Nature Publishing, the world's leading publisher of scientific publications based in the United Kingdom, has announced the 2017 Scientific Research Ranking of Nations, Universities, and Institutions. In this ranking, the top 10 leading countries of scientific research in 2017 are USA, China, Germany, UK, Japan, France, Canada, Switzerland, Korea, and Spain. Vietnam ranked 57th.

In its Ranking of Vietnam, Nature Publishing lists 10 universities and institutes which earn highest numbers of research results and Ton Duc Thang University is ranked second (on TOP 10) after the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and leads Vietnamese universities.

The ranking of the Nature Index is published in three criteria: Article Count: the number of scientific articles in prestigious journals by Nature Index; Fractional Count: number of articles after adjustment by contribution level; Weighted Fractional Count: the number of articles edited for articles in the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

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