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Tarim University

In research, Tarim University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#610 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#326 of 1,395 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,292 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Analytical Chemistry and Plant Science — Ocean Engineering is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,008
of 28,054 · #9,202 all time
Rank in China
#923
of 3,058
Research works
4.1k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Tarim 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 #610 of 3,409 30.5%295 #1636
Plant ScienceSubfield #326 of 1,395 35.4%159 #1316
Physical SciencesDomain #3,292 of 12,888 14.9%787 #7085
EngineeringField #2,563 of 6,636 12.2%384 #4220
Life SciencesDomain #3,063 of 7,800 25.8%459 #6643
Environmental ScienceField #1,419 of 3,551 24.5%132 #3051
Social SciencesDomain #4,366 of 10,521 22.9%76 #9319
Computer ScienceField #2,710 of 4,667 13.5%66 #5100
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,414 of 3,579 19.2%129 #5737
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,106 of 1,351 10.4%80 #2169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tarim 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#1,636 #610
  2. Plant Science#1,316 #326
  3. Physical Sciences#7,085 #3,292
  4. Engineering#4,220 #2,563
  5. Life Sciences#6,643 #3,063
  6. Environmental Science#3,051 #1,419
  7. Social Sciences#9,319 #4,366
  8. Computer Science#5,100 #2,710
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,737 #2,414
  10. Mechanical Engineering#2,169 #1,106
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 Tarim University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 89.2 works12×
  2. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 27.9 works10×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 159.2 works6.5×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 65.0 works6.5×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 21.4 works6.4×
← 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: 4.40× its world share, 295 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 129 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.04× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 60 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.69× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.81× its world share, 384 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.88× its world share, 132 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.27× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tarim University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jie Peng, Xufeng Wang and Zhe Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tarim University.

  1. 1 Jie Peng China · #238,803 worldwide 133 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Xufeng Wang China · #808,427 worldwide 64 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Zhe Wang China · #1,128,891 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Wang Lian China · #1,282,031 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Cnpc Tubular China · #1,453,595 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 LI Zhi-jun China · #1,518,985 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Ying Wu China · #1,601,611 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Fayong Li China · #1,613,030 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Shixin Gao China · #1,627,158 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tarim University

Which keywords describe research at Tarim University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, CO2 Sequestration, Vibration Analysis, Machine Learning, Climate Change and Rheological Properties.

▲ 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. Machine Learning88▲ 1.91×55 topics
  2. Climate Change82▲ 2.1×64 topics
  3. Deep Learning69▲ 1.42×62 topics
  4. Nanoparticles55▲ 3.1×25 topics
  5. Remote Sensing46▲ 2.7×28 topics
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing46▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Fracture Propagation45▲ 52×1 topic
  8. Shale Gas Reservoirs45▲ 52×1 topic
  9. CO2 Sequestration44▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Vibration Analysis44▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Rheological Properties41▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Gene Expression41▲ 4.8×16 topics
  13. Pore Structure40▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Shale Gas40▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Gas Permeability40▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Nanopores39▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Mudstones39▲ 36×1 topic
  18. Thermal Maturity39▲ 36×1 topic
  19. Drilling Fluids37▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Well Integrity37▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Hyperspectral Imaging34▲ 8.4×6 topics
  22. Wireless Sensor Networks34▲ 5.3×13 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity27▲ 4.3×20 topics
  24. Quality Assessment26▲ 9.9×2 topics
  25. Machine Vision26▲ 8.1×4 topics
  26. Optimization25▲ 3.9×14 topics
  27. Antioxidants25▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Data Assimilation23▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Food Authentication22▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Principal Component Analysis21▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Multivariate Calibration20▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy20▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Transcription Factors20▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Ensemble Kalman Filter20▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Uncertainty Quantification20▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Closed-Loop Control19▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Well Placement19▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Phenolic Compounds19▲ 7.2×6 topics
  39. Genetic Mapping19▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Internet of Things (IoT)18▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Tarim University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses.

Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 45 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 39 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 37 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 20 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 19 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI18Smart Agriculture and AI: 18 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 14 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 14 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 12 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 12 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsOcean EngineeringAnalytical Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 45 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 39 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 37 works
  4. 4 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 20 works
  5. 5 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 19 works
  6. 6 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 18 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 14 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 14 works
  9. 9 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tarim University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.