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Research in Shanghai

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Shanghai. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security and Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

Research institutions
13
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.3k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
267k
32.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
32.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1971-2026
56 years on the record
Shanghai

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 Shanghai?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological SecurityResearch facility 1,636 #824
2Shanghai Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryResearch facility 698 #1,158
3Naval Research AcademyUniversity 191 #32,082 all time
4Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation FacilityResearch facility 136 #18,170 all time
5Deepblue Technology (China)Company 24 not ranked
6Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary SciencesGovernment institution 18 not ranked
7Shanghai Ecological Forecasting and Remote Sensing CenterGovernment institution 12 not ranked
8Shanghai Marine Meteorological CenterGovernment institution 8 not ranked
9State Key Laboratory of Special Cable TechnologyResearch facility 4 not ranked
10Enflame (China)Company 2 not ranked
11State Key Laboratory of Medical ImmunologyResearch facility 2 not ranked
12River Security Inc. (China)Company 1 not ranked
13Shanghai Yangpu Senior High SchoolUniversity 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.

Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security: 59.9%Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory: 25.5%Naval Research Academy: 7.0%Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility: 5.0%9 others listed: 2.6%60%largest
Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security1,636 · 59.9%Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory698 · 25.5%Naval Research Academy191 · 7.0%Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility136 · 5.0%9 others listed72 · 2.6%

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

Which fields of science does Shanghai work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research in Shanghai is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Computer Science (16%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,543 fractional works · 77.8% of its workEngineering: 877 fractional works · 26.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 267 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 181 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 103 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 507 fractional works · 15.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 227 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 170 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 361 fractional works · 11.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 87 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 56 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 288 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 177 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 50 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 170 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 80 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 104 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 103 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 100 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 85 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 415 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 232 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 157 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 112 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 250 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 236 fractional works · 7.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShanghai3,269fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences2%

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. Engineering87726.8%
    2. Computer Science50715.5%
    3. Environmental Science36111.0%
    4. Materials Science2888.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1705.2%
    6. Energy1043.2%
    7. Chemistry1003.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences852.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering351.1%
    10. Mathematics180.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2327.1%
    2. Neuroscience1123.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences431.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology230.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
    1. Medicine2367.2%
    2. Health Professions60.2%
    3. Nursing50.2%
    4. Dentistry20.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Social Sciences190.6%
    2. Psychology140.4%
    3. Decision Sciences90.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting70.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Shanghai strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shanghai is most concentrated in Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Pollution (6.3× the world share in Condensed Matter Physics).

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 30.8 works6.3×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 212.9 works5.5×
  3. PollutionSubfield · 64.5 works5.3×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 51.4 works5.2×
  5. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 79.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 221 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.15× its world share, 107 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.96× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.91× its world share, 92 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.98× its world share, 471 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 78 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.45× its world share, 97 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.80× its world share, 829 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.19× its world share, 334 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.53× its world share, 271 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.30× its world share, 157 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 225 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.45×97 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.96×32 works
  3. Materials Science2.53×271 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.30×157 works
  5. Environmental Science2.19×334 works
  6. Neuroscience2.15×107 works
  7. Computer Science1.98×471 works
  8. Chemistry1.91×92 works
  9. Engineering1.80×829 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×78 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.35×221 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×22 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×5 works
  14. Mathematics0.43×16 works
  15. Medicine0.38×225 works
  16. Nursing0.33×5 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.27×8 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×38 works
  19. Veterinary0.16×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×8 works
  21. Psychology0.12×12 works
  22. Dentistry0.10×2 works
  23. Health Professions0.07×6 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×7 works
  25. Social Sciences0.05×18 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.03×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Shanghai?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Nanomaterials, Wastewater Treatment, Hydrogen Production, Graphene, Water Splitting and Semiconductor.

▲ 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 Learning335▲ 3.0×74 topics
  2. Neural Networks166▲ 3.3×37 topics
  3. Nanomaterials140▲ 4.1×18 topics
  4. Machine Learning125◆ 1.15×79 topics
  5. Graphene102▲ 4.7×11 topics
  6. Nanoparticles95▲ 2.3×40 topics
  7. Water Splitting85▲ 7.0×4 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks85▲ 3.6×14 topics
  9. Wastewater Treatment85▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Hydrogen Production84▲ 9.6×6 topics
  11. Environmental Impact81▲ 1.45×43 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications80▲ 2.1×33 topics
  13. Catalysis76▲ 3.5×28 topics
  14. Semiconductor71▲ 6.7×7 topics
  15. Water Treatment64▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Nanocomposites64▲ 2.5×20 topics
  17. CO2 Reduction63▲ 8.9×2 topics
  18. Health Effects61▲ 3.1×19 topics
  19. Visible Light60▲ 7.8×3 topics
  20. Solar Energy56▲ 5.5×5 topics
  21. Metal-Organic Frameworks55▲ 4.0×6 topics
  22. Photocatalyst54▲ 9.6×1 topic
  23. Plasmonic54▲ 9.6×1 topic
  24. Recycling53▲ 4.2×10 topics
  25. Unsupervised Learning53▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Heterogeneous Catalysis51▲ 8.5×5 topics
  27. Electrocatalysis50▲ 5.4×5 topics
  28. Convolutional Networks49▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Waste Management48▲ 3.7×7 topics
  30. Two-Dimensional Materials48▲ 6.4×4 topics
  31. Electrochemical Technologies40▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Representation Learning40▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Electronic Structure38▲ 6.5×8 topics
  34. Advanced Oxidation Processes37▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Oxidation Kinetics37▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Surface Modification36▲ 8.2×6 topics
  37. Image Classification35▲ 5.8×3 topics
  38. Pose Estimation34▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Image Recognition33▲ 7.0×1 topic
  40. Object Detection33▲ 7.3×1 topic

What research is done in Shanghai?

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 52 fractional worksAdvanced oxidation water treatment: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …31Advanced Neural Network Applications: 31 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learn…27Multimodal Machine Learning Applications: 27 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 26 fractional worksEnvironmental remediation with nanomaterials: 25 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and…22Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 22 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 21 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 20 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…20Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 20 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentWater Science and TechnologyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 52 works
  2. 2 Advanced oxidation water treatment Water Science and Technology 34 works
  3. 3 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 31 works
  4. 4 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 27 works
  5. 5 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 26 works
  6. 6 Environmental remediation with nanomaterials Biomedical Engineering 25 works
  7. 7 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 22 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 21 works
  9. 9 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 20 works
  10. 10 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 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 counting20%40%Shanghai30.8% 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 37.1% in 2016.

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