Shanghai Normal University
In research, Shanghai Normal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#465 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#447 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#389 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics (Numerical Analysis is 9.1× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #512 of 22,385 · #675 all time
- Rank in China
- #123 of 2,481
- Research works
- 15k ▲ 64% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 171k 11.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.18× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 30% world 40%
- International
- 10% world 18%
What is Shanghai Normal University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #465 of 10,670 | 9.8% | 1,918 | #586 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #447 of 9,585 | 13.9% | 1,006 | #569 | |
| Social SciencesField | #389 of 5,988 | 14.9% | 403 | #625 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #516 of 6,403 | 11.5% | 449 | #831 | |
| EngineeringField | #587 of 5,901 | 8.9% | 545 | #772 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #389 of 3,334 | 13.6% | 240 | #453 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,165 of 9,902 | 16.5% | 177 | #1754 | |
| PsychologyField | #254 of 2,121 | 14.3% | 257 | #443 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #634 of 4,417 | 10.0% | 383 | #848 | |
| MedicineField | #1,328 of 8,541 | 15.5% | 141 | #1985 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Normal 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.
- Physical Sciences#586 #465
- Social Sciences#569 #447
- Social Sciences#625 #389
- Life Sciences#831 #516
- Engineering#772 #587
- Environmental Science#453 #389
- Health Sciences#1,754 #1,165
- Psychology#443 #254
- Computer Science#848 #634
- Medicine#1,985 #1,328
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 Shanghai Normal University work in?
In 2022-now, 54% of research at Shanghai Normal University is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (11%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences2,17453.7%
- Engineering61015.1%
- Computer Science44911.1%
- Environmental Science2666.6%
- Materials Science2275.6%
- Mathematics1784.4%
- Physics and Astronomy1714.2%
- Chemistry1253.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences641.6%
- Energy641.6%
- Chemical Engineering220.5%
- Social Sciences1,14528.3%
- Social Sciences45511.2%
- Psychology3027.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1323.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting1172.9%
- Arts and Humanities912.3%
- Decision Sciences491.2%
- Life Sciences52312.9%
- Health Sciences2055.1%
- Medicine1634.0%
- Health Professions340.8%
- Nursing70.2%
- Dentistry10.0%
- Veterinary10.0%
What does Shanghai Normal University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 31.5 works9.1×
- Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 27.1 works4.2×
- Applied MathematicsSubfield · 45.2 works3.9×
- MathematicsField · 177.8 works3.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Mathematics3.73×178 works
- Psychology2.45×302 works
- Chemistry1.96×125 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.90×171 works
- Energy1.71×64 works
- Materials Science1.60×227 works
- Chemical Engineering1.56×22 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×132 works
- Computer Science1.43×449 works
- Environmental Science1.32×266 works
- Decision Sciences1.24×49 works
- Neuroscience1.14×75 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.12×215 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×64 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×216 works
- Engineering1.00×610 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.90×117 works
- Social Sciences0.89×455 works
- Arts and Humanities0.78×91 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×9 works
- Nursing0.36×7 works
- Health Professions0.32×34 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.21×8 works
- Medicine0.21×163 works
- Veterinary0.11×1 works
- Dentistry0.04×1 works
- Mathematics 3.7×
- Psychology 2.5×
- Chemistry 2.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.9×
- Energy 1.7×
- Materials Science 1.6×
- Chemical Engineering 1.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.5×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Environmental Science 1.3×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Neuroscience 1.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.0×
- Engineering 1.0×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Arts and Humanities 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Health Professions 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Shanghai Normal University?
Ranked on the quality score, Xuehui Huang, Dieqing Zhang and Hexing Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Normal University.
