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Nanjing Tech University

In research, Nanjing Tech University stands highest in Engineering (#107 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#212 of 10,670 worldwide) and Materials Science (#93 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Process Chemistry and Technology, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry (Process Chemistry and Technology is 12.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#405
of 22,385 · #437 all time
Rank in China
#92
of 2,481
Research works
35k
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
574k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Nanjing Tech University

What is Nanjing Tech University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #107 of 5,901 12.1%4,263 #161
Physical SciencesDomain #212 of 10,670 11.1%8,790 #249
Materials ScienceField #93 of 2,276 10.7%1,824 #114
Materials ChemistrySubfield #70 of 1,473 11.3%1,095 #98
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #71 of 1,319 12.3%765 #116
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #58 of 908 12.9%457 #98
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #148 of 2,176 11.1%1,019 #177
Health SciencesDomain #755 of 9,902 19.0%351 #978
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #122 of 1,539 11.4%616 #172
Life SciencesDomain #517 of 6,403 15.0%752 #619

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing Tech 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#161 #107
  2. Physical Sciences#249 #212
  3. Materials Science#114 #93
  4. Materials Chemistry#98 #70
  5. Mechanical Engineering#116 #71
  6. Civil and Structural Engineering#98 #58
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#177 #148
  8. Health Sciences#978 #755
  9. Biomedical Engineering#172 #122
  10. Life Sciences#619 #517
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Nanjing Tech University work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Nanjing Tech University is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Materials Science (18%), Chemistry (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10k fractional works · 85.7% of its workEngineering: 4,852 fractional works · 41.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,141 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 881 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 714 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 531 fractional works · 4.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 282 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 261 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 256 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 205 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 156 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 127 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 124 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2,066 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1,232 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 276 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 213 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 199 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 73 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 880 fractional works · 7.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 485 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 226 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 89 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 755 fractional works · 6.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 250 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 139 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 488 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 150 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 142 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 469 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 443 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 265 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCatalysis: 147 fractional works · 1.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 126 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 113 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 852 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 532 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 385 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiotechnology: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 180 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 86 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 432 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 101 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 78 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 396 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 324 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 204 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNanjing TechUniversity12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4,85241.4%
    2. Materials Science2,06617.6%
    3. Chemistry8807.5%
    4. Environmental Science7556.4%
    5. Computer Science4884.2%
    6. Energy4694.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering2652.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy1261.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1131.0%
    10. Mathematics370.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5324.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1801.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics630.5%
    4. Neuroscience470.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology280.2%
    1. Social Sciences1271.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1010.9%
    3. Decision Sciences780.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance540.5%
    5. Psychology420.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities300.3%
    1. Medicine3242.8%
    2. Health Professions360.3%
    3. Nursing290.2%
    4. Dentistry60.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nanjing Tech University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Process Chemistry and Technology takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Process Chemistry and TechnologySubfield · 60.7 works13×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 147.5 works8.5×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 225.9 works7.7×
  4. Chemical EngineeringField · 265.2 works6.5×
  5. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 72.9 works6.3×
  6. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 276.4 works5.8×
  7. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 484.7 works5.5×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 180 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 532 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 64 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.47× its world share, 265 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.78× its world share, 880 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 488 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 113 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.35× its world share, 469 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.76× its world share, 4,852 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 755 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.04× its world share, 2,066 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 126 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 324 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 101 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 78 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.47×265 works
  2. Materials Science5.04×2,066 works
  3. Chemistry4.78×880 works
  4. Energy4.35×469 works
  5. Engineering2.76×4,852 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.53×64 works
  7. Environmental Science1.30×755 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×532 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.69×78 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×113 works
  11. Computer Science0.54×488 works
  12. Nursing0.51×29 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.48×126 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×180 works
  15. Mathematics0.27×37 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×101 works
  17. Neuroscience0.25×47 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×28 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×54 works
  20. Medicine0.14×324 works
  21. Health Professions0.12×36 works
  22. Psychology0.12×42 works
  23. Dentistry0.11×6 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.09×30 works
  25. Social Sciences0.09×127 works
  26. Veterinary0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Tech University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yuping Wu, Zongping Shao and Xin Yi Ren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Tech University.

