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Research in Shihezi

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Shihezi, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shihezi University, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science and First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University Medical College.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 121% vs 2018-21
Citations
124k
8.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1987-2026
40 years on the record
Shihezi

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 Shihezi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shihezi UniversityUniversity 13,416 #1,399
2First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University Medical CollegeHospital / health system 1,023 #17,003
3Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation ScienceResearch facility 686 #11,509

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 Shihezi work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Shihezi is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (13%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,161 fractional works · 43.6% of its workEngineering: 739 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 163 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 154 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 130 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 98 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 396 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEcology: 78 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 64 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 293 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 191 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomaterials: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 279 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 155 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 166 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 125 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 117 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 70 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,759 fractional works · 35.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,006 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPlant Science: 539 fractional works · 10.9% of its workFood Science: 133 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSoil Science: 111 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 569 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 374 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCancer Research: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 51 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 56 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 722 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMedicine: 626 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNursing: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 311 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 91 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 76 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKShihezi4,953fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering73914.9%
    2. Environmental Science3968.0%
    3. Materials Science2935.9%
    4. Chemistry2795.6%
    5. Computer Science1663.4%
    6. Energy1252.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering701.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences601.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy250.5%
    10. Mathematics70.2%
  2. Life Sciences1,75935.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,00620.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56911.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology801.6%
    4. Neuroscience561.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics481.0%
    1. Medicine62612.6%
    2. Nursing481.0%
    3. Health Professions210.4%
    4. Veterinary170.3%
    5. Dentistry110.2%
    1. Social Sciences911.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting761.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance661.3%
    4. Psychology491.0%
    5. Decision Sciences170.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities110.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Shihezi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shihezi is most concentrated in Soil Science, Plant Science and Catalysis (7.6× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 95.3 works7.6×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 457.0 works6.3×
  3. CatalysisSubfield · 36.9 works6.0×
  4. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 42.6 works5.3×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 47.9 works4.9×
  6. BiochemistrySubfield · 24.2 works4.7×
  7. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 40.6 works4.4×
← 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: 4.32× its world share, 855 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 485 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 66 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.93× its world share, 43 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.87× its world share, 56 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.63× its world share, 238 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.71× its world share, 104 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 631 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 330 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.76× its world share, 256 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 504 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.30× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.32×855 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.87×56 works
  3. Chemistry3.63×238 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.93×43 works
  5. Energy2.71×104 works
  6. Veterinary2.30×13 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.18×485 works
  8. Nursing2.03×41 works
  9. Materials Science1.76×256 works
  10. Environmental Science1.60×330 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.57×66 works
  12. Engineering1.01×631 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.79×52 works
  14. Medicine0.63×504 works
  15. Neuroscience0.61×41 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×53 works
  17. Dentistry0.46×9 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×62 works
  19. Computer Science0.43×140 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.36×14 works
  21. Psychology0.28×35 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.22×20 works
  23. Health Professions0.15×17 works
  24. Social Sciences0.15×79 works
  25. Mathematics0.14×7 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.09×11 works

Which keywords describe research in Shihezi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Catalysis, Climate Change, Oxidative Stress, Nanomaterials, Cancer, Nanoparticles and Antioxidants.

▲ 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. Climate Change243▲ 1.80×71 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress190▲ 2.3×59 topics
  3. Gene Expression186▲ 6.0×20 topics
  4. Catalysis175▲ 5.3×27 topics
  5. Machine Learning172◆ 1.04×65 topics
  6. Inflammation163▲ 1.55×81 topics
  7. Cancer162▲ 2.4×56 topics
  8. Deep Learning161◆ 0.94×72 topics
  9. Nanomaterials153▲ 2.9×17 topics
  10. Nanoparticles152▲ 2.4×41 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications120▲ 2.0×33 topics
  12. Remote Sensing113▲ 1.86×35 topics
  13. Antioxidant106▲ 3.1×48 topics
  14. Antioxidants102▲ 4.6×14 topics
  15. Antioxidant Activity93▲ 3.0×28 topics
  16. Metabolism90▲ 3.5×29 topics
  17. Metal-Organic Frameworks90▲ 4.4×6 topics
  18. Graphene83▲ 2.5×11 topics
  19. Water Splitting79▲ 4.3×4 topics
  20. Horticultural Crops76▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Microbial Communities74▲ 3.4×10 topics
  22. Transcription Factors73▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Reactive Oxygen Species71▲ 3.5×14 topics
  24. Genetic Mapping71▲ 18×6 topics
  25. Electrocatalysis65▲ 4.6×5 topics
  26. Ionic Liquids62▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Ecosystem Functioning61▲ 6.0×5 topics
  28. Flavonoids60▲ 4.7×11 topics
  29. Soil Moisture58▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Genetic Regulation57▲ 7.1×6 topics
  31. Polyphenols56▲ 6.4×6 topics
  32. Cotton Genomics54▲ 118×1 topic
  33. Fiber Development54▲ 118×1 topic
  34. Water Scarcity54▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Water Use Efficiency51▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Drought Resistance50▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Anthocyanins50▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Aroma Compounds50▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Modified Atmosphere Packaging49▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Crop Productivity48▲ 15×3 topics

What research is done in Shihezi?

Research in Cotton Culti…47Research in Cotton Cultivation: 47 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and…38Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 38 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 36 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…35Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 35 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…33Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 33 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 33 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 28 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…27Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 27 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 26 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 26 fractional works
Plant ScienceSoil ScienceMaterials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 47 works
  2. 2 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 38 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 36 works
  4. 4 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 35 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 33 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 33 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 28 works
  8. 8 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 27 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 26 works
  10. 10 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 26 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Shihezi26.1% 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 28.2% in 2024.

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