To appear in our Subject Ranking, institutions must meet certain paper publication thresholds by subject to be eligible. These have been developed by our data team based on both historic data, and the general trends of the disciplines in mind. Research data is collected from Scopus.
As with our general approach to research papers (see here), we use a 5-year window for publications.
| Subject (Broad) | Paper Threshold |
| Arts & Humanities | 50 |
| Engineering & Technology | 300 |
| Life Sciences & Medicine | 800 |
| Natural Sciences | 500 |
| Social Sciences & Management | 150 |
| Subject (Narrow) | Paper Threshold |
| Medicine | 190 |
| Biology | 170 |
| Computer Science | 140 |
| Physics | 140 |
| Electrical Engineering | 120 |
| Materials Science | 120 |
| Chemistry | 110 |
| Agriculture | 100 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 90 |
| Chemical Engineering | 80 |
| Earth Sciences | 80 |
| Environmental Sciences | 80 |
| Geology | 80 |
| Geophysics | 80 |
| Mathematics | 80 |
| Pharmacy | 80 |
| Psychology | 60 |
| Civil Engineering | 40 |
| Mining Engineering | 40 |
| Nursing | 40 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 40 |
| Statistics | 40 |
| Anatomy | 30 |
| Architecture | 30 |
| Business | 30 |
| Dentistry | 30 |
| Economics | 30 |
| Education | 30 |
| Geography | 30 |
| History | 30 |
| Sociology | 30 |
| Veterinary Science | 30 |
| Accounting & Finance | 20 |
| Anthropology | 20 |
| Communication | 20 |
| Library Management | 20 |
| Politics | 20 |
| Archaeology | 10 |
| Development Studies | 10 |
| English | 10 |
| Law | 10 |
| Linguistics | 10 |
| Philosophy | 10 |
| Sports related subjects | 10 |
| Theology | 10 |
| Classics | 0 |
| Hospitality | 0 |
| Performing Arts | 0 |
| Arts & Design | 0 |
| Social Policy | 0 |