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Harbin Engineering University

In research, Harbin Engineering University stands highest in Engineering (#184 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#521 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#430 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Computational Mechanics (Ocean Engineering is 11.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#774
of 22,385 · #965 all time
Rank in China
#187
of 2,481
Research works
41k
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
414k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Harbin Engineering University

What is Harbin Engineering 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 #184 of 5,901 12.2%5,973 #320
Physical SciencesDomain #521 of 10,670 11.8%9,901 #606
Computer ScienceField #430 of 4,417 10.7%1,735 #526
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #133 of 1,319 12.5%761 #296
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #92 of 785 12.2%995 #143
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #97 of 804 13.9%704 #127
Materials ScienceField #286 of 2,276 12.6%784 #514
Materials ChemistrySubfield #260 of 1,473 13.3%491 #436
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #408 of 2,176 9.2%922 #492
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #57 of 301 13.0%623 #125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harbin Engineering 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#320 #184
  2. Physical Sciences#606 #521
  3. Computer Science#526 #430
  4. Mechanical Engineering#296 #133
  5. Aerospace Engineering#143 #92
  6. Control and Systems Engineering#127 #97
  7. Materials Science#514 #286
  8. Materials Chemistry#436 #260
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#492 #408
  10. Ocean Engineering#125 #57
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 Harbin Engineering University work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Harbin Engineering University is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (16%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 11k fractional works · 92.3% of its workEngineering: 6,697 fractional works · 55.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1,142 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,018 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 847 fractional works · 7.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 773 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 707 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 571 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 472 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 359 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 346 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedia Technology: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 108 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1,963 fractional works · 16.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 625 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 612 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 291 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSignal Processing: 205 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 890 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 559 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 113 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 424 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 229 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 111 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 388 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 134 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 308 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 133 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 139 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 98 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 117 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 595 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 143 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 139 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 183 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 147 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 111 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 160 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHarbinEngineering…12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering6,69755.3%
    2. Computer Science1,96316.2%
    3. Materials Science8907.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences4243.5%
    5. Environmental Science3883.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy3082.5%
    7. Energy1391.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering1361.1%
    9. Chemistry1181.0%
    10. Mathematics1171.0%
    1. Social Sciences1431.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1391.2%
    3. Decision Sciences1311.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1020.8%
    5. Psychology490.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities300.3%
    1. Medicine1471.2%
    2. Health Professions290.2%
    3. Nursing30.0%
    4. Dentistry30.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology800.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences400.3%
    3. Neuroscience320.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Harbin Engineering University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 707.1 works11×
  2. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 98.4 works10×
  3. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 571.2 works8.1×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 1,141.8 works8.1×
  5. OceanographySubfield · 228.6 works6.7×
  6. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 773.4 works5.9×
  7. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 205.4 works5.6×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.22× its world share, 136 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 118 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.08× its world share, 1,963 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 424 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 140 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.68× its world share, 6,697 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 388 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.10× its world share, 890 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 117 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.14× its world share, 308 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 140 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 131 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 143 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.68×6,697 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.22×136 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.23×424 works
  4. Materials Science2.10×890 works
  5. Computer Science2.08×1,963 works
  6. Energy1.25×140 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.14×308 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.12×131 works
  9. Mathematics0.82×117 works
  10. Environmental Science0.64×388 works
  11. Chemistry0.62×118 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×102 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×140 works
  14. Neuroscience0.16×32 works
  15. Psychology0.13×49 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×80 works
  17. Health Professions0.09×29 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.09×30 works
  19. Social Sciences0.09×143 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×40 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×7 works
  22. Medicine0.06×146 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×2 works
  24. Dentistry0.05×3 works
  25. Nursing0.05×3 works
  26. Veterinary0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Harbin Engineering University?

Ranked on the quality score, Piaoping Yang, Zhuangjun Fan and Yujin Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harbin Engineering University.

  1. 1 Piaoping Yang China · #4,610 worldwide 44k citations · 567 works
  2. 2 Zhuangjun Fan China · #5,431 worldwide 39k citations · 267 works
  3. 3 Yujin Chen China · #7,214 worldwide 29k citations · 398 works
  4. 4 Shili Gai China · #7,988 worldwide 25k citations · 292 works
  5. 5 Chunling Zhu China · #10,829 worldwide 17k citations · 225 works
  6. 6 Lili Feng China · #14,136 worldwide 11k citations · 190 works
  7. 7 Fei He China · #20,265 worldwide 22k citations · 335 works
  8. 8 Dan Yang China · #20,522 worldwide 11k citations · 154 works
  9. 9 Kai Zhu China · #34,329 worldwide 23k citations · 475 works
  10. 10 Shuming Dong China · #37,834 worldwide 6k citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Harbin Engineering University

What are the most cited papers from Harbin Engineering University?

