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Research in Aral

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Aral, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tarim University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.1k
▲ 195% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
6.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1976-2026
51 years on the record
Aral

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Aral?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tarim UniversityUniversity 4,053 #4,266

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Aral work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Aral is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 933 fractional works · 54.5% of its workEngineering: 448 fractional works · 26.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 99 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 94 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 72 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 163 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEcology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 79 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 77 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 66 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeophysics: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 52 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 580 fractional works · 33.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 372 fractional works · 21.7% of its workPlant Science: 201 fractional works · 11.8% of its workFood Science: 44 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 163 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 110 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 91 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 88 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAral1,711fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering44826.2%
    2. Environmental Science1639.5%
    3. Computer Science794.6%
    4. Materials Science774.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences663.9%
    6. Chemistry523.0%
    7. Energy291.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy80.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering70.4%
    10. Mathematics50.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences37221.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1639.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology301.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.5%
    5. Neuroscience70.4%
    1. Medicine915.3%
    2. Nursing130.8%
    3. Veterinary30.2%
    4. Health Professions20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Social Sciences382.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting171.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance161.0%
    4. Decision Sciences70.4%
    5. Psychology60.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aral strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aral is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Analytical Chemistry and Plant Science (12.2× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 89.2 works12×
  2. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 27.9 works10×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 159.2 works6.5×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 65.0 works6.5×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 21.4 works6.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4.40× its world share, 295 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 129 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.04× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 60 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.69× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.81× its world share, 384 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.88× its world share, 132 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.27× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.40×295 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.69×60 works
  3. Chemistry2.04×45 works
  4. Environmental Science1.88×132 works
  5. Engineering1.81×384 works
  6. Nursing1.75×12 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×129 works
  8. Energy1.69×22 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.55×22 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.49×7 works
  11. Materials Science1.27×63 works
  12. Veterinary1.17×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.91×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.60×66 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.48×6 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×14 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×14 works
  18. Medicine0.27×74 works
  19. Mathematics0.26×4 works
  20. Neuroscience0.23×5 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.20×6 works
  22. Social Sciences0.20×35 works
  23. Psychology0.10×4 works
  24. Dentistry0.08×1 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.05×2 works
  26. Health Professions0.03×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Aral?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Machine Learning, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Vibration Analysis and Rheological Properties.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning105▲ 1.85×60 topics
  2. Climate Change98▲ 2.1×68 topics
  3. Deep Learning84▲ 1.42×67 topics
  4. Nanoparticles63▲ 2.9×27 topics
  5. Remote Sensing57▲ 2.7×30 topics
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing51▲ 28×2 topics
  7. CO2 Sequestration51▲ 15×4 topics
  8. Fracture Propagation50▲ 49×1 topic
  9. Shale Gas Reservoirs50▲ 49×1 topic
  10. Gene Expression50▲ 4.6×18 topics
  11. Vibration Analysis48▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Rheological Properties46▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Pore Structure43▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Shale Gas42▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Gas Permeability42▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Nanopores41▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Mudstones41▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Thermal Maturity41▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Drilling Fluids41▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Well Integrity41▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Wireless Sensor Networks39▲ 5.1×15 topics
  22. Hyperspectral Imaging37▲ 8.0×7 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity31▲ 4.2×20 topics
  24. Quality Assessment29▲ 9.3×2 topics
  25. Machine Vision28▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Global Change27▲ 5.9×7 topics
  27. Transcription Factors26▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Data Assimilation26▲ 9.2×3 topics
  29. Food Authentication25▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Horticultural Crops24▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy23▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Principal Component Analysis23▲ 10.0×2 topics
  33. Internet of Things (IoT)23▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Plant Disease Detection23▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Smart Farming23▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Multivariate Calibration23▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Variable Selection23▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Biomass Estimation23▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Genetic Mapping23▲ 17×5 topics
  40. Ensemble Kalman Filter22▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Aral?

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 45 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 39 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 37 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 20 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 19 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI18Smart Agriculture and AI: 18 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 14 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 14 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 12 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 12 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringAnalytical Chemistry3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 45 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 39 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 37 works
  4. 4 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 20 works
  5. 5 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 19 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 18 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 14 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 14 works
  9. 9 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 12 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Aral20.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2024.

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