According to the latest data from The ESI database on November 15, 2019, our university's Environment/Ecology discipline ranks in the top 1% of ESI institutional disciplines (ESI top 1% below) and ranks 1,036 out of 1,047 institutions listed in the global top 1%. According to the latest statistics of ESI, since January 1, 2009, 539 ESI papers have been published in the discipline of Environment/Ecology of our university, with a total number of citation times of 4,518, including 8.38 cited times and 2 highly cited papers. At the end of this issue, five disciplines (material science, Chemistry, engineering, computer science and environment/ecology) have been listed in the top 1% of ESI.

Figure 1 University of Science and Technology Beijing is listed in the top 1% of ESI disciplines (November 2019)

At present, ESI has become an important indicator to evaluate the academic level and influence of academic institutions and national/regional basic research. In the international academic world, the top 1% of ESI disciplines are generally regarded as high-level disciplines, which reflects their basic research level and academic competitiveness.

The environmental science and engineering discipline of our university consists of two secondary disciplines: environmental science and environmental engineering. In 2004, it was granted the right to confer doctoral degree in mining environmental engineering; in 2006, it was granted the right to confer doctoral degree in second-level environmental engineering; and in 2010, it was granted the right to confer doctoral degree in first-level environmental science and Engineering. In 2012, the discipline of Environmental Engineering was rated as a key discipline of Beijing. In 2016, the discipline of Environmental Science was successfully applied for the undergraduate major of Environmental Science. In 2017, the discipline of Environmental Science and Engineering ranked among the top 20% in the fourth round of discipline assessment of the Ministry of Education (B+). Current research fields include air pollution control and resource recovery, water pollution control theory and technology, soil remediation and solid waste resource recovery, environmental impact assessment and human health research.

In recent years, environmental science and engineering discipline construction level, scientific research and innovation ability, talent training quality has been greatly improved, showing a good and steady development trend. The inclusion of environment/ecology in the top 1% of ESI indicates that our university has a strong international academic influence in this field and is an important achievement in promoting the "double first-class" construction of our university.