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Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences

In research, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences stands highest in Materials Science (#60 of 2,276 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#334 of 10,670 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#81 of 2,176 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Process Chemistry and Technology, Catalysis and Organic Chemistry (Process Chemistry and Technology is 33.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#529
of 22,385 · #454 all time
Rank in China
#126
of 2,481
Research works
9.1k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
469k
51.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.44×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences

What is Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences 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
Materials ScienceField #60 of 2,276 19.2%473 #28
Physical SciencesDomain #334 of 10,670 20.6%1,643 #298
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #81 of 2,176 23.7%295 #79
Materials ChemistrySubfield #62 of 1,473 19.7%284 #57
EngineeringField #259 of 5,901 22.9%462 #253
ChemistryField #61 of 1,299 18.7%369 #82
Life SciencesDomain #320 of 6,403 20.5%237 #304
Organic ChemistrySubfield #43 of 618 19.2%229 #63
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #239 of 2,964 19.1%191 #237
Health SciencesDomain #856 of 9,902 30.6%71 #693

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences 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. Materials Science#28 #60
  2. Physical Sciences#298 #334
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#79 #81
  4. Materials Chemistry#57 #62
  5. Engineering#253 #259
  6. Chemistry#82 #61
  7. Life Sciences#304 #320
  8. Organic Chemistry#63 #43
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#237 #239
  10. Health Sciences#693 #856
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 National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (24%), Engineering (23%), Chemistry (19%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,878 fractional works · 84.0% of its workMaterials Science: 534 fractional works · 23.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 322 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 93 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomaterials: 53 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 51 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 522 fractional works · 23.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 330 fractional works · 14.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 125 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 423 fractional works · 18.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 265 fractional works · 11.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 80 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 46 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 135 fractional works · 6.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 134 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 100 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCatalysis: 61 fractional works · 2.7% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBioengineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 79 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 63 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 267 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 215 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 165 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 85 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBeijing NationalLaboratory for…2,236fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences0%

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. Materials Science53423.9%
    2. Engineering52223.3%
    3. Chemistry42318.9%
    4. Energy1356.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering1004.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy793.5%
    7. Environmental Science472.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences180.8%
    9. Computer Science180.8%
    10. Mathematics20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2159.6%
    2. Neuroscience180.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology150.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences110.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.4%
    1. Medicine793.5%
    2. Dentistry30.1%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Health Professions10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology30.1%
    2. Social Sciences10.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Process Chemistry and Technology takes 33.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 30.7 works34×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 60.7 works18×
  3. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 265.2 works16×
  4. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 80.3 works14×
  5. Chemical EngineeringField · 100.3 works13×
  6. ChemistryField · 422.5 works12×
  7. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 93.3 works10×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 215 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 12.84× its world share, 100 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 12.04× its world share, 422 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.59× its world share, 135 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.56× its world share, 522 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.84× its world share, 534 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.58× its world share, 79 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering12.84×100 works
  2. Chemistry12.04×422 works
  3. Materials Science6.84×534 works
  4. Energy6.59×135 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.80×215 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.58×79 works
  7. Engineering1.56×522 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×8 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×15 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×18 works
  11. Neuroscience0.50×18 works
  12. Environmental Science0.43×48 works
  13. Dentistry0.26×3 works
  14. Nursing0.24×3 works
  15. Medicine0.18×78 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×11 works
  17. Computer Science0.10×18 works
  18. Veterinary0.10×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.07×2 works
  20. Psychology0.05×3 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.01×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Sen Xin, Qinggong Zhu and Xinchen Kang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences.

  1. 1 Sen Xin China · #1,369 worldwide 34k citations · 272 works
  2. 2 Qinggong Zhu China · #21,595 worldwide 12k citations · 149 works
  3. 3 Xinchen Kang China · #29,929 worldwide 8.1k citations · 185 works
  4. 4 Xiaofu Sun China · #34,945 worldwide 12k citations · 191 works
  5. 5 Shucheng Qin China · #48,582 worldwide 4.1k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Bin Wu China · #53,734 worldwide 7k citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Haihua Xiao China · #56,730 worldwide 2.3k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Chuancheng Jia China · #60,776 worldwide 8.6k citations · 148 works
  9. 9 Chunjun Chen China · #61,493 worldwide 6.3k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Ding‐Jiang Xue China · #68,957 worldwide 14k citations · 175 works
All ranked researchers at Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences?

