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PowerChina (China)

In research, PowerChina (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,442 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#943 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,032 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Civil and Structural Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (Energy Engineering and Power Technology is 24.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,216
of 22,385 · #5,573 all time
Rank in China
#528
of 2,481
Research works
3k
▲ 248% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
PowerChina (China)

What is PowerChina (China) 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 #1,442 of 10,670 8.1%1,528 #2350
EngineeringField #943 of 5,901 7.9%924 #1871
Environmental ScienceField #1,032 of 3,334 8.8%258 #1824
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #287 of 908 8.4%254 #569
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,061 of 2,176 5.9%189 #1812
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #760 of 1,319 9.4%75 #1456
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #295 of 482 10.0%77 #813
Computer ScienceField #2,817 of 4,417 5.2%126 #4026
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #532 of 804 5.5%70 #1272
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #761 of 1,088 11.4%76 #1402

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PowerChina (China) 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#2,350 #1,442
  2. Engineering#1,871 #943
  3. Environmental Science#1,824 #1,032
  4. Civil and Structural Engineering#569 #287
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,812 #1,061
  6. Mechanical Engineering#1,456 #760
  7. Mechanics of Materials#813 #295
  8. Computer Science#4,026 #2,817
  9. Control and Systems Engineering#1,272 #532
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,402 #761
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 PowerChina (China) work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at PowerChina (China) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Environmental Science (16%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,764 fractional works · 93.6% of its workEngineering: 1,078 fractional works · 57.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 304 fractional works · 16.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 93 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 4.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 79 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 57 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 55 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 294 fractional works · 15.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 57 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 46 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 139 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 53 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 88 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 87 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 50 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPowerChina(China)1,884fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences4%

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. Engineering1,07857.2%
    2. Environmental Science29415.6%
    3. Computer Science1397.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences884.7%
    5. Energy874.6%
    6. Materials Science492.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy100.6%
    8. Chemistry100.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering80.4%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Social Sciences321.7%
    2. Decision Sciences191.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting130.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    6. Psychology20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine100.5%
    2. Health Professions60.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does PowerChina (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Energy Engineering and Power Technology takes 24.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 50.1 works25×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 303.9 works14×
  3. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 57.5 works13×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 93.5 works7.0×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 52.5 works5.4×
  6. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 53.4 works5.2×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 139 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.01× its world share, 87 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.81× its world share, 1,078 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.14× its world share, 294 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.01×87 works
  2. Engineering3.81×1,078 works
  3. Environmental Science3.14×294 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.98×88 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.17×8 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.04×19 works
  7. Computer Science0.95×139 works
  8. Materials Science0.75×49 works
  9. Chemistry0.33×10 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×22 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.25×10 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×13 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×5 works
  14. Social Sciences0.13×32 works
  15. Health Professions0.12×6 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×7 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.06×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.04×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.04×2 works
  22. Medicine0.03×10 works
  23. Nursing0.03×0 works
  24. Psychology0.03×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PowerChina (China)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jingjing He, Shishu Zhang and Ming Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PowerChina (China).

  1. 1 Jingjing He China · #612,417 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Shishu Zhang China · #782,364 worldwide 2k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Ming Sun China · #1,273,750 worldwide 181 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Huaiwu Peng China · #1,305,332 worldwide 707 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Qingfu Huang China · #1,712,864 worldwide 301 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Yelin Feng China · #1,861,547 worldwide 85 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Heng Zhou China · #1,926,928 worldwide 1.3k citations · 116 works
  8. 8 Xiaomei Kou China · #1,946,077 worldwide 167 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Shuwu Li China · #2,471,394 worldwide 270 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Xiaojie Zhuang China · #2,537,241 worldwide 568 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at PowerChina (China)

What are the most cited papers from PowerChina (China)?

The most cited paper from PowerChina (China) is "A review on the key issues for lithium-ion battery management in electric vehicles" (Languang Lu, Xuebing Han, Jianqiu Li et al., 2012), with 4,815 citations. Next come "Recent advances in soil remediation technology for heavy metal contaminated sites: A critical review" (484) and "Hydrological response to future climate changes for the major upstream river basins in the Tibetan Plateau" (343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review on the key issues for lithium-ion battery management in electric vehicles Languang Lu, Xuebing Han, Jianqiu Li et al. · Journal of Power Sources 26 Nov 2012 4,815
2 Recent advances in soil remediation technology for heavy metal contaminated sites: A critical review Peipei Song, Dan Xu, Jingyuan Yue et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Jun 2022 484
3 Hydrological response to future climate changes for the major upstream river basins in the Tibetan Plateau Fengge Su, L. Zhang, Tinghai Ou et al. · Global and Planetary Change 25 Oct 2015 343
4 Decentralized Sliding Mode Load Frequency Control for Multi-Area Power Systems Yang Mi, Yang Fu, Chengshan Wang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 20 Aug 2013 339
5 Soil texture is an important factor determining how microplastics affect soil hydraulic characteristics Ziqi Guo, Peng Li, Xiaomei Yang et al. · Environment International Open access 18 May 2022 296
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PowerChina (China)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Risk Assessment, Energy Storage, Numerical Simulation and Reliability Analysis.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy202▲ 7.4×39 topics
  2. Remote Sensing134▲ 5.8×35 topics
  3. Smart Grid122▲ 18×9 topics
  4. Deep Learning119▲ 1.83×72 topics
  5. Environmental Impact114▲ 3.5×43 topics
  6. Climate Change106▲ 2.1×63 topics
  7. Machine Learning101▲ 1.60×62 topics
  8. Risk Assessment81▲ 6.5×14 topics
  9. Energy Storage80▲ 6.5×12 topics
  10. Numerical Simulation72▲ 13×14 topics
  11. Reliability Analysis63▲ 33×4 topics
  12. Liquefaction61▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Tunnel61▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Rock Mechanics59▲ 32×4 topics
  15. GIS-based Modeling58▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Finite Element Analysis57▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Power System55▲ 35×5 topics
  18. Hazard53▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Landslide53▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Grid Integration52▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Battery Technology52▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Wind Power50▲ 28×4 topics
  23. Dynamic Behavior48▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Fracture46▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Analysis46▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Power Systems45▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Pipeline43▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Frequency Regulation43▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Soil Properties43▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Acoustic Emission41▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Brittle Failure41▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Numerical Modelling41▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Photovoltaic Generation41▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Spatial Variability41▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Seismic Analysis40▲ 55×2 topics
  36. Bayesian Optimization39▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Earthquake39▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Seismic39▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Probabilistic Methods39▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Slope Stability Analysis39▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does PowerChina (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Landslides and related hazards, Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Power Systems and Renewable Energy and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures.

Landslides and related h…53Landslides and related hazards: 53 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…41Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 41 fractional worksPower Systems and Renewa…41Power Systems and Renewable Energy: 41 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…39Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 39 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 39 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 38 fractional worksPower Systems and Techno…24Power Systems and Technologies: 24 fractional worksSmart Grid and Power Systems: 24 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 22 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 21 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawMechanics of MaterialsEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 53 works
  2. 2 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 41 works
  3. 3 Power Systems and Renewable Energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 41 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 39 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 39 works
  6. 6 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 38 works
  7. 7 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid and Power Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  9. 9 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 22 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 21 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PowerChina (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 248% higher 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 PowerChina (China) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0090% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%PowerChina (China)0.0090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of PowerChina (China) 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025PowerChina (China)7.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 2005.

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