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UCLouvain vs Yangzhou University

On research quality in 2022-now, Yangzhou University ranks #315 in the world and UCLouvain #318, of 22,385 institutions. UCLouvain stands higher in 10 of the 18 fields both publish in, Yangzhou University in 8.

Research profiles alike: -0.38different shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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UCLouvain

Belgium · Louvain-la-Neuve

World rank, 2022-now
#318
#393 all time
Works, 2022-now
8.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
42%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Theoretical Computer Science, Classics, History and Philosophy of Science.

Yangzhou University

China · Yangzhou

World rank, 2022-now
#315
#475 all time
Works, 2022-now
13k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
34%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Animal Science and Zoology, Filtration and Separation, Endocrinology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Yangzhou University leads on 5 of 8 measures: research quality, citation excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate and growth. UCLouvain leads on 3 of 8 measures: citations per work, open access and international co-authorship.

UCLouvain 35 Yangzhou University
  1. #318Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#315
  2. 1.05×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.17×
  3. 8.3kOutputfractional works, 2022-now13k
  4. 10.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited14.2%
  5. 26.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work14.8
  6. 42%Open accessof its works free to read, all time34%
  7. 27%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time11%
  8. -12%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+76%

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?

UCLouvain stands higher in 10 of 18 fields, Yangzhou University in 8. UCLouvain leads most in Social Sciences (#263 against #1,070); Yangzhou University leads most in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#34 against #282). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

UCLouvain 108 Yangzhou University
  1. #282Agricultural and Biological Sciences#34
  2. #238Arts and Humanities-
  3. #488Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#426
  4. #407Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. -Chemistry#111
  6. #378Computer Science#490
  7. #333Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  8. #352Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  9. -Energy#76
  10. #538Engineering#164
  11. #498Environmental Science#242
  12. #398Health Professions-
  13. -Materials Science#99
  14. #339Medicine#712
  15. -Nursing#42
  16. #276Physics and Astronomy#290
  17. #295Psychology#439
  18. #263Social Sciences#1,070

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 UCLouvain rankYangzhou University rank UCLouvain top 10%Yangzhou University top 10% UCLouvain worksYangzhou University works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #282 #34 14.6% 17.3% 189 1.7k
Arts and Humanities #238 - 9.9% - 450 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #488 #426 9.2% 11.1% 353 1.4k
Business, Management and Accounting #407 - 13.6% - 147 -
Chemistry - #111 - 14.5% - 441
Computer Science #378 #490 8.6% 11.8% 435 488
Earth and Planetary Sciences #333 - 14.0% - 92 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #352 - 6.5% - 211 -
Energy - #76 - 13.5% - 315
Engineering #538 #164 7.6% 15.1% 715 2.2k
Environmental Science #498 #242 10.8% 14.5% 252 694
Health Professions #398 - 11.4% - 226 -
Materials Science - #99 - 15.1% - 972
Medicine #339 #712 10.8% 15.1% 1.9k 1.4k
Nursing - #42 - 16.7% - 168
Physics and Astronomy #276 #290 10.1% 10.1% 214 270
Psychology #295 #439 10.2% 21.4% 281 135
Social Sciences #263 #1,070 11.3% 18.0% 1.1k 191

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. Arts and Humanities2.1× 0.1×
  2. Social Sciences1.1× 0.1×
  3. Health Professions1.2× 0.2×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.3× 0.3×
  5. Psychology1.3× 0.4×
  6. Dentistry0.4× 0.1×
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.6× 0.2×
  8. Decision Sciences0.9× 0.4×
  9. Neuroscience1.6× 0.7×
  10. Medicine1.3× 0.6×
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.8× 0.5×
  12. Mathematics1.7× 1.2×
  13. Computer Science0.8× 0.5×
  14. Physics and Astronomy1.4× 1.1×
  15. Environmental Science0.7× 1.2×
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.7× 1.2×
  17. Engineering0.7× 1.3×
  18. Immunology and Microbiology1.0× 2.1×
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.9× 2.3×
  20. Chemical Engineering0.8× 2.5×
  21. Chemistry0.8× 2.4×
  22. Nursing0.7× 2.9×
  23. Materials Science0.6× 2.4×
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.6× 3.1×
  25. Veterinary0.3× 1.9×
  26. Energy0.4× 3.0×
UCLouvainYangzhou 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 UCLouvain leans further are at the top, Yangzhou 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.

