Clarivate Analytics announced its latest ESI rankings on the evening of September 15, 2023, which showed that the discipline of economics/business has ranked the top 1% of the ESI global rankings for the first time, a new breakthrough for Shandong University.

Essential Science Indicators (ESI) is an analytical tool that helps you identify top-performing research in Web of Science Core Collection. ESI surveys more than 11,000 journals from around the world to rank authors, institutions, countries, and journals in 22 broad fields based on publication and citation performance. Data covers a rolling 10-year period and includes bimonthly updates to rankings and citation counts.