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Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China

In research, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China stands highest in Computer Science (#2,710 of 7,020 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,621 of 16,945 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,887 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science — Computer Science is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,102
of 28,054 · #19,258 all time
Rank in China
#2,921
of 3,058
Research works
1.1k
▼ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Computer ScienceField #2,710 of 7,020 8.2%366
Social SciencesDomain #7,621 of 16,945 7.8%358
Physical SciencesDomain #11,887 of 21,541 8.1%654
EngineeringField #9,746 of 11,412 8.3%161
Information SystemsSubfield #2,261 of 2,575 6.6%122
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #2,715 of 2,981 6.8%164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China 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).

What does Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 30.6 works4.8×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 4.84× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.56× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China?

Ranked on the composite score, Junsheng Zhang, Shuo Xu and Zhou Ping lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China.

  1. 1 Junsheng Zhang China · #984,674 worldwide 71 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Shuo Xu China · #1,018,804 worldwide 78 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Zhou Ping China · #1,045,110 worldwide 10 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Zhang Xin-min China · #1,262,782 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jie Peng China · #1,393,638 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Lijun Zhu China · #1,438,694 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Ying Su China · #1,480,293 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Xiaodong Qiao China · #1,613,001 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Innovation, Topic Modeling, Data Integration, Information Retrieval and Text Classification.

▲ 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 Learning10▲ 3.7×38 topics
  2. Neural Networks9▲ 6.9×17 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▲ 3.1×32 topics
  4. Innovation5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  5. Topic Modeling4▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Data Integration4▲ 27×6 topics
  7. Information Retrieval4▲ 21×2 topics
  8. Text Classification4▲ 29×2 topics
  9. Intellectual Property Rights3▲ 54×1 topic
  10. Patent Analysis3▲ 319×1 topic
  11. Natural Language Processing3▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Machine Translation3▲ 23×1 topic
  13. Word Representation3▲ 32×1 topic
  14. Semantic Web3▲ 40×4 topics
  15. Big Data3▲ 4.0×9 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.6×12 topics
  17. Text Mining2▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Automatic2▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Extraction2▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Data Mining2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  21. Knowledge Management2▲ 4.2×2 topics
  22. Neural Machine Translation2▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Statistical Machine Translation2▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Description Logics2▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Knowledge Representation2▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Biomedical Literature2▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Biomedical Ontologies2▲ 81×1 topic
  28. Travel Behavior2▲ 23×2 topics
  29. GPS Data2▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Human Mobility2▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Interdisciplinary Research2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Causal Discovery1▲ 56×2 topics
  33. Detection1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  34. Modal Logic1▲ 59×2 topics
  35. Model Checking1▲ 38×3 topics
  36. Bibliometric Analysis1▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Research Evaluation1▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Maturity Assessment1▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Ontology1▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Representation Learning1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intellectual Property and Patents, Topic Modeling, Advanced Text Analysis Techniques and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Intellectual Property and Patents: 3 fractional worksTopic Modeling3Topic Modeling: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis T…2Advanced Text Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksNatural Language Process…2Natural Language Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 2 fractional worksscientometrics and bibli…1scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 1 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksConstraint Satisfaction and Optimization: 1 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationArtificial IntelligenceMolecular BiologyTransportation4 others

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

  1. 1 Intellectual Property and Patents Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 2 works
  7. 7 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  8. 8 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  10. 10 Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available18.2%not open81.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% lower than in 2013–2017.

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