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Beijing Union University

In research, Beijing Union University stands highest in Computer Science (#500 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,262 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,751 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis — Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,818
of 28,054 · #8,525 all time
Rank in China
#897
of 3,058
Research works
5.9k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Beijing Union 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
Computer ScienceField #500 of 4,667 15.8%236 #1769
Physical SciencesDomain #3,262 of 12,888 13.8%557 #6518
Social SciencesDomain #2,751 of 10,521 23.5%302 #4302
EngineeringField #2,983 of 6,636 11.7%193 #4205
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,339 of 2,578 20.8%70 #1781
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #515 of 941 20.4%89 #1313
Life SciencesDomain #4,677 of 7,800 29.4%92 #8661
Social SciencesField #3,817 of 6,365 22.3%118 #4585
Health SciencesDomain #8,279 of 11,982 24.9%81 #15550
MedicineField #7,499 of 10,443 24.9%65 #13909

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Beijing Union 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. Computer Science#1,769 #500
  2. Physical Sciences#6,518 #3,262
  3. Social Sciences#4,302 #2,751
  4. Engineering#4,205 #2,983
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,781 #1,339
  6. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#1,313 #515
  7. Life Sciences#8,661 #4,677
  8. Social Sciences#4,585 #3,817
  9. Health Sciences#15,550 #8,279
  10. Medicine#13,909 #7,499
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 Union University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 89.0 works6.8×
  2. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 21.3 works3.9×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.95× its world share, 236 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.24× its world share, 193 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.09× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× 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, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Beijing Union University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jian Liu, Hongzhe Liu and Cheng Xu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beijing Union University.

  1. 1 Jian Liu China · #533,546 worldwide 59 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Hongzhe Liu China · #700,040 worldwide 127 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Cheng Xu China · #778,788 worldwide 88 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Zhang Ning China · #888,194 worldwide 27 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Meiyu Shi China · #909,547 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Ying Li China · #922,129 worldwide 40 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Ning He China · #1,012,428 worldwide 88 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Jianbin Chen China · #1,012,470 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Li Gan China · #1,037,552 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Meijuan Gao China · #1,051,165 worldwide 46 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Beijing Union University

Which keywords describe research at Beijing Union University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and Image Classification.

▲ 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. Deep Learning178▲ 5.0×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning70▲ 2.1×64 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence53▲ 3.8×38 topics
  4. Neural Networks51▲ 3.2×33 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks49▲ 6.5×14 topics
  6. Internet of Things37▲ 4.1×26 topics
  7. Economic Growth32▲ 3.7×17 topics
  8. Big Data27▲ 2.9×21 topics
  9. Cloud Computing26▲ 8.9×12 topics
  10. Image Classification25▲ 14×2 topics
  11. Computer Vision25▲ 8.8×4 topics
  12. Regional Planning24▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Image Recognition22▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Data Mining22▲ 2.9×17 topics
  15. Virtual Reality21▲ 4.0×9 topics
  16. Urbanization21▲ 4.9×9 topics
  17. Object Detection20▲ 16×1 topic
  18. Semantic Segmentation20▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Water Quality19▲ 4.6×3 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks18▲ 4.0×15 topics
  21. Global Capitalism18▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Environmental Risk Assessment18▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Conservation Issues18▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Pollution Monitoring18▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Intelligent Transportation Systems17▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Multimedia Technology16▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Energy Consumption15▲ 6.6×5 topics
  28. Real-time Tracking15▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Traffic Flow15▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Human-Computer Interaction14▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. User Satisfaction14▲ 7.0×4 topics
  32. Visual Tracking14▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Traditional Chinese Medicine14▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Convolutional Networks14▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. CO2 Emissions14▲ 7.1×2 topics
  36. Environmental Regulation13▲ 8.5×1 topic
  37. Financial Development13▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Kuznets Curve13▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Panel Data Analysis13▲ 8.0×2 topics
  40. Logistics13▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Beijing Union University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Neural Network Applications, Educational Reforms and Innovations, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods.

Advanced Neural Network Applications: 20 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 18 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…13Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 13 fractional worksVideo Surveillance and T…12Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods: 12 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 10 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 9 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…9Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 9 fractional worksDigital Media and Visual Art: 8 fractional worksImage Enhancement Techniques: 8 fractional worksIdeological and Politica…8Ideological and Political Education: 8 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEconomics and EconometricsBuilding and Construction4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 20 works
  2. 2 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 18 works
  3. 3 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  4. 4 Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 12 works
  5. 5 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 10 works
  6. 6 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 8 works
  9. 9 Image Enhancement Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8 works
  10. 10 Ideological and Political Education Education 8 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Beijing Union University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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