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Air Force Engineering University

In research, Air Force Engineering University stands highest in Engineering (#820 of 5,901 worldwide), Aerospace Engineering (#184 of 785 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,336 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Signal Processing and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Aerospace Engineering is 20.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,583
of 22,385 · #4,274 all time
Rank in China
#575
of 2,481
Research works
18k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
100k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Air Force Engineering University

What is Air Force Engineering University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #820 of 5,901 10.7%1,672 #1224
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #184 of 785 11.2%717 #325
Computer ScienceField #1,336 of 4,417 10.0%614 #1733
Physical SciencesDomain #3,442 of 10,670 10.3%2,667 #2914
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #943 of 2,176 9.8%274 #1219
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #379 of 804 11.8%190 #544
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,050 of 1,862 11.3%202 #1416
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #813 of 1,319 11.0%105 #1492
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #450 of 728 11.0%132 #1209
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #601 of 963 8.9%125 #1088

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Air Force Engineering University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#1,224 #820
  2. Aerospace Engineering#325 #184
  3. Computer Science#1,733 #1,336
  4. Physical Sciences#2,914 #3,442
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,219 #943
  6. Control and Systems Engineering#544 #379
  7. Artificial Intelligence#1,416 #1,050
  8. Mechanical Engineering#1,492 #813
  9. Computer Networks and Communications#1,209 #450
  10. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#1,088 #601
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Air Force Engineering University work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Air Force Engineering University is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (20%), Materials Science (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,955 fractional works · 88.1% of its workEngineering: 1,850 fractional works · 55.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 794 fractional works · 23.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 300 fractional works · 8.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 204 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 114 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 76 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 75 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 684 fractional works · 20.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 232 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 143 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 138 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSignal Processing: 75 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 181 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 112 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 51 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 104 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 58 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 53 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 156 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 54 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 149 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 125 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 54 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAir ForceEngineering…3,355fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,85055.1%
    2. Computer Science68420.4%
    3. Materials Science1815.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1043.1%
    5. Environmental Science531.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences321.0%
    7. Mathematics240.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering90.3%
    9. Energy90.3%
    10. Chemistry90.3%
    1. Decision Sciences541.6%
    2. Social Sciences391.2%
    3. Psychology310.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting170.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance140.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.0%
    1. Medicine1253.7%
    2. Health Professions180.5%
    3. Dentistry30.1%
    4. Nursing20.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology541.6%
    2. Neuroscience250.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology90.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Air Force Engineering University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 20.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 794.1 works20×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 75.4 works7.4×
  3. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 111.7 works7.3×
  4. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 204.4 works5.6×
  5. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 143.0 works4.8×
  6. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 24.2 works4.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.62× its world share, 684 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.68× its world share, 1,850 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.55× its world share, 181 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.39× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 125 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 54 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.68×1,850 works
  2. Computer Science2.62×684 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.66×54 works
  4. Materials Science1.55×181 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.39×104 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.78×9 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×32 works
  8. Mathematics0.60×24 works
  9. Neuroscience0.46×25 works
  10. Environmental Science0.32×53 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×54 works
  12. Energy0.30×9 works
  13. Psychology0.30×31 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×9 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×3 works
  16. Dentistry0.21×3 works
  17. Health Professions0.21×18 works
  18. Medicine0.19×125 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×14 works
  20. Chemistry0.17×9 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×17 works
  22. Nursing0.13×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.09×39 works
  24. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×5 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.02×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Air Force Engineering University?

Ranked on the quality score, He‐Xiu Xu, Tonghao Liu and Tong Cai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Air Force Engineering University.

  1. 1 He‐Xiu Xu China · #119,082 worldwide 9.4k citations · 265 works
  2. 2 Tonghao Liu China · #126,590 worldwide 5.5k citations · 100 works
  3. 3 Tong Cai China · #183,166 worldwide 6k citations · 190 works
  4. 4 Maolong Lv China · #218,199 worldwide 3.7k citations · 195 works
  5. 5 Guangyu He China · #391,061 worldwide 2.4k citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Xiangwei Bu China · #408,337 worldwide 4.1k citations · 112 works
  7. 7 Guangming Wang China · #481,484 worldwide 14k citations · 588 works
  8. 8 Changze Li China · #514,655 worldwide 503 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Le Kang China · #514,932 worldwide 4.4k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Tianshuo Qiu China · #606,798 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Air Force Engineering University

What are the most cited papers from Air Force Engineering University?

