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Dalian Maritime University

In research, Dalian Maritime University stands highest in Engineering (#295 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#584 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#468 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 14.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#871
of 22,385 · #1,117 all time
Rank in China
#210
of 2,481
Research works
22k
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
216k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Dalian Maritime University

What is Dalian Maritime University 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
EngineeringField #295 of 5,901 13.4%3,731 #435
Physical SciencesDomain #584 of 10,670 13.0%6,543 #814
Computer ScienceField #468 of 4,417 14.8%1,249 #531
Social SciencesDomain #1,046 of 9,585 21.1%741 #1123
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #137 of 963 17.5%483 #222
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #43 of 301 18.5%573 #89
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #116 of 804 14.4%614 #126
Health SciencesDomain #1,818 of 9,902 16.1%116 #2667
Environmental ScienceField #633 of 3,334 13.5%541 #739
Business, Management and AccountingField #548 of 2,581 19.8%182 #449

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dalian Maritime 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 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. Engineering#435 #295
  2. Physical Sciences#814 #584
  3. Computer Science#531 #468
  4. Social Sciences#1,123 #1,046
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#222 #137
  6. Ocean Engineering#89 #43
  7. Control and Systems Engineering#126 #116
  8. Health Sciences#2,667 #1,818
  9. Environmental Science#739 #633
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#449 #548
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 Dalian Maritime University work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Dalian Maritime University is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Computer Science (17%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,475 fractional works · 86.9% of its workEngineering: 4,234 fractional works · 49.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 686 fractional works · 8.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 672 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 669 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 393 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 380 fractional works · 4.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 300 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 269 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 174 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 163 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 140 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 134 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 113 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 87 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1,437 fractional works · 16.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 552 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 360 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 251 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 628 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 218 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPollution: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 418 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 261 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 198 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 85 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 172 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 128 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 153 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 820 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 300 fractional works · 3.5% of its workTransportation: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 199 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 127 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 117 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 175 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 103 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 132 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDalian MaritimeUniversity8,602fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering4,23449.2%
    2. Computer Science1,43716.7%
    3. Environmental Science6287.3%
    4. Materials Science4184.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1982.3%
    6. Energy1722.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy1531.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering891.0%
    9. Chemistry800.9%
    10. Mathematics660.8%
    1. Social Sciences3003.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1992.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1271.5%
    4. Decision Sciences1171.4%
    5. Psychology440.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities330.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1031.2%
    2. Neuroscience320.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences320.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.0%
    1. Medicine881.0%
    2. Health Professions410.5%
    3. Dentistry20.0%
    4. Nursing10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dalian Maritime University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 14.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 668.7 works15×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 685.6 works7.4×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 299.9 works6.8×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 552.0 works5.1×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 217.6 works4.7×
  6. Media TechnologySubfield · 113.1 works4.2×
  7. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 60.4 works4.2×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 103 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.95× its world share, 89 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 80 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 1,437 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 198 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.17× its world share, 172 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.28× its world share, 4,234 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 628 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.39× its world share, 418 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 66 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 154 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 88 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 199 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 117 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 127 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 300 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.28×4,234 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.95×89 works
  3. Energy2.17×172 works
  4. Computer Science2.15×1,437 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.47×198 works
  6. Environmental Science1.47×628 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.40×117 works
  8. Materials Science1.39×418 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.80×154 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.72×199 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×127 works
  12. Mathematics0.65×66 works
  13. Chemistry0.59×80 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×300 works
  15. Neuroscience0.23×32 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×103 works
  17. Health Professions0.18×41 works
  18. Psychology0.17×44 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.13×33 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×32 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×5 works
  23. Medicine0.05×88 works
  24. Dentistry0.04×2 works
  25. Nursing0.03×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dalian Maritime University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah, Charles Baah and Ebenezer Afum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dalian Maritime University.

