Research in Shanghai
Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Shanghai. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security and State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics.
- Research institutions
- 40 10 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 8.3k ▲ 134% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 32.2% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Shanghai?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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).
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 30.8 works6.3×
- Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 212.9 works5.5×
- PollutionSubfield · 64.5 works5.3×
- Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 51.4 works5.2×
- Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 79.9 works5.0×
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 Shanghai?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Nanomaterials, Hydrogen Production, Wastewater Treatment, Graphene, Water Splitting and Semiconductor.
- Pose Estimation
- Image Recognition
- Surface Modification
- Advanced Oxidation Processes
- Electronic Structure
- Two-Dimensional Materials
- Electrocatalysis
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
- Recycling
- Plasmonic
- Solar Energy
- Visible Light
- CO2 Reduction
- Semiconductor
- Biomedical Applications
- Wastewater Treatment
- Water Splitting
- Nanoparticles
- Machine Learning
- Neural Networks
- Deep Learning
- Nanomaterials
- Graphene
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Hydrogen Production
- Environmental Impact
- Catalysis
- Nanocomposites
- Water Treatment
- Health Effects
- Photocatalyst
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Unsupervised Learning
- Convolutional Networks
- Waste Management
- Electrochemical Technologies
- Representation Learning
- Oxidation Kinetics
- Image Classification
- Object Detection
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
- Deep Learning314▲ 3.0×74 topics
- Neural Networks153▲ 3.2×37 topics
- Nanomaterials134▲ 4.1×17 topics
- Machine Learning114◆ 1.14×79 topics
- Graphene98▲ 4.7×11 topics
- Nanoparticles89▲ 2.3×40 topics
- Convolutional Neural Networks80▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Water Splitting80▲ 7.1×4 topics
- Hydrogen Production79▲ 9.6×6 topics
- Wastewater Treatment78▲ 11×8 topics
- Environmental Impact75▲ 1.44×42 topics
- Biomedical Applications75▲ 2.1×33 topics
- Catalysis70▲ 3.5×25 topics
- Semiconductor69▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Nanocomposites61▲ 2.5×20 topics
- CO2 Reduction60▲ 9.0×2 topics
- Water Treatment58▲ 16×6 topics
- Visible Light57▲ 8.0×3 topics
- Health Effects57▲ 3.1×19 topics
- Solar Energy54▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Photocatalyst52▲ 9.5×1 topic
- Plasmonic52▲ 9.5×1 topic
- Metal-Organic Frameworks51▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Recycling50▲ 4.3×9 topics
- Unsupervised Learning48▲ 11×3 topics
- Heterogeneous Catalysis47▲ 8.5×5 topics
- Convolutional Networks47▲ 11×3 topics
- Electrocatalysis47▲ 5.4×5 topics
- Waste Management46▲ 3.7×7 topics
- Two-Dimensional Materials46▲ 6.5×4 topics
- Electrochemical Technologies37▲ 25×2 topics
- Electronic Structure36▲ 6.5×8 topics
- Representation Learning34▲ 8.1×3 topics
- Advanced Oxidation Processes34▲ 27×1 topic
- Oxidation Kinetics34▲ 27×1 topic
- Surface Modification34▲ 8.4×6 topics
- Image Classification34▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Image Recognition31▲ 7.7×1 topic
- Object Detection31▲ 8.1×1 topic
- Pose Estimation31▲ 8.9×3 topics
What research is done in Shanghai?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 52 works
- 2 Advanced oxidation water treatment Water Science and Technology 34 works
- 3 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 31 works
- 4 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 27 works
- 5 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 26 works
- 6 Environmental remediation with nanomaterials Biomedical Engineering 25 works
- 7 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 22 works
- 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 21 works
- 9 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 20 works
- 10 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.