UCLouvain

▲ 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. Epidemiology366◆ 1.11×131 topics
  2. Climate Change246◆ 1.09×99 topics
  3. Globalization221▲ 1.36×126 topics
  4. Inflammation191◆ 1.09×82 topics
  5. Machine Learning160▼ 0.58×79 topics
  6. Mental Health155▲ 1.31×46 topics
  7. Quality of Life135◆ 1.13×56 topics
  8. Treatment131▲ 1.31×49 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress130◆ 0.96×61 topics
  10. Public Health122◆ 1.01×57 topics
  11. Diagnosis121▲ 1.57×40 topics
  12. Social Justice112▲ 2.3×43 topics
  13. Religion108▲ 2.8×37 topics
  14. Community Engagement107▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease100◆ 1.07×38 topics
  16. Gender98▲ 2.2×47 topics
  17. Management96▲ 1.45×36 topics
  18. Ethics94▲ 2.2×51 topics
  19. Territorial Governance92▲ 9.7×3 topics
  20. History91▲ 1.58×52 topics
  21. Local Development90▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Public Policy86▲ 2.2×17 topics
  23. Gender Studies80▲ 6.4×12 topics
  24. Colonialism78▲ 2.0×41 topics
  25. Social Determinants of Health63▲ 3.5×8 topics
  26. Democracy62▲ 2.1×24 topics
  27. Citizen Participation60▲ 6.3×3 topics
  28. Environmental Participation57▲ 9.7×1 topic
  29. Proximity and Innovation57▲ 9.7×1 topic
  30. Sociological Analysis56▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Educational Policies56▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Ethnographic Research56▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Professional Practices56▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Public Action56▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Sociolinguistics53▲ 3.5×8 topics
  36. Corpus Linguistics52▲ 3.0×5 topics
  37. Citizenship48▲ 4.8×11 topics
  38. Institutionalization48▲ 6.2×4 topics
  39. Solidarity Economy34▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Participative Evaluation34▲ 12×1 topic

Yangzhou 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. Epidemiology600▲ 1.17×122 topics
  2. Nanomaterials547▲ 4.1×20 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress417▲ 1.97×61 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications408▲ 2.7×36 topics
  5. Nanoparticles405▲ 2.5×42 topics
  6. Climate Change370◆ 1.06×89 topics
  7. Inflammation369▲ 1.35×82 topics
  8. Cancer352▲ 2.0×57 topics
  9. Graphene329▲ 3.8×12 topics
  10. Metal-Organic Frameworks315▲ 5.9×6 topics
  11. Gene Expression314▲ 3.9×20 topics
  12. Catalysis303▲ 3.5×27 topics
  13. Environmental Impact294▲ 1.34×56 topics
  14. Energy Storage290▲ 3.5×12 topics
  15. Water Splitting263▲ 5.5×4 topics
  16. Nanocomposites261▲ 2.6×22 topics
  17. Metabolism246▲ 3.6×32 topics
  18. Pathogenesis238▲ 3.6×24 topics
  19. Gut Microbiota221▲ 5.0×7 topics
  20. Cathode Materials213▲ 4.3×3 topics
  21. Immune Response211▲ 2.9×22 topics
  22. Vaccine207▲ 4.0×11 topics
  23. Electrocatalysis204▲ 5.5×5 topics
  24. Antioxidants189▲ 3.3×15 topics
  25. Drought Resistance176▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Semiconductor170▲ 4.0×7 topics
  27. QTL Mapping169▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Transcription Factors158▲ 9.6×5 topics
  29. Probiotics156▲ 5.1×6 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation155▲ 5.7×6 topics
  31. CO2 Reduction152▲ 5.5×2 topics
  32. Rechargeable Batteries152▲ 4.4×2 topics
  33. Visible Light149▲ 4.9×3 topics
  34. Metabolic Health142▲ 5.5×3 topics
  35. Catalysts140▲ 5.4×3 topics
  36. Photocatalyst132▲ 5.9×1 topic
  37. Plasmonic132▲ 5.9×1 topic
  38. Metagenomics126▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Plant Responses119▲ 12×2 topics
  40. MicroRNA117▲ 7.6×2 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?

Yangzhou University has out-published UCLouvain every year since 2022, when it overtook it.

still counting2k4kYangzhou University3,121 in 2025UCLouvain1,857 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%0.15%Yangzhou University0.053% in 2025UCLouvain0.032% 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%Yangzhou University15.1% in 2025UCLouvain9.8% 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, UCLouvain or Yangzhou University?

Yangzhou University publishes 1.6× as much research as UCLouvain in 2022-now (13k against 8.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, UCLouvain or Yangzhou University?

14.2% of Yangzhou University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 10.2% for UCLouvain.

Is UCLouvain or Yangzhou University growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +76% against 2018-21 for Yangzhou University, and -12% for UCLouvain.

Which has more open access research, UCLouvain or Yangzhou University?

42% of UCLouvain's research is free to read, against 34% of Yangzhou University's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

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

UCLouvain

  1. 1 P. Petrov #6,511 worldwide 23k citations · 205 works
  2. 2 R. Volpe #6,745 worldwide 59k citations · 715 works
  3. 3 Patrice D. Cani #7,383 worldwide 94k citations · 601 works
  4. 4 V. Lemaı̂tre #7,447 worldwide 86k citations · 952 works
  5. 5 Fabio Maltoni #7,542 worldwide 55k citations · 290 works

Yangzhou University

  1. 1 Huan Pang #726 worldwide 81k citations · 1,168 works
  2. 2 Jiefeng Gao #1,332 worldwide 20k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Huaiguo Xue #5,341 worldwide 29k citations · 323 works
  4. 4 Ligang Feng #8,271 worldwide 18k citations · 260 works
  5. 5 Zhiming Ma #8,802 worldwide 8.1k citations · 147 works