China's push to improve output of research leads way

Research institutions in China are leading the world in the increase of high-quality output, according to a ranking released on Thursday.

The Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars supplement shows that 40 of the top 100 institutions that improved the most worldwide are from China. More than half of the 40 showed a growth of over 50 percent.

The supplement identifies the countries and institutions rising the most significantly in high-quality research publications.