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Dalian University

In research, Dalian University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#230 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#138 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#82 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Process Chemistry and Technology, Catalysis and Chemical Engineering (Process Chemistry and Technology is 16.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#406
of 22,385 · #583 all time
Rank in China
#93
of 2,481
Research works
19k
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
339k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

What is Dalian 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
Physical SciencesDomain #230 of 10,670 11.3%3,828 #410
EngineeringField #138 of 5,901 11.5%1,663 #262
Materials ScienceField #82 of 2,276 10.8%681 #147
Health SciencesDomain #641 of 9,902 16.4%297 #1026
Life SciencesDomain #456 of 6,403 12.8%484 #620
MedicineField #631 of 8,541 16.5%269 #1014
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #169 of 2,176 10.4%437 #256
Computer ScienceField #354 of 4,417 10.8%423 #480
Materials ChemistrySubfield #119 of 1,473 10.1%391 #188
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #118 of 1,319 10.4%248 #240

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dalian 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. Physical Sciences#410 #230
  2. Engineering#262 #138
  3. Materials Science#147 #82
  4. Health Sciences#1,026 #641
  5. Life Sciences#620 #456
  6. Medicine#1,014 #631
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#256 #169
  8. Computer Science#480 #354
  9. Materials Chemistry#188 #119
  10. Mechanical Engineering#240 #118
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 University work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Dalian University is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Materials Science (14%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,393 fractional works · 78.5% of its workEngineering: 1,925 fractional works · 34.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 499 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 326 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 295 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 149 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 128 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 124 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 91 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 67 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 770 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 439 fractional works · 7.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 110 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 102 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 75 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 485 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 154 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 143 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 66 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 414 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 214 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 109 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 270 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 68 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 211 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 202 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 163 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCatalysis: 88 fractional works · 1.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 94 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 551 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 317 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 222 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 112 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 340 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 307 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 309 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 85 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDalian University5,593fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering1,92534.4%
    2. Materials Science77013.8%
    3. Computer Science4858.7%
    4. Chemistry4147.4%
    5. Environmental Science2704.8%
    6. Energy2113.8%
    7. Chemical Engineering1632.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy941.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences420.7%
    10. Mathematics190.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3175.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1122.0%
    3. Neuroscience691.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology280.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics250.5%
    1. Medicine3075.5%
    2. Health Professions190.3%
    3. Nursing100.2%
    4. Dentistry50.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting851.5%
    2. Social Sciences781.4%
    3. Decision Sciences480.9%
    4. Psychology460.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance350.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities180.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dalian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Process Chemistry and Technology takes 16.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 37.1 works16×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 88.0 works11×
  3. Chemical EngineeringField · 162.6 works8.3×
  4. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 108.9 works7.8×
  5. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 30.3 works5.5×
  6. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 214.1 works5.1×
  7. ChemistryField · 414.0 works4.7×
  8. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 201.8 works4.7×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 112 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 317 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 69 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.31× its world share, 163 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.72× its world share, 414 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 485 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.10× its world share, 211 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.29× its world share, 1,925 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 270 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.94× its world share, 770 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 307 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering8.31×163 works
  2. Chemistry4.72×414 works
  3. Energy4.10×211 works
  4. Materials Science3.94×770 works
  5. Engineering2.29×1,925 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×26 works
  7. Computer Science1.12×485 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×317 works
  9. Environmental Science0.97×270 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.89×48 works
  11. Neuroscience0.76×69 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.76×94 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×28 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×42 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×85 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×112 works
  17. Nursing0.37×10 works
  18. Medicine0.29×307 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×35 works
  20. Mathematics0.28×19 works
  21. Psychology0.27×46 works
  22. Dentistry0.17×5 works
  23. Health Professions0.13×19 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.11×18 works
  25. Social Sciences0.11×78 works
  26. Veterinary0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dalian University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jianzhang Zhao, Guang‐Ping Hao and Canghai Ma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dalian University.

