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In research, Nanjing Library stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,115 of 17,446 worldwide), Computer Science (#4,407 of 6,336 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,895 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,197
of 34,923
Rank in China
#925
of 2,919
Research works
923
▼ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Nanjing Library

What is Nanjing Library 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,115 of 17,446 8.3%570
Computer ScienceField #4,407 of 6,336 4.7%181
EngineeringField #6,895 of 9,532 11.0%166
Information SystemsSubfield #2,192 of 2,566 3.8%124
Social SciencesDomain #13,954 of 14,833 4.8%200
Social SciencesField #8,976 of 9,330 4.3%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing Library 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 Nanjing Library work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Nanjing Library is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Computer Science (19%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 65.4% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 29.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 19.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNanjing Library54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering1629.5%
    2. Computer Science1019.1%
    3. Materials Science35.5%
    4. Environmental Science24.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy23.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    7. Energy11.3%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences58.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting23.2%
    3. Decision Sciences12.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    6. Psychology00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine35.4%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.46× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.97× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.78×2 works
  2. Computer Science2.46×10 works
  3. Engineering1.97×16 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.63×2 works
  5. Materials Science1.59×3 works
  6. Energy1.36×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.81×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.71×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.70×5 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×2 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.44×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.42×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.33×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.33×0 works
  21. Medicine0.28×3 works
  22. Psychology0.24×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Nanjing Library?

The most cited paper from Nanjing Library is "Recent progress in metal–organic complexes for optoelectronic applications" (Hui Xu, Runfeng Chen, Qiang Sun et al., 2014), with 1,157 citations. Next come "Catechol-functionalized hydrogels: biomimetic design, adhesion mechanism, and biomedical applications" (967) and "Recent advances in the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles via radical cascade reactions using isonitriles as radical acceptors" (830).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent progress in metal–organic complexes for optoelectronic applications Hui Xu, Runfeng Chen, Qiang Sun et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2014 1,157
2 Catechol-functionalized hydrogels: biomimetic design, adhesion mechanism, and biomedical applications Wei Zhang, Ruixing Wang, ZhengMing Sun et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2020 967
3 Recent advances in the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles via radical cascade reactions using isonitriles as radical acceptors Bo Zhang, Armido Studer · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 830
4 Synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional Nb 4 C 3 (MXene) Michael Ghidiu, Michael Naguib, Chenyang Shi et al. · Chemical Communications 2014 656
5 Two-dimensional boron: structures, properties and applications Zhuhua Zhang, Evgeni S. Penev, Boris I. Yakobson · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2017 469
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Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Library?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Grid, Mechanical Properties, Information Systems, Cloud Computing and Fault Diagnosis.

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning4▲ 2.2×23 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  3. Big Data3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  4. Machine Learning2▲ 1.21×17 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.9×12 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 1.65×3 topics
  7. Social Media2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  8. Smart Grid2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  9. Internet of Things2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 1.93×11 topics
  11. Renewable Energy2▲ 1.90×7 topics
  12. Sustainability2▲ 1.16×7 topics
  13. Information Systems1▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Cloud Computing1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  16. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Healthcare1▲ 1.91×8 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management1▲ 2.4×7 topics
  19. Educational Technology1▲ 1.69×4 topics
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.22×5 topics
  21. Knowledge Management1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  22. Battery Technology1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  23. Consumer Perception1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  24. Criminal Networks1▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Distributed Systems1▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Hidden Markov Models1▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Organized Crime1▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Sequential Testing Algorithms1▲ 338×1 topic
  29. Virtual Reality1▲ 3.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Nanjing Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Engineering and Test Systems, Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour and Software-Defined Networks and 5G.

Engineering and Test Systems: 1 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Networks and 5G: 1 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 0 fractional worksWeb and Library Services0Web and Library Services: 0 fractional worksPower Systems and Renewable Energy: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…0Second Language Learning and Teaching: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Engineering and Test Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  5. 5 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Web and Library Services Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Power Systems and Renewable Energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 0 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 available9.0%not open91.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Nanjing Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Nanjing Library0.00033% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Nanjing Library 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.

5%10%15%Nanjing Library11.3% in 2020all institutions10.0% in 202020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2016.

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