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China Mobile (China)

In research, China Mobile (China) stands highest in Engineering (#532 of 6,636 worldwide), Computer Science (#672 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,897 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications, Hardware and Architecture and Signal Processing — Computer Networks and Communications is 14.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,042
of 28,054 · #6,688 all time
Rank in China
#757
of 3,058
Research works
5.4k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is China Mobile (China) 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 #532 of 6,636 14.9%946 #1120
Computer ScienceField #672 of 4,667 12.2%1,044 #1629
Physical SciencesDomain #1,897 of 12,888 13.6%2,091 #4267
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #419 of 2,318 11.0%482 #647
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #172 of 705 10.3%308 #624
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #229 of 795 26.2%158 #1089
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #561 of 1,884 13.2%304 #1230
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #296 of 941 14.3%196 #909
Social SciencesDomain #5,368 of 10,521 19.8%167 #9587
Information SystemsSubfield #757 of 1,291 12.8%118 #1362

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 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#1,120 #532
  2. Computer Science#1,629 #672
  3. Physical Sciences#4,267 #1,897
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#647 #419
  5. Computer Networks and Communications#624 #172
  6. Aerospace Engineering#1,089 #229
  7. Artificial Intelligence#1,230 #561
  8. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#909 #296
  9. Social Sciences#9,587 #5,368
  10. Information Systems#1,362 #757
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 Mobile (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 308.0 works15×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 24.6 works9.3×
  3. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 63.6 works9.0×
  4. Media TechnologySubfield · 56.4 works7.7×
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 195.7 works6.6×
  6. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 482.0 works5.8×
  7. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 157.5 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, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.74× its world share, 1,044 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.70× its world share, 946 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 35 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 51 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 65 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

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

  1. 1 I Chih‐Lin China · #4,029 worldwide 1.7k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Shuangfeng Han China · #127,274 worldwide 801 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Qi Sun China · #199,405 worldwide 512 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Junlan Feng China · #214,141 worldwide 297 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Yifei Yuan China · #219,077 worldwide 768 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Weiyuan Li China · #317,201 worldwide 130 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Sheng Liu China · #375,153 worldwide 90 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Han Li China · #392,278 worldwide 77 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Guangyi Liu China · #396,616 worldwide 230 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Haisen Zhang China · #419,146 worldwide 65 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at China Mobile (China)

Which keywords describe research at China Mobile (China)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, 5G Networks, IoT 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 2022–2025 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 Learning497▲ 6.2×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning208▲ 2.7×76 topics
  3. Neural Networks193▲ 5.3×36 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency192▲ 8.7×25 topics
  5. Internet of Things177▲ 8.7×26 topics
  6. 5G Networks116▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Security104▲ 6.8×20 topics
  8. Big Data102▲ 4.8×24 topics
  9. IoT Security100▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks98▲ 9.3×20 topics
  11. Smart Cities98▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Massive MIMO97▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Wireless Networks90▲ 25×9 topics
  14. Healthcare85▲ 3.2×12 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks83▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Data Mining83▲ 4.7×17 topics
  17. 5G80▲ 61×3 topics
  18. Security and Privacy80▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Wireless Communications78▲ 19×5 topics
  20. Channel Estimation77▲ 39×4 topics
  21. Edge Computing76▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Wireless Communication75▲ 21×6 topics
  23. Anomaly Detection72▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Mobile Edge Computing70▲ 19×2 topics
  25. MIMO Systems69▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Heterogeneous Networks64▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Distributed Systems64▲ 17×6 topics
  28. Cloud Computing59▲ 9.0×13 topics
  29. Spectral Efficiency57▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Channel Modeling56▲ 19×6 topics
  31. Beamforming56▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Fog Computing53▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Cellular Networks51▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Interference Alignment51▲ 45×1 topic
  35. IoT51▲ 5.9×14 topics
  36. Resource Allocation45▲ 11×8 topics
  37. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces44▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Intrusion Detection44▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access44▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Cybersecurity43▲ 7.7×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies and Software-Defined Networks and 5G.

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing52IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 52 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Op…51Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 51 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…44Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 44 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Network…37Software-Defined Networks and 5G: 37 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 35 fractional worksTelecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 35 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…30Optical Network Technologies: 30 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 28 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 27 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…27Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 27 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 52 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 51 works
  3. 3 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
  4. 4 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 37 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 35 works
  6. 6 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies Media Technology 35 works
  7. 7 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 28 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  10. 10 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 27 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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