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Tianjin Foreign Studies University

In research, Tianjin Foreign Studies University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,800 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,079 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,784 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics — Language and Linguistics is 15.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,577
of 28,054 · #27,135 all time
Rank in China
#2,580
of 3,058
Research works
1.1k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Tianjin Foreign Studies 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,800 of 10,521 14.3%228 #9325
Social SciencesField #5,079 of 6,365 15.1%76 #7122
Physical SciencesDomain #10,784 of 12,888 11.2%120 #17645

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tianjin Foreign Studies 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. Social Sciences#9,325 #5,800
  2. Social Sciences#7,122 #5,079
  3. Physical Sciences#17,645 #10,784
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 Tianjin Foreign Studies University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 15.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 25.1 works15×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.77× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.99× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.10× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.96× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tianjin Foreign Studies University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hongwei Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tianjin Foreign Studies University.

  1. 1 Hongwei Liu China · #1,179,620 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Tianjin Foreign Studies University

Which keywords describe research at Tianjin Foreign Studies University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Corpus Linguistics, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Economic Development, Machine Translation, Economic Growth and Cross-Cultural Communication.

▲ 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. Globalization35▲ 4.8×33 topics
  2. Deep Learning32▲ 2.5×49 topics
  3. Corpus Linguistics21▲ 26×5 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence21▲ 4.0×20 topics
  5. Machine Learning20▲ 1.61×37 topics
  6. Economic Development17▲ 5.6×16 topics
  7. Economic Growth16▲ 4.9×14 topics
  8. Internet of Things15▲ 4.5×10 topics
  9. Data Mining15▲ 5.2×12 topics
  10. Sustainable Development14▲ 2.4×22 topics
  11. Machine Translation14▲ 22×2 topics
  12. Innovation13▲ 3.3×17 topics
  13. Neural Networks12▲ 2.1×22 topics
  14. Cross-Cultural Communication12▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Regional Planning12▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Translation12▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Cultural Translation12▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Translator Competence12▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Healthcare11▲ 2.6×10 topics
  20. Cloud Computing10▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Language Teaching10▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Literature10▲ 4.8×17 topics
  23. International Trade10▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Water Quality9▲ 6.3×4 topics
  25. Second Language Acquisition9▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Environmental Risk Assessment9▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Conservation Issues9▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Pollution Monitoring9▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Big Data Analytics8▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Online Education8▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Physical Education8▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Multimedia Teaching7▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Teaching Evaluation7▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Corrective Feedback7▲ 25×1 topic
  35. L2 Motivation7▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Second Language Learning7▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Covid-19 Pandemic6▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Logistics6▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Traditional Chinese Medicine6▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Panel Data Analysis6▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Tianjin Foreign Studies University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Translation Studies and Practices, Educational Reforms and Innovations, Educational Technology and Pedagogy and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning.

Translation Studies and Practices: 12 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 9 fractional worksEducational Technology a…7Educational Technology and Pedagogy: 7 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…7EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 7 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 6 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 6 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…5Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 5 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 4 fractional worksIdeological and Political Education: 4 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 4 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisArtificial IntelligenceComplementary and alternative medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 12 works
  2. 2 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  3. 3 Educational Technology and Pedagogy Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  4. 4 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 7 works
  5. 5 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  6. 6 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 6 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  8. 8 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  9. 9 Ideological and Political Education Education 4 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 4 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tianjin Foreign Studies University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher 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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