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Shanghai International Studies University

In research, Shanghai International Studies University stands highest in Social Sciences (#471 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#632 of 6,365 worldwide) and Language and Linguistics (#31 of 303 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language and Literature and Literary Theory — Language and Linguistics is 15.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,518
of 28,054 · #6,369 all time
Rank in China
#647
of 3,058
Research works
4.2k
▲ 140% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Shanghai International Studies 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
Social SciencesDomain #471 of 10,521 24.6%1,346 #1174
Social SciencesField #632 of 6,365 24.6%552 #1403
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #31 of 303 25.1%134 #189
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #42 of 390 32.1%77 #259
Arts and HumanitiesField #429 of 1,998 26.0%260 #835
Physical SciencesDomain #3,078 of 12,888 14.9%432 #7134
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #657 of 2,578 19.7%180 #1328
Computer ScienceField #1,266 of 4,667 18.8%202 #2827
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #497 of 1,775 26.7%137 #1469
Business, Management and AccountingField #869 of 2,578 22.1%163 #1636

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai International Studies 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. Social Sciences#1,174 #471
  2. Social Sciences#1,403 #632
  3. Language and Linguistics#189 #31
  4. Literature and Literary Theory#259 #42
  5. Arts and Humanities#835 #429
  6. Physical Sciences#7,134 #3,078
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,328 #657
  8. Computer Science#2,827 #1,266
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,469 #497
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#1,636 #869
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 Shanghai International Studies University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 15.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 134.3 works16×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 22.1 works9.9×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 76.8 works7.4×
  4. CommunicationSubfield · 37.7 works7.1×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 202 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.60× its world share, 260 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.58× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.27× its world share, 137 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.18× its world share, 189 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 552 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai International Studies University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jian Zhang, Xiaolan Yang and Qin Lin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai International Studies University.

  1. 1 Jian Zhang China · #466,442 worldwide 194 citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Xiaolan Yang China · #531,456 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Qin Lin China · #845,972 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hua Luo China · #919,805 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Hua Luo China · #984,430 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Bing Han China · #1,003,893 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Raj Verma China · #1,029,096 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Riccardo Moratto China · #1,035,676 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Xiaoming Jiang China · #1,053,572 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Xin Xin China · #1,088,394 worldwide 48 citations · 168 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai International Studies University

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai International Studies University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Corpus Linguistics, Machine Translation, Translation, Language Teaching, Cross-Cultural Communication, Literary Translation and Cultural Translation.

▲ 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. Globalization198▲ 5.2×72 topics
  2. Corpus Linguistics109▲ 26×5 topics
  3. Social Media80▲ 2.9×26 topics
  4. Machine Learning78▲ 1.22×70 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence76▲ 2.8×44 topics
  6. Economic Development63▲ 4.0×28 topics
  7. Machine Translation60▲ 18×2 topics
  8. History58▲ 4.2×23 topics
  9. Economic Growth57▲ 3.4×23 topics
  10. Translation56▲ 17×7 topics
  11. Language Teaching56▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Cross-Cultural Communication55▲ 32×4 topics
  13. Nationalism54▲ 6.0×19 topics
  14. Literary Translation53▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Cultural Translation53▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Translator Competence53▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Bilingual Education52▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Language Policy52▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Multilingualism47▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Higher Education45▲ 4.2×15 topics
  21. Cultural Identity43▲ 4.3×20 topics
  22. Social Interaction42▲ 5.4×10 topics
  23. Second Language Acquisition42▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Regulation41▲ 3.9×15 topics
  25. Language40▲ 8.4×11 topics
  26. Philosophy40▲ 4.6×16 topics
  27. Religion39▲ 4.2×18 topics
  28. Neural Basis37▲ 22×3 topics
  29. China34▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Regional Planning33▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Student Perceptions33▲ 9.2×7 topics
  32. Corrective Feedback33▲ 23×1 topic
  33. L2 Motivation33▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Embodiment32▲ 8.8×7 topics
  35. Cognition30▲ 11×6 topics
  36. International Trade30▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Sociolinguistics29▲ 7.9×7 topics
  38. CLIL29▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Content and Language Integrated Learning29▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Logistics27▲ 8.7×5 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai International Studies University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Translation Studies and Practices, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Chinese history and philosophy.

Translation Studies and Practices: 53 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 33 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…29Second Language Learning and Teaching: 29 fractional worksChinese history and phil…27Chinese history and philosophy: 27 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 26 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 25 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…21Digital Marketing and Social Media: 21 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 19 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 18 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 18 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceExperimental and Cognitive Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 53 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 33 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 29 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  5. 5 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 26 works
  6. 6 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 25 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  8. 8 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 19 works
  9. 9 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  10. 10 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 18 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai International Studies University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 140% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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