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Vietnam Maritime University

In research, Vietnam Maritime University stands highest in Engineering (#2,109 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,864 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 20.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,384
of 22,385 · #14,085 all time
Rank in Vietnam
#74
of 148
Research works
686
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Vietnam Maritime University

What is Vietnam Maritime University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #2,109 of 5,901 6.9%153 #2588
Physical SciencesDomain #5,864 of 10,670 5.8%244 #6121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vietnam Maritime 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Vietnam Maritime University work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Vietnam Maritime University is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Environmental Science (13%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 299 fractional works · 79.4% of its workEngineering: 188 fractional works · 49.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 39 fractional works · 10.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 26 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 6.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 6.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 48 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 22 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 17.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVietnam MaritimeUniversity376fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences18%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering18849.9%
    2. Environmental Science4812.6%
    3. Computer Science215.6%
    4. Materials Science215.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.3%
    6. Energy61.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    8. Chemistry20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.4%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting174.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance164.4%
    3. Social Sciences143.6%
    4. Decision Sciences102.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities61.5%
    6. Psychology30.9%
    1. Medicine61.6%
    2. Health Professions30.8%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Vietnam Maritime University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 20.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 39.2 works20×
  2. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 21.9 works11×
  3. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 26.3 works5.9×
  4. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 22.6 works5.5×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.84× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.33× its world share, 188 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.54× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.33×188 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.74×10 works
  3. Environmental Science2.54×48 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.05×16 works
  5. Energy1.84×6 works
  6. Materials Science1.60×21 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×9 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.42×17 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.14×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.73×21 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.52×6 works
  12. Chemistry0.34×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.31×3 works
  14. Psychology0.29×3 works
  15. Social Sciences0.29×14 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.26×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  18. Medicine0.08×6 works
  19. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  20. Nursing0.05×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vietnam Maritime University?

Ranked on the quality score, Lan Huong Nguyen, Lê Anh Tuấn and Van-Nam Hoang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vietnam Maritime University.

  1. 1 Lan Huong Nguyen Vietnam · #487,128 worldwide 1.4k citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Lê Anh Tuấn Vietnam · #1,234,899 worldwide 2.5k citations · 162 works
  3. 3 Van-Nam Hoang Vietnam · #1,258,270 worldwide 675 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Thi Yen Pham Vietnam · #1,408,066 worldwide 287 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hoang Manh Cuong Vietnam · #1,502,049 worldwide 480 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Van Suong Nguyen Vietnam · #2,025,630 worldwide 299 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Quoc‐Dong Hoang Vietnam · #2,945,153 worldwide 339 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Dinh Ba Pham Vietnam · #3,019,263 worldwide 390 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Quang-Viet Vu Vietnam · #3,235,321 worldwide 915 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Thai Duong Nguyen Vietnam · #3,335,598 worldwide 104 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Vietnam Maritime University

What are the most cited papers from Vietnam Maritime University?

The most cited paper from Vietnam Maritime University is "Global impacts of recent IMO regulations on marine fuel oil refining processes and ship emissions" (Thuy Chu Van, Jerome Ramirez, Thomas J. Rainey et al., 2019), with 274 citations. Next come "Recent advances in hydrogen production from biomass waste with a focus on pyrolysis and gasification" (223) and "Mesocrystalline Zn-Doped Fe3O4 Hollow Submicrospheres: Formation Mechanism and Enhanced Photo-Fenton Catalytic Performance" (208).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global impacts of recent IMO regulations on marine fuel oil refining processes and ship emissions Thuy Chu Van, Jerome Ramirez, Thomas J. Rainey et al. · Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment Open access 6 Apr 2019 274
2 Recent advances in hydrogen production from biomass waste with a focus on pyrolysis and gasification Van Giao Nguyen, Thi Thanh Xuan Nguyen, Phuoc Quy Phong Nguyen et al. · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 21 May 2023 223
3 Mesocrystalline Zn-Doped Fe3O4 Hollow Submicrospheres: Formation Mechanism and Enhanced Photo-Fenton Catalytic Performance Xuan Sang Nguyen, Gaoke Zhang, Xianfeng Yang · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 24 Feb 2017 208
4 Steam explosion as sustainable biomass pretreatment technique for biofuel production: Characteristics and challenges Anh Tuan Hoang, Xuân Phương Nguyễn, Xuan Quang Duong et al. · Bioresource Technology 28 Jun 2023 206
5 Advanced super-hydrophobic polymer-based porous absorbents for the treatment of oil-polluted water Anh Tuan Hoang, Sandro Nižetić, Xuan Quang Duong et al. · Chemosphere 18 Mar 2021 201
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vietnam Maritime University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maritime Transportation, Environmental Impact, Risk Assessment, Path Planning, Emissions, Collision Avoidance, Fuel Consumption and Shipping.

▲ 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-now 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. Environmental Impact36▲ 5.5×25 topics
  2. Maritime Transportation34▲ 163×2 topics
  3. Climate Change23▲ 2.3×19 topics
  4. Risk Assessment23▲ 9.4×9 topics
  5. Path Planning22▲ 46×3 topics
  6. Emissions20▲ 27×5 topics
  7. Collision Avoidance19▲ 27×2 topics
  8. Fuel Consumption18▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Shipping18▲ 94×2 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management18▲ 5.2×10 topics
  11. Air Quality17▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Human Factors17▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Emission Control Areas17▲ 190×1 topic
  14. Ship Propulsion17▲ 190×1 topic
  15. Autonomous Ships17▲ 142×1 topic
  16. Unmanned Surface Vehicles17▲ 142×1 topic
  17. Renewable Energy13▲ 2.4×20 topics
  18. Logistics13▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Globalization12▲ 1.68×9 topics
  20. Numerical Simulation12▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Container Terminals12▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Operations Research12▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Adaptive Control11▲ 23×5 topics
  24. Mechanical Properties11▲ 3.1×20 topics
  25. Remote Sensing11▲ 2.3×13 topics
  26. CFD Simulations10▲ 194×1 topic
  27. Ship Maneuvering10▲ 194×1 topic
  28. Feedback Control9▲ 15×6 topics
  29. Fluid-Structure Interaction9▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Sliding Mode Control8▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Finite Element Analysis8▲ 9.3×7 topics
  32. Infrastructure7▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Nonlinear Systems7▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Control Strategies7▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Finite Element Method6▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Reliability Analysis6▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Stability Analysis6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  38. International Trade6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Neural Network6▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Robotic Manipulators5▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Vietnam Maritime University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency, Maritime Navigation and Safety, Maritime Ports and Logistics and Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability.

Maritime Transport Emiss…17Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 17 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 17 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 12 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and M…10Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 10 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 5 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 5 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 4 fractional worksResearch studies in Vietnam: 4 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 4 fractional worksOil Spill Detection and Mitigation: 4 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringOcean EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance5 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 5 works
  6. 6 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 4 works
  8. 8 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation Pollution 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vietnam Maritime University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vietnam Maritime University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Vietnam Maritime University0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vietnam Maritime University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Vietnam Maritime University5.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 2018.

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