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Hebei Finance University

In research, Hebei Finance University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,688 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,299 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,930
of 22,385 · #15,425 all time
Rank in China
#1,284
of 2,481
Research works
586
▲ 418% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Hebei Finance University

What is Hebei Finance 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,688 of 9,585 14.7%102 #7156
Physical SciencesDomain #8,299 of 10,670 9.2%61 #12113

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hebei Finance 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 fields of science does Hebei Finance University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Hebei Finance University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Computer Science (19%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 111 fractional works · 57.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 18.5% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 10.1% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 68 fractional works · 35.2% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 18.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 9.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHebei FinanceUniversity193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences58%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting3618.5%
    2. Social Sciences3116.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2713.9%
    4. Decision Sciences105.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities42.1%
    6. Psychology41.9%
    1. Computer Science3618.5%
    2. Engineering189.3%
    3. Environmental Science62.9%
    4. Energy31.4%
    5. Materials Science21.2%
    6. Mathematics20.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine52.4%
    2. Health Professions31.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hebei Finance University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 26.7 works6.5×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.38× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.75× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.31× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.48× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.48×27 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.75×36 works
  3. Decision Sciences5.31×10 works
  4. Computer Science2.38×36 works
  5. Energy1.48×3 works
  6. Social Sciences1.29×31 works
  7. Mathematics0.75×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.73×4 works
  9. Health Professions0.66×3 works
  10. Psychology0.64×4 works
  11. Engineering0.62×18 works
  12. Environmental Science0.58×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×4 works
  14. Materials Science0.33×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  19. Medicine0.13×5 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Hebei Finance University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jiahui Xu, Xiangge Zhao and Yan Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hebei Finance University.

  1. 1 Jiahui Xu China · #470,568 worldwide 596 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Xiangge Zhao China · #927,843 worldwide 178 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Yan Wang China · #1,500,600 worldwide 415 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Guo Jing China · #2,698,077 worldwide 342 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Chen Shen China · #2,907,835 worldwide 697 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Guoqiang Yuan China · #3,784,352 worldwide 233 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Zhao Jian-ling China · #4,557,825 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Dong Qia China · #4,565,843 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ling Pang China · #4,923,448 worldwide 122 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Wen Yan China · #5,020,699 worldwide 54 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Hebei Finance University

What are the most cited papers from Hebei Finance University?

The most cited paper from Hebei Finance University is "Empirical test of the impact of the digital economy on China's employment structure" (Bangzheng Wu, Weiguo Yang, 2022), with 195 citations. Next come "The role and contribution of green buildings on sustainable development goals" (164) and "Influential factors for mobile learning acceptance among Chinese users" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Empirical test of the impact of the digital economy on China's employment structure Bangzheng Wu, Weiguo Yang · Finance research letters 4 Jun 2022 195
2 The role and contribution of green buildings on sustainable development goals Baohua Wen, Siti Nurmaya Musa, Chiu Chuen Onn et al. · Building and Environment 11 Aug 2020 164
3 Influential factors for mobile learning acceptance among Chinese users Shuang Hao, Vanessa Paz Dennen, Mei Li · Educational Technology Research and Development 15 Jul 2016 152
4 The Relationship between Energy Consumption, CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth, and Health Indicators Jing Li, Muhammad Irfan, Sarminah Samad et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 28 Jan 2023 102
5 Evolution of sustainability in global green building rating tools Baohua Wen, Nurmaya Musa, Chiu Chuen Onn et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 6 Mar 2020 100
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hebei Finance University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Risk Management, Renewable Energy, Social Capital, Internet of Things, Deep Learning, Financial Performance and Urbanization.

▲ 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. Economic Growth19▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Deep Learning16▲ 2.5×35 topics
  3. Machine Learning13▲ 2.0×35 topics
  4. Renewable Energy13▲ 4.6×18 topics
  5. Risk Management11▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Internet of Things10▲ 6.3×14 topics
  7. Social Capital10▲ 9.7×7 topics
  8. Sustainable Development10▲ 3.2×13 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 3.4×23 topics
  10. Financial Performance9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management9▲ 5.1×10 topics
  12. Neural Networks8▲ 2.7×19 topics
  13. Urbanization8▲ 10×4 topics
  14. CO2 Emissions7▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Environmental Regulation7▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Healthcare7▲ 3.2×11 topics
  17. Energy Consumption7▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Financial Development7▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Panel Data Analysis7▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Kuznets Curve7▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Trade Openness7▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Corporate Governance6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  23. Environmental Management6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  24. Insurance6▲ 45×3 topics
  25. Efficiency6▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Regulation6▲ 6.3×3 topics
  27. Entrepreneurship6▲ 8.2×3 topics
  28. Investment Decisions6▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Big Data6▲ 3.3×15 topics
  30. Security6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Catastrophe Bonds6▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Market Structure6▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Crowdfunding5▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Fintech5▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Consumer Behavior5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  36. Social Support5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  37. Big Data Analytics5▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Innovation Management4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Elderly Care4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Privacy4▲ 7.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Hebei Finance University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Insurance and Financial Risk Management, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 6 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…5FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 5 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…4Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksRegional Development and Environment: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Technologies in…3Advanced Technologies in Various Fields: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsManagement Information SystemsInformation SystemsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 5 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  5. 5 Regional Development and Environment Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 3 works
  7. 7 Advanced Technologies in Various Fields Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 2 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hebei Finance University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 418% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Hebei Finance University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hebei Finance University0.00090% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Hebei Finance 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%Hebei Finance University15.1% 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 17.5% in 2024.

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