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Harbin Institute of Technology vs Nanyang Technological University

On research quality in 2022–now, Harbin Institute of Technology ranks #24 in the world and Nanyang Technological University #27, of 28,054 institutions. Harbin Institute of Technology stands higher in 7 of the 13 fields both publish in, Nanyang Technological University in 6.

Research profiles alike: 0.80very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Harbin Institute of Technology

China · Harbin

World rank, 2022–now
#24
#141 all time
Works, 2022–now
34k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
21%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ceramics and Composites, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering.

Nanyang Technological University

Singapore · Singapore

World rank, 2022–now
#27
#68 all time
Works, 2022–now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
32.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
27%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Hardware and Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Harbin Institute of Technology stands higher in 7 of 13 fields, Nanyang Technological University in 6. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Harbin Institute of Technology 76 Nanyang Technological University
  1. —Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#97
  2. #74Business, Management and Accounting—
  3. #12Chemistry—
  4. #34Computer Science#4
  5. #22Earth and Planetary Sciences—
  6. #13Energy—
  7. #4Engineering#16
  8. #10Environmental Science—
  9. #9Materials Science#27
  10. —Medicine#328
  11. #38Physics and Astronomy#24
  12. —Psychology#32
  13. —Social Sciences#43

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. Materials Science2.7× 1.6×
  2. Engineering3.5× 2.1×
  3. Chemical Engineering2.0× 1.2×
  4. Environmental Science1.1× 0.7×
  5. Energy2.3× 1.7×
  6. Mathematics0.8× 0.6×
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.5× 1.3×
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.9× 0.8×
  9. Dentistry0.1× 0.1×
  10. Chemistry0.9× 1.2×
  11. Veterinary0.1× 0.1×
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.4× 0.5×
  13. Computer Science1.7× 2.5×
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.2×
  15. Decision Sciences0.7× 1.2×
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.3× 0.6×
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.2× 0.3×
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.3× 0.6×
  19. Nursing0.1× 0.2×
  20. Neuroscience0.4× 1.1×
  21. Medicine0.1× 0.3×
  22. Health Professions0.1× 0.3×
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.1× 0.4×
  24. Social Sciences0.1× 0.7×
  25. Psychology0.2× 1.2×
  26. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.6×
Harbin Institute of TechnologyNanyang Technological 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 Institute of Technology leans further are at the top, Nanyang Technological University’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

5k10kHarbin Institute of Technology9,190 in 2025Nanyang Technological University4,285 in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Harbin Institute of Technology or Nanyang Technological University?

Harbin Institute of Technology publishes 2.0× as much research as Nanyang Technological University in 2022–now (34k against 17k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Harbin Institute of Technology or Nanyang Technological University?

32.2% of Nanyang Technological University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 24.5% for Harbin Institute of Technology.

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