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China Astronaut Research and Training Center

In research, China Astronaut Research and Training Center stands highest in Engineering (#2,390 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,066 of 12,888 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#558 of 795 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Control and Systems Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,722
of 28,054 · #8,620 all time
Rank in China
#1,393
of 3,058
Research works
2.3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is China Astronaut Research and Training 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 #2,390 of 6,636 20.9%238 #2780
Physical SciencesDomain #5,066 of 12,888 19.1%396 #6221
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #558 of 795 31.6%86 #937
Computer ScienceField #4,106 of 4,667 8.6%77 #3926

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Astronaut Research and Training 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#2,780 #2,390
  2. Physical Sciences#6,221 #5,066
  3. Aerospace Engineering#937 #558
  4. Computer Science#3,926 #4,106
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 Astronaut Research and Training Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 85.7 works14×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 28.3 works11×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 31.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.95× its world share, 77 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.12× its world share, 238 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.19× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.45× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.87× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Astronaut Research and Training Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Shuying Chen, Yinghui Li and Bin Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Astronaut Research and Training Center.

  1. 1 Shuying Chen China · #725,574 worldwide 48 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Yinghui Li China · #735,971 worldwide 100 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Bin Wu China · #926,689 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Lina Qu China · #996,044 worldwide 56 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Shanguang Chen China · #1,244,475 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Zhaoxia Liu China · #1,305,054 worldwide 21 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Zhili Li China · #1,308,399 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Hengnian Li China · #1,324,496 worldwide 27 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Chunhui Wang China · #1,384,991 worldwide 26 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Xinxin Yuan China · #1,461,115 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at China Astronaut Research and Training Center

Which keywords describe research at China Astronaut Research and Training Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Orbit Determination, Deep Learning, Pose Estimation, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Sensor Fusion, Machine Learning and Magnetic Sensing.

▲ 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 Learning36▲ 2.1×58 topics
  2. Machine Learning31▲ 1.85×37 topics
  3. Orbit Determination24▲ 110×2 topics
  4. Neural Networks19▲ 2.5×23 topics
  5. Pose Estimation18▲ 31×2 topics
  6. On-Orbit Servicing17▲ 155×1 topic
  7. Space Debris17▲ 155×1 topic
  8. Sensor Fusion17▲ 30×3 topics
  9. Magnetic Sensing14▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Optimal Control14▲ 37×4 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties13▲ 2.7×23 topics
  12. MEMS Sensors12▲ 77×2 topics
  13. Inertial Navigation Systems12▲ 87×1 topic
  14. Kalman Filtering12▲ 87×1 topic
  15. Immune System11▲ 9.2×4 topics
  16. Fault Diagnosis11▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Neurological Effects11▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Trajectory Optimization11▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Microgravity10▲ 107×1 topic
  20. Spaceflight10▲ 107×1 topic
  21. Solar Sail10▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Spacecraft Formation Flying10▲ 145×1 topic
  23. Solar Wind10▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Solar System Abundances10▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Terrestrial Planets10▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Neural Network10▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Bayesian Networks9▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Control Systems9▲ 9.3×7 topics
  29. Anomaly Detection9▲ 5.8×4 topics
  30. Fault Tree Analysis8▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Quantitative Risk Assessment8▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Fault Detection8▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Process Monitoring8▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Multi-Agent Systems8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 6.9×4 topics
  36. Wavelet Transform7▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Sparse Representation7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. GNSS7▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Global Navigation Satellite Systems7▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Microstructural Evolution6▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does China Astronaut Research and Training Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Space Satellite Systems and Control, Inertial Sensor and Navigation, Spaceflight effects on biology and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control.

Space Satellite Systems …17Space Satellite Systems and Control: 17 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navi…12Inertial Sensor and Navigation: 12 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on b…10Spaceflight effects on biology: 10 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and …10Spacecraft Dynamics and Control: 10 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 10 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 8 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…8Fault Detection and Control Systems: 8 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 7 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 6 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 4 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringPhysiologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty1 others

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

  1. 1 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 10 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  6. 6 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 8 works
  7. 7 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Astronaut Research and Training Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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