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Harbin Institute of Technology vs University College London

On research quality in 2022–now, University College London ranks #21 in the world and Harbin Institute of Technology #24, of 28,054 institutions. Harbin Institute of Technology stands higher in 9 of the 16 fields both publish in, University College London in 7.

Research profiles alike: -0.08different 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.

University College London

United Kingdom · London

World rank, 2022–now
#21
#23 all time
Works, 2022–now
28k
fractional
Top-10% rate
26.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Space and Planetary Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences.

Who leads in each field?

Harbin Institute of Technology stands higher in 9 of 16 fields, University College London in 7. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Harbin Institute of Technology 97 University College London
  1. —Arts and Humanities#17
  2. —Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#26
  3. #74Business, Management and Accounting—
  4. #12Chemistry—
  5. #34Computer Science#35
  6. #22Earth and Planetary Sciences—
  7. #13Energy—
  8. #4Engineering—
  9. #10Environmental Science#32
  10. —Health Professions#9
  11. #9Materials Science—
  12. —Medicine#9
  13. —Neuroscience#3
  14. #38Physics and Astronomy—
  15. —Psychology#2
  16. —Social Sciences#3

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× 0.5×
  2. Engineering3.5× 0.7×
  3. Energy2.3× 0.6×
  4. Chemical Engineering2.0× 0.7×
  5. Computer Science1.7× 0.7×
  6. Chemistry0.9× 0.5×
  7. Environmental Science1.1× 0.7×
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.5× 1.2×
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.9× 0.9×
  10. Mathematics0.8× 1.0×
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.4× 0.6×
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.2×
  13. Decision Sciences0.7× 1.2×
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.2× 0.6×
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.3× 1.1×
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.3× 1.2×
  17. Veterinary0.1× 0.3×
  18. Nursing0.1× 0.6×
  19. Neuroscience0.4× 2.6×
  20. Dentistry0.1× 0.7×
  21. Social Sciences0.1× 1.1×
  22. Psychology0.2× 1.9×
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.1× 1.0×
  24. Health Professions0.1× 1.4×
  25. Medicine0.1× 1.3×
  26. Arts and Humanities0.1× 1.5×
Harbin Institute of TechnologyUniversity College London

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, University College London’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

5k10kHarbin Institute of Technology9,190 in 2025University College London6,895 in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Harbin Institute of Technology or University College London?

Harbin Institute of Technology publishes 1.2× as much research as University College London in 2022–now (34k against 28k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Harbin Institute of Technology or University College London?

26.3% of University College London's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 24.5% for Harbin Institute of Technology.

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