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University of Science and Technology Beijing

In research, University of Science and Technology Beijing stands highest in Materials Science (#4 of 2,468 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#40 of 12,888 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#7 of 1,556 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Metals and Alloys, Ceramics and Composites and Archeology — Metals and Alloys is 38.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#71
of 28,054 · #305 all time
Rank in China
#38
of 3,058
Research works
56k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
935k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is University of Science and Technology Beijing 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
Materials ScienceField #4 of 2,468 20.7%2,743 #34
Physical SciencesDomain #40 of 12,888 21.5%14,383 #208
Materials ChemistrySubfield #7 of 1,556 20.6%1,796 #43
EngineeringField #34 of 6,636 21.8%8,179 #105
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #8 of 1,351 18.2%2,810 #12
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #49 of 2,318 24.9%1,150 #149
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #26 of 896 26.2%604 #111
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #25 of 795 34.5%556 #118
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #15 of 458 18.9%761 #61
Environmental ScienceField #118 of 3,551 25.4%759 #524

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Science and Technology Beijing 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. Materials Science#34 #4
  2. Physical Sciences#208 #40
  3. Materials Chemistry#43 #7
  4. Engineering#105 #34
  5. Mechanical Engineering#12 #8
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#149 #49
  7. Civil and Structural Engineering#111 #26
  8. Aerospace Engineering#118 #25
  9. Mechanics of Materials#61 #15
  10. Environmental Science#524 #118
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 Science and Technology Beijing specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Metals and Alloys takes 38.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 204.9 works38×
  2. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 121.4 works11×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 24.9 works10×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 2,810.2 works9.4×
  5. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 761.3 works6.6×
  6. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 1,795.8 works5.7×
  7. Materials ScienceField · 2,742.9 works4.9×
← 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, 109 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 222 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.42× its world share, 137 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 299 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 1,290 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 210 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.36× its world share, 351 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.37× its world share, 8,179 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 759 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.86× its world share, 2,743 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 123 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 292 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 248 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 143 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 243 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 121 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 158 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 101 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 283 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Science and Technology Beijing?

Ranked on the composite score, Huimin Ma, Wei He and Zhaoping Lü lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Science and Technology Beijing.

  1. 1 Huimin Ma · #11,275 worldwide 1.3k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Wei He · #17,909 worldwide 1.8k citations · 169 works
  3. 3 Zhaoping Lü · #18,363 worldwide 987 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Hui Wang · #19,980 worldwide 846 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Sen Wu · #29,464 worldwide 384 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Xiongjun Liu · #32,866 worldwide 772 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Qingliang Liao · #38,125 worldwide 582 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Huansheng Ning · #41,562 worldwide 617 citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Haijun Zhang · #47,457 worldwide 1.2k citations · 181 works
  10. 10 Zhongshan Zhang · #50,486 worldwide 269 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at University of Science and Technology Beijing

Which keywords describe research at University of Science and Technology Beijing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Microstructural Evolution, Metallurgy, Databases, Thermochemical and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties1,595▲ 10×39 topics
  2. Microstructure1,383▲ 16×19 topics
  3. Deep Learning799▲ 1.44×82 topics
  4. Machine Learning668▲ 1.26×89 topics
  5. Nanoparticles592▲ 2.9×42 topics
  6. Grain Refinement584▲ 32×4 topics
  7. Microstructural Evolution558▲ 23×4 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency549▲ 3.6×39 topics
  9. Metallurgy536▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Nanomaterials509▲ 3.0×20 topics
  11. Graphene488▲ 4.4×12 topics
  12. Environmental Impact483▲ 1.76×52 topics
  13. Energy Storage467▲ 4.4×12 topics
  14. Lithium-ion Batteries409▲ 6.0×4 topics
  15. Nanocomposites408▲ 3.1×22 topics
  16. Databases385▲ 81×1 topic
  17. Thermochemical385▲ 81×1 topic
  18. Corrosion Behavior375▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Cathode Materials369▲ 5.8×3 topics
  20. Metal Recovery368▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Sintering328▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Grain Boundary Engineering320▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Hydrogen Embrittlement296▲ 22×3 topics
  24. High-Strength Steels286▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Martensite Transformation286▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Spark Plasma Sintering283▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Aerospace Applications273▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Carbon Nanotubes269▲ 4.9×9 topics
  29. Circular Economy264▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. Oxidation Resistance259▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Processing Techniques254▲ 17×2 topics
  32. High Temperature254▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Rock Mechanics241▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Constitutive Modeling240▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Phase Stability238▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Thermal Conductivity236▲ 9.5×8 topics
  37. Molecular Dynamics Simulation233▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Hydrogen230▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria228▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Nanostructured Materials228▲ 8.3×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Science and Technology Beijing publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Iron and Steelmaking Processes and Metallurgy and Material Forming.

Metallurgical Processes …385Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 385 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mecha…286Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 286 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Processes: 212 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 209 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 205 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 195 fractional worksAdvanced materials and c…183Advanced materials and composites: 183 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 170 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 167 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstru…167Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 167 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsMetals and AlloysMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Metallurgical Processes and ThermodynamicsMechanical Engineering 385 works
  2. 2 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of SteelsMechanical Engineering 286 works
  3. 3 Iron and Steelmaking ProcessesMechanical Engineering 212 works
  4. 4 Metallurgy and Material FormingMechanics of Materials 209 works
  5. 5 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metalsMetals and Alloys 205 works
  6. 6 Corrosion Behavior and InhibitionMaterials Chemistry 195 works
  7. 7 Advanced materials and compositesMechanical Engineering 183 works
  8. 8 Rock Mechanics and ModelingMechanics of Materials 170 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 167 works
  10. 10 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure PropertiesAerospace Engineering 167 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Science and Technology Beijing's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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