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West Anhui University

In research, West Anhui University stands highest in Engineering (#3,010 of 5,901 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,048 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,980 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Control and Systems Engineering (Control and Systems Engineering is 3.4× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#7,679
of 22,385 · #10,011 all time
Rank in China
#1,039
of 2,481
Research works
2.3k
▲ 122% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%

What is West Anhui 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 #3,010 of 5,901 9.7%188 #5417
Life SciencesDomain #4,048 of 6,403 11.9%96 #7094
Physical SciencesDomain #7,980 of 10,670 7.3%439 #9194
Computer ScienceField #3,879 of 4,417 5.1%89 #5130
Social SciencesDomain #9,203 of 9,585 5.6%69 #13158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Anhui 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 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. Engineering#5,417 #3,010
  2. Life Sciences#7,094 #4,048
  3. Physical Sciences#9,194 #7,980
  4. Computer Science#5,130 #3,879
  5. Social Sciences#13,158 #9,203
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 West Anhui University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at West Anhui University is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Computer Science (14%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 498 fractional works · 65.5% of its workEngineering: 210 fractional works · 27.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 4.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 104 fractional works · 13.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 47 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 60 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 39 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 26 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 113 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 73 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 70 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWest AnhuiUniversity760fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering21027.7%
    2. Computer Science10413.7%
    3. Materials Science608.0%
    4. Environmental Science395.2%
    5. Chemistry263.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy222.9%
    7. Energy182.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.2%
    9. Mathematics50.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology537.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences455.9%
    3. Neuroscience70.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.5%
    1. Social Sciences273.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting141.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities111.5%
    4. Psychology91.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.1%
    6. Decision Sciences60.8%
    1. Medicine709.2%
    2. Nursing20.3%
    3. Health Professions10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does West Anhui University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Control and Systems Engineering takes 3.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 28.0 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: 1.24× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.19× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.77× its world share, 104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.53× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.85× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.28× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.31× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.53×18 works
  2. Materials Science2.28×60 works
  3. Chemistry2.19×26 works
  4. Engineering1.85×210 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.80×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.77×104 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×53 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.31×22 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×45 works
  10. Environmental Science1.05×40 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.94×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.84×6 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×9 works
  14. Mathematics0.61×5 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×14 works
  16. Nursing0.55×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.54×7 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×4 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.52×11 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×8 works
  21. Medicine0.48×70 works
  22. Veterinary0.40×0 works
  23. Psychology0.39×9 works
  24. Social Sciences0.28×27 works
  25. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  26. Health Professions0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at West Anhui University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ju Wu, Cheng Song and Leilei Gao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Anhui University.

  1. 1 Ju Wu China · #852,040 worldwide 4.9k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Cheng Song China · #1,313,758 worldwide 3.5k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Leilei Gao China · #1,434,551 worldwide 404 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Jingwen Hao China · #1,648,614 worldwide 356 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Yehan Yan China · #1,884,903 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Chaochuan Jia China · #2,170,343 worldwide 337 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Jun‐Cheng Jin China · #2,197,886 worldwide 2.4k citations · 123 works
  8. 8 Jingbo Ma China · #2,388,233 worldwide 623 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Cairui Yu China · #2,479,607 worldwide 396 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Huaidong He China · #2,491,376 worldwide 855 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at West Anhui University

What are the most cited papers from West Anhui University?

The most cited paper from West Anhui University is "Synthesis of Bi2WO6 Nanoplate-Built Hierarchical Nest-like Structures with Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Activity" (Ju Wu, Fang Duan, Yan Hong Zheng et al., 2007), with 374 citations. Next come "Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 Item (GAD-7) in a Large Sample of Chinese Adolescents" (308) and "Desulfovibrio vulgaris, a potent acetic acid-producing bacterium, attenuates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice" (289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Synthesis of Bi2WO6 Nanoplate-Built Hierarchical Nest-like Structures with Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Activity Ju Wu, Fang Duan, Yan Hong Zheng et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C Aug 2007 374
2 Psychometric Properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 Item (GAD-7) in a Large Sample of Chinese Adolescents Jiangang Sun, Kaixin Liang, Xinli Chi et al. · Healthcare Open access 9 Dec 2021 308
3 Desulfovibrio vulgaris, a potent acetic acid-producing bacterium, attenuates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice Ying Sen Hong, Lili Sheng, Jing Zhong et al. · Gut Microbes Open access 2021 289
4 Micro/nano-bubble-assisted ultrasound to enhance the EPR effect and potential theranostic applications Lei Duan, Yang Li, Juan Jin et al. · Theranostics Open access 6 Dec 2019 255
5 Antioxidant activities of polysaccharides from Hyriopsis cumingii Deliang Qiao, Chunling Ke, Bing Hu et al. · Carbohydrate Polymers 21 Mar 2009 248
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West Anhui University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Evolutionary Algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization, Biomedical Applications, Constraint Handling, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Anti-inflammatory and Entanglement.

▲ 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. Deep Learning47▲ 1.81×65 topics
  2. Machine Learning29◆ 1.14×46 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications27▲ 3.0×27 topics
  4. Neural Networks23▲ 2.0×30 topics
  5. Nanomaterials22▲ 2.8×16 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties20▲ 2.6×26 topics
  7. Remote Sensing20▲ 2.1×25 topics
  8. Antioxidant19▲ 3.6×29 topics
  9. Graphene18▲ 3.5×10 topics
  10. Evolutionary Algorithms18▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Internet of Things17▲ 2.6×20 topics
  12. Particle Swarm Optimization17▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks17▲ 5.2×5 topics
  14. Anti-inflammatory15▲ 6.8×20 topics
  15. Semiconductor15▲ 5.9×7 topics
  16. Constraint Handling14▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks14▲ 4.2×16 topics
  18. Water Splitting14▲ 5.0×4 topics
  19. Entanglement14▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Catalysis14▲ 2.7×16 topics
  21. Differential Evolution13▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Global Optimization12▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Ant Colony Optimization12▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Metaheuristics12▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Firefly Algorithm11▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Nature-Inspired Algorithms11▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Quantum11▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Quantum Information11▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Nonlinear Systems10▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Ethnopharmacology10▲ 25×3 topics
  31. Traditional Medicine10▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Neuroprotective Effects9▲ 7.7×7 topics
  33. Neuroprotective9▲ 7.6×9 topics
  34. Adaptive Control9▲ 8.4×5 topics
  35. Therapeutic Potential8▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Measurement8▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Dendrobium8▲ 128×1 topic
  38. Gastrodia8▲ 128×1 topic
  39. Transcription Factors8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  40. Superconducting Circuits8▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does West Anhui University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Biological and pharmacological studies of plants, Quantum Information and Cryptography and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

  1. 1 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  2. 2 Biological and pharmacological studies of plants Pharmacology 8 works
  3. 3 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  6. 6 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  7. 7 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 5 works
  9. 9 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  10. 10 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 5 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Anhui University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 122% 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 West Anhui University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%West Anhui University0.0032% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of West Anhui 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 counting5%10%15%West Anhui University10.4% 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 10.4% in 2025.

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