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Peking University

In research, Peking University stands highest in Computer Science (#2 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Software — Hardware and Architecture is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7
of 28,054 · #75 all time
Rank in China
#6
of 3,058
Research works
137k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8M
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Peking 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
Computer ScienceField #2 of 4,667 24.9%3,670 #47
Physical SciencesDomain #7 of 12,888 26.1%15,397 #56
Environmental ScienceField #3 of 3,551 33.4%1,777 #48
Social SciencesDomain #14 of 10,521 29.4%4,462 #195
PsychologyField #3 of 2,181 28.9%764 —
Life SciencesDomain #13 of 7,800 27.1%4,034 #135
Health SciencesDomain #24 of 11,982 21.5%8,053 #166
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #10 of 3,579 26.1%2,401 #123
MedicineField #34 of 10,443 21.1%7,296 #176
EngineeringField #32 of 6,636 23.9%4,777 #78

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Peking 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. Computer Science#47 #2
  2. Physical Sciences#56 #7
  3. Environmental Science#48 #3
  4. Social Sciences#195 #14
  5. Life Sciences#135 #13
  6. Health Sciences#166 #24
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#123 #10
  8. Medicine#176 #34
  9. Engineering#78 #32
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 Peking University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 119.7 works3.3×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 310.2 works3.1×
  3. SoftwareSubfield · 60.8 works3.0×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 648.4 works2.8×
  5. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 143.4 works2.8×
  6. Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 69.0 works2.6×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 420 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 2,401 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 422 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 712 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 81 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.10× its world share, 122 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 508 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 3,670 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 869 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 268 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 4,777 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 1,777 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 1,323 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 459 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.28× its world share, 1,623 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.50× its world share, 233 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 409 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 7,296 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 103 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 281 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 509 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 233 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 830 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 764 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1,844 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Peking University?

Ranked on the composite score, Shilong Piao, Anne S. Tsui and A. Güth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peking University.

  1. 1 Shilong Piao · #1,710 worldwide 2.6k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Anne S. Tsui · #6,642 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 A. Güth · #7,386 worldwide 1.4k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Shushi Peng · #7,424 worldwide 1.5k citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Shaojun Guo · #11,733 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Shiliang Zhang · #14,812 worldwide 875 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Cheng Li · #16,901 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 S. K. Park · #17,889 worldwide 1k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Ling‐Yu Duan · #18,050 worldwide 791 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Xiaowei Zhan · #21,836 worldwide 1.3k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Peking University

Which keywords describe research at Peking University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Cancer, Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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 Learning1,809▲ 1.65×84 topics
  2. Epidemiology1,261◆ 1.00×135 topics
  3. Neural Networks1,075▲ 2.2×39 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,062◆ 1.02×91 topics
  5. Inflammation990▲ 1.49×83 topics
  6. Climate Change739▼ 0.86×107 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress714▲ 1.37×62 topics
  8. Cancer682▲ 1.59×58 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease610▲ 1.72×39 topics
  10. Remote Sensing427◆ 1.08×39 topics
  11. Nanoparticles413◆ 1.03×43 topics
  12. Chemotherapy403▲ 1.80×25 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome397▲ 1.53×24 topics
  14. Immunotherapy367▲ 1.61×19 topics
  15. Mortality355▲ 1.92×13 topics
  16. Regulation351▲ 2.0×24 topics
  17. Biomarkers341▲ 1.56×18 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks340▲ 1.46×14 topics
  19. Health Effects330▲ 1.72×24 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines328▲ 1.88×14 topics
  21. Biosensors320▲ 1.95×12 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment315▲ 2.2×8 topics
  23. Gene Expression307▲ 1.58×20 topics
  24. Urbanization300▲ 2.3×12 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors291▲ 2.1×14 topics
  26. China262▲ 8.8×8 topics
  27. Neuromorphic Computing249▲ 6.7×2 topics
  28. Convolutional Networks231▲ 5.2×3 topics
  29. Unsupervised Learning230▲ 5.1×3 topics
  30. Synaptic Plasticity226▲ 3.2×6 topics
  31. Two-Dimensional Materials211▲ 2.9×4 topics
  32. Representation Learning198▲ 4.5×3 topics
  33. Particulate Matter198▲ 4.1×2 topics
  34. Semi-Supervised Learning165▲ 4.6×3 topics
  35. Non-Volatile Memory161▲ 5.2×2 topics
  36. Christianity157▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Memristor157▲ 5.8×1 topic
  38. Resistive Switching157▲ 5.8×1 topic
  39. Confucianism156▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Falun Gong156▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Peking University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Chinese history and philosophy, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Topic Modeling.

Advanced Memory and Neur…157Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 157 fractional worksChinese history and phil…156Chinese history and philosophy: 156 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 153 fractional worksTopic Modeling153Topic Modeling: 153 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …121Semiconductor materials and devices: 121 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 116 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 102 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…98Advanced Vision and Imaging: 98 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 95 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 94 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectrical and Electronic Engineering 157 works
  2. 2 Chinese history and philosophySociology and Political Science 156 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 153 works
  4. 4 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 153 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor materials and devicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 121 works
  6. 6 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 116 works
  7. 7 Multimodal Machine Learning ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 102 works
  8. 8 Advanced Vision and ImagingComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 98 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 95 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Science 94 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Peking University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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