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Hohai University

In research, Hohai University stands highest in Environmental Science (#22 of 3,551 worldwide), Engineering (#84 of 6,636 worldwide) and Civil and Structural Engineering (#12 of 896 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Earth-Surface Processes — Civil and Structural Engineering is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#338
of 28,054 · #930 all time
Rank in China
#117
of 3,058
Research works
40k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
444k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Hohai 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
Environmental ScienceField #22 of 3,551 25.6%2,170 #191
EngineeringField #84 of 6,636 20.3%4,857 #192
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #12 of 896 19.8%1,278 #38
Physical SciencesDomain #202 of 12,888 21.4%9,798 #704
Water Science and TechnologySubfield #7 of 295 21.7%387 #51
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #33 of 1,209 24.0%695 #287
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #18 of 535 29.4%377 #194
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield #12 of 324 34.4%163 #122
Social SciencesDomain #507 of 10,521 35.0%958 #1359
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #182 of 3,409 35.8%231 #634

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 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. Environmental Science#191 #22
  2. Engineering#192 #84
  3. Civil and Structural Engineering#38 #12
  4. Physical Sciences#704 #202
  5. Water Science and Technology#51 #7
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences#287 #33
  7. Global and Planetary Change#194 #18
  8. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#122 #12
  9. Social Sciences#1,359 #507
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#634 #182
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 Hohai University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 1,277.6 works9.6×
  2. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 100.4 works8.2×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 100.4 works7.4×
  4. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 386.7 works6.6×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 350.1 works5.7×
  6. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 59.3 works5.1×
  7. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 138.4 works5.1×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 231 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 104 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 1,052 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.91× its world share, 695 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.93× its world share, 306 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.85× its world share, 4,857 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.85× its world share, 2,170 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 425 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 92 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 116 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 203 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 105 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 198 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 85 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 350 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hohai University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hongjun Su, Jinfang Jiang and Guangjie Han lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hohai University.

  1. 1 Hongjun Su · #40,633 worldwide 411 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Jinfang Jiang · #49,743 worldwide 343 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Guangjie Han · #54,557 worldwide 1.2k citations · 200 works
  4. 4 Lizhong Xu · #81,085 worldwide 275 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Xin Wang · #104,387 worldwide 286 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Lichao Ge · #113,904 worldwide 357 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Tiantang Yu · #119,384 worldwide 331 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Mingwei Shen · #122,949 worldwide 262 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Zhinong Wei · #131,236 worldwide 423 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Chongshi Gu · #132,897 worldwide 134 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Hohai University

Which keywords describe research at Hohai University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Renewable Energy, Deep Learning, Environmental Impact, Water Resources, Hydrological Modeling and Land Use Change.

▲ 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. Climate Change1,067▲ 3.5×86 topics
  2. Deep Learning845▲ 2.2×84 topics
  3. Remote Sensing737▲ 5.3×39 topics
  4. Renewable Energy717▲ 4.4×43 topics
  5. Environmental Impact593▲ 3.1×56 topics
  6. Machine Learning523▲ 1.41×90 topics
  7. Sustainability426▲ 1.54×70 topics
  8. Neural Networks391▲ 2.2×38 topics
  9. Water Resources333▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Hydrological Modeling333▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Land Use Change315▲ 9.1×8 topics
  12. Sediment Transport285▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties280▲ 2.5×38 topics
  14. Smart Grid265▲ 6.2×9 topics
  15. Urbanization239▲ 5.1×10 topics
  16. Global Warming223▲ 4.8×13 topics
  17. Artificial Neural Networks213▲ 4.0×9 topics
  18. Liquefaction213▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Tunnel213▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Numerical Simulation194▲ 5.8×14 topics
  21. Water Quality192▲ 4.2×18 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration190▲ 4.9×5 topics
  23. Fracture180▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Finite Element Analysis178▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Power Electronics176▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Pipeline158▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Fluid-Structure Interaction155▲ 8.9×6 topics
  28. Model Evaluation154▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Global Hydrology149▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Uncertainty Assessment149▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Reliability Analysis147▲ 12×3 topics
  32. CO2 Sequestration147▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Analysis146▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Dynamic Behavior146▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Rock Mechanics140▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Earthquake138▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Seismic138▲ 20×1 topic
  38. GIS-based Modeling132▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Geopolymer132▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Hydrology132▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Hohai University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Landslides and related hazards and Rock Mechanics and Modeling.

Hydrology and Watershed …149Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 149 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…138Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 138 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 124 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 112 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 108 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 106 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 104 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…97Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 97 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 91 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 90 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyCivil and Structural EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Science and Technology 149 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresCivil and Structural Engineering 138 works
  3. 3 Landslides and related hazardsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law 124 works
  4. 4 Rock Mechanics and ModelingMechanics of Materials 112 works
  5. 5 Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchCivil and Structural Engineering 108 works
  6. 6 Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementGlobal and Planetary Change 106 works
  7. 7 Dam Engineering and SafetyCivil and Structural Engineering 104 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and AnalysisSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 97 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationCivil and Structural Engineering 91 works
  10. 10 Microgrid Control and OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 90 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hohai University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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