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Northwest Normal University

In research, Northwest Normal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#322 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#183 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#105 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Mathematics, Electrochemistry and Mathematical Physics — Applied Mathematics is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#523
of 28,054 · #1,329 all time
Rank in China
#173
of 3,058
Research works
20k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
180k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Northwest 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
Physical SciencesDomain #322 of 12,888 17.9%3,595 #986
Environmental ScienceField #183 of 3,551 27.7%452 #782
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #105 of 1,209 21.5%127 #600
Materials ScienceField #232 of 2,468 20.2%388 #737
EngineeringField #634 of 6,636 16.5%768 #1496
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #65 of 535 33.5%150 #455
Social SciencesDomain #1,408 of 10,521 22.8%714 #2543
ChemistryField #212 of 1,330 17.7%318 #735
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #376 of 2,318 17.6%349 #968
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #576 of 3,409 38.4%191 #1678

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest 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. Physical Sciences#986 #322
  2. Environmental Science#782 #183
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#600 #105
  4. Materials Science#737 #232
  5. Engineering#1,496 #634
  6. Global and Planetary Change#455 #65
  7. Social Sciences#2,543 #1,408
  8. Chemistry#735 #212
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#968 #376
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,678 #576
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 Northwest Normal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Mathematics takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 108.2 works7.6×
  2. ElectrochemistrySubfield · 25.6 works7.1×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 49.1 works6.3×
  4. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 90.2 works5.8×
  5. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 37.1 works5.4×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 191 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 149 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 89 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.48× its world share, 43 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.10× its world share, 318 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.12× its world share, 813 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 127 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.05× its world share, 138 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 768 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 452 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.25× its world share, 388 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.70× its world share, 273 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.50× its world share, 274 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 62 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 59 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 195 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 294 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Normal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Chengwei Wang, Yongcheng Wang and Wei Zeng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Normal University.

  1. 1 Chengwei Wang · #133,255 worldwide 334 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Yongcheng Wang · #146,629 worldwide 320 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Wei Zeng · #211,342 worldwide 309 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Peng Mu · #223,191 worldwide 385 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Chunfang Liu · #276,651 worldwide 66 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Xiuhui Liu · #282,648 worldwide 99 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Xu Hao · #305,035 worldwide 3 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Fan Yang · #310,565 worldwide 154 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Xiaoxin Zhou · #329,193 worldwide 112 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Xuebo Zhang · #334,131 worldwide 92 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Normal University

Which keywords describe research at Northwest Normal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanomaterials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Neural Networks, Climate Change, Land Use Change, Graphene and Energy Storage.

▲ 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 Learning371▲ 2.2×78 topics
  2. Climate Change260▲ 1.96×68 topics
  3. Nanomaterials245▲ 4.7×15 topics
  4. Machine Learning237▲ 1.47×79 topics
  5. Neural Networks218▲ 2.9×35 topics
  6. Metal-Organic Frameworks163▲ 7.9×6 topics
  7. Graphene151▲ 4.5×11 topics
  8. Remote Sensing148▲ 2.4×32 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications143▲ 2.5×31 topics
  10. Catalysis138▲ 4.2×27 topics
  11. Energy Storage138▲ 4.3×10 topics
  12. Land Use Change126▲ 8.3×7 topics
  13. Water Splitting111▲ 6.1×4 topics
  14. Urbanization93▲ 4.6×9 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services93▲ 4.8×10 topics
  16. Cathode Materials92▲ 4.8×3 topics
  17. Chemical Sensors90▲ 7.7×3 topics
  18. Electrocatalysis84▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Biodiversity Conservation82▲ 4.5×8 topics
  20. Bioimaging79▲ 7.0×6 topics
  21. Nanostructures74▲ 3.8×15 topics
  22. Rechargeable Batteries71▲ 5.3×2 topics
  23. Electrochemistry70▲ 6.2×3 topics
  24. Synchronization69▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Semiconductor68▲ 4.0×7 topics
  26. Controllability67▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Visible Light64▲ 5.6×3 topics
  28. Methane Storage62▲ 9.7×2 topics
  29. Environmental Policy62▲ 6.2×5 topics
  30. Social-Ecological Systems61▲ 9.1×3 topics
  31. CO2 Reduction60▲ 5.6×2 topics
  32. Boundary Value Problems60▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Global Impact59▲ 7.0×3 topics
  34. Human-Nature Interactions59▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Spatial Dynamics59▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Nonlinear Equations56▲ 8.8×6 topics
  37. Photocatalyst56▲ 6.4×1 topic
  38. Plasmonic56▲ 6.4×1 topic
  39. Attractors55▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Regional Planning52▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Northwest Normal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Advanced battery technologies research.

Land Use and Ecosystem S…59Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 59 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …56Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 56 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 46 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…45Advanced battery technologies research: 45 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…42Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 42 fractional worksNonlinear Differential Equations Analysis: 38 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 34 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …33Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 33 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 32 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 32 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 59 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 56 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 46 works
  4. 4 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 45 works
  5. 5 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 42 works
  6. 6 Nonlinear Differential Equations Analysis Applied Mathematics 38 works
  7. 7 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  8. 8 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 33 works
  9. 9 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 32 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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