The most cited paper from Air Force Engineering University is "IFCNN: A general image fusion framework based on convolutional neural network" (Yu Zhang, Yü Liu, Peng Sun et al., 2019), with 1,548 citations. Next come "A programmable metasurface with dynamic polarization, scattering and focusing control" (725) and "Grain size engineered lead-free ceramics with both large energy storage density and ultrahigh mechanical properties" (646).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 IFCNN: A general image fusion framework based on convolutional neural network Yu Zhang, Yü Liu, Peng Sun et al. · Information Fusion 24 Jul 2019 1,548
2 A programmable metasurface with dynamic polarization, scattering and focusing control Huanhuan Yang, Xiangyu Cao, Fan Yang et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 24 Oct 2016 725
3 Grain size engineered lead-free ceramics with both large energy storage density and ultrahigh mechanical properties Zetian Yang, Feng Gao, Hongliang Du et al. · Nano Energy 4 Feb 2019 646
4 Radon-Fourier Transform for Radar Target Detection, I: Generalized Doppler Filter Bank Jia Xu, Ji Lin Yu, Yingning Peng et al. · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Apr 2011 626
5 Potassium–sodium niobate based lead-free ceramics: novel electrical energy storage materials Tengqiang Shao, Hongliang Du, Hua Ma et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 24 Oct 2016 600
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Air Force Engineering University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Wireless Communications, Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Multi-Agent Systems, Metamaterials, Optimization and Frequency Selective Surfaces.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning399▲ 3.5×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning205▲ 1.83×78 topics
  3. Neural Networks178▲ 3.5×33 topics
  4. Wireless Communications160▲ 27×5 topics
  5. Signal Processing144▲ 31×7 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks119▲ 4.9×12 topics
  7. Multi-Agent Systems118▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Optimization110▲ 7.3×18 topics
  9. Metamaterials108▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Frequency Selective Surfaces101▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Metasurfaces101▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Nanophotonics101▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Optimal Control96▲ 37×5 topics
  14. Photonic Crystals96▲ 23×5 topics
  15. Collision Avoidance95▲ 16×4 topics
  16. MIMO Radar94▲ 80×2 topics
  17. Negative Refraction91▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Plasmonic Metasurfaces91▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Genetic Algorithms84▲ 18×7 topics
  20. Doppler Radar77▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Micro-Doppler Effect74▲ 77×1 topic
  22. Synthetic Aperture Radar74▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Autonomous Vehicles74▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Control74▲ 17×6 topics
  25. Metamaterial73▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Detection72▲ 7.6×6 topics
  27. Antenna71▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Microstrip71▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Neural Network70▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Nonlinear Systems70▲ 9.5×8 topics
  31. Waveform Design68▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Ant Colony Optimization68▲ 38×3 topics
  33. Missile Guidance67▲ 120×1 topic
  34. Pursuit-Evasion Games67▲ 120×1 topic
  35. Trajectory Optimization66▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Heuristic Algorithms65▲ 44×3 topics
  37. Automotive Radar64▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Cognitive Radar64▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Sensor Networks62▲ 7.6×6 topics
  40. Dynamic58▲ 226×1 topic

Which research topics does Air Force Engineering University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques and Antenna Design and Analysis.

Advanced Antenna and Met…101Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 101 fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasu…91Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 91 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Tec…74Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 74 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…71Antenna Design and Analysis: 71 fractional worksGuidance and Control Systems: 67 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal Processing: 64 fractional worksMilitary Defense Systems…58Military Defense Systems Analysis: 58 fractional worksUAV Applications and Optimization: 54 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 49 fractional worksDistributed Control Mult…45Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 45 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Networks and Communications

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 101 works
  2. 2 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 91 works
  3. 3 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 74 works
  4. 4 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 71 works
  5. 5 Guidance and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 67 works
  6. 6 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 64 works
  7. 7 Military Defense Systems Analysis Aerospace Engineering 58 works
  8. 8 UAV Applications and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 54 works
  9. 9 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 49 works
  10. 10 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 45 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available22.1%not open77.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.4%domestic only97.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Air Force Engineering University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Air Force Engineering University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Air Force Engineering University0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Air Force Engineering University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Air Force Engineering University12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 2025.

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