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Research in Ürümqi

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Ürümqi, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Xinjiang University, Xinjiang Agricultural University and Xinjiang Institute of Engineering.

Research institutions
28
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
71k
▲ 153% vs 2018-21
Citations
576k
8.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Ürümqi

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 Ürümqi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Xinjiang UniversityUniversity 21,088 #716
2Xinjiang Medical UniversityUniversity 13,831 #5,501
3Xinjiang Agricultural UniversityUniversity 5,783 #4,057
4Xinjiang Normal UniversityUniversity 4,213 #7,751
5People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RegionHospital / health system 3,295 #12,756
6Xinjiang Production and Construction CorpsNonprofit 3,025 #4,704
7Xinjiang Institute of EngineeringUniversity 2,010 #4,533
8Xinjiang University of Finance and EconomicsUniversity 1,405 #7,832
9Xinjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine BureauGovernment institution 1,146 #10,952
10Urumqi Vocational UniversityUniversity 1,087 #14,040
11Urumqi General Hospital of PLAHospital / health system 917 #17,767
12Xinjiang Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchResearch facility 689 #16,078
13Xinjiang Institute of Materia MedicaResearch facility 664 #12,345
14Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical UniversityHospital / health system 660 #20,076
15Xinjiang Academy of Animal ScienceResearch facility 629 #17,525
16Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Disease Prevention and Control CenterGovernment institution 603 #15,526
17Xinjiang Academy of ForestryResearch facility 456 #21,149
18Xinjiang Industry Technical CollegeUniversity 415 #14,181
19Xinjiang Petroleum SocietyResearch facility 269 #29,148 all time
20Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Uygur Medicine HospitalHospital / health system 250 #21,755
21Goldwind (China)Company 211 #15,160
22Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Product Quality Supervision and Inspection InstituteGovernment institution 198 #18,996 all time
23Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Institute of Metrology and MeasurementResearch facility 196 #18,047
24Urumqi 4th People's HospitalHospital / health system 120 #34,395 all time
25Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RegionHospital / health system 108 not ranked
26Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Institute Inspection of Special EquipmentResearch facility 88 not ranked
27Xinjiang Machinery Research Institute (China)Company 12 not ranked
28Xingming ObservatoryResearch facility 3 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.

Xinjiang University: 33.3%Xinjiang Medical University: 21.8%Xinjiang Agricultural University: 9.1%Xinjiang Normal University: 6.6%24 others listed: 29.1%33%largest
Xinjiang University21k · 33.3%Xinjiang Medical University14k · 21.8%Xinjiang Agricultural University5,783 · 9.1%Xinjiang Normal University4,213 · 6.6%24 others listed18k · 29.1%

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

Which fields of science does Ürümqi work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Ürümqi is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15k fractional works · 55.0% of its workEngineering: 5,237 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,338 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 683 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 656 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 547 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 393 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 303 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 260 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 216 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 175 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 162 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 157 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 138 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 96 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2,602 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 986 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 723 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 297 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 200 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 171 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 143 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,391 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 527 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 433 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 336 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 272 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 196 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 160 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 90 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1,471 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 798 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 291 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 162 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 721 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 319 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 135 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 126 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 91 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 701 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 335 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 145 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 511 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 420 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 438 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 135 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 112 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 398 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 82 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 157 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 169 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5,774 fractional works · 21.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,572 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPlant Science: 1,342 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSoil Science: 275 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 260 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 239 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 151 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 121 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,452 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,480 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 304 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 273 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 123 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 154 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 372 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 268 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 260 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,594 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 4,143 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSurgery: 536 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 367 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 346 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 280 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 268 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 204 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 199 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 185 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 178 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 158 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 134 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 132 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 655 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 148 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 144 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 139 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,612 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 596 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 218 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 145 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 233 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 296 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 246 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 249 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 180 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 242 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 96 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 145 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKÜrümqi27kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences17%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. Engineering5,23719.7%
    2. Computer Science2,6029.8%
    3. Environmental Science2,3919.0%
    4. Materials Science1,4715.5%
    5. Chemistry7212.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences7012.6%
    7. Energy5111.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy4381.6%
    9. Mathematics3981.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering1690.6%
  2. Life Sciences5,77421.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,5729.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,4529.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology3721.4%
    4. Neuroscience2601.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1170.4%
  3. Health Sciences4,59417.3%
    1. Medicine4,14315.6%
    2. Health Professions1480.6%
    3. Nursing1440.5%
    4. Dentistry950.4%
    5. Veterinary630.2%
    1. Social Sciences5962.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2961.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2490.9%
    4. Psychology2420.9%
    5. Decision Sciences1450.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities840.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ürümqi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ürümqi is most concentrated in Soil Science, Atmospheric Science and Bioengineering (3.4× the world share in Soil Science).

