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Hebei University

In research, Hebei University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#445 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#329 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#149 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Spectroscopy — Paleontology is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#612
of 28,054 · #1,630 all time
Rank in China
#198
of 3,058
Research works
20k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
181k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Hebei 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
Physical SciencesDomain #445 of 12,888 20.4%3,130 #1291
EngineeringField #329 of 6,636 20.4%1,002 #881
Materials ScienceField #149 of 2,468 21.3%591 #763
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #165 of 2,318 23.5%458 #678
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #244 of 3,409 33.3%343 #919
Materials ChemistrySubfield #124 of 1,556 20.6%389 #632
Life SciencesDomain #872 of 7,800 26.5%857 #2215
Plant ScienceSubfield #238 of 1,395 44.0%126 #845
ChemistryField #253 of 1,330 16.7%257 #835
Environmental ScienceField #686 of 3,551 26.6%285 #1611

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hebei 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. Physical Sciences#1,291 #445
  2. Engineering#881 #329
  3. Materials Science#763 #149
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#678 #165
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#919 #244
  6. Materials Chemistry#632 #124
  7. Life Sciences#2,215 #872
  8. Plant Science#845 #238
  9. Chemistry#835 #253
  10. Environmental Science#1,611 #686
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.

What does Hebei University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 28.3 works5.0×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 98.8 works4.5×
  3. SpectroscopySubfield · 44.6 works4.3×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 389.3 works4.2×
  5. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 35.4 works3.9×
  6. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 43.7 works3.7×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 343 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 369 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 76 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.92× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.48× its world share, 257 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.62× its world share, 593 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.29× its world share, 99 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 1,002 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 285 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.59× its world share, 591 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 53 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 154 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 283 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 87 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 64 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 142 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hebei University?

Ranked on the composite score, Bingbing Zhang, Yanfang Liu and Zhiping Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hebei University.

  1. 1 Bingbing Zhang China · #73,339 worldwide 414 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Yanfang Liu China · #92,484 worldwide 343 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Zhiping Yang China · #103,868 worldwide 511 citations · 91 works
  4. 4 X. Steve Yao China · #110,237 worldwide 216 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Xizhao Wang China · #135,892 worldwide 756 citations · 127 works
  6. 6 Wei Zhou China · #195,106 worldwide 227 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Yaguang Li China · #236,695 worldwide 240 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Zhiming Zhang China · #246,047 worldwide 168 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Tong‐Shuang Li China · #301,579 worldwide 235 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 Kun Ge China · #331,424 worldwide 127 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Hebei University

Which keywords describe research at Hebei University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Crystal Growth, Bioimaging, Efficiency, Nanocrystals and Cathode Materials.

▲ 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 Learning321▲ 1.99×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning190▲ 1.23×79 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications178▲ 3.2×35 topics
  4. Nanomaterials178▲ 3.6×18 topics
  5. Neural Networks149▲ 2.0×37 topics
  6. Energy Storage125▲ 4.0×10 topics
  7. Nanocomposites117▲ 3.1×21 topics
  8. Nanoparticles116▲ 1.96×39 topics
  9. Graphene111▲ 3.4×11 topics
  10. Catalysis110▲ 3.5×27 topics
  11. Cathode Materials110▲ 6.0×3 topics
  12. Crystal Growth108▲ 8.1×12 topics
  13. Efficiency107▲ 7.5×6 topics
  14. Bioimaging105▲ 9.8×6 topics
  15. Nanocrystals104▲ 8.1×5 topics
  16. Semiconductor99▲ 6.2×7 topics
  17. Semiconductors94▲ 6.6×5 topics
  18. Metal-Organic Frameworks94▲ 4.8×6 topics
  19. DNA Barcoding93▲ 12×9 topics
  20. Biogeography88▲ 7.2×18 topics
  21. Solar Cell Efficiency86▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Chemical Sensors86▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Biosensors80▲ 3.3×12 topics
  24. Evolution79▲ 6.7×14 topics
  25. Photovoltaics76▲ 9.9×4 topics
  26. Rechargeable Batteries75▲ 5.9×2 topics
  27. Taxonomy74▲ 12×12 topics
  28. Water Splitting73▲ 4.2×4 topics
  29. Phylogeny73▲ 10×14 topics
  30. Stability72▲ 6.7×7 topics
  31. Nanostructures69▲ 3.6×16 topics
  32. Solar Cells64▲ 6.7×7 topics
  33. Electrocatalysis61▲ 4.6×5 topics
  34. Light-Emitting Diodes56▲ 7.6×3 topics
  35. Organometal Halide Perovskites55▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Perovskite Solar Cells55▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Luminescent Materials55▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Solid-State Lighting51▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Nanocrystal Synthesis50▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Upconversion Nanoparticles50▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Hebei University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Perovskite Materials and…55Perovskite Materials and Applications: 55 fractional worksLuminescence Properties …50Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 50 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 42 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 40 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 36 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 35 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…35Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 35 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 31 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 30 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 55 works
  2. 2 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 50 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 42 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 works
  5. 5 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
  6. 6 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  7. 7 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 35 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  9. 9 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 31 works
  10. 10 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 30 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hebei University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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