Question 1

What is Shanxi University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Shanxi University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#367 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#353 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#206 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biochemistry and Spectroscopy (Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 9.5× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Shanxi University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Shanxi University ranks #570 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#592 all time), and #134 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Shanxi University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Xingchao Wang, Yuhua Qian and Hongpeng Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanxi University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Shanxi University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Shanxi University is "Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world" (Nicholas C. Pepin et al., 2015), with 3,018 citations. Next come "End-Point Binding Free Energy Calculation with MM/PBSA and MM/GBSA: Strategies and Applications in Drug Design" (2,285) and "A survey on federated learning" (1,865).

Question 5

Which research topics does Shanxi University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Quantum Information and Cryptography and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Shanxi University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bioimaging, Biomedical Applications, Catalysis, Deep Learning, Biosensors, Nanomaterials, Metal-Organic Frameworks and Graphene.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Shanxi University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Shanxi University is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Computer Science (12%), Materials Science (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Shanxi University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.