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RIKEN vs Shandong Normal University

On research quality in 2022-now, Shandong Normal University ranks #305 in the world and RIKEN #306, of 22,385 institutions. RIKEN stands higher in 7 of the 16 fields both publish in, Shandong Normal University in 9.

Research profiles alike: 0.59similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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RIKEN

Japan · Wako

World rank, 2022-now
#306
#245 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.5%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Structural Biology, Computational Mathematics, Condensed Matter Physics.

Shandong Normal University

China · Jinan

World rank, 2022-now
#305
#281 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
28%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Acoustics and Ultrasonics, General Psychology, Algebra and Number Theory.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

RIKEN 44 Shandong Normal University
  1. #306Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#305
  2. 1.16×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.12×
  3. 5.3kOutputfractional works, 2022-now5.7k
  4. 11.5%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.6%
  5. 33.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work14.1
  6. 43%Open accessof its works free to read, all time28%
  7. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time8%
  8. -10%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+33%

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?

RIKEN stands higher in 7 of 16 fields, Shandong Normal University in 9. Shandong Normal University leads most in Environmental Science (#192 against #802); RIKEN leads most in Chemistry (#184 against #253). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

RIKEN 79 Shandong Normal University
  1. #331Agricultural and Biological Sciences#253
  2. #162Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#263
  3. -Business, Management and Accounting#231
  4. #184Chemistry#253
  5. #188Computer Science#157
  6. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#192
  7. #385Engineering#276
  8. #802Environmental Science#192
  9. #191Immunology and Microbiology-
  10. #177Materials Science#216
  11. #175Mathematics#141
  12. #394Medicine#769
  13. #136Neuroscience-
  14. #48Physics and Astronomy-
  15. -Psychology#239
  16. -Social Sciences#508

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 RIKEN rankShandong Normal University rank RIKEN top 10%Shandong Normal University top 10% RIKEN worksShandong Normal University works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #331 #253 12.8% 16.6% 152 185
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #162 #263 10.2% 12.7% 766 390
Business, Management and Accounting - #231 - 14.8% - 121
Chemistry #184 #253 11.1% 11.4% 185 142
Computer Science #188 #157 12.0% 12.9% 525 926
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #192 - 13.6% - 138
Engineering #385 #276 10.4% 12.4% 571 887
Environmental Science #802 #192 8.5% 12.0% 94 338
Immunology and Microbiology #191 - 13.0% - 73 -
Materials Science #177 #216 8.5% 10.8% 372 291
Mathematics #175 #141 13.0% 8.4% 92 175
Medicine #394 #769 14.5% 15.6% 418 225
Neuroscience #136 - 11.4% - 216 -
Physics and Astronomy #48 - 12.3% - 899 -
Psychology - #239 - 11.5% - 203
Social Sciences - #508 - 13.5% - 336

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. Dentistry0.2× 0.0×
  2. Physics and Astronomy8.4× 2.6×
  3. Veterinary0.6× 0.2×
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.1× 0.5×
  5. Nursing0.5× 0.2×
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1× 1.4×
  7. Medicine0.5× 0.2×
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.6× 0.8×
  9. Neuroscience2.9× 1.5×
  10. Chemistry2.6× 1.7×
  11. Materials Science2.3× 1.6×
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.0× 1.0×
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.7× 0.8×
  14. Engineering0.8× 1.1×
  15. Computer Science1.4× 2.3×
  16. Chemical Engineering1.1× 1.8×
  17. Mathematics1.7× 2.9×
  18. Health Professions0.1× 0.2×
  19. Decision Sciences0.5× 1.2×
  20. Energy0.7× 1.8×
  21. Psychology0.5× 1.3×
  22. Environmental Science0.4× 1.3×
  23. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.3×
  24. Social Sciences0.1× 0.5×
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.2× 1.2×
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.0× 0.7×
RIKENShandong 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 RIKEN leans further are at the top, Shandong 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.

