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Research in Nanjing

Science Explorer records 25 research institutions in Nanjing. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves.

Research institutions
25
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.4k
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.8%
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 Nanjing?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesResearch facility 1,791 #5,073
2State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical EngineeringResearch facility 1,539 #2,229
3State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicineResearch facility 831 #3,980
4National Laboratory of Solid State MicrostructuresResearch facility 560 #6,618
5State Grid Nanjing Power Supply Company (China)Company 395 #24,233
6State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical EngineeringResearch facility 335 #9,141
7State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceResearch facility 285 #6,218
8State Key Laboratory of High Performance Civil Engineering MaterialsResearch facility 233 #8,232
9State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical BiotechnologyResearch facility 195 #21,020 all time
10Army Command CollegeUniversity 192 #42,609 all time
11State Key Laboratory of Mobile Networks and Mobile Multimedia TechnologyResearch facility 191 #15,988
12State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable AgricultureResearch facility 159 #36,331 all time
13Southeast University Chengxian CollegeUniversity 111 not ranked
14State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and StratigraphyResearch facility 105 not ranked
15Jiangsu Frontier Electric Technology Co., Ltd. (China)Company 95 not ranked
16State Key Laboratory of Reproductive MedicineResearch facility 83 not ranked
17Nanjing University of Science and Technology ZiJin CollegeUniversity 69 not ranked
18China Energy Science and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. (China)Company 67 not ranked
19Communication University of China, NanjingUniversity 58 not ranked
20State Key Laboratory of Mobile CommunicationsResearch facility 29 not ranked
21Huadong Medical Institute of BiotechniquesResearch facility 27 not ranked
22State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and EnvironmentResearch facility 18 not ranked
23China Railway Bridge and Tunnel Technologies Co. Ltd. (China)Company 9 not ranked
24State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal-Fired Power Generation and Pollution ControlResearch facility 6 not ranked
25Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Jiangsu ProvinceGovernment institution 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.

State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves: 24.3%State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering: 20.8%State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine: 11.3%National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures: 7.6%21 others listed: 36.1%24%largest
State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves1,791 · 24.3%State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering1,539 · 20.8%State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicine831 · 11.3%National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures560 · 7.6%21 others listed2,663 · 36.1%

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

What is Nanjing strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nanjing is most concentrated in Aerospace Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (8.8× the world share in Aerospace Engineering).

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 241.7 works8.8×
  2. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 66.8 works6.2×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 430.1 works5.1×
  4. Biomedical EngineeringSubfield · 169.4 works3.4×
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Which keywords describe research in Nanjing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Artificial Neural Networks, Wireless Communications, Metamaterial, Antenna, Microstrip, Nanoparticles and Microwave Filters.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles123▲ 4.1×35 topics
  2. Biosensors104▲ 8.6×12 topics
  3. Artificial Neural Networks100▲ 8.9×7 topics
  4. Wireless Communications100▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Metamaterial95▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Antenna93▲ 46×1 topic
  7. Microstrip93▲ 46×1 topic
  8. Biomedical Applications93▲ 3.3×33 topics
  9. Microwave Filters79▲ 59×1 topic
  10. Substrate Integrated Waveguide79▲ 59×1 topic
  11. Frequency Selective Surfaces73▲ 45×1 topic
  12. Metasurfaces73▲ 45×1 topic
  13. Cancer70▲ 2.2×50 topics
  14. Integrated Circuits66▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Metamaterials62▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Nanophotonics60▲ 27×3 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency60▲ 2.7×32 topics
  18. Self-Assembly58▲ 7.5×12 topics
  19. Photonic Crystals56▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Electrochemistry45▲ 8.3×3 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species45▲ 4.8×14 topics
  22. Negative Refraction44▲ 36×1 topic
  23. Plasmonic Metasurfaces44▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Tumor Targeting43▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Optical Modulators42▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Molecular Machines40▲ 12×2 topics
  27. MIMO Systems40▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Photodynamic Therapy40▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Genetic Algorithms40▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Biomolecular Interactions40▲ 13×2 topics
  31. DNA nanotechnology39▲ 13×1 topic
  32. aptamers39▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Beamforming39▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Frequency Synthesizer38▲ 40×2 topics
  35. CMOS38▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Millimeter-Wave38▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Photothermal Therapy37▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Channel Modeling36▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Particle Swarm Optimization35▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Differential Evolution34▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in Nanjing?

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 93 works
  2. 2 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 79 works
  3. 3 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 73 works
  4. 4 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 44 works
  5. 5 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 39 works
  6. 6 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 34 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 31 works
  9. 9 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  10. 10 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 24 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.