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Harbin Engineering University vs Wake Forest University

On research quality in 2022-now, Wake Forest University ranks #772 in the world and Harbin Engineering University #774, of 22,385 institutions. Harbin Engineering University stands higher in 9 of the 18 fields both publish in, Wake Forest University in 9.

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Harbin Engineering University

China · Harbin

World rank, 2022-now
#774
#965 all time
Works, 2022-now
12k
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
22%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ocean Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics.

Wake Forest University

United States · Winston-Salem

World rank, 2022-now
#772
#680 all time
Works, 2022-now
7.2k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
33%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Transplantation, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Family Practice.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Harbin Engineering University leads on 4 of 8 measures: citation excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate and growth. Wake Forest University leads on 4 of 8 measures: research quality, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship.

Harbin Engineering University 44 Wake Forest University
  1. #774Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#772
  2. 1.06×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.83×
  3. 12kOutputfractional works, 2022-now7.2k
  4. 11.9%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited9.6%
  5. 10.1Citations per workall time, per fractional work31.4
  6. 22%Open accessof its works free to read, all time33%
  7. 8%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time9%
  8. +45%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+7%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Harbin Engineering University stands higher in 9 of 18 fields, Wake Forest University in 9. Harbin Engineering University leads most in Computer Science (#430 against #1,752); Wake Forest University leads most in Medicine (#274 against #2,713). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Harbin Engineering University 99 Wake Forest University
  1. -Arts and Humanities#601
  2. #1,283Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#677
  3. #1,259Business, Management and Accounting-
  4. #430Computer Science#1,752
  5. #422Decision Sciences-
  6. #616Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  7. #972Economics, Econometrics and Finance#811
  8. #373Energy-
  9. #184Engineering#978
  10. #1,024Environmental Science#1,621
  11. -Health Professions#500
  12. -Immunology and Microbiology#374
  13. #286Materials Science-
  14. #2,713Medicine#274
  15. -Neuroscience#492
  16. #729Physics and Astronomy-
  17. -Psychology#717
  18. -Social Sciences#2,022

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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Harbin Engineering University rankWake Forest University rank Harbin Engineering University top 10%Wake Forest University top 10% Harbin Engineering University worksWake Forest University works
Arts and Humanities - #601 - 9.7% - 129
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #1,283 #677 14.9% 9.4% 71 469
Business, Management and Accounting #1,259 - 19.2% - 122 -
Computer Science #430 #1,752 10.7% 9.2% 1.7k 133
Decision Sciences #422 - 11.1% - 119 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #616 - 11.2% - 372 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #972 #811 16.2% 12.3% 95 104
Energy #373 - 9.8% - 112 -
Engineering #184 #978 12.2% 9.3% 6k 174
Environmental Science #1,024 #1,621 11.3% 10.4% 340 90
Health Professions - #500 - 9.0% - 291
Immunology and Microbiology - #374 - 7.9% - 111
Materials Science #286 - 12.6% - 784 -
Medicine #2,713 #274 12.6% 10.0% 129 3.4k
Neuroscience - #492 - 6.9% - 270
Physics and Astronomy #729 - 9.4% - 267 -
Psychology - #717 - 7.4% - 250
Social Sciences - #2,022 - 9.7% - 434

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.2× 0.1×
  2. Chemical Engineering3.2× 0.1×
  3. Engineering3.7× 0.2×
  4. Materials Science2.1× 0.2×
  5. Energy1.2× 0.1×
  6. Computer Science2.1× 0.3×
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.1× 0.3×
  8. Environmental Science0.6× 0.3×
  9. Chemistry0.6× 0.3×
  10. Decision Sciences1.1× 0.7×
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.4× 0.3×
  12. Mathematics0.8× 0.8×
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.4× 0.7×
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.2×
  15. Social Sciences0.1× 0.6×
  16. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.8×
  17. Dentistry0.1× 0.4×
  18. Psychology0.1× 1.3×
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.1× 1.4×
  20. Neuroscience0.2× 2.6×
  21. Health Professions0.1× 1.7×
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.1× 1.0×
  23. Veterinary0.0× 0.7×
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.1× 1.8×
  25. Nursing0.1× 1.5×
  26. Medicine0.1× 2.8×
Harbin Engineering UniversityWake Forest University

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 Harbin Engineering University leans further are at the top, Wake Forest University's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Harbin Engineering University

