仔细看看清华工程的第一根据的是什么：
Engineering global research reputation #16
Engineering regional research reputation #2
Engineering publications #1
Engineering normalized citation impact #186
Engineering total citations #1
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #1
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #167
Engineering international collaboration #49
显然，就是根据论文的总数和论文被引用的总数。这是靠的单一因素的数量取胜。如果把论文和被引用的这数量因素去掉，对应的质量指标，normalized citation impact 只排186位，percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited 只排167位。
从中也可见清华工程的论文是靠相互大量引用来争名次的。其实引用不见得是正面的，也包括有负面的引用。
清华工程的第一是名不副实的。
