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Central South University vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology

On research quality in 2022–now, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks #12 in the world and Central South University #14, of 28,054 institutions. Central South University stands higher in 7 of the 15 fields both publish in, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 8.

Research profiles alike: 0.54similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Central South University

China · Changsha

World rank, 2022–now
#14
#134 all time
Works, 2022–now
34k
fractional
Top-10% rate
27.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
30%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Engineering, Ceramics and Composites, Mechanical Engineering.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States · Cambridge

World rank, 2022–now
#12
#3 all time
Works, 2022–now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
27.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Who leads in each field?

Central South University stands higher in 7 of 15 fields, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 8. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Central South University 78 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1. #20Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#16
  2. —Chemistry#61
  3. —Computer Science#23
  4. —Earth and Planetary Sciences#30
  5. #5Economics, Econometrics and Finance—
  6. #5Energy—
  7. #3Engineering#63
  8. #11Environmental Science#111
  9. #10Immunology and Microbiology—
  10. #5Materials Science#48
  11. #17Mathematics#7
  12. #39Medicine#283
  13. —Neuroscience#57
  14. —Physics and Astronomy#1
  15. —Social Sciences#184

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world’s share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Dentistry0.5× 0.1×
  2. Nursing0.7× 0.1×
  3. Medicine0.8× 0.3×
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.3× 0.8×
  5. Engineering2.5× 1.6×
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 0.5×
  7. Environmental Science1.2× 0.8×
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.3× 0.2×
  9. Materials Science2.3× 1.7×
  10. Energy1.9× 1.4×
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.4× 1.3×
  12. Health Professions0.3× 0.3×
  13. Veterinary0.1× 0.2×
  14. Chemical Engineering1.6× 2.2×
  15. Chemistry1.0× 1.4×
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.2× 1.9×
  17. Neuroscience0.8× 1.4×
  18. Computer Science0.9× 1.6×
  19. Psychology0.3× 0.6×
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.3× 0.6×
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.5× 1.1×
  22. Decision Sciences0.7× 1.7×
  23. Mathematics1.1× 2.7×
  24. Social Sciences0.1× 0.5×
  25. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.5×
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.6× 4.7×
Central South UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Location quotient in 2022–now: the share of each side’s research in the field over the world’s share. 1× is the world’s balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Central South University leans further are at the top, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

5k10kCentral South University8,889 in 2025Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,956 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Central South University or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

Central South University publishes 2.7× as much research as Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022–now (34k against 13k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Central South University or Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

27.8% of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 27.7% for Central South University.

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