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PLA Information Engineering University

In research, PLA Information Engineering University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,532 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,800 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,368 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Signal Processing and Computer Networks and Communications (Hardware and Architecture is 17.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,713
of 22,385 · #6,789 all time
Rank in China
#711
of 2,481
Research works
9.5k
▲ 106% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
PLA Information Engineering University

What is PLA Information 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,532 of 10,670 6.8%1,933 #4281
EngineeringField #1,800 of 5,901 8.3%601 #2935
Computer ScienceField #1,368 of 4,417 5.3%1,100 #1905
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,013 of 1,862 4.7%416 #1417
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #442 of 785 8.2%194 #917
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,279 of 2,176 7.0%166 #2327
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #586 of 963 6.1%202 #1165
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #479 of 728 5.6%190 #1487
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #809 of 1,088 12.4%77 #1611
Physics and AstronomyField #1,098 of 1,417 5.8%63 #2056

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PLA Information 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. Physical Sciences#4,281 #2,532
  2. Engineering#2,935 #1,800
  3. Computer Science#1,905 #1,368
  4. Artificial Intelligence#1,417 #1,013
  5. Aerospace Engineering#917 #442
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,327 #1,279
  7. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#1,165 #586
  8. Computer Networks and Communications#1,487 #479
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,611 #809
  10. Physics and Astronomy#2,056 #1,098
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 Information Engineering University work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at PLA Information Engineering University is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (52%), Engineering (28%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,221 fractional works · 91.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,259 fractional works · 51.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 476 fractional works · 19.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 237 fractional works · 9.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 214 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInformation Systems: 122 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSignal Processing: 111 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoftware: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 689 fractional works · 28.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 223 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 193 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedia Technology: 60 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 87 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 75 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 72 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPLA InformationEngineering…2,433fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1,25951.8%
    2. Engineering68928.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences873.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy753.1%
    5. Environmental Science722.9%
    6. Materials Science220.9%
    7. Mathematics110.4%
    8. Chemistry50.2%
    9. Energy20.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Social Sciences712.9%
    2. Decision Sciences170.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting110.5%
    4. Psychology90.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.0%
    1. Neuroscience261.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology210.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine451.9%
    2. Health Professions20.1%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does PLA Information Engineering University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 46.8 works17×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 111.1 works15×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 214.5 works9.9×
  4. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 476.3 works8.1×
  5. Media TechnologySubfield · 60.4 works7.9×
  6. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 223.3 works7.9×
  7. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 236.9 works7.7×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 26 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 6.65× its world share, 1,259 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 87 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.89× its world share, 689 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 72 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 75 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science6.65×1,259 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.27×87 works
  3. Engineering1.89×689 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.38×75 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.73×17 works
  6. Neuroscience0.67×26 works
  7. Environmental Science0.59×72 works
  8. Mathematics0.37×11 works
  9. Materials Science0.26×22 works
  10. Social Sciences0.23×71 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×21 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×11 works
  13. Chemistry0.14×5 works
  14. Psychology0.12×9 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.11×1 works
  16. Medicine0.10×45 works
  17. Energy0.08×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×4 works
  20. Health Professions0.03×2 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.02×1 works
  23. Nursing0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PLA Information Engineering University?

Ranked on the quality score, Chunping Qiu, Linyang Li and Bing Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PLA Information Engineering University.

  1. 1 Chunping Qiu China · #444,897 worldwide 2.5k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 Linyang Li China · #650,495 worldwide 3.3k citations · 204 works
  3. 3 Bing Liu China · #890,665 worldwide 5.7k citations · 135 works
  4. 4 Zewen Wang China · #912,319 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Meilin Li China · #1,112,251 worldwide 653 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Lei Ding China · #1,166,165 worldwide 2.6k citations · 81 works
  7. 7 Dongyao Zhang China · #1,203,664 worldwide 680 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Chuxiang Chen China · #1,338,281 worldwide 878 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Anzhu Yu China · #1,393,266 worldwide 2.9k citations · 115 works
  10. 10 Chuanxiang Cheng China · #1,395,018 worldwide 689 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at PLA Information Engineering University

