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Liaocheng University

In research, Liaocheng University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#499 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#374 of 6,636 worldwide) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (#22 of 290 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials — Inorganic Chemistry is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#656
of 28,054 · #1,654 all time
Rank in China
#216
of 3,058
Research works
12k
▲ 87% vs 2013–17
Citations
134k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Liaocheng 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 #499 of 12,888 18.9%2,630 #1266
EngineeringField #374 of 6,636 19.9%1,110 #960
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield #22 of 290 43.6%104 #49
Life SciencesDomain #878 of 7,800 32.2%622 #2708
Materials ScienceField #303 of 2,468 17.2%495 #1097
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #425 of 3,409 41.9%255 #1458
Materials ChemistrySubfield #235 of 1,556 16.9%319 #828
Health SciencesDomain #1,925 of 11,982 26.8%194 #6121
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #384 of 2,318 16.6%398 #1020
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #279 of 1,568 26.6%139 #864

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Liaocheng 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#1,266 #499
  2. Engineering#960 #374
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering#49 #22
  4. Life Sciences#2,708 #878
  5. Materials Science#1,097 #303
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,458 #425
  7. Materials Chemistry#828 #235
  8. Health Sciences#6,121 #1,925
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,020 #384
  10. Biomedical Engineering#864 #279
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 Liaocheng University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 63.3 works6.9×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 103.7 works5.5×
  3. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 86.4 works5.2×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 318.5 works4.4×
  5. ChemistryField · 237.2 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: 1.46× its world share, 255 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 298 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.70× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.13× its world share, 237 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 257 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.49× its world share, 118 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.02× its world share, 1,110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 162 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.87× its world share, 495 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 62 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.35× its world share, 110 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.08× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Liaocheng University?

Ranked on the composite score, Quan-Ke Pan, Wei Sun and Jianwei Xia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Liaocheng University.

  1. 1 Quan-Ke Pan China · #7,959 worldwide 1.4k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Wei Sun China · #42,519 worldwide 342 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Jianwei Xia China · #66,878 worldwide 601 citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Yuyan Han China · #76,620 worldwide 335 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Bin Sun China · #99,966 worldwide 356 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Biao Zhang China · #111,532 worldwide 277 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Leilei Meng China · #143,268 worldwide 256 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Junqing Li China · #168,313 worldwide 403 citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Qi Song China · #168,870 worldwide 221 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Jigong Hao China · #173,765 worldwide 414 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Liaocheng University

Which keywords describe research at Liaocheng University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Graphene, Biosensors, Energy Storage, Catalysis, Cathode Materials and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials184▲ 4.7×18 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications137▲ 3.1×35 topics
  3. Nanoparticles136▲ 3.0×34 topics
  4. Graphene131▲ 5.2×11 topics
  5. Energy Storage126▲ 5.3×12 topics
  6. Catalysis125▲ 5.1×27 topics
  7. Biosensors117▲ 6.2×12 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks115▲ 7.5×6 topics
  9. Cathode Materials97▲ 6.7×3 topics
  10. Nanocomposites95▲ 3.2×21 topics
  11. Water Splitting93▲ 6.9×4 topics
  12. Chemical Sensors83▲ 9.6×3 topics
  13. Semiconductor74▲ 5.9×7 topics
  14. Crystal Growth72▲ 7.0×12 topics
  15. Nonlinear Systems72▲ 9.2×8 topics
  16. Self-Assembly70▲ 5.9×11 topics
  17. Electrocatalysis70▲ 6.7×5 topics
  18. Semiconductors68▲ 6.1×5 topics
  19. Rechargeable Batteries67▲ 6.8×2 topics
  20. Bioimaging67▲ 8.0×6 topics
  21. Visible Light62▲ 7.3×3 topics
  22. Electrochemistry62▲ 7.3×3 topics
  23. Stability60▲ 7.2×7 topics
  24. Nanostructures60▲ 4.1×14 topics
  25. CO2 Reduction60▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Hydrogen Production57▲ 5.8×5 topics
  27. Nanocrystals57▲ 5.7×5 topics
  28. Solar Energy56▲ 4.8×5 topics
  29. Photocatalyst54▲ 8.3×1 topic
  30. Plasmonic54▲ 8.3×1 topic
  31. Two-Dimensional Materials52▲ 6.2×4 topics
  32. Heterogeneous Catalysis51▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Methane Storage51▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Stability Analysis48▲ 8.1×6 topics
  35. Optical Fiber48▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Distributed Control46▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Genetic Algorithm45▲ 8.8×8 topics
  38. Event-Triggered Control45▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Robust Control45▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Crystal Engineering44▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Liaocheng University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Advancements in Battery Materials and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Advanced Photocatalysis …54Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 54 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …42Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 42 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 41 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 39 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 34 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 33 fractional worksStability and Control of…32Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems: 32 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 31 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 31 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMolecular BiologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInorganic Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 54 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 42 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  5. 5 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 35 works
  6. 6 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 34 works
  7. 7 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 33 works
  8. 8 Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems Control and Systems Engineering 32 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 31 works
  10. 10 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 31 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Liaocheng University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% 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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