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Research in Harbin

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Harbin, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Harbin Institute of Technology, Northeast Agricultural University and Harbin Engineering University.

Research institutions
40
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
327k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3M
13.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Harbin

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 Harbin?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Harbin Institute of TechnologyUniversity 132,498 #84
2Harbin Engineering UniversityUniversity 40,864 #774
3Harbin Medical UniversityUniversity 29,715 #1,083
4Northeast Forestry UniversityUniversity 21,493 #878
5Northeast Agricultural UniversityUniversity 19,228 #657
6Harbin University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 15,620 #1,983
7Heilongjiang UniversityUniversity 13,037 #1,242
8Harbin University of CommerceUniversity 7,638 #3,232
9Heilongjiang Institute of TechnologyUniversity 7,156 #1,941
10Harbin Normal UniversityUniversity 6,934 #5,512
11Harbin UniversityUniversity 6,632 #2,594
12Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineUniversity 4,971 #8,655
13Harbin Electric Corporation (China)Company 3,219 #5,929
14Heilongjiang University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 2,942 #4,785
15CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Party SchoolUniversity 2,275 #19,125 all time
16Heilongjiang Academy of SciencesNonprofit 1,675 #8,123
17Heilongjiang Academy of Land Reclamation SciencesUniversity 1,515 #15,781 all time
18Heilongjiang Provincial HospitalHospital / health system 1,185 #13,761
19Heilongjiang Academy of ForestryResearch facility 1,152 #16,245
20Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Machinery EngineeringResearch facility 646 #16,161
21Heilongjiang Vocational Institute of Ecological EngineeringResearch facility 603 #15,965
22Heilongjiang Electric Power Workers UniversityUniversity 434 #13,971
23East University Of HeilongjiangUniversity 431 #13,603
24Heilongjiang Provincial Environmental Science Research InstituteResearch facility 338 #23,383 all time
25Harbin Welding InstituteResearch facility 327 #17,220
26Harbin FRP Research InstituteResearch facility 321 #23,716 all time
27Harbin Foresty Machinery InstituteResearch facility 292 #28,570 all time
28Heilongjiang Vocational College of ArtUniversity 284 #15,529
29Heilongjiang Center for Tuberculosis Control and PreventionHospital / health system 278 #26,518 all time
30Harbin Science and Technology BureauGovernment institution 263 #23,233 all time
31Heilongjiang Institute of Wood ScienceResearch facility 257 #22,739 all time
32Heilongjiang International UniversityUniversity 248 #13,362
33Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Hydraulic ResearchResearch facility 230 #32,284 all time
34Harbin Huade UniversityUniversity 226 #16,826
35Harbin Institute of PetroleumUniversity 194 #25,764 all time
36Museum of Heilongjiang ProvinceArchive 82 not ranked
37Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology DepartmentGovernment institution 15 not ranked
38Heilongjiang Provincial Metrology and Testing InstituteResearch facility 10 not ranked
39Heilongjiang Coldland Building Science Research InstituteResearch facility 5 not ranked
40Heilongjiang Postdoctoral FundInstitution 1 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.

Harbin Institute of Technology: 40.7%Harbin Engineering University: 12.6%Harbin Medical University: 9.1%Northeast Forestry University: 6.6%36 others listed: 31.0%41%largest
Harbin Institute of Technology132k · 40.7%Harbin Engineering University41k · 12.6%Harbin Medical University30k · 9.1%Northeast Forestry University21k · 6.6%36 others listed101k · 31.0%

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

Which fields of science does Harbin work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research in Harbin is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Computer Science (11%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 68k fractional works · 71.5% of its workEngineering: 36k fractional works · 37.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7,605 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5,365 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4,180 fractional works · 4.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3,897 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3,832 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2,853 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1,778 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1,704 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1,290 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 863 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 856 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 657 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 587 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 322 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10k fractional works · 11.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3,527 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3,049 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1,544 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 763 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 617 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 450 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 473 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7,679 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4,258 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1,142 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 880 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 756 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 305 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 222 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5,275 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 933 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 836 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 688 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 649 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 618 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 568 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 374 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 610 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2,097 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 826 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 477 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 329 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 465 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1,743 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1,543 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 200 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1,662 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 643 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 375 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 342 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 302 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1,513 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 570 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 297 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 281 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 204 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 754 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 652 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 257 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 395 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 13k fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5,802 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3,729 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCancer Research: 700 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 437 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 257 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 679 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4,748 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 2,194 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 1,118 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 372 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 305 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 224 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 194 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 341 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1,007 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 322 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 288 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 206 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 191 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 789 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 649 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 139 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 255 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9,006 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 8,014 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 922 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 770 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 660 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 550 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 542 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 433 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 406 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 392 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 370 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 277 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 276 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 225 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 223 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 217 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1,751 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 506 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 497 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 344 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 90 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 51 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,357 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,737 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 611 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 316 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 210 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 600 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,283 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 349 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 232 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 701 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 860 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 682 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 177 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 635 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 235 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 192 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 207 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 595 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 321 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 274 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 247 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHarbin95kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering36k37.9%
    2. Computer Science10k11.0%
    3. Materials Science7,6798.1%
    4. Environmental Science5,2755.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2,0972.2%
    6. Energy1,7431.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1,6621.8%
    8. Chemistry1,5131.6%
    9. Mathematics7540.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering6520.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5,8026.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4,7485.0%
    3. Neuroscience1,0071.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology7890.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2550.3%
    1. Medicine8,0148.5%
    2. Nursing5060.5%
    3. Health Professions3440.4%
    4. Dentistry900.1%
    5. Veterinary510.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,7371.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1,2831.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance8600.9%
    4. Psychology6350.7%
    5. Decision Sciences5950.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities2470.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Harbin strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Harbin is most concentrated in Ceramics and Composites, Control and Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering (4.6× the world share in Ceramics and Composites).

