The 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world Top 500 universities annually based on transparent methodology and reliable data. It has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one.

　　上海交通大学世界大学研究中心正式发布了2014年“世界大学学术排名”，排名基于透明的评级方法和可靠的第三方数据列出了全球领先的500所研究型大学。自2003年发布以来，“世界大学学术排名”一直被公认为世界大学排名的先驱及公信力的评价体系。

　　ARWU adopts six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of Highly Cited Researchers, the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, the number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance. More than 1200 universities are actually ranked by ARWU every year and the best 500 universities are published.

　　“世界大学学术排名”以国际可比的科研成果和学术表现作为主要指标，包括获诺贝尔奖和菲尔兹奖的校友的折合数、获诺贝尔奖和菲尔兹奖的教师的折合数、各学科领域被引用次数的科学家数、在Nature和Science杂志上发表的论文折合数、被科学引文索引(SCIE)和社会科学引文索引(SSCI)收录的论文数、师均学术表现等。每年，“世界大学学术排名”都会对1200多所大学进行排名，从中公布世界大学500强。

　　Harvard University remains the number one in the world for the 12th year, other Top 10 universities are: Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Cambridge, Princeton, Caltech, Columbia, Chicago and Oxford. ETH Zurich (19th) takes first place in Continental Europe, followed by Pierre & Marie Curie (35th). University of Tokyo (21st) and Kyoto University (26th) top other universities in Asia. University of Melbourne (44th) becomes the highest ranked university in this region in the history of ARWU.

　　2014年“世界大学学术排名”结果显示：美英大学的优势仍然非常明显，哈佛大学连续十二年蝉联全球，斯坦福大学、麻省理工学院、加州大学伯克利、剑桥大学、普林斯顿大学、加州理工学院、哥伦比亚大学、芝加哥大学和牛津大学分别位列第二至第十名。欧洲大陆排名的是瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院，排在世界第十九位，紧随其后的是排在第三十五位的巴黎六大。亚洲大学中表现的是日本的东京大学和京都大学，名次分别为第二十一名和第二十六名。澳洲大学中排名的是墨尔本大学，位列全球第四十四位。

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