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Northwest University

In research, Northwest University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#287 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#178 of 3,334 worldwide) and Engineering (#359 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Paleontology and Algebra and Number Theory (Geophysics is 10.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#429
of 22,385 · #505 all time
Rank in China
#102
of 2,481
Research works
23k
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
331k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Northwest University

What is Northwest 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
Physical SciencesDomain #287 of 10,670 12.5%4,030 #364
Environmental ScienceField #178 of 3,334 19.0%457 #269
EngineeringField #359 of 5,901 12.2%1,163 #439
Social SciencesDomain #698 of 9,585 14.0%595 #914
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #242 of 3,157 17.8%244 #393
Life SciencesDomain #501 of 6,403 14.4%913 #680
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #86 of 1,088 12.4%545 #147
Health SciencesDomain #817 of 9,902 17.4%566 #1275
MedicineField #814 of 8,541 17.3%499 #1275
Business, Management and AccountingField #269 of 2,581 15.7%108 #646

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest 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. Physical Sciences#364 #287
  2. Environmental Science#269 #178
  3. Engineering#439 #359
  4. Social Sciences#914 #698
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#393 #242
  6. Life Sciences#680 #501
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences#147 #86
  8. Health Sciences#1,275 #817
  9. Medicine#1,275 #814
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#646 #269
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 Northwest University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Northwest University is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,462 fractional works · 65.8% of its workEngineering: 1,280 fractional works · 18.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 358 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 234 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 125 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 93 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 82 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 612 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeophysics: 251 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 114 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 76 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 586 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 212 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 157 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 546 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 356 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 88 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 525 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 103 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 74 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 291 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 131 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 231 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 106 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 176 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 157 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 151 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1,028 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 562 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 367 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 283 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 108 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 97 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 651 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 220 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 95 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 144 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 116 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 121 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 49 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 636 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 564 fractional works · 8.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 68 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNursing: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthwestUniversity6,777fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering1,28018.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6129.0%
    3. Computer Science5868.7%
    4. Materials Science5468.1%
    5. Environmental Science5257.8%
    6. Chemistry2914.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy2313.4%
    8. Mathematics1762.6%
    9. Energy1572.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering580.9%
  2. Life Sciences1,02815.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5628.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2834.2%
    3. Neuroscience971.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology560.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics300.4%
    1. Social Sciences2203.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1442.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1211.8%
    4. Psychology600.9%
    5. Decision Sciences580.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities490.7%
    1. Medicine5648.3%
    2. Nursing380.6%
    3. Health Professions230.3%
    4. Dentistry100.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northwest University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 250.7 works11×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 75.7 works9.3×
  3. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 38.7 works8.9×
  4. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 51.8 works7.5×
  5. GeologySubfield · 60.3 works6.6×
  6. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 611.7 works5.8×
  7. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 27.2 works4.9×
  8. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 35.7 works4.4×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 283 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 562 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 56 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 97 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.45× its world share, 58 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.74× its world share, 291 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 586 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.76× its world share, 612 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.53× its world share, 157 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 1,280 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 525 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.31× its world share, 546 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.21× its world share, 176 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.53× its world share, 231 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 564 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 38 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 121 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 58 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 144 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 220 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.76×612 works
  2. Chemistry2.74×291 works
  3. Energy2.53×157 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.45×58 works
  5. Materials Science2.31×546 works
  6. Mathematics2.21×176 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×562 works
  8. Environmental Science1.56×525 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.53×231 works
  10. Engineering1.26×1,280 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.25×30 works
  12. Nursing1.13×38 works
  13. Computer Science1.11×586 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×144 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×283 works
  16. Neuroscience0.88×97 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.88×58 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×56 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×121 works
  20. Medicine0.43×564 works
  21. Dentistry0.31×10 works
  22. Psychology0.29×60 works
  23. Social Sciences0.26×220 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.25×49 works
  25. Health Professions0.13×23 works
  26. Veterinary0.13×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Northwest University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ying‐Yong Zhao, Dan‐Qian Chen and Dongdong Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest University.

