Science Explorer Question CatalogueQuestions Back to mapMap
Compare · Institutions

Harbin Institute of Technology vs UNSW Sydney

On research quality in 2022-now, Harbin Institute of Technology ranks #27 in the world and UNSW Sydney #28, of 28,054 institutions. Harbin Institute of Technology stands higher in 7 of the 15 fields both publish in, UNSW Sydney in 8.

Research profiles alike: 0.53similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Harbin Institute of Technology

China · Harbin

World rank, 2022-now
#27
#264 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.

UNSW Sydney

Australia · Sydney

World rank, 2022-now
#28
#61 all time
Works, 2022-now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
26.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
37%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Decision Sciences, Algebra and Number Theory, Issues, ethics and legal aspects.

Who leads in each field?

Harbin Institute of Technology stands higher in 7 of 15 fields, UNSW Sydney in 8. Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Harbin Institute of Technology 78 UNSW Sydney
  1. -Arts and Humanities#32
  2. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#158
  3. #65Business, Management and Accounting#119
  4. #2Chemical Engineering-
  5. #31Chemistry-
  6. #20Computer Science#84
  7. #29Earth and Planetary Sciences#26
  8. #3Engineering#56
  9. #18Environmental Science#41
  10. -Health Professions#18
  11. #3Materials Science#67
  12. -Medicine#66
  13. -Physics and Astronomy#82
  14. -Psychology#41
  15. -Social Sciences#53

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. Engineering3.5× 1.2×
  2. Materials Science2.7× 1.0×
  3. Computer Science1.7× 1.1×
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.5× 1.0×
  5. Energy2.3× 1.5×
  6. Chemical Engineering2.0× 1.4×
  7. Chemistry0.9× 0.8×
  8. Environmental Science1.1× 1.2×
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.9× 1.1×
  10. Mathematics0.8× 1.3×
  11. Decision Sciences0.7× 1.4×
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.4× 0.9×
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.3× 0.7×
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.3×
  15. Neuroscience0.4× 1.4×
  16. Dentistry0.1× 0.3×
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.2× 0.6×
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.3× 1.3×
  19. Nursing0.1× 0.8×
  20. Veterinary0.1× 0.4×
  21. Social Sciences0.1× 0.9×
  22. Psychology0.2× 1.7×
  23. Medicine0.1× 0.9×
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.1× 0.8×
  25. Health Professions0.1× 1.3×
  26. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.8×
Harbin Institute of TechnologyUNSW Sydney

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, UNSW Sydney's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

How has their output grown?

5k10kHarbin Institute of Technology9,190 in 2025UNSW Sydney4,174 in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Harbin Institute of Technology or UNSW Sydney?

Harbin Institute of Technology publishes 2.0× as much research as UNSW Sydney in 2022-now (34k against 17k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Harbin Institute of Technology or UNSW Sydney?

26.8% of UNSW Sydney's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 24.5% for Harbin Institute of Technology.

Other comparisons

Compare any two