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PLA Army Engineering University

In research, PLA Army Engineering University stands highest in Engineering (#508 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,207 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#816 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Signal Processing (Aerospace Engineering is 10.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,306
of 22,385 · #4,916 all time
Rank in China
#419
of 2,481
Research works
14k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
104k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
PLA Army Engineering University

What is PLA Army Engineering 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
EngineeringField #508 of 5,901 11.1%1,292 #1110
Physical SciencesDomain #1,207 of 10,670 10.3%2,254 #2785
Computer ScienceField #816 of 4,417 8.9%628 #1355
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #555 of 2,176 8.0%322 #952
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #241 of 908 18.7%135 #687
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #209 of 785 10.5%283 #496
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #208 of 728 10.8%172 #518
Materials ScienceField #699 of 2,276 12.9%134 #1458
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #756 of 1,862 8.8%168 #1362
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #208 of 482 17.4%79 #679

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PLA Army Engineering 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. Engineering#1,110 #508
  2. Physical Sciences#2,785 #1,207
  3. Computer Science#1,355 #816
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#952 #555
  5. Civil and Structural Engineering#687 #241
  6. Aerospace Engineering#496 #209
  7. Computer Networks and Communications#518 #208
  8. Materials Science#1,458 #699
  9. Artificial Intelligence#1,362 #756
  10. Mechanics of Materials#679 #208
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 Army Engineering University work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at PLA Army Engineering University is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Computer Science (26%), Materials Science (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,508 fractional works · 93.6% of its workEngineering: 1,436 fractional works · 53.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 345 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 322 fractional works · 12.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 152 fractional works · 5.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 128 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 102 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 90 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 698 fractional works · 26.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 192 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 185 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 179 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 50 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 151 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 75 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 59 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 92 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPLA ArmyEngineering…2,680fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering1,43653.6%
    2. Computer Science69826.1%
    3. Materials Science1515.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy752.8%
    5. Environmental Science592.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences471.8%
    7. Mathematics130.5%
    8. Energy130.5%
    9. Chemistry110.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Social Sciences311.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting250.9%
    3. Decision Sciences220.8%
    4. Psychology70.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.1%
    1. Medicine371.4%
    2. Health Professions90.3%
    3. Dentistry10.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology130.5%
    2. Neuroscience120.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does PLA Army Engineering University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 322.5 works10×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 185.3 works7.8×
  3. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 50.0 works6.2×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 179.0 works5.3×
  5. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 152.1 works4.8×
  6. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 90.0 works4.7×
  7. Media TechnologySubfield · 39.6 works4.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.35× its world share, 698 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.57× its world share, 1,436 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.61× its world share, 151 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 75 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.57×1,436 works
  2. Computer Science3.35×698 works
  3. Materials Science1.61×151 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.27×75 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.12×47 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.86×22 works
  7. Energy0.52×13 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.49×5 works
  9. Environmental Science0.44×59 works
  10. Mathematics0.42×13 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×25 works
  12. Neuroscience0.28×12 works
  13. Chemistry0.27×11 works
  14. Health Professions0.12×9 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×13 works
  16. Dentistry0.09×1 works
  17. Psychology0.09×8 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×31 works
  19. Veterinary0.08×0 works
  20. Medicine0.07×37 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×6 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×3 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.03×3 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  25. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PLA Army Engineering University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rui Chen Ren, Wanjie Hu and Jianjun Dong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PLA Army Engineering University.

  1. 1 Rui Chen Ren China · #169,910 worldwide 1.5k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Wanjie Hu China · #194,684 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Jianjun Dong China · #207,699 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Mingyang Wang China · #453,596 worldwide 2.8k citations · 159 works
  5. 5 Haichao Wang China · #505,081 worldwide 3.3k citations · 162 works
  6. 6 Yaoqi Yang China · #522,789 worldwide 729 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Zhilong Chen China · #560,848 worldwide 4.5k citations · 194 works
  8. 8 Qin Fang China · #576,424 worldwide 11k citations · 417 works
  9. 9 Zhiqian Yang China · #668,721 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Yuquan Li China · #745,011 worldwide 3.3k citations · 173 works
All ranked researchers at PLA Army Engineering University

What are the most cited papers from PLA Army Engineering University?

