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Beihang University

In research, Beihang University stands highest in Engineering (#35 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#73 of 10,670 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#8 of 785 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Software (Aerospace Engineering is 9.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#203
of 22,385 · #204 all time
Rank in China
#47
of 2,481
Research works
90k
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.40×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

What is Beihang 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 #35 of 5,901 14.0%11,444 #42
Physical SciencesDomain #73 of 10,670 14.2%20,093 #76
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #8 of 785 14.2%2,438 #7
Computer ScienceField #74 of 4,417 13.9%4,624 #101
Materials ScienceField #39 of 2,276 17.2%1,270 #33
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #20 of 804 13.4%1,411 #10
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #33 of 1,319 13.0%1,368 #35
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #56 of 2,176 14.2%2,013 #63
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #25 of 728 14.4%749 #47
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #38 of 963 13.9%1,357 #38

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beihang 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#42 #35
  2. Physical Sciences#76 #73
  3. Aerospace Engineering#7 #8
  4. Computer Science#101 #74
  5. Materials Science#33 #39
  6. Control and Systems Engineering#10 #20
  7. Mechanical Engineering#35 #33
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#63 #56
  9. Computer Networks and Communications#47 #25
  10. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#38 #38
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 Beihang University work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Beihang University is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Computer Science (20%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23k fractional works · 87.8% of its workEngineering: 13k fractional works · 49.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2,795 fractional works · 10.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2,242 fractional works · 8.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1,546 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1,523 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,019 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 980 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 554 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 463 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 431 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 387 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 261 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 234 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 223 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 147 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 5,248 fractional works · 20.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,636 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1,534 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 829 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 369 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 230 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 197 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 134 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,512 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 714 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 242 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 232 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 122 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1,441 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 799 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 282 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 126 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 75 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 529 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 155 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 135 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 187 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 308 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 163 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 262 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 206 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 190 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 164 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 150 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,523 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 380 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 197 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 156 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 354 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 109 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 154 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 250 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 195 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 229 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 120 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 195 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 118 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 114 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 982 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 867 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 231 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 402 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 648 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 289 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 162 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 276 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 182 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBeihangUniversity26kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering13k49.7%
    2. Computer Science5,24820.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1,5125.9%
    4. Materials Science1,4415.6%
    5. Environmental Science5292.1%
    6. Mathematics3081.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2621.0%
    8. Energy2060.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering1640.6%
    10. Chemistry1500.6%
    1. Decision Sciences3801.5%
    2. Social Sciences3541.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2501.0%
    4. Psychology2290.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1950.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities1140.4%
    1. Medicine8673.4%
    2. Health Professions810.3%
    3. Dentistry270.1%
    4. Nursing50.0%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2891.1%
    2. Neuroscience2761.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences660.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Beihang University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 2,795.4 works9.3×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 980.5 works6.6×
  3. SoftwareSubfield · 108.6 works6.5×
  4. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 1,546.4 works5.5×
  5. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 108.5 works5.4×
  6. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 1,533.8 works4.7×
  7. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 196.5 works4.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 289 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 276 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.82× its world share, 164 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 150 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.62× its world share, 5,248 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 262 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 206 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.31× its world share, 13k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 530 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 1,440 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 308 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.64× its world share, 1,512 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 868 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 114 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 250 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 380 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 195 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 229 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 354 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.31×13k works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.64×1,512 works
  3. Computer Science2.62×5,248 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.82×164 works
  5. Materials Science1.60×1,440 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.53×380 works
  7. Mathematics1.01×308 works
  8. Energy0.87×206 works
  9. Neuroscience0.66×276 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×262 works
  11. Environmental Science0.41×530 works
  12. Chemistry0.37×150 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×195 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×250 works
  15. Psychology0.29×229 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×289 works
  17. Dentistry0.21×26 works
  18. Medicine0.18×868 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.15×114 works
  20. Health Professions0.12×81 works
  21. Social Sciences0.11×354 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×5 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×66 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×14 works
  25. Veterinary0.05×2 works
  26. Nursing0.04×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Beihang University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shubin Yang, Yongji Gong and Yanming Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beihang University.

