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Tianjin Normal University

In research, Tianjin Normal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,018 of 12,888 worldwide), Computer Science (#813 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,021 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Organic Chemistry — Inorganic Chemistry is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,511
of 28,054 · #2,715 all time
Rank in China
#441
of 3,058
Research works
8.6k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
84k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Tianjin Normal 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 #1,018 of 12,888 14.5%1,346 #1949
Computer ScienceField #813 of 4,667 9.7%341 #1861
Social SciencesDomain #2,021 of 10,521 25.1%452 #3491
ChemistryField #293 of 1,330 17.1%131 #625
EngineeringField #1,905 of 6,636 13.0%330 #2882
Environmental ScienceField #1,069 of 3,551 23.5%188 #2230
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,080 of 3,409 36.2%77 #2627
PsychologyField #789 of 2,181 27.4%175 #1784
Life SciencesDomain #3,120 of 7,800 21.6%253 #6357
Social SciencesField #2,728 of 6,365 22.9%166 #3544

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tianjin Normal 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#1,949 #1,018
  2. Computer Science#1,861 #813
  3. Social Sciences#3,491 #2,021
  4. Chemistry#625 #293
  5. Engineering#2,882 #1,905
  6. Environmental Science#2,230 #1,069
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,627 #1,080
  8. Psychology#1,784 #789
  9. Life Sciences#6,357 #3,120
  10. Social Sciences#3,544 #2,728
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 Normal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 31.3 works5.9×
  2. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 50.1 works4.9×
  3. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 70.6 works4.4×
← 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: 0.76× its world share, 77 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 85 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 74 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.20× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.90× its world share, 131 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.05× its world share, 341 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.66× its world share, 33 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 330 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.77× its world share, 188 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.85× its world share, 139 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.27× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.35× its world share, 65 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 175 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 166 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tianjin Normal University?

Ranked on the composite score, Bo Yan, Miao Du and Guijun Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tianjin Normal University.

  1. 1 Bo Yan China · #112,762 worldwide 575 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Miao Du China · #197,887 worldwide 655 citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Guijun Wang China · #292,923 worldwide 166 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Dejun Li China · #302,574 worldwide 407 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Kehua Dai China · #331,910 worldwide 255 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Cao Jun China · #362,716 worldwide 4 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Cheng‐Peng Li China · #375,323 worldwide 274 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Min Li China · #423,860 worldwide 82 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Liang Meng China · #428,654 worldwide 111 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Ziping Zhao China · #470,380 worldwide 62 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Tianjin Normal University

Which keywords describe research at Tianjin Normal University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Catalysis, Neural Networks, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemical Sensors, Bioimaging, Climate Change and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 Learning204▲ 2.8×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning98▲ 1.40×72 topics
  3. Climate Change91▲ 1.57×73 topics
  4. Neural Networks85▲ 2.6×29 topics
  5. Remote Sensing67▲ 2.5×33 topics
  6. Catalysis64▲ 4.5×24 topics
  7. Nanomaterials58▲ 2.5×15 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks54▲ 3.5×14 topics
  9. Metal-Organic Frameworks54▲ 6.0×5 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence47▲ 1.60×34 topics
  11. Chemical Sensors45▲ 8.9×3 topics
  12. Bioimaging42▲ 8.5×5 topics
  13. Energy Storage36▲ 2.6×7 topics
  14. Cathode Materials33▲ 3.9×3 topics
  15. Feature Extraction33▲ 3.3×10 topics
  16. Graphene33▲ 2.2×9 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation32▲ 4.7×8 topics
  18. Well-being30▲ 3.7×10 topics
  19. Methane Storage30▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Supramolecular Chemistry30▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Land Use Change29▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Self-Assembly28▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Water Splitting27▲ 3.5×4 topics
  24. Human-Computer Interaction25▲ 6.7×5 topics
  25. Electrocatalysis24▲ 3.9×5 topics
  26. Crystal Engineering23▲ 9.6×2 topics
  27. Heterogeneous Catalysis22▲ 5.7×4 topics
  28. Sparse Representation22▲ 5.4×6 topics
  29. CO2 Capture22▲ 6.5×4 topics
  30. Photodynamic Therapy22▲ 4.6×4 topics
  31. Emotion Recognition21▲ 5.2×5 topics
  32. Transition Metal Catalysis20▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Gas Adsorption19▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Online Communication19▲ 5.8×3 topics
  35. Porous Materials19▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Hydrogen Storage18▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Fluorescent Materials18▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Aggregation-Induced Emission18▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Organic Nanoparticles18▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Neural Mechanisms17▲ 8.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Tianjin Normal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Impact of Technology on Adolescents and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection.

Metal-Organic Frameworks…19Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 19 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluores…18Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 18 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 16 fractional worksMolecular Sensors and Io…16Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection: 16 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …15Advancements in Battery Materials: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 12 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…12Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 12 fractional worksVideo Surveillance and Tracking Methods: 11 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistrySociology and Political ScienceSpectroscopy4 others

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

  1. 1 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 19 works
  2. 2 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 18 works
  3. 3 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  4. 4 Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection Spectroscopy 16 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 15 works
  7. 7 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 12 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 12 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 11 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tianjin Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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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.