from the early 2000s, when the same Leiden Ranking placed Harvard at number one, with eight of the top ten spots occupied by North American universitiesrCoand not a single Chinese institution in sight.

The Leiden Ranking focuses exclusively on research publications, measuring both volume and citation counts in the rCLWeb of SciencerCY academic database. Critics argue this metric is biased: ChinarCOs academic community has long been accused of encouraging excessive paper publishing and mutual citation among researchers to artificially inflate citation rates, casting doubt on the credibility of this particular ranking.

However, another authoritative rankingrCopublished by the prestigious journalNaturerCotells a strikingly similar story. TheNature Index tracks publications only in 145 elite journals selected by an independent committee of scientists, focusing strictly on cutting-edge research output. In this ranking, Harvard still holds first placerCobut it is followed closely by nine Chinese universities.
Le Monde also acknowledges that some rankings still reflect the rCLold worldrCY order. For instance, theTimes Higher Education (THE) rankingrCowhich takes into account teaching quality, research, international outlook, and knowledge transferrCoplaces the University of Oxford at number one, followed by MIT, Princeton, Cambridge, and Harvard. ChinarCOs most prestigious institutions, Peking University and Tsinghua University, rank 12th and 13th respectively, with five Chinese universities in total making it into the global top 40.

Similarly, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) lists only U.S. and U.K. institutions in its top ten, with the highest-ranked Chinese university at just 37th place. In the QS World University Rankings, ChinarCOs best performers are Peking University (14th) and Tsinghua University (17th). Meanwhile, in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU, also known as the Shanghai Ranking), Tsinghua and Peking University rank 18th and 23rd, respectively.

How should we interpret these divergent rankings?Le Monde suggests the truth likely lies somewhere between two extremes: on one hand, some rankings indicate China is steadily gaining dominance in global research; on the other, others show Western elite universities still firmly entrenched at the core of academic excellence.

Driven by ChinarCOs strong national ambition to become a world-leading science and technology powerrCocombined with rising student quality and intense competition among its universitiesrCoChinarCOs research capabilities are advancing rapidly.

Moreover,Le Monde observes that ChinarCOs robust industrial base is channeling academic research directly into new products and engineering applications. National ambitions to achieve breakthroughs in aerospace, medicine, and virtually every other field further fuel this upward momentum. This development is shaking the WestrCOs long-held confidence in its academic superiority.

Meanwhile, in the United States, its most prestigious universitiesrCoHarvard foremost among themrCoare coming under attack from the Trump administration, which views them as rCLbreeding grounds of progressivismrCY and is attempting to cut their funding.
Le Monde concludes: while the symbolic significance of ChinarCOs rising university rankings must be understood within the broader context of U.S.-China strategic rivalry, one reality cannot be ignoredrCoChinarCOs massive increase in research investment, coupled with the rising caliber of its scientific workforce, has made the ascent of Chinese research power an undeniable global phenomenon.
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Labubu fan <user11874@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

The 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking was officially released at the end of 2025. Widely regarded as one of the world's most rigorous and "hardcore" rankings of university research performance,
it is based entirely on objective bibliometric datarCosuch as publication output and citation impactrCoand excludes subjective or non-research-related factors like reputation surveys, alumni donations, or student-faculty ratios.

Efoi Top 10 Universities in the 2025 CWTS Leiden Ranking (by overall scientific impact)
Rank University Country

1 Zhejiang University China

2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China

3 Harvard University United States

4 Sichuan University China

5 Central South University China

6 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China

7 Sun Yat-sen University China

8 XirCOan Jiaotong University China

9 Tsinghua University China

10 University of Toronto Canada

rLa Eight of the top ten institutions are from China, drawing significant global attention. Traditional Western powerhouses such as Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, and the University of Michigan all rank outside the top 20.

Efif Highlights of Chinese UniversitiesrCO Performance
- Comprehensive rise: Beyond elite institutions, rCLdark horsesrCY like Zhengzhou University and Shenzhen University have shown strong citation performance in specific fields such as materials science, engineering, and computer science;
- Successful research transformation: Shifting from a focus on quantity of publications to high-quality, high-impact research;
- Room for growth in humanities and social sciences: While STEM and medical disciplines are dominant, global citation impact in the humanities and social sciences still has room for improvement.

Efo# International Reactions
-The New York Times published an in-depth article titled rCLHarvard Slips in Global Rankings as Chinese Universities SurgerCY, highlighting Zhejiang UniversityrCOs rise to #1;
- Media outlets in South Korea, India, and other countries are widely discussing the rCLeastward shift of global academic powerrCY;
- Western academia is beginning to reassess the long-term investments and institutional advantages of ChinarCOs research ecosystem.

EfAi Did You Know? What Is the Leiden Ranking?
Published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the ranking was first launched in 2007. It is renowned for being transparent, reproducible, and driven entirely by bibliometric data, making it a key reference for research policymakers and administrators worldwide.

Let me know if you'd like the full dataset, subject-specific rankings, or comparisons with other systems like QS, THE, or ARWU!

