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Nanjing Normal University

In research, Nanjing Normal University stands highest in Psychology (#19 of 2,181 worldwide), Social Sciences (#148 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#221 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Mathematical Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — Environmental Chemistry is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#256
of 28,054 · #753 all time
Rank in China
#94
of 3,058
Research works
28k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
359k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Nanjing 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
PsychologyField #19 of 2,181 28.0%336 #341
Social SciencesDomain #148 of 10,521 31.4%1,452 #701
Physical SciencesDomain #221 of 12,888 20.9%4,229 #610
EngineeringField #362 of 6,636 16.6%1,315 #740
EducationSubfield #113 of 1,892 42.6%150 #509
Environmental ScienceField #213 of 3,551 25.2%751 #584
Social SciencesField #385 of 6,365 31.7%606 #1027
Computer ScienceField #383 of 4,667 17.8%640 #714
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #197 of 2,318 16.3%511 #452
Life SciencesDomain #781 of 7,800 26.6%965 #1952

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing 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. Psychology#341 #19
  2. Social Sciences#701 #148
  3. Physical Sciences#610 #221
  4. Engineering#740 #362
  5. Education#509 #113
  6. Environmental Science#584 #213
  7. Social Sciences#1,027 #385
  8. Computer Science#714 #383
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#452 #197
  10. Life Sciences#1,952 #781
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 Nanjing Normal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 60.1 works3.9×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 41.4 works3.7×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 80.0 works3.6×
  4. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 20.0 works3.5×
  5. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 20.2 works3.4×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 310 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 478 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 64 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 99 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.95× its world share, 48 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.88× its world share, 206 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 640 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 202 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.04× its world share, 196 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 1,315 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.16× its world share, 751 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 389 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.46× its world share, 203 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.80× its world share, 280 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 299 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 151 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 149 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 147 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 336 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 606 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Normal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Zucong Cai, Jianping Shi and Zhijun Zhao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Normal University.

  1. 1 Zucong Cai · #24,191 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Jianping Shi · #27,047 worldwide 572 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Zhijun Zhao · #77,199 worldwide 296 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Ya‐Qian Lan · #99,748 worldwide 888 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Junzhi Liu · #109,309 worldwide 193 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Lei Zhang · #122,571 worldwide 372 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Jin-xuan Fang · #140,485 worldwide 186 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Qi Xiao · #143,800 worldwide 179 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Chenxin Cai · #155,830 worldwide 242 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Dan Zhu · #189,026 worldwide 126 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Normal University

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Normal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Nanoparticles and Water Splitting.

▲ 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. Climate Change339▲ 1.79×92 topics
  2. Deep Learning285▲ 1.19×80 topics
  3. Machine Learning209◆ 0.91×85 topics
  4. Renewable Energy200▲ 1.98×40 topics
  5. Nanomaterials190▲ 2.5×17 topics
  6. Environmental Impact170▲ 1.43×52 topics
  7. Nanoparticles163▲ 1.85×37 topics
  8. Catalysis160▲ 3.4×28 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications152▲ 1.83×34 topics
  10. Neural Networks150▲ 1.39×38 topics
  11. Sustainability150◆ 0.88×70 topics
  12. Remote Sensing147▲ 1.70×38 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks132▲ 4.5×6 topics
  14. Graphene118▲ 2.5×11 topics
  15. Energy Storage109▲ 2.4×12 topics
  16. Water Quality104▲ 3.7×14 topics
  17. Urbanization102▲ 3.5×10 topics
  18. Water Splitting101▲ 3.9×4 topics
  19. Economic Growth94▲ 1.58×24 topics
  20. Biosensors87▲ 2.4×12 topics
  21. Drug Delivery86▲ 2.3×16 topics
  22. Hydrogen Production83▲ 4.4×5 topics
  23. Electrocatalysis82▲ 4.2×5 topics
  24. Smart Grid80▲ 3.0×10 topics
  25. Cathode Materials78▲ 2.8×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Services76▲ 2.8×11 topics
  27. Solar Energy76▲ 3.4×5 topics
  28. Land Use Change74▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. CO2 Reduction72▲ 4.8×2 topics
  30. Power Electronics69▲ 3.0×8 topics
  31. CO2 Capture68▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Catalysts65▲ 4.7×3 topics
  33. Eutrophication64▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Heterogeneous Catalysis62▲ 4.8×5 topics
  35. Methane Storage61▲ 6.8×2 topics
  36. Chemical Sensors61▲ 3.6×3 topics
  37. Electrochemistry59▲ 3.7×3 topics
  38. Photocatalyst53▲ 4.3×1 topic
  39. Harmful Algal Blooms51▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. Phosphorus42▲ 7.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Nanjing Normal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Advanced Photocatalysis …53Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 53 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…44Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 44 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 40 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 36 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 36 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 35 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 33 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and P…29Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 29 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 29 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 29 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEconomics and EconometricsMolecular BiologyMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 53 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 44 works
  3. 3 Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics and Econometrics 40 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Biology 36 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry 36 works
  6. 6 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsInorganic Chemistry 35 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGlobal and Planetary Change 33 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsEnvironmental Chemistry 29 works
  9. 9 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionMolecular Biology 29 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 29 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.