On March 15, Clarivate Analytics announced the latest ESI discipline ranking. The discipline of agricultural science of Yangzhou University ranked top 1 ‰ for the first time. So far, there are 12 top 1 % disciplines and 1 top 1 ‰ discipline in ESI global ranking.

It is reported that a total of 1247 institutions worldwide have ranked top 1 % of the ESI global ranking of agricultural science. Yangzhou University ranks 119th around the globe.