  1. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 267.1 works4.6×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 3,457.1 works3.9×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 3,628.6 works3.8×
  4. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 1,576.8 works3.3×
  5. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 4,749.7 works3.1×
  6. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 1,015.5 works2.7×
  7. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 1,117.3 works2.6×
  8. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 2,511.7 works2.6×
← 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: 1.04× its world share, 4,083 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 5,004 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 632 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 854 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 226 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.93× its world share, 559 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 1,347 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.41× its world share, 9,090 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 1,461 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.99× its world share, 1,512 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.56× its world share, 32k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 4,655 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.34× its world share, 6,756 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 656 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 1,824 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 78 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 301 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 6,805 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 446 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 40 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 219 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 1,152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 525 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 779 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 510 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1,555 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.56×32k works
  2. Materials Science2.34×6,756 works
  3. Energy1.99×1,512 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.93×559 works
  5. Computer Science1.41×9,090 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×5,004 works
  7. Environmental Science1.13×4,655 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.12×1,461 works
  9. Nursing1.10×446 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×4,083 works
  11. Chemistry1.04×1,347 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.99×1,824 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×226 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×632 works
  15. Mathematics0.67×656 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.66×525 works
  17. Neuroscience0.64×854 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×779 works
  19. Medicine0.43×6,805 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×1,152 works
  21. Veterinary0.35×40 works
  22. Psychology0.20×510 works
  23. Dentistry0.19×78 works
  24. Social Sciences0.15×1,555 works
  25. Health Professions0.14×301 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.09×219 works

Which keywords describe research in Harbin?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mechanical Properties, Neural Networks, Microstructure, Nanomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Machine Learning and Graphene.

▲ 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 Learning6,675▲ 2.0×85 topics
  2. Machine Learning3,898▲ 1.24×95 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties3,466▲ 3.7×39 topics
  4. Neural Networks3,331▲ 2.3×41 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications2,662▲ 2.4×36 topics
  6. Nanomaterials2,558▲ 2.6×20 topics
  7. Nanoparticles2,383▲ 2.0×44 topics
  8. Graphene2,090▲ 3.3×12 topics
  9. Cancer2,021▲ 1.59×58 topics
  10. Microstructure2,011▲ 4.1×19 topics
  11. Energy Storage1,909▲ 3.1×12 topics
  12. Remote Sensing1,879▲ 1.63×41 topics
  13. Nanocomposites1,863▲ 2.5×22 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress1,858▲ 1.19×63 topics
  15. Environmental Impact1,832◆ 1.14×66 topics
  16. Renewable Energy1,718▲ 1.26×53 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks1,501▲ 2.2×14 topics
  18. Heat Transfer1,362▲ 2.9×20 topics
  19. Wireless Sensor Networks1,340▲ 3.2×23 topics
  20. Gene Expression1,258▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Cathode Materials1,152▲ 3.1×3 topics
  22. Metal-Organic Frameworks1,118▲ 2.8×6 topics
  23. Nonlinear Systems1,097▲ 5.3×8 topics
  24. Numerical Simulation1,080▲ 3.9×14 topics
  25. Water Splitting1,064▲ 3.0×4 topics
  26. Adaptive Control1,031▲ 8.1×7 topics
  27. Carbon Nanotubes1,026▲ 3.2×9 topics
  28. Vibration Analysis937▲ 3.7×10 topics
  29. Power Electronics888▲ 2.9×8 topics
  30. Electrocatalysis855▲ 3.2×5 topics
  31. Hydrogen Production850▲ 3.3×6 topics
  32. Neural Network845▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Multi-Agent Systems829▲ 4.6×6 topics
  34. Feedback Control827▲ 5.3×8 topics
  35. Sensor Networks826▲ 3.6×6 topics
  36. Nonlinear Dynamics806▲ 3.8×9 topics
  37. Robotic Manipulators793▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Composite Materials767▲ 3.9×11 topics
  39. Actuators700▲ 4.6×5 topics
  40. Sliding Mode Control631▲ 9.7×2 topics

What research is done in Harbin?

Advanced Photocatalysis …498Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 498 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonl…448Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 448 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 426 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 360 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 359 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 354 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 352 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…324Fault Detection and Control Systems: 324 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 321 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 319 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentControl and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 498 works
  2. 2 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 448 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 426 works
  4. 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 360 works
  5. 5 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 359 works
  6. 6 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 354 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 352 works
  8. 8 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 324 works
  9. 9 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 321 works
  10. 10 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 319 works

Research output over time

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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%Harbin23.3% 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 25.6% in 2024.

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