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Research in Taiyuan

Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Taiyuan, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shanxi University, Taiyuan University of Technology and Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Research institutions
33
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
121k
▲ 81% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Taiyuan

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 Taiyuan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Taiyuan University of TechnologyUniversity 27,761 #855
2Shanxi UniversityUniversity 21,927 #570
3North University of ChinaUniversity 18,965 #2,496
4Shanxi Medical UniversityUniversity 15,416 #2,049
5Taiyuan University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 8,811 #2,132
6Shanxi University of Finance and EconomicsUniversity 2,816 #4,004
7Taiyuan Normal UniversityUniversity 2,799 #8,099
8Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese MedicineUniversity 2,721 #1,972
9Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityHospital / health system 2,218 #10,280
10First Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityHospital / health system 2,122 #9,211
11Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (China)Company 2,101 #13,626
12Taiyuan Heavy Industry (China)Company 1,433 #8,619
13Shanxi Academy of Medical SciencesHospital / health system 1,355 #6,850
14Taiyuan Institute of TechnologyUniversity 1,247 #11,143
15Shanxi Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineHospital / health system 807 #14,914
16Shanxi Transportation Research InstituteResearch facility 708 #13,328
17Shanxi Coal Transportation and Sales Group (China)Company 657 #8,192
18Taiyuan Central HospitalHospital / health system 638 #18,513
19Shanxi Academy of Building ResearchResearch facility 587 #7,170
20China Institute of Daily Chemical IndustryResearch facility 545 #34,767 all time
21Shanxi Academy of ForestryResearch facility 367 #25,362 all time
22Fourth People's Hospital of TaiyuanHospital / health system 363 #21,935
23Shanxi Eye HospitalHospital / health system 360 #21,049
24Shanxi Provincial Traffic Planning Survey and Design InstituteResearch facility 359 #28,987 all time
25Shanxi Provincial Children's HospitalHospital / health system 351 #19,752
26Shanxi Cardiovascular HospitalHospital / health system 334 #17,862
27Shanxi Dayi HospitalHospital / health system 293 #32,603 all time
28Shanxi Electromechanical Design and Research InstituteResearch facility 140 #21,332
29Taiyuan Maternity and Child Care HospitalHospital / health system 123 #34,201 all time
30Shanxi MuseumArchive 81 not ranked
31Coal Industry Taiyuan Design and Research Institute (China)Company 81 not ranked
32Shanxi Taiyuan Jinkang Rheumatism HospitalHospital / health system 8 not ranked
33Shanxi Province Youth Development FoundationInstitution 4 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.

Taiyuan University of Technology: 23.4%Shanxi University: 18.5%North University of China: 16.0%Shanxi Medical University: 13.0%29 others listed: 29.1%23%largest
Taiyuan University of Technology28k · 23.4%Shanxi University22k · 18.5%North University of China19k · 16.0%Shanxi Medical University15k · 13.0%29 others listed34k · 29.1%

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

Which fields of science does Taiyuan work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research in Taiyuan is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Medicine (16%), Materials Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27k fractional works · 66.3% of its workEngineering: 13k fractional works · 30.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2,739 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2,489 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,725 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1,093 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 864 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 859 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 824 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 430 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 354 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 275 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 268 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 206 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 203 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 164 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4,329 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2,753 fractional works · 6.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 562 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 438 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 343 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 233 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2,982 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,100 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 819 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 314 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 241 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 235 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,796 fractional works · 4.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 334 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 289 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 271 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 192 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 173 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 138 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 98 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 97 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,445 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 854 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 321 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 269 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1,231 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 428 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 369 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 219 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 96 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1,003 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 890 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 627 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 417 fractional works · 1.0% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 84 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 482 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 118 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 177 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 479 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 111 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 91 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6,978 fractional works · 17.2% of its workMedicine: 6,448 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSurgery: 692 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 648 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 480 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 468 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 421 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 327 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 324 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 285 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 265 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 232 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 209 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 201 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 158 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 158 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 138 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 129 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 95 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 87 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 715 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 254 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 130 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 108 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 19 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4,566 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,627 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,614 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCancer Research: 343 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 238 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 243 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 708 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 316 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 139 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 252 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 647 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 215 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 173 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 114 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 457 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 401 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 127 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,133 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 636 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 253 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 278 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 387 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 282 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 382 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 109 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 97 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 361 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 283 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 222 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 132 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 145 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKTaiyuan41kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering13k30.8%
    2. Materials Science4,32910.7%
    3. Computer Science2,9827.4%
    4. Environmental Science1,7964.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1,4453.6%
    6. Chemistry1,2313.0%
    7. Energy1,0032.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering6271.5%
    9. Mathematics4821.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences4791.2%
  2. Health Sciences6,97817.2%
    1. Medicine6,44815.9%
    2. Health Professions2540.6%
    3. Nursing1500.4%
    4. Dentistry1080.3%
    5. Veterinary190.0%
  3. Life Sciences4,56611.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,6276.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7081.7%
    3. Neuroscience6471.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology4571.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1270.3%
    1. Social Sciences6361.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3871.0%
    3. Psychology3820.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3610.9%
    5. Decision Sciences2220.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities1450.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Taiyuan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Taiyuan is most concentrated in Catalysis, Acoustics and Ultrasonics and Process Chemistry and Technology (6.8× the world share in Catalysis).

