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Beijing Information Science & Technology University

In research, Beijing Information Science & Technology University stands highest in Engineering (#771 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,140 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,191 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Control and Systems Engineering (Statistical and Nonlinear Physics is 6.5× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,883
of 22,385 · #3,784 all time
Rank in China
#496
of 2,481
Research works
9.9k
▲ 117% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Beijing Information Science & Technology University

What is Beijing Information Science & Technology 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 #771 of 5,901 9.6%1,541 #1183
Physical SciencesDomain #2,140 of 10,670 8.6%3,069 #2550
Computer ScienceField #1,191 of 4,417 7.2%968 #1149
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #730 of 2,176 8.1%457 #1293
Social SciencesDomain #3,866 of 9,585 10.3%367 #5399
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #335 of 804 10.0%235 #400
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #438 of 963 9.3%281 #881
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #912 of 1,862 6.0%305 #943
Materials ScienceField #1,268 of 2,276 7.5%117 #2542
Health SciencesDomain #5,784 of 9,902 9.8%122 #9294

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beijing Information Science & Technology 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#1,183 #771
  2. Physical Sciences#2,550 #2,140
  3. Computer Science#1,149 #1,191
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,293 #730
  5. Social Sciences#5,399 #3,866
  6. Control and Systems Engineering#400 #335
  7. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#881 #438
  8. Artificial Intelligence#943 #912
  9. Materials Science#2,542 #1,268
  10. Health Sciences#9,294 #5,784
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 Beijing Information Science & Technology University work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Beijing Information Science & Technology University is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Computer Science (26%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,474 fractional works · 84.0% of its workEngineering: 1,744 fractional works · 42.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 516 fractional works · 12.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 266 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 206 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 176 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 153 fractional works · 3.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 70 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 54 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1,088 fractional works · 26.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 348 fractional works · 8.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 314 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 165 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 124 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSignal Processing: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 204 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 87 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 84 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInstrumentation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 138 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 97 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 92 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 49 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 406 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 118 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 112 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 140 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 118 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 114 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBeijingInformation…4,134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering1,74442.2%
    2. Computer Science1,08826.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy2044.9%
    4. Materials Science1383.3%
    5. Mathematics972.3%
    6. Environmental Science922.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences491.2%
    8. Energy270.7%
    9. Chemistry260.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
    1. Social Sciences1182.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1122.7%
    3. Decision Sciences601.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance531.3%
    5. Psychology380.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities240.6%
    1. Medicine1182.8%
    2. Health Professions170.4%
    3. Dentistry30.1%
    4. Nursing20.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology421.0%
    2. Neuroscience370.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences330.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Beijing Information Science & Technology University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 84.1 works6.5×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 314.2 works6.0×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 265.8 works5.9×
  4. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 21.5 works5.0×
  5. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 164.6 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: 0.17× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.38× its world share, 1,088 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.81× its world share, 1,744 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 92 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 138 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.99× its world share, 97 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.22× its world share, 204 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.38×1,088 works
  2. Engineering2.81×1,744 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.22×204 works
  4. Mathematics1.99×97 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.49×60 works
  6. Materials Science0.95×138 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×112 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×49 works
  9. Energy0.72×27 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.65×9 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×53 works
  12. Neuroscience0.55×37 works
  13. Environmental Science0.45×92 works
  14. Chemistry0.40×26 works
  15. Psychology0.30×38 works
  16. Social Sciences0.23×118 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.20×24 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×42 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×33 works
  20. Veterinary0.17×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.15×3 works
  22. Health Professions0.15×17 works
  23. Medicine0.15×118 works
  24. Nursing0.09×2 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×2 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Beijing Information Science & Technology University?

Ranked on the quality score, Y. Yao, Nuan Luo and Deng‐Shan Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing Information Science & Technology University.

  1. 1 Y. Yao China · #215,051 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Nuan Luo China · #282,164 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Deng‐Shan Wang China · #316,555 worldwide 4.3k citations · 161 works
  4. 4 Jun Li China · #348,715 worldwide 745 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Chenchen Song China · #380,863 worldwide 1.1k citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Ganli Liao China · #465,500 worldwide 722 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Weiwei Huo China · #496,076 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Jielin Yin China · #529,806 worldwide 949 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Yuteng Cao China · #555,124 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Na Zhang China · #575,391 worldwide 418 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Beijing Information Science & Technology University

What are the most cited papers from Beijing Information Science & Technology University?

