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Research in Beijing

Science Explorer records 47 research institutions in Beijing. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are China Telecom, China National Botanical Garden and Kuaishou (China).

Research institutions
47
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
30k
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
543k
18.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Beijing

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 Beijing?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Chinese People's Armed Police ForceFunder 3,002 #15,895
2China TelecomCompany 1,376 #4,841
3Kuaishou (China)Company 266 #11,525
4CHN Energy (China)Company 229 #12,394
5Changcheng Institute of Metrology & MeasurementGovernment institution 228 #22,272
6State Key Laboratory of Kidney DiseasesResearch facility 199 #29,062 all time
7State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular DiseaseResearch facility 176 #20,225
8China National Botanical GardenArchive 151 #11,146
9Didi Chuxing (China)Company 133 #31,041 all time
10China University of Mining and Technology - BeijingUniversity 128 #30,167 all time
11Megvii (China)Company 123 #32,840 all time
12State Key Laboratory of ProteomicsResearch facility 122 #24,557 all time
13State Key Laboratory of Wireless Mobile CommunicationsResearch facility 119 not ranked
14China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd. (China)Company 109 not ranked
15China Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response TeamInstitution 93 not ranked
16Horizon Robotics (China)Company 87 not ranked
17Beijing Police CollegeUniversity 67 not ranked
18State Key Laboratory of Severe WeatherResearch facility 64 not ranked
19PLA Rocket Force Research InstituteUniversity 59 not ranked
20State Key Laboratory of Molecular OncologyResearch facility 48 not ranked
21State Key Laboratory of Special Functional Waterproof MaterialsResearch facility 41 not ranked
22State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine Fundamentals and ApplicationResearch facility 29 not ranked
23Beijing Building Materials Academy of Sciences and ResearchUniversity 27 not ranked
24China National Textile and Apparel CouncilInstitution 16 not ranked
25Beijing Climate CenterResearch facility 16 not ranked
26Euler Technology (China)Company 16 not ranked
27Cambricon (China)Company 15 not ranked
28China Chemical Safety AssociationInstitution 8 not ranked
29Zhipu AI (China)Company 8 not ranked
30Aibee (China)Company 6 not ranked
31China Health Promotion FoundationInstitution 5 not ranked
32State Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Track TechnologyResearch facility 5 not ranked
33State Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Resource Utilization and Energy-Saving Building MaterialsResearch facility 5 not ranked
34State Key Laboratory of Digital Multimedia Chip TechnologyResearch facility 4 not ranked
35State Key Laboratory of Efficient Mining and Clean Utilization of Coal ResourcesResearch facility 4 not ranked
36CCCC Comprehensive Planning and Design Institute Co., Ltd. (China)Company 4 not ranked
37OASIS International HospitalHospital / health system 3 not ranked
38National Science and Technology LibraryArchive 3 not ranked
39Bitmain Technologies (China)Company 1 not ranked
40EPC Natural ProductsCompany 1 not ranked
41Beijing Intelligent Entropy Science & Technology Co. Ltd.Company 1 not ranked
42State Key Laboratory of Basin Water Cycle Simulation and RegulationResearch facility 1 not ranked
43Huayun Sounding Meteorological Technology Co. Ltd. (China)Company 1 not ranked
44Chinese Society of Clinical OncologyInstitution 1 not ranked
45State Key Laboratory of Biogenic Fiber Manufacturing TechnologyResearch facility 0 not ranked
46Deepglint (China)Company 0 not ranked
47Beijing Renchuang Technology Group Co., Ltd. (China)Company 0 not ranked

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Chinese People's Armed Police Force: 42.9%China Telecom: 19.7%Kuaishou (China): 3.8%CHN Energy (China): 3.3%40 others listed: 30.4%43%largest
Chinese People's Armed Police Force3,002 · 42.9%China Telecom1,376 · 19.7%Kuaishou (China)266 · 3.8%CHN Energy (China)229 · 3.3%40 others listed2,127 · 30.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Beijing work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research in Beijing is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Computer Science (17%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,862 fractional works · 84.6% of its workEngineering: 4,129 fractional works · 44.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,945 fractional works · 20.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 501 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 351 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 321 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 265 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 129 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 111 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1,594 fractional works · 17.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 458 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 384 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 381 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 196 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 624 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 416 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 391 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 160 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 85 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 341 fractional works · 3.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 303 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeophysics: 158 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 271 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 166 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 138 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 666 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 339 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 225 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 188 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 95 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 404 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 362 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 356 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 116 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBeijing9,288fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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. Engineering4,12944.5%
    2. Computer Science1,59417.2%
    3. Materials Science6246.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3914.2%
    5. Environmental Science3413.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences3033.3%
    7. Energy2712.9%
    8. Chemistry1381.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering520.6%
    10. Mathematics180.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3393.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1882.0%
    3. Neuroscience901.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology370.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.1%
    1. Medicine3623.9%
    2. Health Professions260.3%
    3. Nursing110.1%
    4. Dentistry40.0%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Social Sciences1161.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting740.8%
    3. Decision Sciences660.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance500.5%
    5. Psychology390.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities120.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Beijing strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Beijing is most concentrated in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (17.4× the world share in Energy Engineering and Power Technology).

