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Beijing Foreign Studies University

In research, Beijing Foreign Studies University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,041 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,054 of 6,365 worldwide) and Language and Linguistics (#51 of 303 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Communication and Literature and Literary Theory — Language and Linguistics is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,239
of 28,054 · #12,410 all time
Rank in China
#1,134
of 3,058
Research works
2.7k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Beijing Foreign Studies University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,041 of 10,521 22.8%938 #2107
Social SciencesField #1,054 of 6,365 21.5%436 #2187
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #51 of 303 25.2%100 #292
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #75 of 390 28.5%66 #309
Arts and HumanitiesField #546 of 1,998 23.3%208 #1111
Computer ScienceField #1,750 of 4,667 20.9%112 #3704
EducationSubfield #831 of 1,892 39.0%74 #1339
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,204 of 2,578 15.0%131 #2076
Physical SciencesDomain #6,733 of 12,888 18.8%189 #14828
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #961 of 1,775 29.5%68 #2306

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beijing Foreign Studies 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,107 #1,041
  2. Social Sciences#2,187 #1,054
  3. Language and Linguistics#292 #51
  4. Literature and Literary Theory#309 #75
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,111 #546
  6. Computer Science#3,704 #1,750
  7. Education#1,339 #831
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,076 #1,204
  9. Physical Sciences#14,828 #6,733
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,306 #961
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Beijing Foreign Studies University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 100.4 works19×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 37.7 works12×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 66.2 works10×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 43.3 works7.9×
  5. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 40.7 works7.1×
  6. Arts and HumanitiesField · 207.6 works6.0×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 19 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.20× its world share, 112 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.99× its world share, 208 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.49× its world share, 96 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.64× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.87× its world share, 105 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 436 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Beijing Foreign Studies University?

Ranked on the composite score, Chen Fu, Luxin Yang and Ying Qin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing Foreign Studies University.

  1. 1 Chen Fu China · #363,880 worldwide 120 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Luxin Yang China · #646,779 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Ying Qin China · #768,772 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ming Li China · #810,946 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Yuemei Xu China · #1,022,402 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jie Ma China · #1,210,348 worldwide 58 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Ruike Xu China · #1,304,740 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Zuoliang Wang China · #1,371,390 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Xiaodong Zhang China · #1,376,448 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Ye Liang China · #1,391,012 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Beijing Foreign Studies University

Which keywords describe research at Beijing Foreign Studies University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Corpus Linguistics, Nationalism, History, Religion, Social Interaction, Language Teaching and Language Policy.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization154▲ 6.5×76 topics
  2. Corpus Linguistics68▲ 26×5 topics
  3. Nationalism65▲ 12×25 topics
  4. History57▲ 6.8×23 topics
  5. Religion52▲ 9.0×26 topics
  6. Social Media49▲ 2.9×28 topics
  7. Social Interaction47▲ 9.8×10 topics
  8. Language Teaching47▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Language Policy45▲ 27×6 topics
  10. Bilingual Education44▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Philosophy44▲ 8.2×17 topics
  12. Regulation43▲ 6.6×9 topics
  13. Language39▲ 13×10 topics
  14. Multilingualism39▲ 19×6 topics
  15. China39▲ 35×3 topics
  16. Higher Education39▲ 6.0×13 topics
  17. Second Language Acquisition37▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Cultural Identity36▲ 5.8×19 topics
  19. Identity35▲ 4.0×37 topics
  20. Christianity34▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Confucianism34▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Falun Gong34▲ 67×1 topic
  23. Neural Basis34▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Cultural Competence33▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Corrective Feedback32▲ 37×1 topic
  26. L2 Motivation32▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Machine Translation31▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Discourse Analysis30▲ 9.7×7 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics29▲ 13×7 topics
  30. Cognition29▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Cross-Cultural Communication28▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Student Perceptions27▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Translation27▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Embodiment27▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Science25▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Cultural Translation25▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Translator Competence25▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Cosmopolitanism24▲ 19×8 topics
  39. Metaphor24▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Time24▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Beijing Foreign Studies University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Translation Studies and Practices and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition.

Chinese history and phil…34Chinese history and philosophy: 34 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…32EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 32 fractional worksTranslation Studies and …25Translation Studies and Practices: 25 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …24Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 24 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 22 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 19 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…19Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 19 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 13 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 13 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 32 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 25 works
  4. 4 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 24 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 22 works
  6. 6 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 19 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 19 works
  8. 8 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 13 works
  9. 9 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 13 works
  10. 10 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 12 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Beijing Foreign Studies University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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