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On January 20, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama posted: rCLWhoever masters technology controls the world. This is a historical fact. At the beginning of the 21st century, the United States ranked first globally in 60 out of 64 core technological fields,
while China led in only 3. Today, China ranks first in 57 of those fields, and the U.S. leads in just 7. Even more sobering is that Japan now ranks among the top five in only 8 fields.
This is the consequence of Abenomics. ShouldnrCOt we double our budget for scientific and technological developmentrCoinstead of increasing military spending?rCY
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Labubu fan posted:

Labubu fan posted:

Efoi Top 10 ... (by overall scientific impact)

Driven by ChinarCOs strong national ambition
to become a world-leading science and technology power

To have a mythological entity with ambition is
a type of an odd feature of a nation state of mind.

The number of publications indicates something.
Whether the publications are something
other than being publications
could be a question.

Looking at the various sub-categories,
social science and humanities is able
to suggest where emphasis is placed.

Statistics and interpretations.

The dao, being dao and all, may
not actually be the Dao at all.

Little children learn, wu-wei.
University students learn, yu-wei.

Unlearning is said to be a dao.

- fun! thanks! aye. Cheers!
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Luckin Coffee fan posted:

On January 20, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama posted: rCLWhoever masters technology controls the world. This is a historical fact.

The fact that he said it, might be a fact.
Without checking, to accept he said it is possible.

Whether the statement is a fact, that whoever
masters technology controls the world, is perhaps
a question which could be asked.

At the beginning of the 21st century,
the United States ranked first globally
in 60 out of 64 core technological fields,

To think the U.S. controls or controlled the world
can be a very strange thought to begin width.

What is meant by, control the world, may vary.

How could a group of people, control the world?
Sounds fantastic. Can one person, control the world?

Words have meanings, usually. Zhuangzi was said
to have said that once a meaning is obtained,
when communication takes place, the words
can be set aside. Like a butterfly net.

... Today, China ranks first in 57 of those fields,

China controls the world?

To be ranked in a system might mean something.

and the U.S. leads in just 7.

Does that mean the U.S. doesn't control the world?

This is the consequence of Abenomics.

Aye has no idea what Abenomics is.

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aye posted:

Luckin Coffee fan posted:

On January 20, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama posted: rCLWhoever masters technology controls the world. This is a historical fact.

The fact that he said it, might be a fact.
Without checking, to accept he said it is possible.

Checking veracity of the supposed quote, a bot says:

<< begin quote from a Google bot >>

While former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama
has made recent public appearances,
there is no official record of him saying
"whoever masters technology controls the world" on January 20th.

Recent and historical context regarding HatoyamarCOs statements
suggests the quote may be a misattribution or a variation of his actual views:

January 20, 2026 Engagement: Hatoyama has been active in early 2026,
recently sending greetings for the Lunar New Year and participating
in forums in Beijing and Shanghai.

Actual Tech Philosophy: In his most recent tech-related comments
(April 2025), he argued against using technology for control.

He stated that the U.S.- China competition
over semiconductors and AI is a "nightmare"
and proposed a collaborative mechanism
to regulate tech rather than seeking dominance.

Contrasting Views: His core philosophy,
which he calls "Fraternity" (Yu-ai), emphasizes mutual respect
and "coexistence" over power and control.

Likely Source of Confusion: The quote you mentioned is nearly identical
to a famous 2017 statement by Vladimir Putin: "Whoever becomes the leader
in [Artificial Intelligence] will become the ruler of the world."

<< end of quote by a bot >>

Teaching people to not trust what is posted
could be a product that a country leads in
if a country is said to exist as a premise.

- thanks! Cheers!
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Luckin Coffee fan posted:

On ...

Someone, wondering what Luckin Coffee is,
searching the Internet found words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckin_Coffee

<< The company operates shops, stores, and kiosks

that offer coffee, tea, and food, generally at lower prices
than their competitors. Purchases can only be made using an online app.
... The company has expanded rapidly since its founding, and by 2019,
its stores outnumbered Starbucks locations in China. >>

Capitalism appears to motivate people.
Whether state sponsored or owned by individuals or
corporations composed of groups of people may
not make very much difference unless
the differences are brewed.

<< In January 2020, short-seller Carson Block
and his firm Muddy Waters Research published
an anonymous 89-page investigative report on Twitter,
claiming that Luckin Coffee had falsified financial
and operational figures; the company denied the allegations.

In April 2020, however, Luckin revealed that it had inflated
its 2019 sales revenue by up to US$310 million. This resulted
in its stock price crashing and several executives being fired.
Trading was suspended, and the company was delisted from NASDAQ
on 29 June 2020. Luckin filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US
in February 2021. In December 2021, the company received court approval
from a federal judge in Manhattan to restructure $460M worth of debt
and to settle a number of class-action lawsuits against it
over the fabricated sales figures.

In 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported that the company had emerged
from bankruptcy after completing its financial restructuring
under United States Code, and that it had replaced most
of its top management, who were held accountable
for the earlier fraud. >>

Capitalism isn't always a good business model.
Not every dao is the best at all times.

- thanks! Cheers!
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