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 163.2 works17×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 1,836.5 works5.9×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 473.6 works5.0×
  4. GeophysicsSubfield · 146.5 works4.8×
  5. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 366.4 works4.7×
  6. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 23.0 works3.8×
  7. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 68.6 works3.3×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 318 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 85 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.49× its world share, 45 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.21× its world share, 1,496 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 282 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.25× its world share, 260 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.98× its world share, 3,888 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 315 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.89× its world share, 574 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 359 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 343 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.25×260 works
  2. Engineering2.98×3,888 works
  3. Computer Science2.21×1,496 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.07×282 works
  5. Materials Science1.89×574 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.85×359 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.49×45 works
  8. Chemistry0.93×126 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.74×63 works
  10. Environmental Science0.73×315 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×318 works
  12. Neuroscience0.60×85 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×176 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×34 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×11 works
  16. Nursing0.25×10 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×70 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×46 works
  19. Medicine0.20×343 works
  20. Mathematics0.16×17 works
  21. Veterinary0.16×2 works
  22. Psychology0.13×36 works
  23. Health Professions0.11×24 works
  24. Social Sciences0.10×110 works
  25. Dentistry0.09×4 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.04×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Beijing?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Power Electronics, Neural Networks, Energy Storage and Power System.

▲ 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. Deep Learning908▲ 2.8×85 topics
  2. Renewable Energy705▲ 5.2×43 topics
  3. Smart Grid566▲ 17×10 topics
  4. Machine Learning474▲ 1.53×88 topics
  5. Neural Networks443▲ 3.1×37 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency416▲ 4.8×41 topics
  7. Energy Storage330▲ 5.5×12 topics
  8. Power Electronics302▲ 10×8 topics
  9. Environmental Impact271▲ 1.71×52 topics
  10. Power System267▲ 34×5 topics
  11. Big Data252▲ 2.8×26 topics
  12. Power Systems241▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Internet of Things230▲ 2.9×28 topics
  14. Renewable Energy Integration225▲ 7.4×5 topics
  15. HVDC Transmission216▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Battery Technology214▲ 8.3×3 topics
  17. Nanocomposites211▲ 2.9×21 topics
  18. Wind Power206▲ 24×4 topics
  19. Cloud Computing200▲ 7.6×13 topics
  20. Grid Integration189▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Frequency Regulation162▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Fault Detection156▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Smart Grid Applications147▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Photovoltaic Generation146▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Voltage Control145▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Control Strategies140▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Intelligent Control137▲ 38×2 topics
  28. 5G Networks131▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Reliability Analysis127▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Decentralized Control126▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Distribution Automation121▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Electric Power121▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Power System Technology121▲ 84×1 topic
  34. UHV Transmission121▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Energy Storage Systems117▲ 9.1×2 topics
  36. Distributed Generation113▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Distributed Power Generation109▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Microgrid Control109▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Offshore Wind Farms106▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Wind Power Integration101▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Beijing?

Power Systems and Renewa…145Power Systems and Renewable Energy: 145 fractional worksSmart Grid and Power Sys…120Smart Grid and Power Systems: 120 fractional worksHigh-Voltage Power Trans…118High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems: 118 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…101Microgrid Control and Optimization: 101 fractional worksPower Systems and Technologies: 96 fractional worksHVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 88 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation …83High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 83 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 74 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Forecasting: 67 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…60Optical Network Technologies: 60 fractional works
Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringMaterials Chemistry

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

  1. 1 Power Systems and Renewable Energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 145 works
  2. 2 Smart Grid and Power Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 120 works
  3. 3 High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 118 works
  4. 4 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 101 works
  5. 5 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 96 works
  6. 6 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 88 works
  7. 7 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 83 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 74 works
  9. 9 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 67 works
  10. 10 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 60 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Beijing16.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.1% in 2016.

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