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Wenzhou University

In research, Wenzhou University stands highest in Engineering (#96 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#220 of 12,888 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#57 of 2,318 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Organic Chemistry — Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#356
of 28,054 · #1,057 all time
Rank in China
#123
of 3,058
Research works
14k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
182k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Wenzhou 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
EngineeringField #96 of 6,636 24.6%1,621 #448
Physical SciencesDomain #220 of 12,888 24.3%3,303 #804
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #57 of 2,318 31.6%504 #322
Computer ScienceField #275 of 4,667 29.4%441 #803
Environmental ScienceField #300 of 3,551 25.0%306 #1232
Materials ScienceField #228 of 2,468 21.9%377 #741
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #132 of 1,351 20.5%238 #492
Social SciencesDomain #1,130 of 10,521 36.3%470 #2277
Life SciencesDomain #1,094 of 7,800 26.5%395 #2848
Materials ChemistrySubfield #221 of 1,556 20.7%235 #670

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wenzhou 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. Engineering#448 #96
  2. Physical Sciences#804 #220
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#322 #57
  4. Computer Science#803 #275
  5. Environmental Science#1,232 #300
  6. Materials Science#741 #228
  7. Mechanical Engineering#492 #132
  8. Social Sciences#2,277 #1,130
  9. Life Sciences#2,848 #1,094
  10. Materials Chemistry#670 #221
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 Wenzhou University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 119.4 works3.5×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 114.0 works3.4×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 123 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 191 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.27× its world share, 35 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.81× its world share, 194 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 441 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.10× its world share, 125 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.46× its world share, 1,621 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 306 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.46× its world share, 378 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 75 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 206 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 82 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 101 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 153 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wenzhou University?

Ranked on the composite score, Huiling Chen, Mingjing Wang and Wei‐Ming Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wenzhou University.

  1. 1 Huiling Chen · #22,568 worldwide 2k citations · 165 works
  2. 2 Mingjing Wang · #69,729 worldwide 798 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Wei‐Ming Zhang · #117,967 worldwide 256 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Shaoming Huang · #119,832 worldwide 999 citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Hesheng Tang · #143,635 worldwide 138 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Jiawei Xiang · #170,180 worldwide 446 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Xiaoqing Cai · #208,746 worldwide 189 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Guo‐Qiang Zeng · #211,175 worldwide 243 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Xi’an Chen · #216,384 worldwide 313 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Jun Wang · #223,576 worldwide 179 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Wenzhou University

Which keywords describe research at Wenzhou University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Rechargeable Batteries, Nanomaterials, Lithium-ion Batteries, Deep Learning, Metal-Organic Frameworks and Battery Technology.

▲ 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 Learning249▲ 1.66×83 topics
  2. Cathode Materials200▲ 12×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning192▲ 1.33×80 topics
  4. Energy Storage189▲ 6.6×12 topics
  5. Nanomaterials174▲ 3.7×17 topics
  6. Rechargeable Batteries132▲ 11×2 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties132▲ 3.1×36 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries127▲ 6.8×4 topics
  9. Neural Networks120▲ 1.77×36 topics
  10. Metal-Organic Frameworks109▲ 5.9×6 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications108▲ 2.1×35 topics
  12. Graphene102▲ 3.4×11 topics
  13. Nanoparticles93▲ 1.67×42 topics
  14. Catalysis90▲ 3.1×28 topics
  15. Battery Technology89▲ 7.1×3 topics
  16. Microstructure85▲ 3.7×17 topics
  17. Nanocomposites83▲ 2.4×20 topics
  18. Water Splitting81▲ 5.0×4 topics
  19. Battery Materials80▲ 11×1 topic
  20. Nanostructured Anodes80▲ 11×1 topic
  21. Electrocatalysis79▲ 6.3×5 topics
  22. Ionic Conductivity69▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries69▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Nanostructured Cathodes68▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Solid-State Electrolytes68▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Semiconductors65▲ 4.8×5 topics
  27. Stability61▲ 6.0×8 topics
  28. Crystal Growth59▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Catalysts58▲ 6.7×3 topics
  30. Energy Conversion57▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries52▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Zinc Anode52▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Electric Vehicles52▲ 4.0×4 topics
  34. Fuel Cells50▲ 7.3×2 topics
  35. Chemical Sensors49▲ 4.7×3 topics
  36. Sustainable Energy47▲ 5.9×4 topics
  37. Hydrogen Evolution46▲ 8.1×1 topic
  38. Oxygen Reduction46▲ 8.1×1 topic
  39. Evolutionary Algorithms42▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Particle Swarm Optimization38▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Wenzhou University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced battery technologies research and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

Advancements in Battery Materials: 80 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 68 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…52Advanced battery technologies research: 52 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…46Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 46 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 37 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 36 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…34Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 31 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 28 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 26 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAutomotive EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 80 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 68 works
  3. 3 Advanced battery technologies researchElectrical and Electronic Engineering 52 works
  4. 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 46 works
  5. 5 Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 36 works
  7. 7 Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 34 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 31 works
  9. 9 Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesControl and Systems Engineering 28 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesMechanical Engineering 26 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wenzhou University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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.