The most cited paper from Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences is "Single-Junction Organic Solar Cell with over 15% Efficiency Using Fused-Ring Acceptor with Electron-Deficient Core" (Jun Yuan, Yunqiang Zhang, Liuyang Zhou et al., 2019), with 5,900 citations. Next come "An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells" (4,266) and "Semiconducting π-Conjugated Systems in Field-Effect Transistors: A Material Odyssey of Organic Electronics" (3,595).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Single-Junction Organic Solar Cell with over 15% Efficiency Using Fused-Ring Acceptor with Electron-Deficient Core Jun Yuan, Yunqiang Zhang, Liuyang Zhou et al. · Joule Open access 17 Jan 2019 5,900
2 An Electron Acceptor Challenging Fullerenes for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Yuze Lin, Jiayu Wang, Zhiguo Zhang et al. · Advanced Materials 7 Jan 2015 4,266
3 Semiconducting π-Conjugated Systems in Field-Effect Transistors: A Material Odyssey of Organic Electronics Chengliang Wang, Huanli Dong, Wenping Hu et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 23 Nov 2011 3,595
4 Synthesis of N-Doped Graphene by Chemical Vapor Deposition and Its Electrical Properties Dacheng Wei, Yunqi Liu, Yu Wang et al. · Nano Letters 27 Mar 2009 3,091
5 Organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors Jianhui Hou, Olle Inganäs, Richard Henry Friend et al. · Nature Materials Open access 22 Jan 2018 2,874
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanocomposites, Biomedical Applications, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Electrocatalysis, Self-Assembly and Metal-Organic Frameworks.

▲ 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. Catalysis249▲ 17×28 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications159▲ 6.0×31 topics
  3. Nanocomposites150▲ 8.5×20 topics
  4. Nanoparticles143▲ 5.1×39 topics
  5. Nanomaterials136▲ 5.8×18 topics
  6. Electrocatalysis105▲ 17×5 topics
  7. Self-Assembly103▲ 14×12 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks101▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Graphene96▲ 6.4×11 topics
  10. Cathode Materials94▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Hydrogenation92▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Water Splitting89▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Bioimaging85▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Catalysts83▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Energy Storage83▲ 5.7×8 topics
  16. Organic Electronics83▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Tissue Engineering83▲ 6.1×11 topics
  18. Nanofibers82▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Chemical Sensors80▲ 16×3 topics
  20. CO2 Reduction79▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Carbon Dioxide78▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Efficiency75▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Photodynamic Therapy74▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Transition Metal Complexes73▲ 36×4 topics
  25. Crystal Growth71▲ 12×11 topics
  26. Field-Effect Transistors71▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Polymer Blends70▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Semiconductors70▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Nanostructures69▲ 7.6×16 topics
  30. Conducting Polymers69▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Stability68▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Bulk Heterojunction62▲ 78×1 topic
  33. Conjugated Polymers62▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Light-Emitting Diodes61▲ 18×3 topics
  35. PEDOT:PSS61▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Polyaniline61▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Rechargeable Batteries59▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Organometal Halide Perovskites59▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Perovskite Solar Cells59▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Semiconductor58▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting polymers and applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Organic Electronics and …62Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics: 62 fractional worksConducting polymers and …61Conducting polymers and applications: 61 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…59Perovskite Materials and Applications: 59 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluores…46Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 46 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 41 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 40 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…38CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 38 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 37 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 35 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…31Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 31 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsMaterials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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

  1. 1 Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 62 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 61 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 59 works
  4. 4 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 46 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 41 works
  6. 6 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 40 works
  7. 7 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 38 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  10. 10 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 31 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 available18.6%not open81.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0090% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences0.0089% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences 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%30%Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences20.2% 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 22.7% in 2023.

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