  1. CatalysisSubfield · 346.6 works6.8×
  2. Acoustics and UltrasonicsSubfield · 26.0 works6.5×
  3. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 66.9 works4.7×
  4. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 52.7 works4.6×
  5. Chemical EngineeringField · 524.3 works4.3×
  6. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 944.2 works3.8×
  7. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 321.9 works3.7×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 576 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 2,286 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 389 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 554 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 107 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.31× its world share, 524 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 1,086 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 2,537 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 412 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.68× its world share, 857 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.06× its world share, 11k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 1,517 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.10× its world share, 3,758 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 415 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.62× its world share, 1,253 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 96 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 210 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 5,452 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 124 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 126 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 336 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 191 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 316 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 306 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 551 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.31×524 works
  2. Materials Science3.10×3,758 works
  3. Energy2.68×857 works
  4. Engineering2.06×11k works
  5. Chemistry1.99×1,086 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.62×1,253 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×2,286 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.11×389 works
  9. Mathematics1.01×415 works
  10. Neuroscience0.98×554 works
  11. Computer Science0.94×2,537 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×107 works
  13. Environmental Science0.88×1,517 works
  14. Medicine0.82×5,452 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×412 works
  16. Nursing0.73×124 works
  17. Dentistry0.57×96 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.57×191 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×316 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×576 works
  21. Veterinary0.34×16 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×336 works
  23. Psychology0.29×306 works
  24. Health Professions0.23×210 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.13×126 works
  26. Social Sciences0.13×551 works

Which keywords describe research in Taiyuan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Mechanical Properties, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Graphene, Microstructure, Metal-Organic Frameworks and Deep Learning.

▲ 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 Learning1,957▲ 1.40×83 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties1,515▲ 3.8×39 topics
  3. Nanomaterials1,501▲ 3.5×20 topics
  4. Nanoparticles1,409▲ 2.8×44 topics
  5. Catalysis1,346▲ 5.0×28 topics
  6. Inflammation1,332▲ 1.54×82 topics
  7. Machine Learning1,284◆ 0.95×92 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications1,187▲ 2.5×36 topics
  9. Graphene1,131▲ 4.2×12 topics
  10. Cancer1,077▲ 1.98×59 topics
  11. Microstructure1,035▲ 4.9×19 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress996▲ 1.49×62 topics
  13. Energy Storage962▲ 3.7×13 topics
  14. Metal-Organic Frameworks938▲ 5.6×6 topics
  15. Neural Networks904▲ 1.44×39 topics
  16. Nanocomposites831▲ 2.6×22 topics
  17. Water Splitting670▲ 4.5×4 topics
  18. Cathode Materials640▲ 4.1×3 topics
  19. Drug Delivery591▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. Biosensors541▲ 2.7×12 topics
  21. Electrocatalysis530▲ 4.6×5 topics
  22. Carbon Nanotubes520▲ 3.8×9 topics
  23. Ionic Liquids518▲ 4.5×10 topics
  24. Rechargeable Batteries471▲ 4.4×2 topics
  25. Microstructural Evolution469▲ 8.0×4 topics
  26. Chemical Sensors449▲ 4.8×3 topics
  27. Catalysts444▲ 5.4×3 topics
  28. Bioimaging438▲ 4.8×6 topics
  29. Hydrogen Production437▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Grain Refinement419▲ 9.0×4 topics
  31. Oxidation402▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. Heterogeneous Catalysis396▲ 5.3×5 topics
  33. Selective Oxidation390▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. CO2 Reduction378▲ 4.3×2 topics
  35. Ceria378▲ 8.2×1 topic
  36. Gold378▲ 8.2×1 topic
  37. Hydrogenation360▲ 5.2×5 topics
  38. Renewable Fuels337▲ 6.7×3 topics
  39. Catalytic316▲ 6.6×6 topics
  40. Microstructure Evolution295▲ 9.7×5 topics

What research is done in Taiyuan?

Catalytic Processes in M…351Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 351 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …272Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 272 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…271Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 271 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …238Advancements in Battery Materials: 238 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 209 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 193 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…183Advanced battery technologies research: 183 fractional worksCoal Properties and Utilization: 158 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 158 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks…157Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 157 fractional works
Materials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 351 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 272 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 271 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 238 works
  5. 5 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 209 works
  6. 6 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 193 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 183 works
  8. 8 Coal Properties and Utilization Ocean Engineering 158 works
  9. 9 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 158 works
  10. 10 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 157 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%Taiyuan20.5% 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 20.8% in 2024.

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