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Ningxia University

In research, Ningxia University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#183 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#701 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#671 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Soil Science — Catalysis is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#861
of 28,054 · #2,523 all time
Rank in China
#284
of 3,058
Research works
11k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
92k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Ningxia 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #183 of 3,409 35.3%470 #766
Physical SciencesDomain #701 of 12,888 16.5%2,731 #2084
EngineeringField #671 of 6,636 17.6%1,051 #1885
Life SciencesDomain #865 of 7,800 30.6%858 #2770
Plant ScienceSubfield #178 of 1,395 41.1%182 #856
Materials ScienceField #461 of 2,468 17.1%392 #1544
Environmental ScienceField #666 of 3,551 19.3%347 #1704
Social SciencesDomain #2,325 of 10,521 24.0%239 #4734
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #830 of 3,579 25.0%303 #2735
Materials ChemistrySubfield #379 of 1,556 15.4%265 #1198

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ningxia 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#766 #183
  2. Physical Sciences#2,084 #701
  3. Engineering#1,885 #671
  4. Life Sciences#2,770 #865
  5. Plant Science#856 #178
  6. Materials Science#1,544 #461
  7. Environmental Science#1,704 #666
  8. Social Sciences#4,734 #2,325
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,735 #830
  10. Materials Chemistry#1,198 #379
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 Ningxia University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Catalysis takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CatalysisSubfield · 73.6 works12×
  2. Chemical EngineeringField · 100.0 works7.0×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 66.0 works5.4×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 47.6 works5.0×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 40.7 works4.5×
  6. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 140.8 works4.5×
← 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: 2.44× its world share, 470 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 303 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.04× its world share, 100 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.55× its world share, 163 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 300 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 93 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.95× its world share, 148 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.72× its world share, 1,051 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.72× its world share, 347 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.77× its world share, 392 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 66 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 71 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 99 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ningxia University?

Ranked on the composite score, Huiling Zhang, Weiguang Su and Qingxiang Ma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ningxia University.

  1. 1 Huiling Zhang · #127,715 worldwide 401 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Weiguang Su · #162,602 worldwide 309 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Qingxiang Ma · #289,647 worldwide 207 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Haibo Li · #354,833 worldwide 487 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Hui Sun · #357,460 worldwide 133 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Qi Guo · #410,454 worldwide 163 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Zekun Yang · #440,998 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Xing Li · #486,558 worldwide 104 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Guozhang Chang · #514,860 worldwide 109 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Xiaoxiao Duan · #525,183 worldwide 140 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Ningxia University

Which keywords describe research at Ningxia University?

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

▲ 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 Learning220▲ 1.58×77 topics
  2. Climate Change215▲ 1.96×71 topics
  3. Catalysis199▲ 7.4×28 topics
  4. Nanomaterials191▲ 4.4×18 topics
  5. Machine Learning143◆ 1.07×76 topics
  6. Graphene132▲ 4.7×11 topics
  7. Nanoparticles124▲ 2.4×38 topics
  8. Remote Sensing121▲ 2.4×36 topics
  9. Environmental Impact112▲ 1.62×48 topics
  10. Energy Storage110▲ 4.1×9 topics
  11. Water Splitting107▲ 7.2×4 topics
  12. Metal-Organic Frameworks101▲ 6.0×6 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications98▲ 2.0×35 topics
  14. Hydrogen Production91▲ 8.4×6 topics
  15. CO2 Reduction82▲ 9.3×2 topics
  16. Renewable Fuels81▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Solar Energy76▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. Electrocatalysis75▲ 6.5×5 topics
  19. Semiconductor74▲ 5.4×7 topics
  20. Hydrogenation73▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Catalytic72▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Visible Light72▲ 7.5×3 topics
  23. Cathode Materials69▲ 4.3×3 topics
  24. Selective Oxidation69▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Carbon Dioxide68▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Oxidation68▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Photocatalyst67▲ 9.3×1 topic
  28. Plasmonic67▲ 9.3×1 topic
  29. Ceria65▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Gold65▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Microbial Communities63▲ 3.6×10 topics
  32. Antioxidants62▲ 3.4×13 topics
  33. Land Use Change61▲ 4.9×7 topics
  34. Ionic Liquids60▲ 5.3×10 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning54▲ 7.1×5 topics
  36. Catalysts54▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Biomass52▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Heterogeneous Catalysis50▲ 6.7×5 topics
  39. Biochar47▲ 7.1×4 topics
  40. Heterogeneous Catalysts45▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Ningxia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 67 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 65 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 35 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 35 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 34 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 32 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass C…32Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 32 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 28 fractional worksCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 27 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …26Meat and Animal Product Quality: 26 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials ChemistrySoil ScienceCatalysis5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 67 works
  2. 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry 65 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Science 35 works
  4. 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 35 works
  5. 5 Catalysts for Methane ReformingCatalysis 34 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  7. 7 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesBiomedical Engineering 32 works
  8. 8 Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 28 works
  9. 9 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesMechanical Engineering 27 works
  10. 10 Meat and Animal Product QualityAnimal Science and Zoology 26 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ningxia University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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