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Marche Polytechnic University vs Northwest Normal University

On research quality in 2022-now, Marche Polytechnic University ranks #760 in the world and Northwest Normal University #763, of 22,385 institutions. Marche Polytechnic University stands higher in 5 of the 14 fields both publish in, Northwest Normal University in 9.

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Marche Polytechnic University

Italy · Ancona

World rank, 2022-now
#760
#1,075 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Toxicology, Space and Planetary Science.

Northwest Normal University

China · Lanzhou

World rank, 2022-now
#763
#1,489 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.6k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
22%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Computational Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Electrochemistry.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Marche Polytechnic University leads on 6 of 8 measures: research quality, citation excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. Northwest Normal University leads on 2 of 8 measures: output and growth.

Marche Polytechnic University 62 Northwest Normal University
  1. #760Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#763
  2. 1.38×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.88×
  3. 4.7kOutputfractional works, 2022-now5.6k
  4. 14.5%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited9.9%
  5. 22.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.1
  6. 46%Open accessof its works free to read, all time22%
  7. 19%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time5%
  8. +4%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+74%

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?

Marche Polytechnic University stands higher in 5 of 14 fields, Northwest Normal University in 9. Northwest Normal University leads most in Materials Science (#153 against #1,291); Marche Polytechnic University leads most in Medicine (#803 against #2,491). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Marche Polytechnic University 59 Northwest Normal University
  1. #601Agricultural and Biological Sciences#430
  2. #852Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,002
  3. #1,030Business, Management and Accounting-
  4. -Chemistry#219
  5. #1,096Computer Science#409
  6. #798Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  7. #838Engineering#730
  8. #538Environmental Science#472
  9. #1,111Health Professions-
  10. #1,291Materials Science#153
  11. #603Mathematics#485
  12. #803Medicine#2,491
  13. -Psychology#561
  14. #3,481Social Sciences#851

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 Marche Polytechnic University rankNorthwest Normal University rank Marche Polytechnic University top 10%Northwest Normal University top 10% Marche Polytechnic University worksNorthwest Normal University works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #601 #430 20.6% 16.6% 198 191
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #852 #1,002 15.8% 8.7% 221 149
Business, Management and Accounting #1,030 - 18.6% - 123 -
Chemistry - #219 - 8.8% - 318
Computer Science #1,096 #409 14.5% 8.5% 272 813
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #798 - 16.3% - 120 -
Engineering #838 #730 9.8% 8.6% 921 768
Environmental Science #538 #472 10.6% 14.8% 272 452
Health Professions #1,111 - 16.4% - 68 -
Materials Science #1,291 #153 8.9% 10.1% 77 388
Mathematics #603 #485 19.5% 5.7% 62 273
Medicine #803 #2,491 17.1% 12.0% 1.2k 149
Psychology - #561 - 14.0% - 195
Social Sciences #3,481 #851 16.3% 10.8% 129 294

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. Dentistry1.4× 0.0×
  2. Immunology and Microbiology0.8× 0.1×
  3. Medicine1.5× 0.2×
  4. Veterinary0.3× 0.1×
  5. Nursing1.1× 0.2×
  6. Health Professions0.6× 0.2×
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.0× 0.3×
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.3× 0.5×
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.0× 0.6×
  10. Engineering1.4× 1.0×
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.0× 0.8×
  12. Neuroscience1.4× 1.1×
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.1× 0.9×
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.4× 1.6×
  15. Environmental Science1.4× 1.8×
  16. Decision Sciences0.8× 1.2×
  17. Arts and Humanities0.3× 0.4×
  18. Psychology0.8× 1.4×
  19. Social Sciences0.2× 0.5×
  20. Computer Science0.8× 2.1×
  21. Mathematics1.2× 4.8×
  22. Energy0.8× 3.0×
  23. Materials Science0.5× 2.2×
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.4× 2.6×
  25. Chemistry0.5× 4.0×
  26. Chemical Engineering0.2× 2.4×
Marche Polytechnic UniversityNorthwest Normal 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 Marche Polytechnic University leans further are at the top, Northwest Normal 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.

