| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Hehai University | not ranked | #85 | 2,980,745 | |
| 102 | Harbin Engineering University | not ranked | #86 | 2,966,089 | |
| 103 | Beijing Jiaotong University | not ranked | #88 | 2,931,635 | |
| 104 | Northern Jiaotong University | not ranked | #89 | 2,931,635 | |
| 105 | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | not ranked | #87 | 2,925,501 | |
| 106 | Nanjing Normal University | not ranked | #90 | 2,914,655 | |
| 107 | Kunmimg University of Science and Technology | not ranked | #91 | 2,909,330 | |
| 108 | Ningbo University | not ranked | #92 | 2,867,071 | |
| 109 | Northwest University Xi'an | not ranked | #93 | 2,790,619 | |
| 110 | Dalian Medical University | not ranked | #94 | 2,744,342 | |
| 111 | China University of Geoscience Beijing | not ranked | #96 | 2,705,542 | |
| 112 | Northeast Agricultural University | not ranked | #97 | 2,640,542 | |
| 113 | Qingdao University of Science and Technology | not ranked | #98 | 2,607,196 | |
| 114 | Fujian Medical University | not ranked | #100 | 2,602,916 | |
| 115 | Henan Univeristy | not ranked | #102 | 2,528,751 | |
| 116 | Tianjin Medical University | not ranked | #103 | 2,508,521 | |
| 117 | Beijing Forestry University | not ranked | #105 | 2,442,172 | |
| 118 | University of Jinan | not ranked | #104 | 2,428,979 | |
| 119 | Anhui University | not ranked | #106 | 2,367,287 | |
| 120 | Shandong Agricultural University | not ranked | #107 | 2,360,696 | |
| 121 | Shandong University of Science and Technology | not ranked | #108 | 2,232,592 | |
| 122 | Yunnan University | not ranked | #109 | 2,204,836 | |
| 123 | Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | not ranked | #110 | 2,164,349 | |
| 124 | Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications | not ranked | #111 | 2,149,518 | |
| 125 | Shanghai University of Science and Technology | not ranked | #112 | 2,118,972 | |
| 126 | Yan Shan University | not ranked | #113 | 2,103,952 | |
| 127 | Guizhou University | not ranked | #114 | 1,989,355 | |
| 128 | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology | not ranked | #115 | 1,981,091 | |
| 129 | Hebei University of Technology | not ranked | #117 | 1,934,723 | |
| 130 | Chengdu University | not ranked | #116 | 1,918,820 | |
| 131 | Guangzhou University | not ranked | #118 | 1,915,001 | |
| 132 | Shenyang Pharmaceutical University | not ranked | #119 | 1,895,497 | |
| 133 | ShanghaiTech University | not ranked | #120 | 1,894,932 | |
| 134 | Northeast Forest University | not ranked | #123 | 1,881,046 | |
| 135 | Shantou University | not ranked | #121 | 1,879,871 | |
| 136 | Shanxi University | not ranked | #122 | 1,861,241 | |
| 137 | Hainan University | not ranked | #126 | 1,822,832 | |
| 138 | Hebei Medical University | not ranked | #125 | 1,819,154 | |
| 139 | Xiangtan University | not ranked | #127 | 1,812,674 | |
| 140 | Zhejiang Sci-Tech University | not ranked | #129 | 1,739,014 | |
| 141 | Shandong Normal University | not ranked | #130 | 1,693,025 | |
| 142 | Hunan Normal University | not ranked | #131 | 1,677,665 | |
| 143 | Henan Normal University | not ranked | #132 | 1,627,637 | |
| 144 | Guangxi Medical University | not ranked | #133 | 1,623,523 | |
| 145 | Southwest Petroleum University | not ranked | #134 | 1,549,865 | |
| 146 | Renmin University of China | not ranked | #137 | 1,533,801 | |
| 147 | Tianjin Polytechnic University | not ranked | #136 | 1,533,108 | |
| 148 | Tianjin University of Technology | not ranked | #135 | 1,509,188 | |
| 149 | South China University | not ranked | #138 | 1,478,696 | |
| 150 | Wenzhou University | not ranked | #140 | 1,425,717 |
What the two columns mean
In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.