Hohai University
In research, Hohai University stands highest in Environmental Science (#14 of 3,334 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#92 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#69 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes and Water Science and Technology (Civil and Structural Engineering is 9.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #257 of 22,385 · #406 all time
- Rank in China
- #56 of 2,481
- Research works
- 46k ▲ 41% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 509k 11.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.16× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 30% world 40%
- International
- 13% world 18%
What is Hohai University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental ScienceField | #14 of 3,334 | 13.7% | 2,550 | #33 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #92 of 10,670 | 13.5% | 10,589 | #202 | |
| EngineeringField | #69 of 5,901 | 14.0% | 5,115 | #146 | |
| Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield | #14 of 908 | 13.9% | 1,377 | #31 | |
| Water Science and TechnologySubfield | #8 of 315 | 14.0% | 469 | #23 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #176 of 4,417 | 10.6% | 1,068 | #283 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #453 of 9,585 | 14.5% | 974 | #655 | |
| Mechanical EngineeringSubfield | #66 of 1,319 | 16.6% | 396 | #181 | |
| Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield | #109 of 2,176 | 12.4% | 849 | #219 | |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield | #18 of 341 | 14.0% | 176 | #78 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hohai 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.
- Environmental Science#33 #14
- Physical Sciences#202 #92
- Engineering#146 #69
- Civil and Structural Engineering#31 #14
- Water Science and Technology#23 #8
- Computer Science#283 #176
- Social Sciences#655 #453
- Mechanical Engineering#181 #66
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering#219 #109
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#78 #18
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 Hohai University work in?
In 2022-now, 87% of research at Hohai University is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Environmental Science (21%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences12k86.8%
- Engineering5,76341.6%
- Environmental Science2,92521.1%
- Computer Science1,2198.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences9246.7%
- Materials Science4983.6%
- Energy3452.5%
- Physics and Astronomy1451.0%
- Mathematics1030.7%
- Chemistry660.5%
- Chemical Engineering380.3%
- Social Sciences1,1098.0%
- Social Sciences4093.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting2311.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2211.6%
- Decision Sciences1250.9%
- Psychology1020.7%
- Arts and Humanities210.2%
- Life Sciences5003.6%
- Health Sciences2201.6%
- Medicine1601.2%
- Health Professions450.3%
- Nursing130.1%
- Dentistry10.0%
- Veterinary10.0%
What does Hohai University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 1,554.6 works9.5×
- Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 139.1 works8.4×
- Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 539.8 works7.5×
- Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 105.8 works7.1×
- Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 487.9 works6.5×
- Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 183.6 works6.1×
- Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 78.6 works5.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences4.25×924 works
- Environmental Science4.25×2,925 works
- Engineering2.77×5,763 works
- Energy2.71×346 works
- Computer Science1.13×1,219 works
- Materials Science1.03×498 works
- Decision Sciences0.93×125 works
- Chemical Engineering0.79×38 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×221 works
- Mathematics0.63×103 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.52×231 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.47×145 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×302 works
- Chemistry0.30×66 works
- Psychology0.24×102 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.23×32 works
- Social Sciences0.23×409 works
- Neuroscience0.19×43 works
- Nursing0.19×13 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×121 works
- Health Professions0.12×45 works
- Medicine0.06×160 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×2 works
- Arts and Humanities0.05×21 works
- Veterinary0.04×1 works
- Dentistry0.02×1 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 4.2×
- Environmental Science 4.2×
- Engineering 2.8×
- Energy 2.7×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Materials Science 1.0×
- Decision Sciences 0.9×
- Chemical Engineering 0.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Mathematics 0.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Psychology 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Nursing 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Veterinary 0.0×
- Dentistry 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Hohai University?
Ranked on the quality score, Huinan Che, Hengjie Zhang and Huajie Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hohai University.
- 1
Huinan Che
China · #22,284 worldwide 7.2k citations · 104 works
- 2
Hengjie Zhang
China · #23,578 worldwide 6.6k citations · 89 works
- 3
Huajie Huang
China · #42,106 worldwide 9.8k citations · 162 works
- 4
Yejun Xu
China · #54,548 worldwide 7.8k citations · 220 works
- 5
Yanhui Ao
China · #62,610 worldwide 16k citations · 277 works
- 6
Hiba Shaghaleh
China · #65,705 worldwide 4.7k citations · 147 works
- 7
Tiantang Yu
China · #68,966 worldwide 4.2k citations · 118 works
- 8
Yiqing Sun
China · #70,506 worldwide 8.5k citations · 69 works
- 9
Quanguo Jiang
China · #72,225 worldwide 5.6k citations · 94 works
- 10
Yousef Alhaj Hamoud
China · #73,047 worldwide 4.3k citations · 167 works
Which keywords describe research at Hohai University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Renewable Energy, Hydrological Modeling, Deep Learning, Water Resources, Land Use Change and Environmental Impact.