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

The most cited paper from PLA Information Engineering University is "Deep Learning for 3D Point Clouds: A Survey" (Yulan Guo, Hanyun Wang, Qingyong Hu et al., 2020), with 2,375 citations. Next come "Research on Geographical Environment Unit Division Based on the Method of Natural Breaks (Jenks)" (480) and "Deep Few-Shot Learning for Hyperspectral Image Classification" (456).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deep Learning for 3D Point Clouds: A Survey Yulan Guo, Hanyun Wang, Qingyong Hu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 29 Jun 2020 2,375
2 Research on Geographical Environment Unit Division Based on the Method of Natural Breaks (Jenks) Jian Chen, Saini Yang, H. W. Li et al. · ˜The œinternational archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences Open access 13 Nov 2013 480
3 Deep Few-Shot Learning for Hyperspectral Image Classification Bing Liu, Xuchu Yu, Anzhu Yu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 24 Oct 2018 456
4 Introduction to BeiDou‐3 navigation satellite system Yuanxi Yang, Yuanxi Yang, Weiguang Gao et al. · NAVIGATION Journal of the Institute of Navigation 2019 429
5 Multi-Modality Cascaded Convolutional Neural Networks for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Manhua Liu, Danni Cheng et al. · Neuroinformatics 23 Mar 2018 406
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PLA Information Engineering University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Security Analysis, IoT Security, Remote Sensing, Anomaly Detection and Cryptanalysis.

▲ 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 Learning601▲ 7.2×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning350▲ 4.3×77 topics
  3. Neural Networks179▲ 4.8×36 topics
  4. Remote Sensing157▲ 5.3×32 topics
  5. Security Analysis142▲ 35×4 topics
  6. IoT Security134▲ 18×3 topics
  7. Anomaly Detection114▲ 16×5 topics
  8. Data Mining112▲ 6.3×13 topics
  9. Security108▲ 6.6×18 topics
  10. Cryptanalysis101▲ 49×3 topics
  11. Cybersecurity95▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Intrusion Detection91▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Classification89▲ 8.0×10 topics
  14. Wireless Sensor Networks80▲ 7.3×18 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks79▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Network Security76▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Botnet Detection75▲ 26×1 topic
  18. DDoS Attacks75▲ 26×1 topic
  19. Internet of Things73▲ 3.5×23 topics
  20. Side-Channel Attacks72▲ 58×3 topics
  21. Wireless Communications70▲ 17×5 topics
  22. Detection66▲ 9.7×7 topics
  23. Feature Extraction61▲ 5.5×10 topics
  24. Behavioral Analysis56▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Hardware Implementations53▲ 72×2 topics
  26. Block Ciphers50▲ 92×1 topic
  27. Hash Functions50▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Hyperspectral50▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Support Vector Machines48▲ 6.1×8 topics
  30. Android Malware46▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Permission Analysis46▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Cryptography46▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Channel Estimation46▲ 21×4 topics
  34. Representation Learning44▲ 11×3 topics
  35. 5G Networks43▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Chaos41▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Image Encryption41▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Sparse Representation41▲ 8.9×6 topics
  39. Change Detection40▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Semi-Supervised Learning40▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Cryptographic Implementations and Security, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques and Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption.

Network Security and Int…75Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 75 fractional worksCryptographic Implementa…50Cryptographic Implementations and Security: 50 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…46Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 46 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal…41Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 41 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 38 fractional worksInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting: 36 fractional worksGNSS positioning and int…32GNSS positioning and interference: 32 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 32 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 30 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness i…30Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 30 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial IntelligenceSignal ProcessingComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition3 others

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

  1. 1 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 75 works
  2. 2 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 50 works
  3. 3 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 46 works
  4. 4 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 41 works
  5. 5 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 38 works
  6. 6 Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting Artificial Intelligence 36 works
  7. 7 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 32 works
  8. 8 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 32 works
  9. 9 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  10. 10 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 30 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.3%domestic only97.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 106% 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 Information Engineering University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0095% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%PLA Information Engineering University0.010% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of PLA Information 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025PLA Information Engineering University7.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.4% in 2025.

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