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Minnan Normal University

In research, Minnan Normal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,325 of 12,888 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,527 of 4,667 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,163 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Theory and Mathematics — Computational Theory and Mathematics is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,038
of 28,054 · #5,478 all time
Rank in China
#931
of 3,058
Research works
3.9k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Minnan 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 #2,325 of 12,888 18.6%740 #3510
Computer ScienceField #1,527 of 4,667 24.7%267 #2308
EngineeringField #3,163 of 6,636 14.6%158 #4034
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,039 of 1,884 29.5%93 #1692
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #599 of 941 24.8%67 #1264
Social SciencesDomain #7,270 of 10,521 18.6%104 #9220
Life SciencesDomain #6,013 of 7,800 21.1%92 #10507
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,790 of 2,318 13.0%73 #2793
Materials ScienceField #1,959 of 2,468 18.5%78 #3106

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Minnan 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#3,510 #2,325
  2. Computer Science#2,308 #1,527
  3. Engineering#4,034 #3,163
  4. Artificial Intelligence#1,692 #1,039
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#1,264 #599
  6. Social Sciences#9,220 #7,270
  7. Life Sciences#10,507 #6,013
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,793 #1,790
  9. Materials Science#3,106 #1,959
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 Minnan Normal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Theory and Mathematics takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 47.4 works12×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.84× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.87× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.57× its world share, 267 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.19× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 158 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.31× its world share, 78 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.94× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.97× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Minnan Normal University?

Ranked on the composite score, William Zhu, Hong Zhao and Xuewen Xia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Minnan Normal University.

  1. 1 William Zhu China · #74,130 worldwide 484 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Hong Zhao China · #243,211 worldwide 155 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Xuewen Xia China · #287,576 worldwide 128 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Yaojin Lin China · #319,190 worldwide 183 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Zhixiong Cai China · #332,146 worldwide 156 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Zhixiang Chen China · #500,988 worldwide 85 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Shunxing Li China · #565,935 worldwide 72 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Zhang Xiao-hon China · #602,686 worldwide 7 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Guoping Lin China · #635,485 worldwide 103 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Ningning Gao China · #688,936 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Minnan Normal University

Which keywords describe research at Minnan Normal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanomaterials, Feature Selection, Biosensors, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Biomedical Applications, Electrochemistry and Rough Sets.

▲ 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 Learning90▲ 2.7×65 topics
  2. Machine Learning50▲ 1.58×54 topics
  3. Nanomaterials49▲ 4.8×15 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications42▲ 3.6×27 topics
  5. Neural Networks39▲ 2.6×31 topics
  6. Feature Selection39▲ 18×6 topics
  7. Biosensors38▲ 7.6×11 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks33▲ 8.1×5 topics
  9. Graphene30▲ 4.6×9 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks30▲ 4.2×13 topics
  11. Nanoparticles30▲ 2.4×18 topics
  12. Electrochemistry27▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Catalysis27▲ 4.2×16 topics
  14. Water Splitting25▲ 7.1×4 topics
  15. Rough Sets25▲ 83×2 topics
  16. Semiconductor21▲ 6.3×7 topics
  17. Data Mining21▲ 2.9×10 topics
  18. Self-Assembly20▲ 6.3×9 topics
  19. Decision Analysis19▲ 108×1 topic
  20. Granular Computing19▲ 108×1 topic
  21. Sparse Representation18▲ 9.9×6 topics
  22. Detection18▲ 6.2×5 topics
  23. Bioimaging16▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Biomolecular Interactions16▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Electrocatalysis16▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. DNA nanotechnology15▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Information Retrieval15▲ 7.3×3 topics
  28. aptamers15▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Chemical Sensors15▲ 6.5×3 topics
  30. Energy Conversion14▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Molecular Structure14▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Methane Storage14▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Representation Learning14▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Semi-Supervised Learning14▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Text Classification13▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Electrochemical13▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Heavy Metal Ions13▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Image Classification13▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Nanostructured Materials12▲ 7.6×3 topics
  40. Machine Learning Algorithms12▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Minnan Normal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors.

Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic19Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic: 19 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …15Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 15 fractional worksElectrochemical Analysis and Applications: 13 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 12 fractional worksText and Document Classification Technologies: 12 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …10Advanced Neural Network Applications: 10 fractional worksData Mining Algorithms and Applications: 9 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 9 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsMolecular BiologyElectrochemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 19 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 15 works
  3. 3 Electrochemical Analysis and Applications Electrochemistry 13 works
  4. 4 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  6. 6 Text and Document Classification Technologies Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 11 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10 works
  9. 9 Data Mining Algorithms and Applications Information Systems 9 works
  10. 10 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 9 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 available21.0%not open79.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Minnan Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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