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Research in Taiyuan

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

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.3k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
7.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1984-2026
43 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
1Shanxi Normal UniversityUniversity 7,341 #3,410

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 Taiyuan work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research in Taiyuan is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (18%), Engineering (14%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 853 fractional works · 72.0% of its workMaterials Science: 213 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 153 fractional works · 12.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 40 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 160 fractional works · 13.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 84 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 88 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 87 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 42 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 28 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 79 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 77 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 54 fractional works · 4.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 52 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 51 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCatalysis: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 149 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 123 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 60 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTaiyuan1,185fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science21318.0%
    2. Engineering16013.5%
    3. Environmental Science887.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy877.3%
    5. Computer Science796.7%
    6. Chemistry776.5%
    7. Mathematics544.6%
    8. Energy524.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering211.8%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences211.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences806.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology524.4%
    3. Neuroscience131.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    1. Social Sciences504.2%
    2. Psychology232.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance171.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities151.2%
    5. Decision Sciences90.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting90.7%
    1. Medicine494.1%
    2. Nursing80.6%
    3. Health Professions40.3%
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 Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (7.6× the world share in Inorganic Chemistry).

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 21.0 works7.6×
  2. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 38.0 works7.5×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 25.2 works7.2×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 148.7 works6.8×
← 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 25 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: 1.38× its world share, 73 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.38× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.26× its world share, 74 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 75 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.08× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 154 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.44× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.28× its world share, 205 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.94× its world share, 52 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.22× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 7 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.38×21 works
  2. Materials Science5.28×205 works
  3. Energy5.08×52 works
  4. Chemistry4.26×74 works
  5. Mathematics3.94×52 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy3.22×80 works
  7. Environmental Science1.44×79 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.38×73 works
  9. Nursing1.37×7 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×19 works
  11. Engineering0.92×154 works
  12. Computer Science0.86×75 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.82×9 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×47 works
  15. Neuroscience0.69×12 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×15 works
  17. Psychology0.60×20 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.43×14 works
  20. Social Sciences0.32×45 works
  21. Medicine0.21×46 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×6 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×2 works
  24. Health Professions0.13×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Taiyuan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Bioimaging, Electrocatalysis, Water Splitting, Nanoparticles and Graphene.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials81▲ 6.5×16 topics
  2. Catalysis66▲ 8.4×23 topics
  3. Metal-Organic Frameworks56▲ 11×6 topics
  4. Nanoparticles54▲ 3.6×24 topics
  5. Climate Change50▲ 1.54×58 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications48▲ 3.4×29 topics
  7. Graphene43▲ 5.4×10 topics
  8. Bioimaging43▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Electrocatalysis43▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Water Splitting42▲ 9.5×4 topics
  11. Nanocomposites37▲ 4.0×18 topics
  12. Energy Storage36▲ 4.7×11 topics
  13. Catalysts35▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Chemical Sensors34▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Two-Dimensional Materials30▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Electronic Structure29▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Self-Assembly27▲ 7.0×11 topics
  18. Cathode Materials27▲ 5.9×3 topics
  19. Energy Conversion26▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Fuel Cells26▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Nanostructures25▲ 5.2×14 topics
  22. Nanocrystals24▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Sustainable Energy24▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Hydrogen Evolution24▲ 16×1 topic
  25. Oxygen Reduction24▲ 16×1 topic
  26. Semiconductor22▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Reactive Oxygen Species22▲ 4.5×12 topics
  28. Heterogeneous Catalysis22▲ 9.9×4 topics
  29. CO2 Reduction22▲ 8.5×2 topics
  30. Rechargeable Batteries21▲ 6.7×2 topics
  31. Semiconductors20▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Methane Storage19▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Stability18▲ 6.8×7 topics
  34. Photodynamic Therapy18▲ 6.6×3 topics
  35. Room Temperature18▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. CO2 Capture17▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Visible Light17▲ 6.1×3 topics
  38. Hydrogen Storage17▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Electrochemistry17▲ 6.4×3 topics
  40. Crystal Engineering15▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Taiyuan?

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 24 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 15 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 13 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 13 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 12 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 12 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 12 fractional worksPhotochromic and Fluores…11Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry: 11 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 10 fractional worksCarbon and Quantum Dots Applications: 10 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentInorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 24 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 15 works
  3. 3 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 13 works
  4. 4 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 13 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 12 works
  6. 6 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry Materials Chemistry 11 works
  9. 9 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 10 works
  10. 10 Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications Materials Chemistry 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%Taiyuan21.8% 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 21.8% in 2025.

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