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Research in Harbin

Science Explorer records 50 research institutions in Harbin, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Harbin Institute of Technology, Northeast Agricultural University and Harbin Engineering University.

Research institutions
50
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
327k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.9%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 132,042 #24
2Harbin Engineering UniversityUniversity 40,864 #357
3Northeast Forestry UniversityUniversity 21,440 #583
4Northeast Agricultural UniversityUniversity 19,228 #231
5Harbin Medical UniversityUniversity 18,322 #590
6Harbin University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 15,620 #1,148
7Heilongjiang UniversityUniversity 13,037 #830
8Harbin University of CommerceUniversity 7,638 #2,940
9Heilongjiang Institute of TechnologyUniversity 7,156 #2,627
10Harbin Normal UniversityUniversity 6,934 #1,682
11Harbin UniversityUniversity 6,632 #2,978
12First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHospital / health system 3,825 #2,474
13Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHospital / health system 3,809 #2,236
14Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineUniversity 3,711 #2,298
15Harbin Electric Corporation (China)Company 3,219 #9,174
16Heilongjiang University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 2,942 #4,412
17CPC Heilongjiang Provincial Committee Party SchoolUniversity 2,275 #31,791 all time
18Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHospital / health system 2,019 #3,172
19Heilongjiang Academy of SciencesNonprofit 1,675 #6,560
20Harbin Veterinary Research InstituteResearch facility 1,584 #4,818
21Heilongjiang Academy of Land Reclamation SciencesUniversity 1,515 #24,483 all time
22First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineHospital / health system 1,260 #4,868
23Heilongjiang Provincial HospitalHospital / health system 1,185 #9,546
24Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHospital / health system 1,182 #6,155
25Heilongjiang Academy of ForestryResearch facility 1,152 #16,980
26Heilongjiang Earthquake AgencyGovernment institution 815 #13,156
27Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Machinery EngineeringResearch facility 646 #15,145
28Heilongjiang Vocational Institute of Ecological EngineeringResearch facility 603 #15,778
29Institute of Sugar BeetResearch facility 483 #23,577
30Heilongjiang Electric Power Workers UniversityUniversity 434 #16,177
31East University Of HeilongjiangUniversity 431 #22,193
32Heilongjiang Provincial Environmental Science Research InstituteResearch facility 338 #30,322 all time
33Harbin Welding InstituteResearch facility 327 #10,125
34Harbin FRP Research InstituteResearch facility 321 #35,576 all time
35Harbin Foresty Machinery InstituteResearch facility 292 #41,299 all time
36Center for Agricultural ResearchResearch facility 287 #35,799 all time
37Heilongjiang Vocational College of ArtUniversity 284 #24,042
38Heilongjiang Center for Tuberculosis Control and PreventionHospital / health system 278 #27,466 all time
39Harbin Science and Technology BureauGovernment institution 263 #33,566 all time
40Heilongjiang Institute of Wood ScienceResearch facility 257 #29,666 all time
41Heilongjiang International UniversityUniversity 248 #19,368
42Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Hydraulic ResearchResearch facility 230 #28,420 all time
43Harbin Huade UniversityUniversity 226 #26,558
44Harbin Institute of PetroleumUniversity 194 #38,909 all time
45Museum of Heilongjiang ProvinceArchive 82 not ranked
46Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology DepartmentGovernment institution 15 not ranked
47Heilongjiang Provincial Metrology and Testing InstituteResearch facility 10 not ranked
48Heilongjiang Coldland Building Science Research InstituteResearch facility 5 not ranked
49Heilongjiang Postdoctoral FundInstitution 1 not ranked
50State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resources and Water EnvironmentResearch facility 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 40.3%Harbin Engineering University: 12.5%Northeast Forestry University: 6.5%Northeast Agricultural University: 5.9%46 others listed: 34.8%40%largest
Harbin Institute of Technology132k · 40.3%Harbin Engineering University41k · 12.5%Northeast Forestry University21k · 6.5%Northeast Agricultural University19k · 5.9%46 others listed114k · 34.8%

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

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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Harbin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mechanical Properties, Neural Networks, Microstructure, Nanomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Graphene and Machine Learning.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Learning5,755▲ 2.0×85 topics
  2. Machine Learning3,373▲ 1.24×95 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties3,060▲ 3.8×39 topics
  4. Neural Networks2,932▲ 2.3×41 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications2,329▲ 2.4×36 topics
  6. Nanomaterials2,279▲ 2.6×20 topics
  7. Nanoparticles2,105▲ 2.0×44 topics
  8. Graphene1,892▲ 3.3×12 topics
  9. Microstructure1,790▲ 4.2×19 topics
  10. Cancer1,741▲ 1.57×58 topics
  11. Energy Storage1,703▲ 3.1×12 topics
  12. Remote Sensing1,697▲ 1.66×41 topics
  13. Nanocomposites1,648▲ 2.5×22 topics
  14. Environmental Impact1,619◆ 1.15×66 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress1,581▲ 1.17×62 topics
  16. Renewable Energy1,475▲ 1.24×51 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks1,306▲ 2.1×14 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks1,214▲ 3.2×23 topics
  19. Heat Transfer1,206▲ 2.9×20 topics
  20. Gene Expression1,060▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Cathode Materials1,035▲ 3.2×3 topics
  22. Metal-Organic Frameworks988▲ 2.9×6 topics
  23. Numerical Simulation965▲ 3.9×14 topics
  24. Nonlinear Systems944▲ 5.4×8 topics
  25. Carbon Nanotubes933▲ 3.3×9 topics
  26. Water Splitting929▲ 3.1×4 topics
  27. Adaptive Control898▲ 8.1×7 topics
  28. Vibration Analysis816▲ 3.6×10 topics
  29. Power Electronics797▲ 2.9×8 topics
  30. Neural Network766▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Sensor Networks752▲ 3.6×6 topics
  32. Hydrogen Production746▲ 3.4×6 topics
  33. Multi-Agent Systems745▲ 4.8×6 topics
  34. Electrocatalysis742▲ 3.2×5 topics
  35. Nonlinear Dynamics721▲ 4.0×7 topics
  36. Feedback Control718▲ 5.3×8 topics
  37. Robotic Manipulators685▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Actuators611▲ 4.7×5 topics
  39. Sliding Mode Control554▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Processing Techniques522▲ 6.9×2 topics

What research is done in Harbin?

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 498 works
  2. 2 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 448 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 426 works
  4. 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 360 works
  5. 5 Underwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsOcean Engineering 359 works
  6. 6 Aluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMechanical Engineering 354 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 352 works
  8. 8 Fault Detection and Control SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 324 works
  9. 9 Proteins in Food SystemsFood Science 321 works
  10. 10 Robotic Path Planning AlgorithmsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 319 works

Research output over time

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