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China Mobile (China)

In research, China Mobile (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,226 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#835 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#812 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Signal Processing (Computer Networks and Communications is 14.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,382
of 22,385 · #3,777 all time
Rank in China
#431
of 2,481
Research works
5.4k
▲ 240% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
China Mobile (China)

What is China Mobile (China) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,226 of 10,670 8.6%2,091 #2001
EngineeringField #835 of 5,901 10.0%946 #1634
Computer ScienceField #812 of 4,417 7.1%1,044 #1276
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #468 of 2,176 8.9%482 #853
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #285 of 728 6.4%308 #726
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #791 of 1,862 6.9%304 #1323
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #423 of 963 9.4%196 #785
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #392 of 785 10.7%158 #849
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #520 of 804 7.5%66 #1364
Information SystemsSubfield #903 of 1,321 6.0%118 #1732

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Mobile (China) 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. Physical Sciences#2,001 #1,226
  2. Engineering#1,634 #835
  3. Computer Science#1,276 #812
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#853 #468
  5. Computer Networks and Communications#726 #285
  6. Artificial Intelligence#1,323 #791
  7. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#785 #423
  8. Aerospace Engineering#849 #392
  9. Control and Systems Engineering#1,364 #520
  10. Information Systems#1,732 #903
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 China Mobile (China) work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at China Mobile (China) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (45%), Engineering (40%), Social Sciences (3%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,309 fractional works · 89.6% of its workComputer Science: 1,152 fractional works · 44.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 345 fractional works · 13.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 330 fractional works · 12.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 221 fractional works · 8.6% of its workInformation Systems: 127 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSignal Processing: 69 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1,040 fractional works · 40.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 533 fractional works · 20.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 171 fractional works · 6.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 71 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedia Technology: 60 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 178 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 2.6% of its workUrban Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 53 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChina Mobile(China)2,578fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences7%

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. Computer Science1,15244.7%
    2. Engineering1,04040.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy411.6%
    4. Environmental Science271.0%
    5. Materials Science210.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences110.4%
    7. Energy60.2%
    8. Mathematics50.2%
    9. Chemistry30.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Social Sciences682.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting532.1%
    3. Decision Sciences261.0%
    4. Psychology220.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    1. Medicine381.5%
    2. Health Professions80.3%
    3. Dentistry10.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Neuroscience180.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology160.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does China Mobile (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 329.6 works14×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 28.2 works9.7×
  3. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 69.3 works8.9×
  4. Media TechnologySubfield · 59.9 works7.4×
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 220.6 works6.8×
  6. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 533.2 works5.8×
  7. Computer ScienceField · 1,152.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.75× its world share, 1,152 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.69× its world share, 1,040 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 53 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science5.75×1,152 works
  2. Engineering2.69×1,040 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.03×26 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.72×42 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×53 works
  6. Neuroscience0.44×18 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×11 works
  8. Psychology0.28×22 works
  9. Energy0.26×6 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.23×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.23×21 works
  12. Environmental Science0.21×27 works
  13. Social Sciences0.21×68 works
  14. Mathematics0.16×5 works
  15. Health Professions0.13×8 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×7 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×16 works
  18. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×1 works
  20. Medicine0.08×38 works
  21. Chemistry0.07×3 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×2 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×6 works
  24. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  25. Nursing0.02×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.02×2 works

Who are the top researchers at China Mobile (China)?

Ranked on the quality score, Shuangfeng Han, I Chih‐Lin and Qixing Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Mobile (China).

  1. 1 Shuangfeng Han China · #357,376 worldwide 12k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 I Chih‐Lin China · #479,466 worldwide 19k citations · 289 works
  3. 3 Qixing Wang China · #487,809 worldwide 3.7k citations · 199 works
  4. 4 Jinri Huang China · #762,950 worldwide 839 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Lu Lu China · #853,069 worldwide 1.8k citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Yifei Yuan China · #855,549 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Chao Deng China · #950,745 worldwide 912 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Leyi Zhang China · #1,010,750 worldwide 902 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Zhikun Xu China · #1,114,713 worldwide 4k citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Qi Sun China · #1,159,798 worldwide 4.1k citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at China Mobile (China)

What are the most cited papers from China Mobile (China)?

The most cited paper from China Mobile (China) is "Non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G: solutions, challenges, opportunities, and future research trends" (Linglong Dai, Bichai Wang, Yifei Yuan et al., 2015), with 3,054 citations. Next come "Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts" (2,058) and "Application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in LTE and 5G Networks" (2,057).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G: solutions, challenges, opportunities, and future research trends Linglong Dai, Bichai Wang, Yifei Yuan et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Sep 2015 3,054
2 Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts Xiaohu You et al. · Science China Information Sciences Open access 24 Nov 2020 2,058
3 Application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in LTE and 5G Networks Zhiguo Ding, Yuanwei Liu, Jinho Choi et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access Feb 2017 2,057
4 Large-scale antenna systems with hybrid analog and digital beamforming for millimeter wave 5G Shuangfeng Han, I Chih‐Lin, Zhikun Xu et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access 2015 1,256
5 Millimeter Wave Communications for Future Mobile Networks Ming Bo Xiao, Shahid Mumtaz, Yongming Huang et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 27 Jun 2017 1,174
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at China Mobile (China)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, 5G Networks, Security and Wireless Sensor Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning555▲ 6.2×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning231▲ 2.7×78 topics
  3. Neural Networks216▲ 5.4×37 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency210▲ 8.8×26 topics
  5. Internet of Things188▲ 8.5×26 topics
  6. 5G Networks126▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Security117▲ 6.8×20 topics
  8. Big Data113▲ 4.6×25 topics
  9. Wireless Sensor Networks107▲ 9.2×21 topics
  10. IoT Security106▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Smart Cities105▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Massive MIMO104▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks95▲ 5.1×14 topics
  14. Wireless Networks94▲ 24×9 topics
  15. Healthcare91▲ 3.1×12 topics
  16. Data Mining87▲ 4.6×17 topics
  17. Security and Privacy87▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Wireless Communications87▲ 19×5 topics
  19. Channel Estimation86▲ 38×4 topics
  20. 5G85▲ 57×3 topics
  21. Edge Computing82▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Wireless Communication81▲ 22×7 topics
  23. Mobile Edge Computing78▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection76▲ 10×5 topics
  25. MIMO Systems75▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Heterogeneous Networks72▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Distributed Systems70▲ 16×6 topics
  28. Cloud Computing65▲ 8.8×13 topics
  29. Spectral Efficiency62▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Channel Modeling60▲ 19×6 topics
  31. Beamforming59▲ 22×4 topics
  32. IoT57▲ 5.9×15 topics
  33. Fog Computing57▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Cellular Networks55▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Interference Alignment55▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Resource Allocation50▲ 11×8 topics
  37. Cybersecurity48▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces48▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access48▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Information Retrieval46▲ 8.2×5 topics

Which research topics does China Mobile (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies and Software-Defined Networks and 5G.

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing56IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 56 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Op…55Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 55 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…48Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 48 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Network…42Software-Defined Networks and 5G: 42 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 37 fractional worksTelecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 36 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…34Optical Network Technologies: 34 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 33 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 30 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…29Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 29 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMedia TechnologyArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 56 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55 works
  3. 3 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 works
  4. 4 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 42 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 37 works
  6. 6 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies Media Technology 36 works
  7. 7 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 33 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  10. 10 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 29 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 available16.4%not open83.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has China Mobile (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 240% 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 China Mobile (China) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%China Mobile (China)0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of China Mobile (China) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025China Mobile (China)8.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2017.

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