  1. 1 Jianzhang Zhao China · #52,523 worldwide 31k citations · 563 works
  2. 2 Guang‐Ping Hao China · #130,227 worldwide 7.5k citations · 119 works
  3. 3 Canghai Ma China · #149,512 worldwide 694 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Fangxu Fan China · #156,204 worldwide 483 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Chong Peng China · #169,510 worldwide 9.6k citations · 292 works
  6. 6 Xinyi Tan China · #173,022 worldwide 5.2k citations · 97 works
  7. 7 Bin He China · #180,352 worldwide 6.7k citations · 225 works
  8. 8 Wenji Zheng China · #187,405 worldwide 4.7k citations · 132 works
  9. 9 Yongwen Ren China · #210,335 worldwide 2.6k citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Shuo Yuan China · #214,892 worldwide 835 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Dalian University

What are the most cited papers from Dalian University?

The most cited paper from Dalian University is "TCMSP: a database of systems pharmacology for drug discovery from herbal medicines" (Jinlong Ru, Peng Li, Jinan Wang et al., 2014), with 5,188 citations. Next come "Recent developments in heterogeneous photocatalysts for solar-driven overall water splitting" (2,304) and "Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance" (2,289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 TCMSP: a database of systems pharmacology for drug discovery from herbal medicines Jinlong Ru, Peng Li, Jinan Wang et al. · Journal of Cheminformatics Open access 15 Apr 2014 5,188
2 Recent developments in heterogeneous photocatalysts for solar-driven overall water splitting Zheng Wang, Can Li, Kazunari Domen · Chemical Society Reviews Review 17 Oct 2018 2,304
3 Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance Zheng Ling, Chang E. Ren, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Nov 2014 2,289
4 Macrophages in immunoregulation and therapeutics Shanze Chen, Abdullah F. U. H. Saeed, Quan Liu et al. · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Open access 21 May 2023 2,233
5 Recent advancements in supercapacitor technology Waseem Raza, Faizan Ali, Nadeem Raza et al. · Nano Energy 9 Aug 2018 1,904
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dalian University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Energy Storage, Cathode Materials, Deep Learning and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Catalysis359▲ 9.6×27 topics
  2. Deep Learning331▲ 1.71×84 topics
  3. Nanomaterials284▲ 4.9×20 topics
  4. Nanoparticles281▲ 4.0×43 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications206▲ 3.1×35 topics
  6. Energy Storage192▲ 5.3×12 topics
  7. Nanocomposites190▲ 4.3×22 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks188▲ 8.1×6 topics
  9. Graphene176▲ 4.7×12 topics
  10. Cathode Materials160▲ 7.4×3 topics
  11. Neural Networks152▲ 1.76×40 topics
  12. Electrocatalysis140▲ 8.8×5 topics
  13. Water Splitting137▲ 6.6×4 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties131▲ 2.4×38 topics
  15. Chemical Sensors121▲ 9.4×3 topics
  16. Drug Delivery116▲ 3.8×16 topics
  17. Hydrogenation113▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Rechargeable Batteries112▲ 7.5×2 topics
  19. Catalysts103▲ 9.1×3 topics
  20. Ionic Liquids102▲ 6.5×10 topics
  21. Heterogeneous Catalysis101▲ 9.8×5 topics
  22. CO2 Capture101▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Photodynamic Therapy95▲ 7.4×5 topics
  24. Carbon Dioxide93▲ 10×4 topics
  25. CO2 Reduction89▲ 7.4×2 topics
  26. Self-Assembly84▲ 4.7×12 topics
  27. Oxidation82▲ 9.6×3 topics
  28. Methane Storage81▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Selective Oxidation79▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Energy Conversion77▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. Green Chemistry76▲ 7.7×9 topics
  32. Bioimaging76▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Catalytic71▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Heterogeneous Catalysts70▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Fuel Cells70▲ 8.1×3 topics
  36. Ceria69▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Gold69▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Hydrogen Evolution68▲ 9.2×1 topic
  39. Oxygen Reduction68▲ 9.2×1 topic
  40. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries67▲ 8.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Dalian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques and Advanced battery technologies research.

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 69 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 68 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 59 works
  4. 4 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  6. 6 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 48 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 works
  8. 8 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 43 works
  9. 9 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 42 works
  10. 10 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 42 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dalian University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% 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 Dalian University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Dalian University0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dalian 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 counting5%10%15%Dalian University11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2024.

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