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PLA Air Force Aviation University

In research, PLA Air Force Aviation University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,273 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#3,765 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,447 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Aerospace Engineering is 13.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,334
of 22,385 · #17,280 all time
Rank in China
#1,429
of 2,481
Research works
2.5k
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
PLA Air Force Aviation University

What is PLA Air Force Aviation 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 #6,273 of 10,670 6.2%238 #11205
EngineeringField #3,765 of 5,901 6.2%132 #4548
Computer ScienceField #3,447 of 4,417 5.8%68 #3919

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PLA Air Force Aviation 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#11,205 #6,273
  2. Engineering#4,548 #3,765
  3. Computer Science#3,919 #3,447
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 PLA Air Force Aviation University work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at PLA Air Force Aviation University is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Computer Science (26%), Materials Science (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 265 fractional works · 87.4% of its workEngineering: 145 fractional works · 47.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 48 fractional works · 15.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 32 fractional works · 10.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 7.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 78 fractional works · 25.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 30 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPLA Air ForceAviation…303fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering14547.7%
    2. Computer Science7825.7%
    3. Materials Science144.8%
    4. Environmental Science92.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy82.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.9%
    7. Mathematics20.8%
    8. Chemistry20.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences92.8%
    2. Psychology61.8%
    3. Decision Sciences31.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine82.7%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience31.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does PLA Air Force Aviation University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 48.3 works14×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 22.6 works6.9×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 20.7 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.31× its world share, 78 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.18× its world share, 144 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.37× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.31×78 works
  2. Engineering3.18×144 works
  3. Materials Science1.37×14 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.25×8 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.20×6 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.18×4 works
  7. Mathematics0.67×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.62×3 works
  9. Psychology0.60×6 works
  10. Environmental Science0.59×9 works
  11. Chemistry0.44×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.32×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.22×9 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.21×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×3 works
  19. Health Professions0.14×1 works
  20. Medicine0.14×8 works
  21. Energy0.11×0 works
  22. Nursing0.11×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PLA Air Force Aviation University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jiahui Sun, Binru Chen and Qingjie Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PLA Air Force Aviation University.

  1. 1 Jiahui Sun China · #1,971,331 worldwide 353 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Binru Chen China · #2,328,042 worldwide 253 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Qingjie Zhang China · #2,479,681 worldwide 654 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Zongcheng Ma China · #3,239,565 worldwide 401 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Zeqian Liu China · #3,869,302 worldwide 137 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Feng Xiao Huang China · #3,941,692 worldwide 121 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Runlan Tian China · #4,261,068 worldwide 457 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Yingjie Sun China · #4,382,342 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Hui She China · #4,648,207 worldwide 59 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Peng He China · #4,683,900 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at PLA Air Force Aviation University

What are the most cited papers from PLA Air Force Aviation University?

The most cited paper from PLA Air Force Aviation University is "Brief Introduction of Back Propagation (BP) Neural Network Algorithm and Its Improvement" (Jing Li, Jihang Cheng, Jingyuan Shi et al., 2012), with 699 citations. Next come "Characterization of silane treated and untreated natural cellulosic fibre from corn stalk waste as potential reinforcement in polymer composites" (229) and "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Forest Fire Detection" (214).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Brief Introduction of Back Propagation (BP) Neural Network Algorithm and Its Improvement Jing Li, Jihang Cheng, Jingyuan Shi et al. · Advances in intelligent and soft computing Book chapter 2012 699
2 Characterization of silane treated and untreated natural cellulosic fibre from corn stalk waste as potential reinforcement in polymer composites Yucheng Liu, Xueman Lv, Jianlun Bao et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers 2 May 2019 229
3 Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Forest Fire Detection Qingjie Zhang, Jiaolong Xu, Liang Xu et al. Conference paperOpen access 2016 214
4 A novel methodology to explain and evaluate data-driven building energy performance models based on interpretable machine learning Cheng Fan, Fu Xiao, Chengchu Yan et al. · Applied Energy Open access 27 Nov 2018 182
5 Characterization of natural cellulose fiber from corn stalk waste subjected to different surface treatments Yucheng Liu, Jun Xie, Na Wu et al. · Cellulose 19 Apr 2019 178
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PLA Air Force Aviation University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Multi-Agent Systems and Detection.

▲ 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. Deep Learning46▲ 4.4×58 topics
  2. Machine Learning25▲ 2.5×38 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence18▲ 4.2×17 topics
  4. Neural Networks17▲ 3.6×25 topics
  5. Internet of Things15▲ 5.7×14 topics
  6. Remote Sensing13▲ 3.5×20 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks12▲ 5.4×13 topics
  8. Multi-Agent Systems10▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Data Mining10▲ 4.4×11 topics
  10. Detection10▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Collision Avoidance10▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Image Processing10▲ 7.2×7 topics
  13. Wireless Communications9▲ 18×5 topics
  14. Wireless Sensor Networks9▲ 6.8×10 topics
  15. Neural Network9▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Optimization9▲ 6.4×6 topics
  17. Signal Processing8▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Sparse Representation8▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Robotics8▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Cloud Computing8▲ 8.9×5 topics
  21. Optimal Control7▲ 31×4 topics
  22. Path Planning7▲ 18×3 topics
  23. High-Speed Imaging7▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Channel Estimation7▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Measurement7▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Sensor Fusion6▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Genetic Algorithms6▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Optoelectronic6▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Photoelectric6▲ 92×1 topic
  30. Target6▲ 92×1 topic
  31. Wavelet Transform6▲ 8.8×4 topics
  32. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  33. Fault Diagnosis6▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Fuzzy Control6▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Massive MIMO5▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Trajectory Optimization5▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Wireless Sensor Network5▲ 42×2 topics
  38. Ant Colony Optimization5▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Heuristic Algorithms5▲ 37×2 topics
  40. MIMO Radar5▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does PLA Air Force Aviation University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods, Radar Systems and Signal Processing, Military Defense Systems Analysis and Educational Technology and Pedagogy.

Advanced Measurement and…6Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods: 6 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal…4Radar Systems and Signal Processing: 4 fractional worksMilitary Defense Systems Analysis: 4 fractional worksEducational Technology and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 4 fractional worksGuidance and Control Systems: 4 fractional worksWireless Signal Modulation Classification: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Cont…4Advanced Sensor and Control Systems: 4 fractional worksUAV Applications and Optimization: 3 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Military Defense Systems Analysis Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Educational Technology and Pedagogy Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  6. 6 Guidance and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Wireless Signal Modulation Classification Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 UAV Applications and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 3 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 available18.8%not open81.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.7%domestic only98.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PLA Air Force Aviation University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 PLA Air Force Aviation University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%PLA Air Force Aviation University0.0013% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of PLA Air Force Aviation 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025PLA Air Force Aviation University9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2025.

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