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Hunan Normal University

In research, Hunan Normal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#360 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#388 of 10,521 worldwide) and Psychology (#94 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Mathematical Physics — Numerical Analysis is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#365
of 28,054 · #1,009 all time
Rank in China
#128
of 3,058
Research works
20k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
213k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Hunan Normal 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 #360 of 12,888 25.4%2,353 #892
Social SciencesDomain #388 of 10,521 36.8%745 #1280
PsychologyField #94 of 2,181 34.5%190 #689
Life SciencesDomain #489 of 7,800 21.7%970 #1489
Health SciencesDomain #830 of 11,982 21.3%834 #2554
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #331 of 3,579 21.4%584 #1083
Physics and AstronomyField #157 of 1,646 40.3%330 #731
Computer ScienceField #466 of 4,667 28.9%497 #1060
MedicineField #1,043 of 10,443 20.5%761 #2750
EngineeringField #811 of 6,636 20.4%581 #1674

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hunan Normal 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#892 #360
  2. Social Sciences#1,280 #388
  3. Psychology#689 #94
  4. Life Sciences#1,489 #489
  5. Health Sciences#2,554 #830
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,083 #331
  7. Physics and Astronomy#731 #157
  8. Computer Science#1,060 #466
  9. Medicine#2,750 #1,043
  10. Engineering#1,674 #811
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 Hunan Normal University specialise in?

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

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 21.0 works5.0×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 70.4 works4.6×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 32.5 works4.2×
  4. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 58.0 works4.1×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 164 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 584 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 96 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 112 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.08× its world share, 160 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 497 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 50 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 581 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 233 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.46× its world share, 250 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.19× its world share, 184 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.02× its world share, 330 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 761 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 64 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 190 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 263 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hunan Normal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lin Xiao, Songjun Zeng and Jianhua Dai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hunan Normal University.

  1. 1 Lin Xiao · #41,987 worldwide 698 citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Songjun Zeng · #142,178 worldwide 447 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jianhua Dai · #142,907 worldwide 373 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Ming Chen · #172,017 worldwide 337 citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Hong Liu · #183,431 worldwide 157 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Li Min · #194,141 worldwide 1 citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Shouzhuo Yao · #235,084 worldwide 171 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Yueming Tan · #241,183 worldwide 198 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Haitao Li · #252,253 worldwide 558 citations · 91 works
  10. 10 Li Dong · #259,303 worldwide 77 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Hunan Normal University

Which keywords describe research at Hunan Normal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Deep Learning, Biosensors, Oxidative Stress, Entanglement, Neural Networks, Self-Assembly and Inflammation.

▲ 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 Learning215▲ 1.28×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning167◆ 1.04×79 topics
  3. Cancer162▲ 2.5×52 topics
  4. Inflammation148▲ 1.45×81 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress145▲ 1.81×60 topics
  6. Neural Networks135▲ 1.79×34 topics
  7. Nanoparticles99▲ 1.61×33 topics
  8. Biosensors97▲ 3.8×11 topics
  9. Nanomaterials88▲ 1.69×19 topics
  10. Gene Expression84▲ 2.8×18 topics
  11. Self-Assembly76▲ 4.8×11 topics
  12. Economic Growth70▲ 1.69×15 topics
  13. Aquaculture69▲ 5.4×7 topics
  14. Graphene67▲ 2.0×11 topics
  15. Entanglement66▲ 9.0×4 topics
  16. Innate Immunity64▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species63▲ 3.2×14 topics
  18. Regulation61▲ 2.3×17 topics
  19. Metal-Organic Frameworks59▲ 2.9×5 topics
  20. Bioimaging58▲ 5.2×6 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment56▲ 2.6×8 topics
  22. Gut Microbiota55▲ 3.2×7 topics
  23. Electrochemistry54▲ 4.8×3 topics
  24. Land Use Change50▲ 3.3×7 topics
  25. Cytokines49▲ 3.5×8 topics
  26. Photodynamic Therapy49▲ 4.5×6 topics
  27. Synchronization48▲ 8.0×4 topics
  28. Epigenetic Regulation45▲ 4.3×6 topics
  29. Dynamical Systems43▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Superconducting Circuits42▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Molecular Machines40▲ 6.0×2 topics
  32. Biogenesis40▲ 4.6×3 topics
  33. Global Stability39▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Quantum Entanglement38▲ 12×2 topics
  35. DNA nanotechnology36▲ 5.9×1 topic
  36. aptamers36▲ 5.9×1 topic
  37. Black Holes35▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Complex Networks35▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Quantum Gravity33▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Quantum31▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Hunan Normal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota and Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization.

Advanced biosensing and …36Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 36 fractional worksQuantum Information and …30Quantum Information and Cryptography: 30 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 29 fractional worksNeural Networks Stability and Synchronization: 28 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 24 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 24 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 23 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials i…23Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 23 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 23 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 21 fractional works
Molecular BiologyArtificial IntelligenceImmunologyComputer Networks and Communications6 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Biology 36 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and CryptographyArtificial Intelligence 30 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology 29 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks Stability and SynchronizationComputer Networks and Communications 28 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsBiomedical Engineering 24 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesAstronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer Research 23 works
  8. 8 Advanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisMaterials Chemistry 23 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical PhysicsNuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal and Planetary Change 21 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hunan Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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