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning1,204▲ 2.9×85 topics
  2. Machine Learning673▲ 1.67×89 topics
  3. Neural Networks620▲ 3.3×38 topics
  4. Wireless Sensor Networks504▲ 9.3×22 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties448▲ 3.8×38 topics
  6. Heat Transfer391▲ 6.6×20 topics
  7. Numerical Simulation376▲ 11×14 topics
  8. Remote Sensing342▲ 2.3×32 topics
  9. Acoustic Communications291▲ 56×1 topic
  10. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks291▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Fluid-Structure Interaction277▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks270▲ 3.1×14 topics
  13. Nonlinear Systems268▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Microstructure264▲ 4.2×18 topics
  15. Multi-Agent Systems254▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Path Planning253▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Collision Avoidance244▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Adaptive Control230▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Neural Network225▲ 10×9 topics
  20. Vibration Analysis220▲ 6.8×9 topics
  21. Feedback Control217▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Sensor Networks210▲ 7.2×6 topics
  23. Sliding Mode Control197▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Robotic Manipulators191▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Turbulent Flow176▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Nonlinear Dynamics175▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Large-Eddy Simulation173▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Robotics172▲ 5.8×10 topics
  29. Sparse Representation171▲ 7.5×6 topics
  30. Emissions167▲ 7.0×6 topics
  31. Aerial Vehicles166▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Disturbance Observer166▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Finite-Time Stability166▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Marine Sediments166▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Acoustic Techniques165▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Seafloor Mapping165▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Wireless Communications163▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Maritime Transportation162▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Sensor Fusion157▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Stability Analysis154▲ 8.1×5 topics

Wake Forest University

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology673▲ 2.4×129 topics
  2. Inflammation406▲ 2.6×82 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease268▲ 3.3×37 topics
  4. Quality of Life257▲ 2.5×51 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress239▲ 2.0×60 topics
  6. Public Health212▲ 2.0×56 topics
  7. Risk Factors207▲ 2.6×36 topics
  8. Treatment192▲ 2.2×49 topics
  9. Aging187▲ 4.8×18 topics
  10. Biomarkers184▲ 3.7×17 topics
  11. Diagnosis172▲ 2.6×41 topics
  12. Obesity170▲ 3.1×25 topics
  13. Mental Health165▲ 1.60×36 topics
  14. Chemotherapy164▲ 3.2×25 topics
  15. Depression162▲ 2.6×23 topics
  16. Management158▲ 2.7×31 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome152▲ 2.6×22 topics
  18. Immunotherapy152▲ 2.9×19 topics
  19. Cancer147▲ 1.52×51 topics
  20. Guidelines132▲ 3.9×13 topics
  21. Clinical Trials132▲ 2.8×19 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders118▲ 2.9×20 topics
  23. Complications115▲ 3.2×17 topics
  24. Mortality114▲ 2.8×13 topics
  25. Global Burden107▲ 2.7×12 topics
  26. Rehabilitation105▲ 3.6×13 topics
  27. Radiotherapy103▲ 3.6×13 topics
  28. Heart Failure102▲ 3.2×13 topics
  29. Alzheimer's Disease100▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. Neuroimaging96▲ 4.8×11 topics
  31. Neuroinflammation83▲ 4.0×6 topics
  32. Mortality Risk82▲ 4.8×6 topics
  33. Elderly Patients72▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline66▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden65▲ 8.0×3 topics
  36. Cognitive Training64▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Dementia64▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. Mild Cognitive Impairment64▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Vascular Risk Factors64▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Prefrontal Cortex60▲ 9.7×3 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Harbin Engineering University has out-published Wake Forest University every year since 2006, when it overtook it.

still counting2k4kHarbin Engineering University2,894 in 2025Wake Forest University1,611 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.050%0.10%Harbin Engineering University0.049% in 2025Wake Forest University0.027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Harbin Engineering University12.7% in 2025Wake Forest University9.3% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, Harbin Engineering University or Wake Forest University?

Harbin Engineering University publishes 1.7× as much research as Wake Forest University in 2022-now (12k against 7.2k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Harbin Engineering University or Wake Forest University?

11.9% of Harbin Engineering University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.6% for Wake Forest University.

Is Harbin Engineering University or Wake Forest University growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +45% against 2018-21 for Harbin Engineering University, and +7% for Wake Forest University.

Which has more open access research, Harbin Engineering University or Wake Forest University?

33% of Wake Forest University's research is free to read, against 22% of Harbin Engineering University's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Harbin Engineering University

  1. 1 Piaoping Yang #4,610 worldwide 44k citations · 567 works
  2. 2 Zhuangjun Fan #5,431 worldwide 39k citations · 267 works
  3. 3 Yujin Chen #7,214 worldwide 29k citations · 398 works
  4. 4 Shili Gai #7,988 worldwide 25k citations · 292 works
  5. 5 Chunling Zhu #10,829 worldwide 17k citations · 225 works

Wake Forest University

  1. 1 Eugene R. Bleecker #6,672 worldwide 59k citations · 644 works
  2. 2 Gregory L. Burke #8,324 worldwide 83k citations · 462 works
  3. 3 Jeff D. Williamson #9,979 worldwide 63k citations · 536 works
  4. 4 Dalane W. Kitzman #11,455 worldwide 60k citations · 817 works
  5. 5 Miles R. Silman #12,160 worldwide 9.3k citations · 90 works