The most cited paper from PLA Army Engineering University is "A survey of machine learning for big data processing" (Junfei Qiu, Qihui Wu, Guoru Ding et al., 2016), with 904 citations. Next come "Methods for aggregating interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information and their application to decision making" (681) and "Hesitant fuzzy multi-attribute decision making based on TOPSIS with incomplete weight information" (630).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A survey of machine learning for big data processing Junfei Qiu, Qihui Wu, Guoru Ding et al. · EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Open access 27 May 2016 904
2 Methods for aggregating interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information and their application to decision making XU Ze-shui · Kongzhi yu juece 2007 681
3 Hesitant fuzzy multi-attribute decision making based on TOPSIS with incomplete weight information Zeshui Xu, Xiaolu Zhang · Knowledge-Based Systems 5 Jun 2013 630
4 Intelligent 5G: When Cellular Networks Meet Artificial Intelligence Rongpeng Li, Zhifeng Zhao, Xuan Zhou et al. · IEEE Wireless Communications 28 Mar 2017 608
5 Cognitive Internet of Things: A New Paradigm Beyond Connection Qihui Wu, Guoru Ding, Yuhua Xu et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal 12 Mar 2014 562
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PLA Army Engineering University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Wireless Communications, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Security and Privacy, Mobile Edge Computing and Sparse Representation.

▲ 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 Learning396▲ 4.3×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning182▲ 2.0×75 topics
  3. Neural Networks175▲ 4.2×37 topics
  4. Wireless Communications157▲ 34×5 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks96▲ 4.9×13 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency94▲ 3.8×28 topics
  7. Remote Sensing92▲ 2.8×29 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties80▲ 3.1×30 topics
  9. Security and Privacy77▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Mobile Edge Computing74▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Sparse Representation70▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Channel Estimation70▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Internet of Things68▲ 3.0×23 topics
  14. Dynamic Behavior67▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Multi-Agent Systems67▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Trajectory Optimization66▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Disaster Management66▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Wireless Networks64▲ 16×9 topics
  19. Energy-Efficient Communication64▲ 53×1 topic
  20. UAV Networks64▲ 53×1 topic
  21. Detection61▲ 8.1×8 topics
  22. Wireless Sensor Networks59▲ 4.9×15 topics
  23. Physical Layer Security58▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Ballistic Impact57▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Wavelet Transform57▲ 9.3×7 topics
  26. Reinforced Concrete55▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Massive MIMO51▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Wireless Communication51▲ 13×7 topics
  29. Sensor Networks51▲ 7.9×5 topics
  30. Blast Loading50▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Progressive Collapse48▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Structural Response48▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Microstructural Evolution47▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Robotics46▲ 7.1×8 topics
  35. Finite Element Analysis42▲ 6.9×8 topics
  36. Constitutive Modeling42▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Dynamic Deformation42▲ 58×1 topic
  38. High Strain Rate42▲ 58×1 topic
  39. MIMO Systems40▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Image Classification40▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does PLA Army Engineering University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: UAV Applications and Optimization, Structural Response to Dynamic Loads, High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior and Advanced Neural Network Applications.

UAV Applications and Opt…64UAV Applications and Optimization: 64 fractional worksStructural Response to D…48Structural Response to Dynamic Loads: 48 fractional worksHigh-Velocity Impact and…42High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior: 42 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …36Advanced Neural Network Applications: 36 fractional worksWireless Communication Security Techniques: 34 fractional worksWireless Signal Modulation Classification: 32 fractional worksDistributed Control Mult…30Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 30 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…28Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 28 fractional worksInfrared Target Detectio…25Infrared Target Detection Methodologies: 25 fractional worksSatellite Communication …24Satellite Communication Systems: 24 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringMaterials ChemistryComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition3 others

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

  1. 1 UAV Applications and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 64 works
  2. 2 Structural Response to Dynamic Loads Civil and Structural Engineering 48 works
  3. 3 High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Materials Chemistry 42 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 36 works
  5. 5 Wireless Communication Security Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  6. 6 Wireless Signal Modulation Classification Artificial Intelligence 32 works
  7. 7 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 30 works
  8. 8 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
  9. 9 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 25 works
  10. 10 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 24 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.9%domestic only96.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PLA Army Engineering University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 PLA Army Engineering University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0092% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%PLA Army Engineering University0.011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of PLA Army Engineering 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%PLA Army Engineering University10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2001.

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