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Beijing Language and Culture University

In research, Beijing Language and Culture University stands highest in Social Sciences (#927 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,243 of 6,365 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,128 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation, Aerospace Engineering and Language and Linguistics — Transportation is 28.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,119
of 28,054 · #11,640 all time
Rank in China
#948
of 3,058
Research works
4.1k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Beijing Language and Culture 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 #927 of 10,521 8.6%1,632 #2436
Social SciencesField #1,243 of 6,365 5.6%1,058 #2763
Computer ScienceField #1,128 of 4,667 14.7%259 #2409
PsychologyField #556 of 2,181 18.2%168 #1648
EducationSubfield #628 of 1,892 24.4%105 #1475
Arts and HumanitiesField #718 of 1,998 10.4%285 #1874
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #115 of 303 17.0%80 #491
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,079 of 2,578 3.3%469 #2256
Physical SciencesDomain #5,658 of 12,888 7.2%629 #12742
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #242 of 390 12.1%68 #755

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beijing Language and Culture 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#2,436 #927
  2. Social Sciences#2,763 #1,243
  3. Computer Science#2,409 #1,128
  4. Psychology#1,648 #556
  5. Education#1,475 #628
  6. Arts and Humanities#1,874 #718
  7. Language and Linguistics#491 #115
  8. Sociology and Political Science#2,256 #1,079
  9. Physical Sciences#12,742 #5,658
  10. Literature and Literary Theory#755 #242
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 Language and Culture University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 28.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 226.9 works28×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 231.5 works8.2×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 80.2 works7.6×
  4. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 469.0 works5.4×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 67.9 works5.3×
  6. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 59.4 works5.2×
← 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, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 35 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 259 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 278 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.11× its world share, 285 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.30× its world share, 168 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 1,058 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Beijing Language and Culture University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Nordby Gretlund, Frank Thomas Grub and Ben Green lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing Language and Culture University.

  1. 1 Jan Nordby Gretlund China · #400,321 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Frank Thomas Grub China · #427,991 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Ben Green China · #447,415 worldwide 86 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Guilong Liu China · #516,980 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Wang Lihong China · #545,034 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Jinsong Zhang China · #627,925 worldwide 76 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Yang Na China · #655,265 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Endong Xun China · #834,750 worldwide 48 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Gaoqi Rao China · #952,589 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Chong Zhang China · #1,014,698 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Beijing Language and Culture University

Which keywords describe research at Beijing Language and Culture University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Philosophy, Literature, Culture, Modernization, Ethnicity, Science and Social Influence.

▲ 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. History374▲ 22×32 topics
  2. Philosophy340▲ 32×21 topics
  3. Literature280▲ 21×36 topics
  4. Culture270▲ 21×24 topics
  5. Modernization244▲ 55×3 topics
  6. Ethnicity241▲ 27×16 topics
  7. Science234▲ 39×8 topics
  8. Social Influence231▲ 44×3 topics
  9. Islam229▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Economic Security229▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Malay Language229▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Sharia Law229▲ 66×1 topic
  13. Design228▲ 58×4 topics
  14. Legal Regulation227▲ 43×4 topics
  15. International Trade Law226▲ 70×2 topics
  16. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles226▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Strategic Planning226▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Air Force226▲ 77×1 topic
  19. Public Oversight226▲ 74×1 topic
  20. Transport Policy226▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Warfare226▲ 77×1 topic
  22. Religion140▲ 12×24 topics
  23. Nationalism133▲ 12×26 topics
  24. Globalization117▲ 2.5×77 topics
  25. Regulation104▲ 8.0×10 topics
  26. China103▲ 46×3 topics
  27. Christianity96▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Confucianism95▲ 95×1 topic
  29. Falun Gong95▲ 95×1 topic
  30. Education76▲ 1.85×55 topics
  31. Corpus Linguistics69▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Identity66▲ 3.8×43 topics
  33. Gender53▲ 4.1×31 topics
  34. Embodiment48▲ 11×6 topics
  35. Colonialism46▲ 4.1×29 topics
  36. Discourse Analysis45▲ 7.4×6 topics
  37. Regional Planning44▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Language40▲ 6.7×9 topics
  39. Gender Studies34▲ 9.2×7 topics
  40. Social Sciences34▲ 9.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Beijing Language and Culture University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Chinese history and philosophy.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…229Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 229 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …226Military Technology and Strategies: 226 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…226Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 226 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 95 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 33 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 29 fractional worksRegional Development and Environment: 23 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 22 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 21 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 19 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 229 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 226 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 226 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 95 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 33 works
  6. 6 Social and Educational Sciences Education 29 works
  7. 7 Regional Development and Environment Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  8. 8 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 22 works
  9. 9 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 21 works
  10. 10 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 19 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Beijing Language and Culture 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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