Question 1

What is Beijing Normal University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Beijing Normal University stands highest in Environmental Science (#7 of 3,334 worldwide), Social Sciences (#36 of 9,585 worldwide) and Education (#10 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering (Atmospheric Science is 6.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Beijing Normal University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Beijing Normal University ranks #98 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#168 all time), and #30 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Beijing Normal University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Sha Zhou, Yanxu Liu and Yongshuo H. Fu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing Normal University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Beijing Normal University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Beijing Normal University is "A review on circular economy: the expected transition to a balanced interplay of environmental and economic systems" (Patrizia Ghisellini, Catia Cialani, Sérgio Ulgiati, 2015), with 6,451 citations. Next come "The International HapMap Project" (6,187) and "GSDS 2.0: an upgraded gene feature visualization server" (4,935).

Question 5

Which research topics does Beijing Normal University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Climate variability and models.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Beijing Normal University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Deep Learning, Urbanization, Global Warming, Machine Learning and Hydrological Modeling.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Beijing Normal University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Beijing Normal University is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (16%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Beijing Normal University's?

Accepted Answer

University of California, Santa Barbara has the research profile closest to Beijing Normal University's (similarity 0.90 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, followed by University of California, Berkeley and East China Normal University.

Question 9

Is Beijing Normal University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.