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Shihezi University

In research, Shihezi University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#70 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#82 of 1,395 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#898 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Soil Science, Catalysis and Plant Science — Soil Science is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#840
of 28,054 · #2,352 all time
Rank in China
#277
of 3,058
Research works
13k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
112k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Shihezi 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #70 of 3,409 39.3%755 #369
Plant ScienceSubfield #82 of 1,395 41.5%394 #436
Physical SciencesDomain #898 of 12,888 19.4%1,777 #2401
Food ScienceSubfield #37 of 492 42.7%110 #241
Life SciencesDomain #625 of 7,800 33.2%1,270 #1813
EngineeringField #992 of 6,636 17.8%610 #2431
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #582 of 3,579 25.3%390 #1878
Social SciencesDomain #1,753 of 10,521 39.5%249 #3256
Environmental ScienceField #617 of 3,551 24.1%309 #1670
ChemistryField #248 of 1,330 17.9%232 #1066

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shihezi 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#369 #70
  2. Plant Science#436 #82
  3. Physical Sciences#2,401 #898
  4. Food Science#241 #37
  5. Life Sciences#1,813 #625
  6. Engineering#2,431 #992
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,878 #582
  8. Social Sciences#3,256 #1,753
  9. Environmental Science#1,670 #617
  10. Chemistry#1,066 #248
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 Shihezi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Soil Science takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Soil ScienceSubfield · 87.0 works7.8×
  2. CatalysisSubfield · 36.8 works6.7×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 394.1 works6.1×
  4. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 39.7 works5.5×
  5. BiochemistrySubfield · 22.2 works4.8×
  6. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 40.2 works4.6×
← 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: 4.27× its world share, 755 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.97× its world share, 390 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.06× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.30× its world share, 56 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.98× its world share, 232 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 138 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.03× its world share, 104 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 610 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 310 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.94× its world share, 252 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 354 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.28× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shihezi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lijuan Pang, Xiangwei Wu and Yang Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shihezi University.

  1. 1 Lijuan Pang China · #122,854 worldwide 146 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Xiangwei Wu China · #197,115 worldwide 246 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yang Li China · #210,381 worldwide 217 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Ping Liu China · #234,305 worldwide 383 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Zhao Xia China · #286,140 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Bin Wang China · #297,763 worldwide 183 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Wenju Zhang China · #304,652 worldwide 135 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Feng Li China · #437,597 worldwide 58 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Hongbin Li China · #458,524 worldwide 94 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Wangfeng Zhang China · #468,218 worldwide 119 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Shihezi University

Which keywords describe research at Shihezi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Gene Expression, Climate Change, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants and Metal-Organic Frameworks.

▲ 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. Climate Change190▲ 1.89×68 topics
  2. Catalysis151▲ 6.1×26 topics
  3. Machine Learning132◆ 1.08×63 topics
  4. Nanomaterials130▲ 3.3×16 topics
  5. Nanoparticles128▲ 2.7×39 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress128▲ 2.1×58 topics
  7. Deep Learning124◆ 0.97×71 topics
  8. Gene Expression119▲ 5.2×19 topics
  9. Cancer109▲ 2.2×56 topics
  10. Inflammation101▲ 1.31×76 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications98▲ 2.2×32 topics
  12. Remote Sensing87▲ 1.90×32 topics
  13. Antioxidant85▲ 3.3×47 topics
  14. Antioxidants80▲ 4.8×14 topics
  15. Metal-Organic Frameworks77▲ 5.0×6 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity75▲ 3.2×28 topics
  17. Graphene74▲ 2.9×11 topics
  18. Water Splitting65▲ 4.8×4 topics
  19. Metabolism64▲ 3.4×29 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks58▲ 3.5×16 topics
  21. Horticultural Crops55▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Ionic Liquids54▲ 5.1×10 topics
  23. Electrocatalysis51▲ 4.9×5 topics
  24. Transcription Factors49▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Polyphenols47▲ 7.2×6 topics
  26. Flavonoids46▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Ecosystem Functioning45▲ 6.4×5 topics
  28. Soil Moisture44▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Water Scarcity43▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Oxidation43▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. Hydrogenation42▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Genetic Mapping41▲ 14×6 topics
  33. Genetic Regulation41▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. Selective Oxidation40▲ 7.7×2 topics
  35. Drought Resistance39▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Aroma Compounds39▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Water Use Efficiency38▲ 32×3 topics
  38. Fermentation38▲ 7.5×6 topics
  39. Anthocyanins38▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Crop Productivity37▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Shihezi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques and Research in Cotton Cultivation.

Catalytic Processes in M…35Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 35 fractional worksIrrigation Practices and…35Irrigation Practices and Water Management: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 33 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Culti…33Research in Cotton Cultivation: 33 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI31Smart Agriculture and AI: 31 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 31 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 28 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…25Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 25 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 24 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 24 fractional works
Materials ChemistrySoil ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 35 works
  2. 2 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 35 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 33 works
  4. 4 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 33 works
  5. 5 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 31 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 31 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 28 works
  8. 8 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 25 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 24 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 24 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shihezi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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