  1. 1 Yuping Wu China · #3,071 worldwide 52k citations · 944 works
  2. 2 Zongping Shao China · #3,872 worldwide 94k citations · 1,136 works
  3. 3 Xin Yi Ren China · #4,023 worldwide 9k citations · 134 works
  4. 4 Zhongfu An China · #4,316 worldwide 22k citations · 318 works
  5. 5 Xiaochen Dong China · #10,299 worldwide 32k citations · 398 works
  6. 6 Yinlong Zhu China · #10,309 worldwide 13k citations · 141 works
  7. 7 Jixin Zhu China · #12,435 worldwide 23k citations · 286 works
  8. 8 Jinjun Shao China · #13,627 worldwide 12k citations · 179 works
  9. 9 Xiaochen Dong China · #13,935 worldwide 13k citations · 126 works
  10. 10 Huili Ma China · #14,472 worldwide 22k citations · 325 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Tech University

What are the most cited papers from Nanjing Tech University?

The most cited paper from Nanjing Tech University is "Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance" (Zheng Ling, Chang E. Ren, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al., 2014), with 2,289 citations. Next come "All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal scintillators" (2,054) and "Latest advances in supercapacitors: from new electrode materials to novel device designs" (2,019).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Flexible and conductive MXene films and nanocomposites with high capacitance Zheng Ling, Chang E. Ren, Meng‐Qiang Zhao et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Nov 2014 2,289
2 All-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal scintillators Qiushui Chen et al. · Nature 24 Aug 2018 2,054
3 Latest advances in supercapacitors: from new electrode materials to novel device designs Faxing Wang, Xiongwei Wu, Xinhai Yuan et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2017 2,019
4 Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials Towards the Breakthrough of Organoelectronics Ye Tao, Kai Yuan, Ting Chen et al. · Advanced Materials 17 Sep 2014 2,014
5 Fluorescent Chemosensors Based on Spiroring-Opening of Xanthenes and Related Derivatives Xiaoqiang Chen, Tuhin Pradhan, Fang Wang et al. · Chemical Reviews Review 31 Oct 2011 1,998
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Tech University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Energy Storage, Mechanical Properties, Graphene and Cathode Materials.

▲ 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 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. Catalysis690▲ 8.8×29 topics
  2. Nanomaterials672▲ 5.5×20 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications620▲ 4.5×35 topics
  4. Nanocomposites544▲ 5.9×21 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties540▲ 4.7×38 topics
  6. Nanoparticles534▲ 3.6×43 topics
  7. Energy Storage482▲ 6.3×13 topics
  8. Graphene469▲ 6.0×11 topics
  9. Cathode Materials407▲ 8.9×3 topics
  10. Metal-Organic Frameworks393▲ 8.1×6 topics
  11. Drug Delivery301▲ 4.7×15 topics
  12. Lithium-ion Batteries294▲ 6.1×4 topics
  13. Water Splitting293▲ 6.7×4 topics
  14. Microstructure289▲ 4.8×19 topics
  15. Electrocatalysis275▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Rechargeable Batteries266▲ 8.5×2 topics
  17. CO2 Capture260▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Chemical Sensors250▲ 9.2×3 topics
  19. Tissue Engineering229▲ 3.2×13 topics
  20. Ionic Liquids220▲ 6.7×11 topics
  21. Hydrogen Production219▲ 6.9×6 topics
  22. Heterogeneous Catalysis215▲ 9.9×5 topics
  23. Carbon Nanotubes208▲ 5.3×8 topics
  24. CO2 Reduction202▲ 8.0×2 topics
  25. Semiconductor196▲ 5.1×7 topics
  26. Visible Light196▲ 7.1×3 topics
  27. Green Chemistry193▲ 9.3×10 topics
  28. Solar Energy189▲ 5.1×5 topics
  29. Methane Storage188▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Semiconductors186▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Hydrogenation186▲ 9.3×5 topics
  32. Catalysts178▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Bioimaging172▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Membrane Technology165▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries162▲ 9.7×2 topics
  36. Battery Materials158▲ 8.2×1 topic
  37. Nanostructured Anodes158▲ 8.2×1 topic
  38. Carbon Dioxide155▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Ionic Conductivity153▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Oxidation152▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Nanjing Tech University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies and Membrane Separation Technologies.

Advancements in Battery …158Advancements in Battery Materials: 158 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …153Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 153 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 141 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 124 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 122 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 109 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 108 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…105Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 105 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 104 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 97 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentWater Science and TechnologyMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 158 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 153 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 141 works
  4. 4 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 124 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 122 works
  6. 6 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 109 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 108 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 105 works
  9. 9 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 104 works
  10. 10 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 97 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Tech University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Tech University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.048% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Nanjing Tech University0.050% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanjing Tech University 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.

still counting5%10%15%Nanjing Tech University11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2021.

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