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Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics

In research, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics stands highest in Engineering (#203 of 5,901 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#78 of 2,176 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#387 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 13.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#737
of 22,385 · #685 all time
Rank in China
#180
of 2,481
Research works
7.3k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
189k
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.32×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics

What is Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics 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 #203 of 5,901 18.2%974 #240
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #78 of 2,176 16.7%599 #102
Physical SciencesDomain #387 of 10,670 17.6%1,791 #358
Materials ScienceField #149 of 2,276 20.0%278 #239
Materials ChemistrySubfield #132 of 1,473 20.2%160 #154
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #165 of 1,539 20.2%152 #193
Life SciencesDomain #941 of 6,403 16.7%121 #914
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #208 of 1,319 24.2%74 #201
Health SciencesDomain #1,884 of 9,902 24.8%74 #1963
Computer ScienceField #845 of 4,417 10.9%182 #670

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics 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#240 #203
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#102 #78
  3. Physical Sciences#358 #387
  4. Materials Science#239 #149
  5. Materials Chemistry#154 #132
  6. Biomedical Engineering#193 #165
  7. Life Sciences#914 #941
  8. Mechanical Engineering#201 #208
  9. Health Sciences#1,963 #1,884
  10. Computer Science#670 #845
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 Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Materials Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,994 fractional works · 89.9% of its workEngineering: 1,078 fractional works · 48.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 665 fractional works · 30.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 167 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 310 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 181 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 68 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 43 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 278 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 213 fractional works · 9.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 201 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 66 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 53 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 44 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 132 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 89 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiophysics: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 83 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 80 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWuhan NationalLaboratory for…2,217fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences0%

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. Engineering1,07848.6%
    2. Materials Science31014.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy27812.6%
    4. Computer Science2019.1%
    5. Chemistry472.1%
    6. Energy371.7%
    7. Environmental Science200.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering160.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.2%
    10. Mathematics10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology894.0%
    2. Neuroscience311.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology60.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine803.6%
    2. Nursing10.1%
    3. Health Professions10.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology30.1%
    2. Social Sciences20.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
    5. Decision Sciences10.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 213.1 works13×
  2. BiophysicsSubfield · 26.0 works10×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 664.9 works8.4×
  4. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 68.5 works6.8×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.05× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 47 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 201 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.84× its world share, 37 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.24× its world share, 1,078 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.01× its world share, 310 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.65× its world share, 278 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.65×278 works
  2. Materials Science4.01×310 works
  3. Engineering3.24×1,078 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.05×16 works
  5. Energy1.84×37 works
  6. Chemistry1.36×47 works
  7. Computer Science1.17×201 works
  8. Neuroscience0.85×31 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×89 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×6 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×2 works
  12. Medicine0.19×80 works
  13. Environmental Science0.18×20 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×5 works
  15. Nursing0.12×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.05×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×5 works
  18. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  19. Psychology0.04×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.03×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.03×2 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×1 works
  23. Veterinary0.02×0 works
  24. Health Professions0.01×1 works
  25. Social Sciences0.01×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics?

Ranked on the quality score, Haisheng Song, Anyi Mei and Jiajun Luo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics.

  1. 1 Haisheng Song China · #16,907 worldwide 12k citations · 146 works
  2. 2 Anyi Mei China · #27,216 worldwide 16k citations · 171 works
  3. 3 Jiajun Luo China · #28,988 worldwide 10k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Sanwan Liu China · #43,608 worldwide 3.5k citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Mingkui Wang China · #51,259 worldwide 30k citations · 462 works
  6. 6 Nishuang Liu China · #52,617 worldwide 12k citations · 149 works
  7. 7 Jiangjiang Duan China · #70,632 worldwide 6.8k citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Hongwei Han China · #88,919 worldwide 22k citations · 334 works
  9. 9 Qisen Zhou China · #92,818 worldwide 2.9k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Yusong Sheng China · #93,036 worldwide 3.6k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics

What are the most cited papers from Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics?

The most cited paper from Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics is "Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing" (Jian Wang, Jeng-Yuan Yang, Irfan M. Fazal et al., 2012), with 4,661 citations. Next come "A hole-conductor–free, fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell with high stability" (3,045) and "AOD-Net: All-in-One Dehazing Network" (2,370).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing Jian Wang, Jeng-Yuan Yang, Irfan M. Fazal et al. · Nature Photonics 22 Jun 2012 4,661
2 A hole-conductor–free, fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell with high stability Anyi Mei, Xiong Li, Linfeng Liu et al. · Science Open access 17 Jul 2014 3,045
3 AOD-Net: All-in-One Dehazing Network Boyi Li, Xiulian Peng, Zhangyang Wang et al. Conference paper Oct 2017 2,370
4 Efficient and stable emission of warm-white light from lead-free halide double perovskites Jiajun Luo et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2018 2,268
5 Challenges for commercializing perovskite solar cells Yaoguang Rong, Yue Hu, Anyi Mei et al. · Science 20 Sep 2018 2,136
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Modulators, Optical Fiber, Microwave Photonics, Efficiency, Raman Lasers and Microcavities.

▲ 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. Biosensors153▲ 14×12 topics
  2. Nonlinear Optics123▲ 52×4 topics
  3. Optical Modulators122▲ 39×3 topics
  4. Optical Fiber109▲ 47×3 topics
  5. Microwave Photonics107▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Efficiency101▲ 15×4 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications100▲ 3.8×29 topics
  8. Raman Lasers99▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Microcavities99▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Integrated Circuits96▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Silicon Photonics96▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Semiconductors94▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Nanophotonic Waveguides93▲ 47×1 topic
  14. Whispering Gallery Mode93▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Crystal Growth92▲ 15×11 topics
  16. Fiber Lasers89▲ 43×3 topics
  17. Microresonators85▲ 49×3 topics
  18. Nanocrystals76▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Light-Emitting Diodes75▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Energy Storage74▲ 5.1×9 topics
  21. Stability74▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Organometal Halide Perovskites71▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Perovskite Solar Cells71▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Optical Frequency Combs69▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Ultrafast Lasers69▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Cathode Materials67▲ 7.8×3 topics
  27. Photovoltaics62▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Solar Cells60▲ 13×7 topics
  29. Semiconductor59▲ 8.2×7 topics
  30. Photonic Crystals55▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Digital Signal Processing54▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Coherent Detection54▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Nonlinear Effects54▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Bioimaging51▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Structural Health Monitoring50▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Fiber Optic Sensors49▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Sensor Technology49▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Metamaterials49▲ 16×5 topics
  39. Field-Effect Transistors46▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Semiconductor Lasers44▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic and Optical Devices, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Optical Network Technologies.

Photonic and Optical Devices: 93 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 71 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…69Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 69 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…54Optical Network Technologies: 54 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 49 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 38 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis A…33Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 33 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 33 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 27 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 27 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMaterials ChemistryPolymers and Plastics1 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 93 works
  2. 2 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 71 works
  3. 3 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 69 works
  4. 4 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 54 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
  7. 7 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 33 works
  8. 8 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 33 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  10. 10 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 27 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0087% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics0.0084% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics 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%Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics17.4% 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 18.5% in 2022.

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