- Flood Risk
- Satellite Imagery
- Pipeline
- Ocean Circulation
- CO2 Sequestration
- Hydrology
- Finite Element Analysis
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Numerical Simulation
- Global Hydrology
- Liquefaction
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Smart Grid
- Global Warming
- Sediment Transport
- Neural Networks
- Hydrological Modeling
- Machine Learning
- Renewable Energy
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainability
- Water Resources
- Land Use Change
- Mechanical Properties
- Urbanization
- Water Quality
- Model Evaluation
- Tunnel
- Uncertainty Assessment
- Fracture
- Support Vector Machines
- Power Electronics
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Disaster Management
- Dynamic Behavior
- Rock Mechanics
- Reliability Analysis
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
- Climate Change1,521▲ 4.0×92 topics
- Deep Learning980▲ 2.0×84 topics
- Remote Sensing963▲ 5.7×40 topics
- Renewable Energy823▲ 4.1×48 topics
- Environmental Impact697▲ 3.0×59 topics
- Machine Learning642▲ 1.39×91 topics
- Sustainability534▲ 1.58×77 topics
- Hydrological Modeling499▲ 15×5 topics
- Water Resources492▲ 15×11 topics
- Neural Networks443▲ 2.1×39 topics
- Land Use Change437▲ 11×8 topics
- Sediment Transport427▲ 19×6 topics
- Mechanical Properties325▲ 2.4×39 topics
- Global Warming322▲ 5.5×13 topics
- Urbanization293▲ 5.2×10 topics
- Smart Grid278▲ 5.6×9 topics
- Water Quality269▲ 4.8×19 topics
- Artificial Neural Networks264▲ 4.2×9 topics
- Model Evaluation239▲ 14×2 topics
- Liquefaction235▲ 20×2 topics
- Tunnel235▲ 20×2 topics
- Global Hydrology233▲ 25×1 topic
- Uncertainty Assessment233▲ 25×1 topic
- Numerical Simulation231▲ 5.7×14 topics
- Fracture223▲ 16×3 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration217▲ 4.8×6 topics
- Support Vector Machines213▲ 4.8×8 topics
- Finite Element Analysis212▲ 6.7×8 topics
- Power Electronics206▲ 4.6×8 topics
- Hydrology193▲ 11×4 topics
- Fluid-Structure Interaction186▲ 9.0×6 topics
- CO2 Sequestration186▲ 6.8×4 topics
- Disaster Management182▲ 8.6×5 topics
- Ocean Circulation179▲ 9.4×3 topics
- Dynamic Behavior178▲ 11×3 topics
- Pipeline171▲ 12×3 topics
- Rock Mechanics171▲ 13×4 topics
- Satellite Imagery171▲ 9.3×4 topics
- Reliability Analysis168▲ 12×3 topics
- Flood Risk159▲ 14×2 topics
Which research topics does Hohai University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Landslides and related hazards.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 233 works
- 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 159 works
- 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 148 works
- 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 146 works
- 5 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 141 works
- 6 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 139 works
- 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 130 works
- 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 114 works
- 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 106 works
- 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 103 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Hohai University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Hohai University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.056% in 2024.
Fractional works of Hohai 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.0% in 2023.
Other research institutions in Nanjing
- Southeast University
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing Medical University
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing Agricultural University
- Nanjing Normal University
Which institutions have research most like Hohai University's?
Among the world's leading institutions, China University of Geosciences has the research profile closest to Hohai University's, with both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences.
- 1
China University of Geosciences
China · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, Energy 0.90 Compare
- 2
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
China · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, Energy 0.86 Compare
- 3
North China Electric Power University
China · Both strong in Engineering, Energy, Environmental Science 0.82 Compare
- 4
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands · Both strong in Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy 0.82 Compare
- 5
Hefei University of Technology
China · Both strong in Engineering, Energy, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.82 Compare
Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.
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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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