- 1
Xuehui Huang
China · #17,315 worldwide 19k citations · 166 works
- 2
Dieqing Zhang
China · #30,824 worldwide 12k citations · 137 works
- 3
Hexing Li
China · #43,161 worldwide 37k citations · 691 works
- 4
Zhenfeng Bian
China · #47,401 worldwide 13k citations · 155 works
- 5
Ying Wan
China · #60,309 worldwide 17k citations · 177 works
- 6
Zhonghao Zhang
China · #63,821 worldwide 3.6k citations · 91 works
- 7
Xiangzong Meng
China · #65,923 worldwide 6.7k citations · 51 works
- 8
Guisheng Li
China · #68,742 worldwide 20k citations · 392 works
- 9
Jun Zhu
China · #81,995 worldwide 7.4k citations · 67 works
- 10
Wenwei Luo
China · #96,800 worldwide 696 citations · 34 works
Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Normal University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Emotion Regulation, Phylogeny, Machine Learning, Mental Health, Nanomaterials, Psychopathology and Catalysis.
- Behavioral Problems
- Developmental Trajectories
- Children
- Anxiety Disorders
- Self-Assembly
- Taxonomy
- DNA Barcoding
- Child Development
- Water Splitting
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Evolution
- Phylogeny
- Urbanization
- Depression
- Graphene
- Catalysis
- Biomedical Applications
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Neural Networks
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoparticles
- Remote Sensing
- Emotion Regulation
- Biosensors
- Biogeography
- Well-being
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Psychopathology
- Adolescents
- Ecosystem Services
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Academic Achievement
- Self-Regulation
- Visible Light
- Parenting
- Photothermal Therapy
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
- Deep Learning243▲ 1.74×82 topics
- Machine Learning143◆ 1.06×80 topics
- Climate Change110◆ 1.00×79 topics
- Mental Health99▲ 1.72×27 topics
- Neural Networks98▲ 1.56×35 topics
- Artificial Intelligence93▲ 1.61×37 topics
- Nanomaterials88▲ 2.1×18 topics
- Biomedical Applications86▲ 1.79×34 topics
- Nanoparticles83▲ 1.63×36 topics
- Catalysis73▲ 2.7×26 topics
- Remote Sensing70▲ 1.41×35 topics
- Graphene69▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Emotion Regulation68▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Depression60▲ 1.69×16 topics
- Biosensors58▲ 2.9×12 topics
- Urbanization57▲ 3.5×10 topics
- Biogeography54▲ 4.8×18 topics
- Phylogeny52▲ 7.7×14 topics
- Well-being51▲ 3.2×14 topics
- Evolution51▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Metal-Organic Frameworks51▲ 3.0×6 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation50▲ 3.3×11 topics
- Psychopathology48▲ 6.7×3 topics
- Water Splitting47▲ 3.1×4 topics
- Adolescents47▲ 3.2×7 topics
- Child Development47▲ 2.8×7 topics
- Ecosystem Services45▲ 2.9×10 topics
- DNA Barcoding45▲ 6.4×8 topics
- Reactive Oxygen Species44▲ 2.7×13 topics
- Taxonomy43▲ 7.3×10 topics
- Academic Achievement42▲ 6.0×10 topics
- Self-Assembly41▲ 3.1×12 topics
- Self-Regulation41▲ 5.6×5 topics
- Anxiety Disorders40▲ 8.9×2 topics
- Visible Light37▲ 3.9×2 topics
- Children37▲ 4.0×3 topics
- Parenting36▲ 7.3×2 topics
- Developmental Trajectories33▲ 6.8×2 topics
- Photothermal Therapy33▲ 6.4×2 topics
- Behavioral Problems33▲ 10×1 topic
Which research topics does Shanghai Normal University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Land Use and Ecosystem Services and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 33 works
- 2 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 32 works
- 3 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 23 works
- 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 21 works
- 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 20 works
- 6 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 20 works
- 7 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 20 works
- 8 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 20 works
- 9 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 18 works
- 10 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Shanghai Normal University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Shanghai Normal University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.
Fractional works of Shanghai Normal 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2020.
Other research institutions in Shanghai
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Fudan University
- Tongji University
- Shanghai University
- East China Normal University
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Donghua University
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
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