  1. 1 Shubin Yang China · #2,207 worldwide 36k citations · 263 works
  2. 2 Yongji Gong China · #6,567 worldwide 33k citations · 255 works
  3. 3 Yanming Sun China · #6,765 worldwide 32k citations · 290 works
  4. 4 Li‐Dong Zhao China · #10,181 worldwide 54k citations · 596 works
  5. 5 Qunfeng Cheng China · #12,739 worldwide 15k citations · 178 works
  6. 6 Jianglan Shui China · #12,848 worldwide 19k citations · 194 works
  7. 7 Fei Tao China · #14,479 worldwide 40k citations · 483 works
  8. 8 Bojing Shi China · #14,658 worldwide 8.9k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Wei Ren China · #18,082 worldwide 3k citations · 145 works
  10. 10 Bin Li China · #19,467 worldwide 14k citations · 261 works
All ranked researchers at Beihang University

What are the most cited papers from Beihang University?

The most cited paper from Beihang University is "Informer: Beyond Efficient Transformer for Long Sequence Time-Series Forecasting" (Haoyi Zhou, Shanghang Zhang, Jieqi Peng et al., 2021), with 6,999 citations. Next come "Federated Machine Learning" (6,287) and "Noble metal-free hydrogen evolution catalysts for water splitting" (5,945).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Informer: Beyond Efficient Transformer for Long Sequence Time-Series Forecasting Haoyi Zhou, Shanghang Zhang, Jieqi Peng et al. · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Conference paperOpen access 18 May 2021 6,999
2 Federated Machine Learning Qiang Yang, Yang Liu, Tianjian Chen et al. · ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology 28 Jan 2019 6,287
3 Noble metal-free hydrogen evolution catalysts for water splitting Xiaoxin Zou, Yu Zhang · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 5,945
4 Digital Twin in Industry: State-of-the-Art Fei Tao, He Zhang, Ang Liu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Apr 2019 4,318
5 Road Extraction by Deep Residual U-Net Zhengxin Zhang, Qingjie Liu, Yunhong Wang · IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters Open access 8 Mar 2018 3,178
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Beihang University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Heat Transfer, Machine Learning, Large-Eddy Simulation, Nonlinear Systems, Multi-Agent Systems and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ 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 Learning3,030▲ 3.4×85 topics
  2. Neural Networks1,528▲ 3.8×36 topics
  3. Machine Learning1,470▲ 1.71×90 topics
  4. Heat Transfer852▲ 6.7×20 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties692▲ 2.7×39 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks636▲ 3.4×14 topics
  7. Large-Eddy Simulation576▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Nonlinear Systems521▲ 9.3×8 topics
  9. Multi-Agent Systems518▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Microstructure438▲ 3.3×19 topics
  11. Adaptive Control408▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Collision Avoidance393▲ 8.4×4 topics
  13. Autonomous Vehicles392▲ 7.3×4 topics
  14. Neural Network392▲ 8.4×9 topics
  15. Sensor Fusion365▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Feedback Control358▲ 8.4×8 topics
  17. Optimization358▲ 3.1×26 topics
  18. Optimal Control356▲ 18×6 topics
  19. Sensor Networks338▲ 5.4×6 topics
  20. Robotic Manipulators333▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Vibration Analysis327▲ 4.7×9 topics
  22. Robotics327▲ 5.2×10 topics
  23. Control313▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. Vortex Dynamics298▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Control Systems297▲ 6.3×11 topics
  26. Sliding Mode Control286▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Wireless Communications285▲ 6.3×5 topics
  28. Unsupervised Learning273▲ 6.9×3 topics
  29. Event-Triggered Control270▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Path Planning267▲ 8.3×3 topics
  31. Collective Behavior258▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Representation Learning252▲ 6.2×3 topics
  33. Trajectory Optimization250▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Turbulent Flows246▲ 9.9×3 topics
  35. Chemical Kinetics242▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Convolutional Networks241▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Aerial Vehicles238▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Disturbance Observer233▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Finite-Time Stability233▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Combustion Instabilities228▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Beihang University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Advanced Neural Network Applications and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms.

  1. 1 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 233 works
  2. 2 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 216 works
  3. 3 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 203 works
  4. 4 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 193 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 188 works
  6. 6 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 173 works
  7. 7 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 172 works
  8. 8 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 168 works
  9. 9 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 158 works
  10. 10 Guidance and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 156 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Beihang University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Beihang University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.11% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Beihang University0.11% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Beihang 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 counting10%20%Beihang University13.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2024.

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Which institutions have research most like Beihang University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Northwestern Polytechnical University has the research profile closest to Beihang University's, with both strong in Engineering.

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Both strong in Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering 0.93 Compare
  2. 2 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Both strong in Engineering, Computer Science, Chemical Engineering 0.92 Compare
  3. 3 Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, Computer Science 0.91 Compare
  4. 4 KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, Computer Science 0.89 Compare
  5. 5 Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Both strong in Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering 0.89 Compare

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