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Research in Shanxi

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Shanxi, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Yan'an University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.7k
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
4.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Shanxi

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 Shanxi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Yan'an UniversityUniversity 9,682 #2,527

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.

Which fields of science does Shanxi work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research in Shanxi is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Engineering (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,058 fractional works · 53.2% of its workEngineering: 317 fractional works · 15.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 102 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 182 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 129 fractional works · 6.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 150 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 52 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 116 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 109 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 77 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 75 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCatalysis: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 385 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMedicine: 359 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSurgery: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 379 fractional works · 19.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 184 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 114 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCancer Research: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 124 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSoil Science: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 168 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKShanxi1,990fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering31715.9%
    2. Materials Science1829.1%
    3. Computer Science1507.5%
    4. Environmental Science1165.8%
    5. Chemistry1095.5%
    6. Energy773.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences381.9%
    8. Mathematics251.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering231.2%
    10. Physics and Astronomy211.1%
    1. Medicine35918.1%
    2. Health Professions140.7%
    3. Nursing70.4%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1849.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1246.2%
    3. Neuroscience442.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology201.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.4%
    1. Social Sciences623.1%
    2. Psychology351.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting271.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance221.1%
    5. Decision Sciences140.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities80.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Shanxi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shanxi is most concentrated in Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Energy (8.0× the world share in Inorganic Chemistry).

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 34.0 works8.0×
  2. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 65.3 works5.0×
  3. EnergyField · 66.2 works4.2×
← 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: 1.27× its world share, 103 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 156 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.35× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.72× its world share, 100 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 130 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.23× its world share, 66 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.07× its world share, 274 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.63× its world share, 157 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.92× its world share, 302 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.23×66 works
  2. Chemistry3.72×100 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.35×20 works
  4. Materials Science2.63×157 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×156 works
  6. Neuroscience1.40×39 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.30×35 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.27×103 works
  9. Environmental Science1.14×97 works
  10. Engineering1.07×274 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×6 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×18 works
  13. Computer Science0.98×130 works
  14. Mathematics0.97×20 works
  15. Medicine0.92×302 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.74×12 works
  17. Nursing0.73×6 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×19 works
  19. Psychology0.49×26 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.47×18 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×24 works
  22. Dentistry0.35×3 works
  23. Veterinary0.29×1 works
  24. Health Professions0.28×12 works
  25. Social Sciences0.27×58 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.13×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Shanxi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Water Splitting, Catalysis, Graphene, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemical Sensors, Semiconductor and Visible Light.

▲ 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 Learning101▲ 1.47×69 topics
  2. Nanomaterials101▲ 4.8×18 topics
  3. Inflammation79▲ 1.86×74 topics
  4. Machine Learning75◆ 1.13×64 topics
  5. Catalysis72▲ 5.5×24 topics
  6. Graphene69▲ 5.2×11 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress67▲ 2.0×53 topics
  8. Cancer66▲ 2.5×51 topics
  9. Water Splitting63▲ 8.5×4 topics
  10. Metal-Organic Frameworks59▲ 7.1×6 topics
  11. Chemical Sensors51▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Semiconductor50▲ 7.6×5 topics
  13. Visible Light48▲ 10×2 topics
  14. CO2 Reduction48▲ 11×2 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence46▲ 1.62×32 topics
  16. Hydrogen Production46▲ 8.5×6 topics
  17. Energy Storage45▲ 3.5×7 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications44▲ 1.88×30 topics
  19. Solar Energy44▲ 7.0×3 topics
  20. Photocatalyst42▲ 12×1 topic
  21. Plasmonic42▲ 12×1 topic
  22. Nanostructures41▲ 5.1×10 topics
  23. Remote Sensing40▲ 1.66×29 topics
  24. Drug Delivery39▲ 3.6×14 topics
  25. Heterogeneous Catalysis36▲ 9.7×4 topics
  26. Electrocatalysis35▲ 6.1×5 topics
  27. Bioimaging34▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Semiconductors34▲ 5.9×4 topics
  29. Gene Expression34▲ 2.7×19 topics
  30. Reactive Oxygen Species32▲ 3.9×14 topics
  31. Methane Storage32▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Cathode Materials32▲ 4.1×3 topics
  33. Nanocrystals28▲ 5.4×5 topics
  34. Microbial Communities28▲ 3.2×10 topics
  35. CO2 Capture26▲ 8.3×5 topics
  36. Crystal Engineering26▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Gas Adsorption25▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Porous Materials25▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Neurodegenerative Diseases22▲ 6.6×6 topics
  40. Biochar Application20▲ 9.6×2 topics

What research is done in Shanxi?

Advanced Photocatalysis …38Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 38 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 22 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 17 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 14 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 13 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 11 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…10Advanced battery technologies research: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 10 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 10 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 10 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentInorganic ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSpectroscopy2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 38 works
  2. 2 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 22 works
  3. 3 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 14 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 13 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 11 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 10 works
  9. 9 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 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%Shanxi20.8% 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 26.4% in 2023.

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