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Hunan Communications Research Institute

In research, Hunan Communications Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,847 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,334 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 25.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,501
of 22,385 · #8,666 all time
Rank in China
#1,668
of 2,481
Research works
811
▲ 108% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Hunan Communications Research Institute

What is Hunan Communications Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,847 of 10,670 12.1%107 #2911
EngineeringField #3,334 of 5,901 12.5%81 #7926

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hunan Communications Research Institute 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 Hunan Communications Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Hunan Communications Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (63%), Environmental Science (9%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 123 fractional works · 83.9% of its workEngineering: 93 fractional works · 63.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 44 fractional works · 29.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 9.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHunanCommunications…147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences84%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9363.4%
    2. Environmental Science139.1%
    3. Computer Science85.6%
    4. Materials Science53.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    6. Energy10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences64.2%
    2. Decision Sciences21.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Psychology10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine32.0%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hunan Communications Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 25.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 43.7 works25×
  2. EngineeringField · 92.9 works4.2×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.23× its world share, 93 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.23×93 works
  2. Environmental Science1.84×13 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.54×2 works
  4. Materials Science0.89×4 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.72×8 works
  8. Energy0.64×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×4 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.33×6 works
  14. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×2 works
  16. Nursing0.23×0 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.22×0 works
  18. Psychology0.17×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.15×1 works
  21. Medicine0.10×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hunan Communications Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Cheng Dong, Dayuan Jin and Jianguo Peng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hunan Communications Research Institute.

  1. 1 Cheng Dong China · #2,992,709 worldwide 228 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Dayuan Jin China · #3,249,553 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jianguo Peng China · #3,371,075 worldwide 278 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Huihua Hu China · #3,544,553 worldwide 557 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Zewen Yu China · #3,619,600 worldwide 118 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Wan Zhi China · #4,014,457 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Zhu Li China · #4,199,885 worldwide 130 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Guo Shuan China · #4,612,859 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Fang Ming China · #4,929,632 worldwide 28 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 LI Yue-jun China · #5,780,306 worldwide 128 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Hunan Communications Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Hunan Communications Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Hunan Communications Research Institute is "Distributed Compressive Spectrum Sensing in Cooperative Multihop Cognitive Networks" (Fanzi Zeng, Chen Li, Zhi Tian, 2010), with 286 citations. Next come "Understanding the Synergistic Effects and Structural Evolution of Co(OH) 2 and Co 3 O 4 toward Boosting Electrochemical Charge Storage" (255) and "Traffic flow prediction based on combination of support vector machine and data denoising schemes" (217).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Distributed Compressive Spectrum Sensing in Cooperative Multihop Cognitive Networks Fanzi Zeng, Chen Li, Zhi Tian · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing Jul 2010 286
2 Understanding the Synergistic Effects and Structural Evolution of Co(OH) 2 and Co 3 O 4 toward Boosting Electrochemical Charge Storage Peng Dong Gao, Ying Zeng, Pei Song Tang et al. · Advanced Functional Materials 27 Oct 2021 255
3 Traffic flow prediction based on combination of support vector machine and data denoising schemes Jinjun Tang, Xinqiang Chen, Zheng Hu et al. · Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 19 Mar 2019 217
4 Experimental investigation and improved FE modeling of axially-loaded circular RC columns under lateral impact loading Bin Liu, Wei Fan, Wei Liang Guo et al. · Engineering Structures 2 Oct 2017 191
5 Calcium peroxide promotes hydrogen production from dark fermentation of waste activated sludge Dongbo Wang, Dan Zhang, Qiuxiang Xu et al. · Chemical Engineering Journal 30 Jul 2018 171
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hunan Communications Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Recycled Materials, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical Properties, Deep Learning, Defect Detection, Rheology, Image Processing and Crack Detection.

▲ 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. Deep Learning12▲ 2.4×31 topics
  2. Recycled Materials10▲ 64×2 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties8▲ 5.6×12 topics
  4. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 22×4 topics
  5. Nanomaterials7▲ 4.7×10 topics
  6. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.6×16 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  8. Defect Detection6▲ 34×3 topics
  9. Rheology6▲ 22×4 topics
  10. Image Processing6▲ 9.3×3 topics
  11. Crack Detection6▲ 56×1 topic
  12. Pavement6▲ 56×1 topic
  13. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Asphalt6▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Bitumen Modification6▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  17. Fiber Reinforced Concrete5▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Ultra-High Performance Concrete5▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Durability Performance5▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Construction4▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Dynamic Interaction4▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Risk Assessment4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  23. Soil Properties4▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Concrete Strengthening4▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Dynamic Behavior4▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites4▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Intelligent Transportation Systems4▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Fiber Reinforcement4▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Liquefaction4▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Reliability Analysis4▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Tunnel4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Buckling Behavior3▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Geopolymer3▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Slope Stability Analysis3▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Spatial Variability3▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Rock Mechanics3▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Traffic Flow3▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Cementitious Materials3▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Fly Ash3▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Structural Engineering3▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Hunan Communications Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Innovative concrete reinforcement materials and Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete.

Infrastructure Maintenan…6Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 6 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…6Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 6 fractional worksInnovative concrete rein…5Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 5 fractional worksStructural Behavior of R…4Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 3 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 3 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing …3Structural Load-Bearing Analysis: 3 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…3Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 3 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…3Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…2Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityMechanics of Materials

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 4 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
  6. 6 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  9. 9 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available17.2%not open82.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.5%domestic only96.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hunan Communications Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 108% 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 Hunan Communications Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hunan Communications Research Institute0.00069% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hunan Communications Research Institute 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%Hunan Communications Research Institute11.8% 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 13.4% in 2022.

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