The most cited paper from Beijing Information Science & Technology University is "Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges" (Huanhuan Feng, Xiang Wang, Yanqing Duan et al., 2020), with 797 citations. Next come "A Survey on the Metaverse: The State-of-the-Art, Technologies, Applications, and Challenges" (728) and "A High‐Rate and Stable Quasi‐Solid‐State Zinc‐Ion Battery with Novel 2D Layered Zinc Orthovanadate Array" (715).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges Huanhuan Feng, Xiang Wang, Yanqing Duan et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production Open access 12 Mar 2020 797
2 A Survey on the Metaverse: The State-of-the-Art, Technologies, Applications, and Challenges Hang Wang, Huansheng Ning, Yujia Lin et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal 22 May 2023 728
3 A High‐Rate and Stable Quasi‐Solid‐State Zinc‐Ion Battery with Novel 2D Layered Zinc Orthovanadate Array Dongliang Chao, Changrong Zhu, Ming Song et al. · Advanced Materials 2 Jul 2018 715
4 Internet of Vehicles: Motivation, Layered Architecture, Network Model, Challenges, and Future Aspects Omprakash Kaiwartya, Abdul Hanan Abdullah, Yue Cao et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2016 713
5 1D/2D Carbon Nanomaterial‐Polymer Dielectric Composites with High Permittivity for Power Energy Storage Applications Zhi‐Min Dang, Ming‐Sheng Zheng, Jun‐Wei Zha · Small 11 Feb 2016 485
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Beijing Information Science & Technology University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Convolutional Neural Networks, Vibration Analysis, Wavelet Transform and IoT Security.

▲ 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 Learning688▲ 4.8×83 topics
  2. Machine Learning391▲ 2.8×93 topics
  3. Neural Networks310▲ 4.9×38 topics
  4. Internet of Things158▲ 4.5×27 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks140▲ 4.7×14 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency114▲ 3.0×36 topics
  7. Remote Sensing110▲ 2.2×32 topics
  8. Data Mining91▲ 3.0×19 topics
  9. Healthcare90▲ 1.91×15 topics
  10. Vibration Analysis84▲ 7.6×7 topics
  11. Wireless Sensor Networks84▲ 4.5×20 topics
  12. IoT Security80▲ 6.3×3 topics
  13. Wavelet Transform78▲ 8.2×7 topics
  14. Security76▲ 2.8×19 topics
  15. Image Processing76▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Computer Vision74▲ 6.5×5 topics
  17. Sparse Representation70▲ 9.1×6 topics
  18. Image Classification65▲ 8.3×3 topics
  19. 5G Networks64▲ 7.7×5 topics
  20. Security and Privacy64▲ 8.2×3 topics
  21. Optical Fiber63▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Mobile Edge Computing63▲ 9.7×2 topics
  23. Robotics62▲ 6.2×10 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection62▲ 5.2×5 topics
  25. Multi-Agent Systems59▲ 7.5×6 topics
  26. Smart Cities57▲ 5.2×8 topics
  27. Neural Network57▲ 7.6×9 topics
  28. Nonlinear Systems57▲ 6.3×8 topics
  29. Image Recognition53▲ 8.9×2 topics
  30. Object Detection52▲ 9.1×1 topic
  31. Semantic Segmentation52▲ 9.1×1 topic
  32. Fault Diagnosis52▲ 8.8×7 topics
  33. Machine Vision52▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Nonlinear Dynamics52▲ 5.6×8 topics
  35. Nonlinear Equations48▲ 9.0×6 topics
  36. Wireless Communications48▲ 6.6×5 topics
  37. Structural Health Monitoring47▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Fiber Optic Sensors44▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Sensor Technology44▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Edge Computing44▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Beijing Information Science & Technology University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Neural Network Applications, Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing and Fault Detection and Control Systems.

  1. 1 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 52 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 39 works
  4. 4 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 30 works
  5. 5 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 30 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  7. 7 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 29 works
  8. 8 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 29 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 28 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 27 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Beijing Information Science & Technology University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% higher 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 Beijing Information Science & Technology University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Beijing Information Science & Technology University0.021% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Beijing Information Science & Technology 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Beijing Information Science & Technology University9.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2004.

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