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 222.5 works3.4×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 293.1 works3.0×
  3. BioengineeringSubfield · 42.8 works2.9×
  4. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 67.3 works2.8×
  5. Plant ScienceSubfield · 1,073.6 works2.8×
  6. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 60.5 works2.7×
← 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: 1.93× its world share, 2,025 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 2,011 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 299 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 209 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 100 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.70× its world share, 131 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.75× its world share, 608 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 2,231 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 592 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.10× its world share, 426 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 4,418 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 2,009 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 1,238 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 336 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 363 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 86 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 126 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 3,372 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 117 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 45 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 75 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 216 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 124 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 265 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 182 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 521 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.10×426 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.93×2,025 works
  3. Environmental Science1.83×2,009 works
  4. Chemistry1.75×608 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.70×2,011 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.70×131 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.70×592 works
  8. Materials Science1.60×1,238 works
  9. Veterinary1.50×45 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.34×299 works
  11. Engineering1.33×4,418 works
  12. Computer Science1.30×2,231 works
  13. Mathematics1.29×336 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.28×100 works
  15. Nursing1.08×117 works
  16. Dentistry0.80×86 works
  17. Medicine0.79×3,372 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.74×363 works
  19. Neuroscience0.58×209 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.58×124 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×265 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×216 works
  23. Psychology0.27×182 works
  24. Health Professions0.22×126 works
  25. Social Sciences0.19×521 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.12×75 works

Which keywords describe research in Ürümqi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Cancer, Gene Expression and Nanomaterials.

▲ 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 Learning1,857▲ 2.0×84 topics
  2. Climate Change1,414▲ 1.95×102 topics
  3. Machine Learning1,239▲ 1.40×91 topics
  4. Remote Sensing934▲ 2.9×40 topics
  5. Epidemiology910▼ 0.86×132 topics
  6. Neural Networks856▲ 2.1×37 topics
  7. Inflammation853▲ 1.51×83 topics
  8. Cancer773▲ 2.2×58 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress704▲ 1.61×63 topics
  10. Nanomaterials688▲ 2.5×19 topics
  11. Environmental Impact601▲ 1.32×64 topics
  12. Gene Expression587▲ 3.5×20 topics
  13. Renewable Energy582▲ 1.51×45 topics
  14. Sustainability545▼ 0.84×78 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks518▲ 2.7×14 topics
  16. Energy Storage504▲ 2.9×12 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications480▲ 1.52×36 topics
  18. Nanoparticles460▲ 1.37×43 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease396▲ 1.30×39 topics
  20. Land Use Change390▲ 4.9×9 topics
  21. Graphene382▲ 2.1×11 topics
  22. Metal-Organic Frameworks345▲ 3.1×6 topics
  23. Cathode Materials342▲ 3.3×3 topics
  24. Global Change338▲ 4.8×7 topics
  25. Catalysis338▲ 1.91×29 topics
  26. Urbanization304▲ 2.8×10 topics
  27. Metabolism298▲ 2.1×31 topics
  28. Water Splitting285▲ 2.9×4 topics
  29. Reactive Oxygen Species278▲ 2.5×14 topics
  30. Rechargeable Batteries252▲ 3.5×2 topics
  31. Hyperspectral Imaging241▲ 3.4×7 topics
  32. Epigenetic Regulation227▲ 4.0×6 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning220▲ 4.0×7 topics
  34. Biomass Estimation219▲ 5.3×3 topics
  35. Global Impact209▲ 4.7×4 topics
  36. Transcription Factors183▲ 5.3×5 topics
  37. Biochar Application176▲ 6.3×2 topics
  38. Climate173▲ 6.8×2 topics
  39. Phenology157▲ 8.5×1 topic
  40. Vegetation Monitoring157▲ 8.5×1 topic

What research is done in Ürümqi?

Advanced Photocatalysis …125Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 125 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…123Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 123 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 119 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …113Advancements in Battery Materials: 113 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …110Advanced Neural Network Applications: 110 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 102 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 100 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…100Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 100 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 97 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 96 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 125 works
  2. 2 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 123 works
  3. 3 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 119 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 113 works
  5. 5 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 110 works
  6. 6 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 102 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 100 works
  8. 8 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 100 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 97 works
  10. 10 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 96 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%Ürümqi21.1% 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 22.8% in 2024.

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