The most cited paper from Harbin Engineering University is "Recent Advances in Design and Fabrication of Electrochemical Supercapacitors with High Energy Densities" (Jun Yan, Qian Wang, Tong Wei et al., 2013), with 2,241 citations. Next come "Advanced Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Ni(OH)2/Graphene and Porous Graphene Electrodes with High Energy Density" (2,000) and "Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Graphene/MnO 2 and Activated Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes with High Power and Energy Density" (1,997).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent Advances in Design and Fabrication of Electrochemical Supercapacitors with High Energy Densities Jun Yan, Qian Wang, Tong Wei et al. · Advanced Energy Materials 23 Dec 2013 2,241
2 Advanced Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Ni(OH)2/Graphene and Porous Graphene Electrodes with High Energy Density Jun Yan, Zhuangjun Fan, Wei Sun et al. · Advanced Functional Materials 22 Mar 2012 2,000
3 Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Graphene/MnO 2 and Activated Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes with High Power and Energy Density Zhuangjun Fan, Jun Yan, Tong Wei et al. · Advanced Functional Materials 20 Apr 2011 1,997
4 Flexible MXene/Graphene Films for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with Outstanding Volumetric Capacitance Jun Yan, Chang E. Ren, Kathleen Maleski et al. · Advanced Functional Materials Open access 30 Jun 2017 1,895
5 Recent Progress in Rare Earth Micro/Nanocrystals: Soft Chemical Synthesis, Luminescent Properties, and Biomedical Applications Shili Gai, Chunxia Li, Piaoping Yang et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 18 Dec 2013 1,453
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Harbin Engineering University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks, Neural Networks, Numerical Simulation, Heat Transfer, Mechanical Properties, Machine Learning and Acoustic Communications.

▲ 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 Learning1,204▲ 2.9×85 topics
  2. Machine Learning673▲ 1.67×89 topics
  3. Neural Networks620▲ 3.3×38 topics
  4. Wireless Sensor Networks504▲ 9.3×22 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties448▲ 3.8×38 topics
  6. Heat Transfer391▲ 6.6×20 topics
  7. Numerical Simulation376▲ 11×14 topics
  8. Remote Sensing342▲ 2.3×32 topics
  9. Acoustic Communications291▲ 56×1 topic
  10. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks291▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Fluid-Structure Interaction277▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks270▲ 3.1×14 topics
  13. Nonlinear Systems268▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Microstructure264▲ 4.2×18 topics
  15. Multi-Agent Systems254▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Path Planning253▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Collision Avoidance244▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Adaptive Control230▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Neural Network225▲ 10×9 topics
  20. Vibration Analysis220▲ 6.8×9 topics
  21. Feedback Control217▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Sensor Networks210▲ 7.2×6 topics
  23. Sliding Mode Control197▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Robotic Manipulators191▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Turbulent Flow176▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Nonlinear Dynamics175▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Large-Eddy Simulation173▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Robotics172▲ 5.8×10 topics
  29. Sparse Representation171▲ 7.5×6 topics
  30. Emissions167▲ 7.0×6 topics
  31. Aerial Vehicles166▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Disturbance Observer166▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Finite-Time Stability166▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Marine Sediments166▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Acoustic Techniques165▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Seafloor Mapping165▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Wireless Communications163▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Maritime Transportation162▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Sensor Fusion157▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Stability Analysis154▲ 8.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Harbin Engineering University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Underwater Acoustics Research and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions.

Underwater Vehicles and …291Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 291 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 166 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Res…165Underwater Acoustics Research: 165 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulatio…125Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 125 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 114 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 108 fractional worksDistributed Control Mult…103Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 103 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 103 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 100 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Ther…96Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 96 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringOceanographyComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 291 works
  2. 2 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 166 works
  3. 3 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 165 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 125 works
  5. 5 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 114 works
  6. 6 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 108 works
  7. 7 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 103 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 103 works
  9. 9 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 100 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 96 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Harbin Engineering University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% 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 Harbin Engineering University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Harbin Engineering University0.049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Harbin Engineering 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%Harbin Engineering University12.7% 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 12.7% in 2025.

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