RIKEN

▲ 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 Learning237▲ 1.30×78 topics
  2. Machine Learning226▲ 1.28×74 topics
  3. Neural Networks121▲ 1.48×33 topics
  4. Entanglement117▲ 15×4 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress116▲ 1.32×60 topics
  6. Nanoparticles114▲ 1.71×41 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications113▲ 1.80×35 topics
  8. Superconductivity111▲ 12×9 topics
  9. Gene Expression100▲ 3.0×20 topics
  10. Molecular Dynamics98▲ 10×6 topics
  11. Spintronics88▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Biosensors84▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Electronic Structure81▲ 8.5×8 topics
  14. Quantum Information74▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Topological Order73▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Tomography72▲ 7.7×5 topics
  17. Renormalization Group68▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Electronic Structure Calculations64▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Quantum Simulation61▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Quantum Computing61▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Nucleosynthesis58▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Topological Insulators57▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Superconducting Circuits56▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Spectroscopy55▲ 6.2×10 topics
  25. Lattice QCD54▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Quantum53▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Computation52▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Cryptography52▲ 8.2×2 topics
  29. Metrology51▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Photon51▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Nonlinear Optics50▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Spin Dynamics49▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Cuprate Superconductors48▲ 27×1 topic
  34. High-Temperature Superconductivity48▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Electron Spin48▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Semiconductor Quantum Dots48▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Transcription Factors47▲ 6.9×5 topics
  38. Small-Angle Scattering46▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Quantum Spin Hall Effect46▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Superconductors46▲ 25×1 topic

Shandong 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 Learning541▲ 2.7×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning294▲ 1.55×82 topics
  3. Neural Networks267▲ 3.0×37 topics
  4. Biosensors160▲ 5.7×12 topics
  5. Nanoparticles138▲ 1.92×34 topics
  6. Remote Sensing134▲ 1.91×36 topics
  7. Nanomaterials114▲ 1.90×14 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks112▲ 2.7×14 topics
  9. Graphene105▲ 2.7×11 topics
  10. Urbanization104▲ 4.5×8 topics
  11. Catalysis102▲ 2.7×27 topics
  12. Economic Growth98▲ 2.1×19 topics
  13. Reactive Oxygen Species77▲ 3.3×14 topics
  14. Self-Assembly76▲ 4.1×12 topics
  15. Nonlinear Optics73▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Nonlinear Systems73▲ 5.8×8 topics
  17. Synchronization73▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Electrochemistry71▲ 5.6×3 topics
  19. Land Use Change71▲ 4.1×8 topics
  20. Optical Modulators71▲ 8.8×3 topics
  21. Bioimaging70▲ 5.4×6 topics
  22. Photodynamic Therapy64▲ 4.9×4 topics
  23. Nanophotonics61▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Metamaterials60▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. Energy Consumption60▲ 4.6×5 topics
  26. Event-Triggered Control59▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Structured Light59▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Molecular Machines58▲ 7.8×2 topics
  29. Photonic Crystals58▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Biomolecular Interactions58▲ 8.1×2 topics
  31. DNA nanotechnology57▲ 8.7×1 topic
  32. aptamers57▲ 8.7×1 topic
  33. Optical Manipulation56▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Orbital Angular Momentum56▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Microresonators50▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Network Dynamics50▲ 8.9×3 topics
  37. Complex Networks49▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Kuznets Curve49▲ 7.9×1 topic
  39. Trade Openness49▲ 7.9×1 topic
  40. Fiber Lasers48▲ 9.1×3 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?

Shandong Normal University has out-published RIKEN every year since 2022, when it overtook it.

still counting5001k1.5kShandong Normal University1,252 in 2025RIKEN1,144 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 counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Shandong Normal University0.021% in 2025RIKEN0.019% 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%Shandong Normal University11.8% in 2025RIKEN10.6% 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, RIKEN or Shandong Normal University?

Shandong Normal University publishes 1.1× as much research as RIKEN in 2022-now (5.7k against 5.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, RIKEN or Shandong Normal University?

12.6% of Shandong Normal University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 11.5% for RIKEN.

Is RIKEN or Shandong Normal University growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +33% against 2018-21 for Shandong Normal University, and -10% for RIKEN.

Which has more open access research, RIKEN or Shandong Normal University?

43% of RIKEN's research is free to read, against 28% of Shandong Normal University's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

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

RIKEN

  1. 1 Zhaomin Hou #41,242 worldwide 25k citations · 850 works
  2. 2 M. Ishihara #45,510 worldwide 19k citations · 223 works
  3. 3 Yasutomo Segawa #56,390 worldwide 28k citations · 576 works
  4. 4 Masayoshi Nishiura #64,753 worldwide 12k citations · 281 works
  5. 5 Koji Takio #76,650 worldwide 26k citations · 238 works

Shandong Normal University

  1. 1 Ben Niu #3,008 worldwide 7.8k citations · 230 works
  2. 2 Shengjun Sun #10,867 worldwide 11k citations · 175 works
  3. 3 Xifeng Shi #19,751 worldwide 13k citations · 130 works
  4. 4 Lei Zhu #21,408 worldwide 9.9k citations · 311 works
  5. 5 Xiaodi Li #25,481 worldwide 17k citations · 458 works