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China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center

In research, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center stands highest in Engineering (#538 of 6,636 worldwide), Computational Mechanics (#33 of 376 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,163 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films — Computational Mechanics is 42.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,031
of 28,054 · #3,940 all time
Rank in China
#544
of 3,058
Research works
4.7k
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center 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
EngineeringField #538 of 6,636 25.6%1,142 #1059
Computational MechanicsSubfield #33 of 376 24.7%385 #174
Physical SciencesDomain #1,163 of 12,888 24.5%1,545 #2448
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #82 of 795 34.5%380 #425
Computer ScienceField #520 of 4,667 14.2%103 #1459
Materials ScienceField #404 of 2,468 23.8%80 #1671
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #761 of 1,351 20.1%71 #1667
Environmental ScienceField #2,020 of 3,551 30.8%64 #3002
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #489 of 793 16.2%66 #1249

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center 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. Engineering#1,059 #538
  2. Computational Mechanics#174 #33
  3. Physical Sciences#2,448 #1,163
  4. Aerospace Engineering#425 #82
  5. Computer Science#1,459 #520
  6. Materials Science#1,671 #404
  7. Mechanical Engineering#1,667 #761
  8. Environmental Science#3,002 #2,020
  9. Control and Systems Engineering#1,249 #489
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 China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 42.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 384.5 works42×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 379.5 works21×
  3. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 27.2 works18×
  4. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 52.8 works12×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.14× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.81× its world share, 1,142 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 80 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.15× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.45× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hanxin Zhang, Zhihui Li and Laiping Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center.

  1. 1 Hanxin Zhang China · #142,921 worldwide 167 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Zhihui Li China · #183,540 worldwide 214 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Laiping Zhang China · #187,957 worldwide 224 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Weiqi Qian China · #341,273 worldwide 156 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Lingwei Yang China · #625,518 worldwide 158 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Ye Tian China · #638,939 worldwide 98 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Meiliang Mao China · #702,956 worldwide 97 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Shunhua Yang China · #712,026 worldwide 60 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Jialing Le China · #762,927 worldwide 79 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Yanxia Du China · #830,771 worldwide 95 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center

Which keywords describe research at China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Adaptive Mesh Refinement, High-Order Schemes, Radial Basis Functions, Shock-Wave Interactions, Turbulence Modeling and Vortex Dynamics.

▲ 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. Large-Eddy Simulation253▲ 83×5 topics
  2. Heat Transfer229▲ 29×17 topics
  3. Adaptive Mesh Refinement135▲ 138×2 topics
  4. High-Order Schemes135▲ 138×2 topics
  5. Radial Basis Functions132▲ 119×2 topics
  6. Shock-Wave Interactions129▲ 209×1 topic
  7. Turbulence Modeling129▲ 209×1 topic
  8. Vortex Dynamics126▲ 69×4 topics
  9. Turbulent Flows120▲ 75×3 topics
  10. Boundary Layer Transition116▲ 104×1 topic
  11. Particle Image Velocimetry116▲ 104×1 topic
  12. Turbulent Flow111▲ 59×4 topics
  13. Flow Control77▲ 90×2 topics
  14. Aerodynamics69▲ 64×3 topics
  15. Kinetic Theory66▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Separation Control66▲ 156×2 topics
  17. Vehicle Dynamics63▲ 69×2 topics
  18. Fluid-Structure Interaction63▲ 26×6 topics
  19. High-Speed Trains61▲ 59×3 topics
  20. Drag Reduction61▲ 84×2 topics
  21. Railway Bridges60▲ 98×2 topics
  22. Crosswind60▲ 130×1 topic
  23. Turbulent Wake60▲ 130×1 topic
  24. Thermal Management59▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Boundary Layer59▲ 30×4 topics
  26. Numerical Simulation55▲ 12×11 topics
  27. Numerical Methods54▲ 41×3 topics
  28. Combustion Instabilities53▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Spectral Analysis53▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Acoustic Sources52▲ 167×1 topic
  31. Jet Noise52▲ 167×1 topic
  32. Boltzmann Equation52▲ 157×1 topic
  33. Rarefied Flows52▲ 157×1 topic
  34. Multiphase Flow48▲ 35×4 topics
  35. Fluid Dynamics46▲ 21×5 topics
  36. Aerodynamic Flow Control46▲ 255×1 topic
  37. Plasma Actuators46▲ 255×1 topic
  38. Air Quality43▲ 15×6 topics
  39. Chemical Kinetics41▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Nonlinear Systems39▲ 12×6 topics

Which research topics does China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows.

Computational Fluid Dyna…129Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 129 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 116 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 60 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 52 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 52 fractional worksPlasma and Flow Control …46Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics: 46 fractional worksIcing and De-icing Technologies: 36 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 34 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 31 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 31 fractional works
Computational MechanicsAerospace EngineeringApplied MathematicsEnvironmental Engineering

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

  1. 1 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 129 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 116 works
  3. 3 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 60 works
  4. 4 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 52 works
  5. 5 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 52 works
  6. 6 Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering 46 works
  7. 7 Icing and De-icing Technologies Aerospace Engineering 36 works
  8. 8 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 34 works
  9. 9 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 31 works
  10. 10 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% 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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