Marche Polytechnic 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. Epidemiology209◆ 1.12×121 topics
  2. Deep Learning208▲ 1.29×71 topics
  3. Sustainability182▲ 1.60×65 topics
  4. Climate Change175▲ 1.38×79 topics
  5. Inflammation151▲ 1.52×80 topics
  6. Machine Learning132▼ 0.85×72 topics
  7. Environmental Impact132▲ 1.65×46 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress123▲ 1.60×58 topics
  9. Treatment111▲ 1.96×48 topics
  10. Remote Sensing86▲ 1.52×30 topics
  11. Quality of Life81▲ 1.21×51 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease78▲ 1.46×38 topics
  13. Diagnosis72▲ 1.67×38 topics
  14. Management71▲ 1.91×34 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome65▲ 1.73×23 topics
  16. Genetics61▲ 1.86×26 topics
  17. Chemotherapy56▲ 1.68×24 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage55▲ 2.2×15 topics
  19. Artificial Neural Networks49▲ 2.3×8 topics
  20. Guidelines48▲ 2.2×13 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing46▲ 3.2×8 topics
  22. Model Predictive Control44▲ 3.7×6 topics
  23. Life Cycle Assessment43▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. Nonlinear Dynamics42▲ 4.0×8 topics
  25. Wearable Sensors41▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Neurobiology40▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Autoantibodies38▲ 3.5×8 topics
  28. Thermal Comfort38▲ 6.3×2 topics
  29. Catheter Ablation36▲ 6.3×2 topics
  30. Heart Rate Variability34▲ 6.4×2 topics
  31. Terrestrial Laser Scanning33▲ 5.9×2 topics
  32. Remote Monitoring33▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. Energy Simulation31▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Arrhythmias30▲ 6.7×2 topics
  35. Environmental Effects29▲ 6.1×3 topics
  36. Building Energy Consumption28▲ 7.8×1 topic
  37. Sustainable Buildings28▲ 7.8×1 topic
  38. Vibration-based Damage Identification27▲ 8.9×1 topic
  39. Wireless Sensors27▲ 8.9×1 topic
  40. Doppler Radar26▲ 7.3×2 topics

Northwest Normal 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 Learning421▲ 2.2×79 topics
  2. Climate Change292▲ 1.92×70 topics
  3. Machine Learning274▲ 1.47×81 topics
  4. Nanomaterials272▲ 4.6×16 topics
  5. Neural Networks245▲ 2.8×35 topics
  6. Metal-Organic Frameworks182▲ 7.8×6 topics
  7. Remote Sensing167▲ 2.4×34 topics
  8. Graphene167▲ 4.4×11 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications159▲ 2.4×31 topics
  10. Energy Storage151▲ 4.2×10 topics
  11. Catalysis151▲ 4.0×27 topics
  12. Land Use Change140▲ 8.4×8 topics
  13. Water Splitting125▲ 6.0×4 topics
  14. Urbanization107▲ 4.7×9 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services104▲ 4.8×10 topics
  16. Cathode Materials102▲ 4.7×3 topics
  17. Chemical Sensors98▲ 7.6×3 topics
  18. Electrocatalysis97▲ 6.1×5 topics
  19. Biodiversity Conservation92▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Bioimaging87▲ 6.8×6 topics
  21. Nanostructures84▲ 3.7×15 topics
  22. Electrochemistry78▲ 6.4×3 topics
  23. Rechargeable Batteries78▲ 5.2×2 topics
  24. Synchronization78▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Controllability77▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Semiconductor73▲ 4.0×7 topics
  27. Visible Light71▲ 5.4×3 topics
  28. Environmental Policy71▲ 6.2×5 topics
  29. Social-Ecological Systems70▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Boundary Value Problems69▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Methane Storage68▲ 9.4×2 topics
  32. Global Impact68▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Human-Nature Interactions67▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Spatial Dynamics67▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Nonlinear Equations67▲ 9.4×6 topics
  36. CO2 Reduction66▲ 5.5×2 topics
  37. Catalysts63▲ 5.6×3 topics
  38. Attractors61▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Photocatalyst61▲ 6.3×1 topic
  40. Plasmonic61▲ 6.3×1 topic

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?

Northwest Normal University has out-published Marche Polytechnic University every year since 2022, when it overtook it.

still counting5001k1.5kNorthwest Normal University1,357 in 2025Marche Polytechnic University1,006 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 counting0.020%0.040%Northwest Normal University0.023% in 2025Marche Polytechnic University0.017% 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 counting10%20%30%Marche Polytechnic University14.6% in 2025Northwest Normal University10.6% 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, Marche Polytechnic University or Northwest Normal University?

Northwest Normal University publishes 1.2× as much research as Marche Polytechnic University in 2022-now (5.6k against 4.7k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Marche Polytechnic University or Northwest Normal University?

14.5% of Marche Polytechnic University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.9% for Northwest Normal University.

Is Marche Polytechnic University or Northwest Normal University growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +74% against 2018-21 for Northwest Normal University, and +4% for Marche Polytechnic University.

Which has more open access research, Marche Polytechnic University or Northwest Normal University?

46% of Marche Polytechnic University's research is free to read, against 22% of Northwest Normal University's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

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

Marche Polytechnic University

  1. 1 Saverio Cinti #50,868 worldwide 47k citations · 476 works
  2. 2 Roberto Danovaro #55,782 worldwide 39k citations · 674 works
  3. 3 Roberto Papa #75,271 worldwide 8.4k citations · 190 works
  4. 4 Cinzia Corinaldesi #93,967 worldwide 11k citations · 182 works
  5. 5 Edoardo Cipolletta #112,654 worldwide 2.2k citations · 186 works

Northwest Normal University

  1. 1 Peng Mu #27,826 worldwide 8.3k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Jian Li #88,943 worldwide 19k citations · 441 works
  3. 3 Junye Zhang #137,582 worldwide 4k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Peixuan Yang #143,824 worldwide 1k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Kanjun Sun #153,824 worldwide 5.5k citations · 118 works