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Duke Kunshan University

In research, Duke Kunshan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,258 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,644 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,864 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,230
of 28,054 · #7,773 all time
Rank in China
#801
of 3,058
Research works
1.3k
▲ 509% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Duke Kunshan University 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,258 of 10,521 33.8%283 #2844
Social SciencesField #1,644 of 6,365 34.6%139 #3605
Physical SciencesDomain #3,864 of 12,888 22.2%350 #8261
Computer ScienceField #1,555 of 4,667 25.1%154 #3529
EngineeringField #3,512 of 6,636 20.1%82 #8597
Health SciencesDomain #6,839 of 11,982 24.7%101 #10436
MedicineField #6,041 of 10,443 24.3%81 #9658
Life SciencesDomain #4,894 of 7,800 18.4%71 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke Kunshan 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 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. Social Sciences#2,844 #1,258
  2. Social Sciences#3,605 #1,644
  3. Physical Sciences#8,261 #3,864
  4. Computer Science#3,529 #1,555
  5. Engineering#8,597 #3,512
  6. Health Sciences#10,436 #6,839
  7. Medicine#9,658 #6,041
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.

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: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.46× its world share, 154 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 82 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.97× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 139 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Duke Kunshan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lijing L. Yan, Chenkai Wu and Ming Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Duke Kunshan University.

  1. 1 Lijing L. Yan China · #14,480 worldwide 2.9k citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Chenkai Wu China · #100,654 worldwide 306 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Ming Li China · #755,926 worldwide 227 citations · 109 works
  4. 4 Qian Long China · #771,550 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Zhan Wang China · #912,896 worldwide 54 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Luyao Zhang China · #979,129 worldwide 64 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Jiaqi Luo China · #1,054,350 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Junjie Zhang China · #1,118,304 worldwide 72 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Mustafa Mısır China · #1,192,690 worldwide 63 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Xin Tong China · #1,207,967 worldwide 36 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Duke Kunshan University

Which keywords describe research at Duke Kunshan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Bilingual Education, Language Policy, China and History.

▲ 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 Learning86▲ 3.1×72 topics
  2. Neural Networks43▲ 3.5×29 topics
  3. Machine Learning38▲ 1.46×63 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks33▲ 5.6×14 topics
  5. Epidemiology29◆ 0.91×68 topics
  6. Globalization26▲ 1.67×41 topics
  7. History20▲ 3.5×11 topics
  8. Feature Extraction16▲ 4.4×9 topics
  9. Nationalism15▲ 4.0×10 topics
  10. Aging14▲ 3.3×11 topics
  11. Bilingual Education14▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Economic Growth14▲ 2.1×16 topics
  13. Language Policy14▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Religion14▲ 3.7×11 topics
  15. China14▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Regulation14▲ 3.1×13 topics
  17. Security13▲ 2.5×14 topics
  18. Governance12▲ 4.7×9 topics
  19. Multilingualism12▲ 9.0×2 topics
  20. Deep Neural Networks12▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Colonialism12▲ 3.0×12 topics
  22. Philosophy12▲ 3.3×8 topics
  23. Urbanization11▲ 3.4×7 topics
  24. Hidden Markov Models9▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 4.6×3 topics
  26. Representation Learning9▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Acoustic Modeling9▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Speaker Verification9▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Audio Signal Classification8▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Music Information Retrieval8▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Second Language Acquisition8▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Unsupervised Learning8▲ 7.4×3 topics
  33. Christianity8▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Confucianism8▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition8▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Speech Enhancement8▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Corrective Feedback8▲ 14×1 topic
  38. L2 Motivation8▲ 14×1 topic
  39. CLIL7▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Content and Language Integrated Learning7▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Duke Kunshan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Speech Recognition and Synthesis, Music and Audio Processing, Chinese history and philosophy and Speech and Audio Processing.

Speech Recognition and S…9Speech Recognition and Synthesis: 9 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing8Music and Audio Processing: 8 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 8 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…8Speech and Audio Processing: 8 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…8EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 8 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 7 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 7 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Re…5China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 5 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 5 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSignal ProcessingSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  2. 2 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 8 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 8 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 8 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 7 works
  7. 7 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 7 works
  8. 8 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  9. 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 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 available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Duke Kunshan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 509% 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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