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RIKEN vs Shanghai University

On research quality in 2022-now, Shanghai University ranks #304 in the world and RIKEN #306, of 22,385 institutions. RIKEN stands higher in 8 of the 16 fields both publish in, Shanghai University in 8.

Research profiles alike: 0.43similar 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.

Shanghai University

China · Shanghai

World rank, 2022-now
#304
#427 all time
Works, 2022-now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
24%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Computational Mathematics, Metals and Alloys, Acoustics and Ultrasonics.

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. Shanghai University leads on 4 of 8 measures: research quality, output, top-10% rate and growth.

RIKEN 44 Shanghai University
  1. #306Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#304
  2. 1.16×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.04×
  3. 5.3kOutputfractional works, 2022-now17k
  4. 11.5%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.2%
  5. 33.8Citations per workall time, per fractional work13.4
  6. 43%Open accessof its works free to read, all time24%
  7. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time13%
  8. -10%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+46%

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 8 of 16 fields, Shanghai University in 8. RIKEN leads most in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#162 against #289); Shanghai University leads most in Environmental Science (#379 against #802). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

RIKEN 88 Shanghai University
  1. #331Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #162Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#289
  3. -Business, Management and Accounting#165
  4. #184Chemistry#204
  5. #188Computer Science#261
  6. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#185
  7. -Energy#138
  8. #385Engineering#99
  9. #802Environmental Science#379
  10. #191Immunology and Microbiology-
  11. #177Materials Science#109
  12. #175Mathematics#85
  13. #394Medicine#672
  14. #136Neuroscience-
  15. #48Physics and Astronomy-
  16. -Social Sciences#703

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 rankShanghai University rank RIKEN top 10%Shanghai University top 10% RIKEN worksShanghai University works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #331 - 12.8% - 152 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #162 #289 10.2% 15.4% 766 458
Business, Management and Accounting - #165 - 13.9% - 578
Chemistry #184 #204 11.1% 11.4% 185 334
Computer Science #188 #261 12.0% 11.0% 525 1.9k
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #185 - 13.1% - 342
Energy - #138 - 15.6% - 256
Engineering #385 #99 10.4% 11.8% 571 5.8k
Environmental Science #802 #379 8.5% 12.1% 94 499
Immunology and Microbiology #191 - 13.0% - 73 -
Materials Science #177 #109 8.5% 10.8% 372 1.5k
Mathematics #175 #85 13.0% 17.0% 92 329
Medicine #394 #672 14.5% 15.5% 418 567
Neuroscience #136 - 11.4% - 216 -
Physics and Astronomy #48 - 12.3% - 899 -
Social Sciences - #703 - 13.2% - 558

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. Veterinary0.6× 0.1×
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.6× 0.3×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1× 0.6×
  4. Neuroscience2.9× 0.7×
  5. Physics and Astronomy8.4× 1.9×
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.7× 0.2×
  7. Nursing0.5× 0.2×
  8. Medicine0.5× 0.2×
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.1× 0.6×
  10. Chemistry2.6× 1.4×
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.0× 0.6×
  12. Psychology0.5× 0.3×
  13. Dentistry0.2× 0.1×
  14. Mathematics1.7× 1.9×
  15. Computer Science1.4× 1.6×
  16. Materials Science2.3× 2.9×
  17. Health Professions0.1× 0.2×
  18. Environmental Science0.4× 0.7×
  19. Chemical Engineering1.1× 2.2×
  20. Decision Sciences0.5× 1.4×
  21. Energy0.7× 1.9×
  22. Social Sciences0.1× 0.3×
  23. Engineering0.8× 2.6×
  24. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.2×
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.2× 1.1×
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.0× 1.2×
RIKENShanghai 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, Shanghai 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

Shanghai 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 Learning1,405▲ 2.5×84 topics
  2. Machine Learning735▲ 1.33×92 topics
  3. Neural Networks719▲ 2.8×38 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties545▲ 3.4×38 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications458▲ 2.3×36 topics
  6. Microstructure448▲ 5.2×19 topics
  7. Nanoparticles445▲ 2.1×44 topics
  8. Nanomaterials444▲ 2.6×20 topics
  9. Energy Storage421▲ 3.9×12 topics
  10. Cathode Materials394▲ 6.1×3 topics
  11. Graphene350▲ 3.1×12 topics
  12. Renewable Energy320▲ 1.33×47 topics
  13. Nanocomposites308▲ 2.4×22 topics
  14. Catalysis296▲ 2.7×28 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks281▲ 2.3×14 topics
  16. Biosensors281▲ 3.5×12 topics
  17. Lithium-ion Batteries272▲ 4.0×4 topics
  18. Metal-Organic Frameworks261▲ 3.8×6 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency252▲ 1.64×39 topics
  20. Rechargeable Batteries249▲ 5.6×2 topics
  21. Battery Technology210▲ 4.5×3 topics
  22. Nanostructures202▲ 3.0×17 topics
  23. Water Splitting188▲ 3.1×4 topics
  24. Semiconductors187▲ 3.9×5 topics
  25. Grain Refinement180▲ 9.4×4 topics
  26. Semiconductor171▲ 3.2×7 topics
  27. Battery Materials170▲ 6.2×1 topic
  28. Nanostructured Anodes170▲ 6.2×1 topic
  29. Electrocatalysis166▲ 3.5×5 topics
  30. Optical Fiber158▲ 9.2×3 topics
  31. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries156▲ 6.6×2 topics
  32. Ionic Conductivity151▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Sparse Representation145▲ 4.7×6 topics
  34. Nanostructured Cathodes145▲ 7.2×1 topic
  35. Solid-State Electrolytes145▲ 7.2×1 topic
  36. Microstructural Evolution142▲ 5.9×4 topics
  37. Convolutional Networks123▲ 5.5×3 topics
  38. Nonlinear Optics120▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Fiber Lasers116▲ 7.6×3 topics
  40. Structural Health Monitoring105▲ 8.2×4 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?

Shanghai University has out-published RIKEN every year since 2005, when it overtook it.

still counting2k4k6kShanghai University3,791 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 counting0.050%0.10%Shanghai University0.064% 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%Shanghai University13.8% 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 Shanghai University?

Shanghai University publishes 3.1× as much research as RIKEN in 2022-now (17k against 5.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, RIKEN or Shanghai University?

12.2% of Shanghai University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 11.5% for RIKEN.

Is RIKEN or Shanghai University growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +46% against 2018-21 for Shanghai University, and -10% for RIKEN.

Which has more open access research, RIKEN or Shanghai University?

43% of RIKEN's research is free to read, against 24% of Shanghai 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

Shanghai University

  1. 1 Shuangqiang Chen #2,765 worldwide 14k citations · 178 works
  2. 2 Jiujun Zhang #3,212 worldwide 32k citations · 445 works
  3. 3 Dengsong Zhang #5,371 worldwide 31k citations · 435 works
  4. 4 Jiacan Su #6,632 worldwide 18k citations · 465 works
  5. 5 Hu Ding #16,358 worldwide 14k citations · 403 works