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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Environmental Science#33 #14
  2. Physical Sciences#202 #92
  3. Engineering#146 #69
  4. Civil and Structural Engineering#31 #14
  5. Water Science and Technology#23 #8
  6. Computer Science#283 #176
  7. Social Sciences#655 #453
  8. Mechanical Engineering#181 #66
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#219 #109
  10. Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law#78 #18
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 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.

Physical Sciences: 12k fractional works · 86.8% of its workEngineering: 5,763 fractional works · 41.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1,555 fractional works · 11.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 958 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 496 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 461 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 442 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 359 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 343 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 235 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 224 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 224 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 163 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 116 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,925 fractional works · 21.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 547 fractional works · 3.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 540 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 488 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 368 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 265 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 184 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 146 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 134 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,219 fractional works · 8.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 414 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 409 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 140 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 102 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 924 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 330 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOceanography: 215 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 139 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 122 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 498 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 315 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomaterials: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 345 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 231 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 106 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 145 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 103 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,109 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 409 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 179 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 231 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 221 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 191 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 125 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 102 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 500 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 302 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoil Science: 116 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 96 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 121 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 220 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 160 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHohai University14kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering5,76341.6%
    2. Environmental Science2,92521.1%
    3. Computer Science1,2198.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences9246.7%
    5. Materials Science4983.6%
    6. Energy3452.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy1451.0%
    8. Mathematics1030.7%
    9. Chemistry660.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering380.3%
    1. Social Sciences4093.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2311.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2211.6%
    4. Decision Sciences1250.9%
    5. Psychology1020.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities210.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3022.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1210.9%
    3. Neuroscience430.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology320.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
    1. Medicine1601.2%
    2. Health Professions450.3%
    3. Nursing130.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 1,554.6 works9.5×
  2. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 139.1 works8.4×
  3. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 539.8 works7.5×
  4. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 105.8 works7.1×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 487.9 works6.5×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 183.6 works6.1×
  7. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 78.6 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: 0.46× its world share, 302 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 121 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 1,219 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.25× its world share, 924 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.71× its world share, 346 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.77× its world share, 5,763 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.25× its world share, 2,925 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 498 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 103 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 145 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 160 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 231 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 125 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 221 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 102 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 409 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.25×924 works
  2. Environmental Science4.25×2,925 works
  3. Engineering2.77×5,763 works
  4. Energy2.71×346 works
  5. Computer Science1.13×1,219 works
  6. Materials Science1.03×498 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.93×125 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.79×38 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×221 works
  10. Mathematics0.63×103 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×231 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.47×145 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×302 works
  14. Chemistry0.30×66 works
  15. Psychology0.24×102 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×32 works
  17. Social Sciences0.23×409 works
  18. Neuroscience0.19×43 works
  19. Nursing0.19×13 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×121 works
  21. Health Professions0.12×45 works
  22. Medicine0.06×160 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×2 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×21 works
  25. Veterinary0.04×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×1 works

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. 1 Huinan Che China · #22,284 worldwide 7.2k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Hengjie Zhang China · #23,578 worldwide 6.6k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Huajie Huang China · #42,106 worldwide 9.8k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Yejun Xu China · #54,548 worldwide 7.8k citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Yanhui Ao China · #62,610 worldwide 16k citations · 277 works
  6. 6 Hiba Shaghaleh China · #65,705 worldwide 4.7k citations · 147 works
  7. 7 Tiantang Yu China · #68,966 worldwide 4.2k citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Yiqing Sun China · #70,506 worldwide 8.5k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Quanguo Jiang China · #72,225 worldwide 5.6k citations · 94 works
  10. 10 Yousef Alhaj Hamoud China · #73,047 worldwide 4.3k citations · 167 works
All ranked researchers at Hohai University

What are the most cited papers from Hohai University?

The most cited paper from Hohai University is "A Survey of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis, Applications, and Prospects" (Zewen Li, Fan Liu, Wenjie Yang et al., 2021), with 5,150 citations. Next come "Cyanobacterial blooms" (2,912) and "The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017" (2,765).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Survey of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis, Applications, and Prospects Zewen Li, Fan Liu, Wenjie Yang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems Open access 10 Jun 2021 5,150
2 Cyanobacterial blooms Jef Huisman, Geoffrey A. Codd, Hans W. Paerl et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 26 Jun 2018 2,912
3 The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017 Marielle Saunois et al. · UVic’s Research and Learning Repository (University of Victoria) Open access 28 Aug 2019 2,765
4 A new collection of real world applications of fractional calculus in science and engineering HongGuang Sun, Yong Zhang, Dumitru Bǎleanu et al. · Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 24 Apr 2018 1,786
5 A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review Markus Hrachowitz et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal Open access 16 May 2013 1,383
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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. Climate Change1,521▲ 4.0×92 topics
  2. Deep Learning980▲ 2.0×84 topics
  3. Remote Sensing963▲ 5.7×40 topics
  4. Renewable Energy823▲ 4.1×48 topics
  5. Environmental Impact697▲ 3.0×59 topics
  6. Machine Learning642▲ 1.39×91 topics
  7. Sustainability534▲ 1.58×77 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling499▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Water Resources492▲ 15×11 topics
  10. Neural Networks443▲ 2.1×39 topics
  11. Land Use Change437▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Sediment Transport427▲ 19×6 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties325▲ 2.4×39 topics
  14. Global Warming322▲ 5.5×13 topics
  15. Urbanization293▲ 5.2×10 topics
  16. Smart Grid278▲ 5.6×9 topics
  17. Water Quality269▲ 4.8×19 topics
  18. Artificial Neural Networks264▲ 4.2×9 topics
  19. Model Evaluation239▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Liquefaction235▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Tunnel235▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Global Hydrology233▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Uncertainty Assessment233▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Numerical Simulation231▲ 5.7×14 topics
  25. Fracture223▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration217▲ 4.8×6 topics
  27. Support Vector Machines213▲ 4.8×8 topics
  28. Finite Element Analysis212▲ 6.7×8 topics
  29. Power Electronics206▲ 4.6×8 topics
  30. Hydrology193▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Fluid-Structure Interaction186▲ 9.0×6 topics
  32. CO2 Sequestration186▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Disaster Management182▲ 8.6×5 topics
  34. Ocean Circulation179▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. Dynamic Behavior178▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Pipeline171▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Rock Mechanics171▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Satellite Imagery171▲ 9.3×4 topics
  39. Reliability Analysis168▲ 12×3 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 233 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 159 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 148 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 146 works
  5. 5 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 141 works
  6. 6 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 139 works
  7. 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 130 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 114 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 106 works
  10. 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.

openly available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

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.

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 Hohai University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.056% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Hohai University0.057% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting5%10%15%Hohai University13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

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.

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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. 1 China University of GeosciencesChina · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, Energy 0.90 Compare
  2. 2 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, Energy 0.86 Compare
  3. 3 North China Electric Power UniversityChina · Both strong in Engineering, Energy, Environmental Science 0.82 Compare
  4. 4 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Both strong in Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy 0.82 Compare
  5. 5 Hefei University of TechnologyChina · Both strong in Engineering, Energy, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.82 Compare

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