  1. 1 Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah China · #12,154 worldwide 4.1k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Charles Baah China · #13,995 worldwide 3.3k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Ebenezer Afum China · #23,285 worldwide 4k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Minyi Xu China · #64,845 worldwide 9.2k citations · 287 works
  5. 5 Xingyuan Wang China · #74,366 worldwide 4.3k citations · 89 works
  6. 6 Jiaguo Liu China · #85,228 worldwide 3.8k citations · 151 works
  7. 7 Xianping Fu China · #87,662 worldwide 5k citations · 265 works
  8. 8 Jingchun Zhou China · #100,603 worldwide 3.9k citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Ranqi Ma China · #113,853 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Bin Yu China · #123,108 worldwide 3.5k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Dalian Maritime University

What are the most cited papers from Dalian Maritime University?

The most cited paper from Dalian Maritime University is "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (The LifeLines Cohort Study et al., 2015), with 4,954 citations. Next come "Continuous finite-time control for robotic manipulators with terminal sliding mode" (2,662) and "Broad Learning System: An Effective and Efficient Incremental Learning System Without the Need for Deep Architecture" (1,954).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
2 Continuous finite-time control for robotic manipulators with terminal sliding mode Shuanghe Yu, Xinghuo Yu, Bijan Shirinzadeh et al. · Automatica Open access 7 Sep 2005 2,662
3 Broad Learning System: An Effective and Efficient Incremental Learning System Without the Need for Deep Architecture C. L. Philip Chen, Zhulin Liu · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 21 Jul 2017 1,954
4 New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution Dmitry Shungin et al. · Nature Open access410 authors 10 Feb 2015 1,726
5 Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench Guorui Li et al. · Nature 3 Mar 2021 1,213
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dalian Maritime University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Maritime Transportation, Path Planning, Collision Avoidance, Risk Assessment, Human Factors, Autonomous Ships and Unmanned Surface Vehicles.

▲ 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 Learning836▲ 2.8×83 topics
  2. Maritime Transportation483▲ 102×2 topics
  3. Neural Networks452▲ 3.4×38 topics
  4. Path Planning442▲ 41×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning438▲ 1.53×88 topics
  6. Collision Avoidance434▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Environmental Impact384▲ 2.6×49 topics
  8. Risk Assessment373▲ 6.6×19 topics
  9. Human Factors328▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Climate Change323▲ 1.38×66 topics
  11. Autonomous Ships322▲ 120×1 topic
  12. Unmanned Surface Vehicles322▲ 120×1 topic
  13. Remote Sensing308▲ 2.9×35 topics
  14. Nonlinear Systems298▲ 16×8 topics
  15. Adaptive Control268▲ 23×7 topics
  16. Neural Network243▲ 16×9 topics
  17. Feedback Control238▲ 17×8 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management229▲ 3.0×19 topics
  19. Sliding Mode Control227▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks225▲ 5.8×20 topics
  21. Multi-Agent Systems215▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Robotic Manipulators213▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Convolutional Neural Networks208▲ 3.3×14 topics
  24. Emissions197▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Aerial Vehicles197▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Disturbance Observer196▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Finite-Time Stability196▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Logistics189▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Fuel Consumption187▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Air Quality184▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Shipping181▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Alternative Fuels163▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Operations Research162▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Container Terminals162▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Port Development162▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Emission Control Areas160▲ 79×1 topic
  37. Ship Propulsion160▲ 79×1 topic
  38. Event-Triggered Control158▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Sparse Representation155▲ 9.6×6 topics
  40. Sensor Networks150▲ 7.3×6 topics

Which research topics does Dalian Maritime University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime Navigation and Safety, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Maritime Ports and Logistics and Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency.

Maritime Navigation and …322Maritime Navigation and Safety: 322 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 196 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logis…162Maritime Ports and Logistics: 162 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emiss…160Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 160 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 117 fractional worksDistributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 95 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and M…93Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 93 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 90 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 73 fractional worksImage Enhancement Techniques: 70 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 322 works
  2. 2 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 196 works
  3. 3 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 162 works
  4. 4 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 160 works
  5. 5 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 117 works
  6. 6 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 95 works
  7. 7 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 93 works
  8. 8 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 90 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 73 works
  10. 10 Image Enhancement Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 70 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 available26.4%not open73.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dalian Maritime University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 95% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dalian Maritime University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Dalian Maritime University0.035% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Dalian Maritime University 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 counting10%20%Dalian Maritime University15.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2020.

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