Peking University’s academic reputation has been won by a series of proud scientific achievements: the world’s first artificially synthesized bovine insulin was completed with the participation of Peking University; the world’s smallest diameter single-walled carbon nanotube was developed by Peking University Produced; China's first million-time electronic digital computer was designed at Peking University; the international standards for the atomic weights of antimony, europium and cerium were measured at Peking University.
In 2014, Peking University received RMB 1.46 billion in scientific research funding (excluding the Department of Medicine); in 2013, RMB 2.773 billion in scientific research funding was received.
List of National Natural Science Foundation of China approved by Peking University from 2009 to 2013 Number of projects approved by year Total funding approved (100 million yuan) 20094802.220105602.620115863.8520125994.7920136044.7 Information source: Peking University News Network summarizes natural science research During the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, Peking University won 1 national highest science and technology award, 11 second-class national natural science awards, 8 second-class national scientific and technological progress awards, and had 10 papers published in Nature and Science Published on.
Among them, "Research on Three-Dimensional Popular Topological Properties" hosted by Academician Wang Shicheng gave a 45-minute special lecture at the 2002 International Congress of Mathematicians; "Nitrogen's Interstitial Atom Effect and New Types" hosted by Academician Yang Yingchang "Magnetic Materials Research" was rated as the top ten scientific and technological achievements in the field of rare earths in China in 2004; Professor Shang Yongfeng of the Ministry of Medicine made breakthrough progress in the research on the pathogenesis of endometrial cancer and breast cancer, and his research results were published in 2005 and 2006. It has been published in Nature and Nature Reviews Cancer.
The research conclusion by Academician Fang Jingyun of the School of Environment that China's forest vegetation is an important "carbon sink" was considered by Science commentators to be an important milestone, and was reviewed by Nature as one of the important advances in global carbon cycle research.
In the field of high-tech applications, the Lieutenant Colonel's micro-electromechanical system research group has made breakthroughs in a number of key processes and successfully developed mass manufacturing technology for MEMS chips for the first time in China. The research results have been widely used; wide bandgap semiconductor research The center has successfully developed a GaN-based short-wavelength laser with independent intellectual property rights, bringing China's research on gallium nitride-based optoelectronic materials and devices into the world's advanced ranks and becoming one of the few countries that masters related technologies; regarding the unique achievement of CO separation technology Widespread application has produced significant social and economic benefits; the tumor antigen NY-ESO-1b peptide vaccine developed by the Cellular Immunity Laboratory of the Ministry of Medicine passed the evaluation of the Drug Evaluation Center of the China Food and Drug Administration and obtained a new drug clinical research approval; the Lt. Col. independently developed Beidazhi-863CPU system chip and network computer have been demonstrated in many fields. Humanities and Social Sciences Research Peking University has 25 young and middle-aged scholars selected into the national “Cross-Century Talents Training Program” and 45 scholars selected into the national “New Century Talents Training Program”, revealing the vitality of the future development of the humanities and social sciences at Peking University. Collection Resources Peking University Library was founded in 1898 and was originally named the Beijing Normal University Library. It is the first new national library in modern China and the largest library in Asian universities. By the end of 2015, the total number of literature resources in the main and branch libraries was approximately 11 million volumes (pieces). Among them, there are more than 8 million volumes of paper books, and about 3 million volumes (pieces) of various databases, electronic journals, electronic books and multimedia resources. The collection of 1.5 million ancient Chinese books attracts worldwide attention, including 200,000 rare books from the 5th to 18th centuries, which are cultural treasures of the Chinese nation. Academic Journals
Some of the academic journals published by Peking University are among the few high-quality academic journals recognized by internationally renowned universities in mainland China, and some well-known universities such as Oxford University, Columbia University, etc. There are also collaborations with Peking University to jointly publish journals.
List of academic journals of Peking University Serial number Journal name Unified issue number Founding date Publication cycle Editor-in-chief Notes 1 "Journal of Peking University (Natural Science Edition)" 11-2442/N 1955 Bimonthly Journal Editorial Department Zhao Guangda 2 " Progress in Mathematics" CN 11-2312 1955 Bimonthly School of Mathematical Sciences Ding Weiyue 3 "Acta Physica Sinica" 11-1892/O6 1985 Monthly School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Tang Youqi SCI4 "University Chemistry" CN11-1815/O6 1986 Bimonthly School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Section Joint Transport 5 "Frontiers of Earth Science" CN 11-3370/P 1994 Bimonthly Journal of Peking University and Peking University Zhai Yusheng 6 "Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)" 11-1561/C 1955 Bimonthly Journal Editorial Department Cheng Yuzhu CSSCI7 " Chinese and Foreign Laws" 11-2447/D 1978 Bimonthly School of Law He Weifang CSSCI8 "Economic Science" 11-1564/F 1979 Bimonthly School of Economics Liu Wei CSSCI9 "Foreign Literature" 11-1562/I 1981 Quarterly School of Foreign Languages ??Ji Xianlin CSSCI10 "International Political Research" 11-4782/D 1980 Quarterly School of International Relations Liang Shoude CSSCI11 "Journal of University Libraries" 11-2952/G2 1981 Bimonthly Library Zhu Qiang CSSCI12 "Market and Population Analysis" 11-3601/F 1994 Bimonthly Population Research Institute Zheng Xiaoying CSSCI13 "Beijing University Education Review" 11-4848/G4 2003 Quarterly School of Education Wang Yongquan 14 "South Asian Studies" 11-1306/C 1978 Half Year Institute of South Asian Culture Sun Peijun CSSCI 15 "Peking University Graduate Student Journal" 1985 Graduate School Cai Guisheng