  1. 1 Ying‐Yong Zhao China · #35,227 worldwide 15k citations · 268 works
  2. 2 Dan‐Qian Chen China · #35,469 worldwide 6k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Dongdong Yang China · #37,407 worldwide 3k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Chongfeng Guo China · #40,046 worldwide 10k citations · 172 works
  5. 5 Tao Sun China · #46,228 worldwide 9.1k citations · 179 works
  6. 6 Haijun Qiu China · #47,407 worldwide 6.3k citations · 157 works
  7. 7 Fazhu Zhao China · #53,922 worldwide 5.4k citations · 104 works
  8. 8 Yaru Zhu China · #62,271 worldwide 1.5k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Zhiguang Duan China · #70,840 worldwide 4.6k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Chang Huang China · #84,123 worldwide 20k citations · 257 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest University

What are the most cited papers from Northwest University?

The most cited paper from Northwest University is "Composition of the Continental Crust" (Roberta L. Rudnick, Shan Gao, 2003), with 6,466 citations. Next come "Extreme Learning Machine for Regression and Multiclass Classification" (5,594) and "In situ analysis of major and trace elements of anhydrous minerals by LA-ICP-MS without applying an internal standard" (4,861).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Composition of the Continental Crust Roberta L. Rudnick, Shan Gao · Treatise on Geochemistry Book chapter 2003 6,466
2 Extreme Learning Machine for Regression and Multiclass Classification Guang-Bin Huang, Hongming Zhou, Xiaojian Ding et al. · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) 11 Oct 2011 5,594
3 In situ analysis of major and trace elements of anhydrous minerals by LA-ICP-MS without applying an internal standard Yongsheng Liu, Zhaochu Hu, Shan Gao et al. · Chemical Geology 7 Sep 2008 4,861
4 Continental and Oceanic Crust Recycling-induced Melt-Peridotite Interactions in the Trans-North China Orogen: U-Pb Dating, Hf Isotopes and Trace Elements in Zircons from Mantle Xenoliths Yongsheng Liu, Shunbao Gao, Zhaoping Hu et al. · Journal of Petrology 16 Dec 2009 3,773
5 A Green Approach to the Synthesis of Graphene Nanosheets Hui-Lin Guo, Xianfei Wang, Qingyun Qian et al. · ACS Nano 19 Aug 2009 2,334
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northwest University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Thermodynamic Modeling and Geochronology.

▲ 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. Climate Change313▲ 1.70×86 topics
  2. Deep Learning308▲ 1.32×82 topics
  3. Remote Sensing241▲ 2.9×35 topics
  4. Machine Learning231◆ 1.03×83 topics
  5. Nanomaterials210▲ 3.0×18 topics
  6. Plate Tectonics206▲ 20×3 topics
  7. Catalysis182▲ 4.0×28 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications171▲ 2.1×35 topics
  9. Tectonics151▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Nanoparticles149▲ 1.75×40 topics
  11. Graphene149▲ 3.3×11 topics
  12. Cancer148▲ 1.62×57 topics
  13. Thermodynamic Modeling123▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Metal-Organic Frameworks120▲ 4.3×6 topics
  15. Geochronology120▲ 26×1 topic
  16. Zircon120▲ 26×1 topic
  17. Water Splitting119▲ 4.7×4 topics
  18. Semiconductor116▲ 5.2×7 topics
  19. Hyperspectral Imaging100▲ 5.5×7 topics
  20. Drug Delivery99▲ 2.7×16 topics
  21. Land Use Change91▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Urbanization90▲ 3.3×10 topics
  23. CO2 Reduction87▲ 6.0×2 topics
  24. Visible Light87▲ 5.5×3 topics
  25. Hydrogen Production86▲ 4.7×6 topics
  26. Chemical Sensors86▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. Support Vector Machines82▲ 3.8×8 topics
  28. Solar Energy81▲ 3.8×5 topics
  29. Pore Structure80▲ 9.6×3 topics
  30. Photocatalyst78▲ 6.7×1 topic
  31. Plasmonic78▲ 6.7×1 topic
  32. Nanopores77▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Shale Gas76▲ 9.3×2 topics
  34. Tomography75▲ 6.3×5 topics
  35. Superconductivity75▲ 6.4×9 topics
  36. Gas Permeability74▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Mudstones69▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Thermal Maturity69▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Geodetic Measurements60▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Subduction58▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Northwest University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 120 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 78 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …69Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 69 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…58High-pressure geophysics and materials: 58 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 57 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 50 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…48Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 48 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 44 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 38 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 35 fractional works
GeophysicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMechanics of MaterialsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 120 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 78 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 69 works
  4. 4 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 58 works
  5. 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 57 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 50 works
  7. 7 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 48 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 44 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 38 works
  10. 10 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northwest University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% 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 Northwest University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.030% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Northwest University0.026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northwest 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%Northwest University14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2025.

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