The 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities released last Wednesday by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy reveals that 62 research universities in China have made their list of the world's top 500 universities. 上海软科教育信息咨询有限公司于上周三发布的2018年“世界大学学术排名”显示，中国有62所研究型大学入围这份全球500强高校榜单。 The 62 universities account for 12.4% of the list. The only country with a larger number of universities listed is the US, which accounts for 27.8%. 这62所大学在该榜单中占比达到12.4%，上榜大学的数量仅次于美国，其占比为27.8%。 Harvard University topped the rankings for the 16th consecutive year, and Stanford University and University of Cambridge remained in second and third place, respectively. 哈佛大学连续16年位居榜首，斯坦福大学和剑桥大学仍分别位列第二、第三名。 The University of Tokyo (22nd) and Kyoto University (35th) have maintained their positions as the leading universities in Asia. 东京大学（全球排名22名）和京都大学（35名）仍然是亚洲最顶尖的两所高校。
Tsinghua University came in at 45th place, as the third-highest ranked university in Asia. Peking University took the 57th place in the rankings. Zhejiang University took 67th place in its first appearance in the top 100. 清华大学位列第45名，是亚洲排名第三的高校。北京大学位居第57位。浙江大学排名第67位，本次是该校首次跻身该榜单100强。 Every year since 2003, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy has been releasing its rankings of the world top 500 universities based on third-party data. 自2003年以来，上海软科教育信息咨询有限公司就根据第三方的数据，开始发布全球500强高校榜单。 Its Academic Ranking of World Universities is made up of six objective indicators, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of highly-cited researchers, the number of articles published in the journals Nature and Science, the number of articles indexed in the "Science Citation Index", and their per capita performance. 该世界大学学术排名主要考核六个客观指标，包括校友和员工赢得诺贝尔奖的数量和奖牌、高度援引研究人员的数量、发表在《自然》和《科学》期刊上的文章数量、科学引文索引收录的文章数量以及师均学术表现。