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University of Macau

In research, University of Macau stands highest in Social Sciences (#135 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#44 of 2,578 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#277 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Linguistics and Language and Language and Linguistics — Numerical Analysis is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#224
of 28,054 · #697 all time
Rank in Macau
#1
of 5
Research works
19k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
407k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Macau 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 #135 of 10,521 38.3%2,048 #407
Business, Management and AccountingField #44 of 2,578 37.5%260 #248
Physical SciencesDomain #277 of 12,888 28.4%3,320 #752
EngineeringField #146 of 6,636 26.7%1,652 #325
Life SciencesDomain #218 of 7,800 36.4%694 #725
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #13 of 390 51.7%78 #105
Computer ScienceField #158 of 4,667 31.3%815 #461
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #11 of 303 44.3%88 #106
Social SciencesField #239 of 6,365 40.8%845 #486
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #102 of 2,578 37.9%326 #349

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Macau 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#407 #135
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#248 #44
  3. Physical Sciences#752 #277
  4. Engineering#325 #146
  5. Life Sciences#725 #218
  6. Literature and Literary Theory#105 #13
  7. Computer Science#461 #158
  8. Language and Linguistics#106 #11
  9. Social Sciences#486 #239
  10. Sociology and Political Science#349 #102
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 University of Macau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 28.8 works5.1×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 23.6 works3.1×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 87.7 works3.0×
  4. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 91.8 works2.9×
  5. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 647.0 works2.7×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 365 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 68 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 160 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 55 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 815 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 80 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 1,652 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 162 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 278 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 101 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 105 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 521 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 243 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 260 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 87 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 194 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 419 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 845 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Macau?

Ranked on the composite score, Qi Zhao, Xitao Fan and C. L. Philip Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Macau.

  1. 1 Qi Zhao Macau · #13,303 worldwide 842 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Xitao Fan Macau · #17,301 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 C. L. Philip Chen Macau · #19,506 worldwide 3.6k citations · 346 works
  4. 4 Xinshu Zhao Macau · #36,897 worldwide 1.9k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Zhedong Zheng Macau · #41,742 worldwide 503 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Suash Deb Macau · #42,507 worldwide 690 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Jiantao Zhou Macau · #45,626 worldwide 667 citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Hui Cao Macau · #62,567 worldwide 332 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Jin‐Jian Lu Macau · #62,590 worldwide 368 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Ka‐Veng Yuen Macau · #66,884 worldwide 536 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at University of Macau

Which keywords describe research at University of Macau?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Globalization, Biomedical Applications, China, Power Electronics and Corpus Linguistics.

▲ 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 Learning450▲ 1.97×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning250◆ 1.15×91 topics
  3. Neural Networks238▲ 2.3×37 topics
  4. Globalization178▲ 1.36×83 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications142▲ 1.80×35 topics
  6. Cancer136▲ 1.52×55 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency115▲ 1.84×33 topics
  8. Convolutional Neural Networks104▲ 2.1×14 topics
  9. Economic Growth98▲ 1.73×27 topics
  10. Regulation89▲ 2.5×24 topics
  11. History87▲ 1.86×29 topics
  12. Nationalism85▲ 2.8×19 topics
  13. Power Electronics85▲ 3.9×8 topics
  14. Energy Storage84▲ 1.93×12 topics
  15. Renewable Energy Integration82▲ 3.7×5 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks82▲ 2.6×8 topics
  17. Corpus Linguistics73▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Wireless Communications66▲ 5.7×5 topics
  19. China61▲ 9.9×5 topics
  20. Language Teaching60▲ 3.6×7 topics
  21. Tumor Targeting56▲ 4.7×3 topics
  22. Fluorescence Imaging55▲ 5.5×2 topics
  23. Metamaterial54▲ 8.6×2 topics
  24. Language Policy52▲ 5.6×6 topics
  25. CMOS52▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Bilingual Education51▲ 6.5×3 topics
  27. Antenna50▲ 8.8×1 topic
  28. Microstrip50▲ 8.8×1 topic
  29. Microwave Filters49▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Substrate Integrated Waveguide49▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Wireless Power Transfer48▲ 7.7×2 topics
  32. Frequency Selective Surfaces47▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Metasurfaces47▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Electric Vehicle Charging47▲ 8.2×2 topics
  35. Christianity44▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Confucianism44▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Falun Gong44▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Second Language Acquisition42▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Corrective Feedback40▲ 8.5×1 topic
  40. L2 Motivation40▲ 8.5×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Macau publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antenna Design and Analysis, Microwave Engineering and Waveguides, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies and Chinese history and philosophy.

Antenna Design and Analy…50Antenna Design and Analysis: 50 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering an…49Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 49 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 47 fractional worksChinese history and phil…44Chinese history and philosophy: 44 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…40EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 40 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 38 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 35 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…33Perovskite Materials and Applications: 33 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 32 fractional worksEnergy Harvesting in Wireless Networks: 30 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics2 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 50 works
  2. 2 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
  3. 3 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 47 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 44 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 40 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 38 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  8. 8 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 33 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 32 works
  10. 10 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.9%domestic only46.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Macau's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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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.