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Weihai Science and Technology Bureau

In research, Weihai Science and Technology Bureau stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,164 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,137 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#620 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 5.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,341
of 22,385 · #3,462 all time
Rank in China
#424
of 2,481
Research works
1.9k
▲ 181% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Weihai Science and Technology Bureau

What is Weihai Science and Technology Bureau 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,164 of 10,670 12.1%643 #1924
EngineeringField #1,137 of 5,901 11.5%335 #1723
Materials ScienceField #620 of 2,276 19.1%83 #897
Environmental ScienceField #977 of 3,334 14.8%66 #1700
Life SciencesDomain #1,931 of 6,403 13.5%85 #3005
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #615 of 1,319 13.0%82 #1118
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,283 of 2,176 8.6%65 #1910
Computer ScienceField #2,932 of 4,417 9.0%80 #3032

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weihai Science and Technology Bureau 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,924 #1,164
  2. Engineering#1,723 #1,137
  3. Materials Science#897 #620
  4. Environmental Science#1,700 #977
  5. Life Sciences#3,005 #1,931
  6. Mechanical Engineering#1,118 #615
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,910 #1,283
  8. Computer Science#3,032 #2,932
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Weihai Science and Technology Bureau work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Weihai Science and Technology Bureau is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Computer Science (10%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 790 fractional works · 80.1% of its workEngineering: 410 fractional works · 41.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 101 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 75 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 37 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 103 fractional works · 10.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 31 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 102 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 76 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 104 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWeihai Scienceand Technology…986fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering41041.6%
    2. Computer Science10310.5%
    3. Materials Science10210.3%
    4. Environmental Science767.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy303.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences222.2%
    7. Energy191.9%
    8. Chemistry161.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering70.7%
    10. Mathematics50.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology525.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences394.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology60.7%
    4. Neuroscience40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance151.5%
    2. Social Sciences141.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting121.2%
    4. Decision Sciences70.7%
    5. Psychology50.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    1. Medicine313.1%
    2. Nursing20.2%
    3. Health Professions10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Weihai Science and Technology Bureau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 100.8 works5.6×
  2. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 21.8 works4.3×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 103 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.11× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.78× its world share, 410 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.96× its world share, 102 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.37× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science2.96×102 works
  2. Engineering2.78×410 works
  3. Energy2.11×19 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.89×6 works
  5. Environmental Science1.56×76 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.41×22 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.37×30 works
  8. Computer Science1.35×103 works
  9. Chemistry1.01×16 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×52 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×39 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×3 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.74×7 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×15 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×6 works
  16. Mathematics0.44×5 works
  17. Nursing0.41×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×12 works
  19. Neuroscience0.27×4 works
  20. Psychology0.17×5 works
  21. Dentistry0.16×1 works
  22. Medicine0.16×31 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.12×4 works
  24. Social Sciences0.11×14 works
  25. Health Professions0.05×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Weihai Science and Technology Bureau?

Ranked on the quality score, Jinman Yu, Suxian Lv and Yu Chuai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weihai Science and Technology Bureau.

  1. 1 Jinman Yu China · #1,642,937 worldwide 204 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Suxian Lv China · #1,651,441 worldwide 143 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yu Chuai China · #2,470,895 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Qidong Lu China · #2,537,430 worldwide 234 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Longfei Lu China · #2,574,130 worldwide 92 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Xinlu Yue China · #4,387,259 worldwide 180 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Xueming Qiao China · #5,092,254 worldwide 37 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Zongcheng Song China · #5,210,531 worldwide 790 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Weihai Science and Technology Bureau

What are the most cited papers from Weihai Science and Technology Bureau?

The most cited paper from Weihai Science and Technology Bureau is "Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Status, prospects, and future" (Huichao Jin, Limei Tian, Wei Bing et al., 2021), with 584 citations. Next come "Modified MXene/Holey Graphene Films for Advanced Supercapacitor Electrodes with Superior Energy Storage" (548) and "Review on cyber-physical systems" (514).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Status, prospects, and future Huichao Jin, Limei Tian, Wei Bing et al. · Progress in Materials Science 11 Nov 2021 584
2 Modified MXene/Holey Graphene Films for Advanced Supercapacitor Electrodes with Superior Energy Storage Zhimin Fan, You Wang, Zhimin Xie et al. · Advanced Science Open access 17 Aug 2018 548
3 Review on cyber-physical systems Yang Liu, Yu Peng, Bailing Wang et al. · IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica 2017 514
4 Green innovation to respond to environmental regulation: How external knowledge adoption and green absorptive capacity matter? Jianming Zhang, Gongqian Liang, Taiwen Feng et al. · Business Strategy and the Environment 25 Jun 2019 493
5 Lipid production of Chlorella vulgaris cultured in artificial wastewater medium Yujie Feng, Chao Li, Dawei Zhang · Bioresource Technology 11 Jul 2010 429
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Weihai Science and Technology Bureau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Deep Learning, Biomedical Applications, Environmental Impact, Polymer Composites, Neural Networks and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties77▲ 8.0×35 topics
  2. Deep Learning61▲ 1.80×69 topics
  3. Microstructure47▲ 9.2×17 topics
  4. Environmental Impact40▲ 2.4×31 topics
  5. Machine Learning40▲ 1.22×61 topics
  6. Neural Networks36▲ 2.4×34 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications36▲ 3.0×29 topics
  8. Nanoparticles28▲ 2.3×35 topics
  9. Renewable Energy28▲ 1.98×30 topics
  10. Nanocomposites27▲ 3.5×22 topics
  11. Graphene23▲ 3.4×12 topics
  12. Polymer Composites21▲ 7.9×6 topics
  13. Additive Manufacturing20▲ 6.4×7 topics
  14. Energy Storage19▲ 3.0×12 topics
  15. Carbon Nanotubes16▲ 5.0×8 topics
  16. Composite Materials16▲ 8.0×8 topics
  17. Lithium-ion Batteries16▲ 3.8×3 topics
  18. Aquaculture15▲ 6.1×7 topics
  19. Cathode Materials15▲ 3.8×3 topics
  20. Smart Grid14▲ 4.1×9 topics
  21. Marine Environment14▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Surface Roughness14▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Sintering14▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Phase Stability13▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Spark Plasma Sintering13▲ 13×2 topics
  26. High-Entropy Alloys12▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Multi-Component Alloys12▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Bioinspired Materials12▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Battery Technology12▲ 4.2×3 topics
  30. Microstructural Evolution11▲ 7.6×4 topics
  31. Nonlinear Dynamics10▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Microstructure Evolution10▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Processing Techniques10▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Process Parameters10▲ 9.6×3 topics
  35. Grain Refinement9▲ 8.3×4 topics
  36. Oxidation Resistance9▲ 9.0×3 topics
  37. Synchronization9▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. Corrosion Resistance9▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Material Characterization9▲ 7.6×2 topics
  40. Antifouling Coatings8▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Weihai Science and Technology Bureau publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: High Entropy Alloys Studies, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Advanced materials and composites and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

High Entropy Alloys Stud…12High Entropy Alloys Studies: 12 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…8Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 8 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 7 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 7 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 6 fractional worksMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…6Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 6 fractional worksSurface Modification and Superhydrophobicity: 6 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry Ocean Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 6 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Surfaces, Coatings and Films 6 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Weihai Science and Technology Bureau's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 181% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Weihai Science and Technology Bureau as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Weihai Science and Technology Bureau0.0055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Weihai Science and Technology Bureau 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%Weihai Science and Technology Bureau10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2023.

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