Question 1

What is Northwestern Polytechnical University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Northwestern Polytechnical University stands highest in Engineering (#28 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#54 of 10,670 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#8 of 1,319 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ceramics and Composites, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics (Ceramics and Composites is 12.8× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Northwestern Polytechnical University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Northwestern Polytechnical University ranks #174 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#276 all time), and #41 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Junwei Gu, Kunpeng Ruan and Hongjing Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Northwestern Polytechnical University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Northwestern Polytechnical University is "Least Squares Generative Adversarial Networks" (Xudong Mao, Qing Li, Haoran Xie et al., 2017), with 5,285 citations. Next come "Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification: Benchmark and State of the Art" (2,701) and "Object detection in optical remote sensing images: A survey and a new benchmark" (2,271).

Question 5

Which research topics does Northwestern Polytechnical University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Advanced ceramic materials synthesis, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Northwestern Polytechnical University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Deep Learning, Microstructure, Neural Networks, Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Machine Learning and Graphene.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Northwestern Polytechnical University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Northwestern Polytechnical University is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Computer Science (16%), Materials Science (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Northwestern Polytechnical University's?

Accepted Answer

Beijing Institute of Technology has the research profile closest to Northwestern Polytechnical University's (similarity 0.98 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Engineering, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Dalian University of Technology.

Question 9

Is Northwestern Polytechnical University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.