Question 1

What is Nanjing University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Nanjing University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#10 of 3,334 worldwide) and Materials Science (#8 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Software, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics (Software is 7.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Nanjing University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Nanjing University ranks #35 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#71 all time), and #12 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Lianbo Ma, Jia Zhu and Guoyin Zhu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Nanjing University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Nanjing University is "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (G. Aad et al., 2012), with 10,856 citations. Next come "Intravenous Fluids and Acute Kidney Injury" (6,843) and "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558).

Question 5

Which research topics does Nanjing University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Biosensors, Nanoparticles, Neural Networks, Catalysis, Biomedical Applications, Climate Change and Machine Learning.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Nanjing University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Nanjing University is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Medicine (16%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Nanjing University's?

Accepted Answer

Southern University of Science and Technology has the research profile closest to Nanjing University's (similarity 0.92 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Chemistry, followed by Xiamen University and University of Science and Technology of China.

Question 9

Is Nanjing University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.