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Southeast University

In research, Southeast University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,323 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#750 of 6,636 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,773 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Building and Construction, Transportation and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality — Building and Construction is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,564
of 28,054 · #3,700 all time
Rank in Bangladesh
#5
of 135
Research works
7.2k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Southeast 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,323 of 12,888 15.0%1,535 #3114
EngineeringField #750 of 6,636 12.2%854 #1434
Life SciencesDomain #1,773 of 7,800 22.8%194 #3681
Social SciencesDomain #2,454 of 10,521 26.4%295 #5010
Materials ScienceField #767 of 2,468 21.3%119 #2041
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #735 of 2,318 10.4%201 #1365
Health SciencesDomain #4,141 of 11,982 23.2%198 #5657
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,297 of 3,579 24.3%99 #2605
Computer ScienceField #1,700 of 4,667 16.6%307 #2169
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #371 of 896 13.0%127 #769

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southeast 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. Physical Sciences#3,114 #1,323
  2. Engineering#1,434 #750
  3. Life Sciences#3,681 #1,773
  4. Social Sciences#5,010 #2,454
  5. Materials Science#2,041 #767
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,365 #735
  7. Health Sciences#5,657 #4,141
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,605 #1,297
  9. Computer Science#2,169 #1,700
  10. Civil and Structural Engineering#769 #371
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 Southeast University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Building and Construction takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 77.2 works5.6×
  2. TransportationSubfield · 39.0 works5.3×
  3. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 25.8 works4.8×
  4. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 126.5 works4.8×
  5. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 44.5 works3.7×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 99 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 33 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 307 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.61× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.56× its world share, 854 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.53× its world share, 119 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 57 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southeast University?

Ranked on the composite score, Md. Sahab Uddin, Md. Mijanur Rahman and Guangyu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southeast University.

  1. 1 Md. Sahab Uddin Bangladesh · #859,976 worldwide 56 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Md. Mijanur Rahman Bangladesh · #1,057,485 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Guangyu Bangladesh · #1,307,917 worldwide 12 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Khandaker Mohammad Mohi Uddin Bangladesh · #1,318,309 worldwide 27 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Peng Hu Bangladesh · #1,463,015 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Southeast University

Which keywords describe research at Southeast University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Flow, Convolutional Neural Networks, Probabilistic Forecasting and Time Series 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 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning254▲ 3.3×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning138▲ 1.90×77 topics
  3. Neural Networks120▲ 3.5×36 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks63▲ 3.9×14 topics
  5. Intelligent Transportation Systems60▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Traffic Flow55▲ 23×2 topics
  7. Nanoparticles52▲ 1.85×43 topics
  8. Environmental Impact50▲ 1.33×44 topics
  9. Renewable Energy50▲ 1.56×32 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency48▲ 2.3×31 topics
  11. Nanomaterials47▲ 1.98×19 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications41▲ 1.55×33 topics
  13. Probabilistic Forecasting38▲ 8.8×3 topics
  14. Time Series Analysis38▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Image Processing38▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Short-Term Forecasting38▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Graph Convolutional Networks37▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Urban Traffic36▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Artificial Neural Networks35▲ 3.3×8 topics
  20. Data Mining33▲ 2.0×15 topics
  21. Spatio-Temporal Data33▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Biosensors30▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Travel Behavior30▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks28▲ 2.8×18 topics
  25. User Satisfaction26▲ 6.1×4 topics
  26. Reinforcement Learning26▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Smart Grid26▲ 3.1×10 topics
  28. Wireless Communications24▲ 6.1×5 topics
  29. Autonomous Vehicles23▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Service Quality23▲ 3.8×3 topics
  31. Public Transport22▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Route Choice22▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control22▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Microscopic Simulation22▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Rheology21▲ 4.8×7 topics
  36. Collision Avoidance20▲ 5.0×4 topics
  37. Recycled Materials20▲ 8.1×2 topics
  38. Sensor Fusion18▲ 7.7×3 topics
  39. Defect Detection18▲ 6.2×3 topics
  40. Spatial Analysis17▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Southeast University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, Transportation Planning and Optimization, Traffic control and management and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring.

Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 33 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 22 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…22Traffic control and management: 22 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…16Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 16 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 14 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 14 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety13Traffic and Road Safety: 13 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 13 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 12 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…12Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 12 fractional works
Building and ConstructionTransportationControl and Systems EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 33 works
  2. 2 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 22 works
  3. 3 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 22 works
  4. 4 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 16 works
  5. 5 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 14 works
  6. 6 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 14 works
  7. 7 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 13 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 13 works
  9. 9 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 12 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.3%domestic only47.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southeast University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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