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Xi'an Polytechnic University

In research, Xi'an Polytechnic University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,921 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,248 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,358 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Polymers and Plastics is 7.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,544
of 22,385 · #5,914 all time
Rank in China
#564
of 2,481
Research works
7.5k
▲ 155% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%

What is Xi'an Polytechnic 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,921 of 10,670 9.4%1,905 #3365
EngineeringField #1,248 of 5,901 9.9%849 #1889
Computer ScienceField #1,358 of 4,417 8.1%367 #2338
Materials ScienceField #981 of 2,276 11.1%336 #1743
Social SciencesDomain #4,877 of 9,585 7.8%289 #5689
Environmental ScienceField #1,762 of 3,334 10.8%114 #2240
Materials ChemistrySubfield #801 of 1,473 12.1%142 #1497
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,329 of 2,176 9.1%187 #1965
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #614 of 963 8.9%148 #1053
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #982 of 1,539 9.0%122 #1659

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Xi'an Polytechnic 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. Physical Sciences#3,365 #1,921
  2. Engineering#1,889 #1,248
  3. Computer Science#2,338 #1,358
  4. Materials Science#1,743 #981
  5. Social Sciences#5,689 #4,877
  6. Environmental Science#2,240 #1,762
  7. Materials Chemistry#1,497 #801
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,965 #1,329
  9. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#1,053 #614
  10. Biomedical Engineering#1,659 #982
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 Xi'an Polytechnic University work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Xi'an Polytechnic University is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (36%), Computer Science (16%), Materials Science (14%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,178 fractional works · 80.6% of its workEngineering: 962 fractional works · 35.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 140 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 4.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 104 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 76 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 64 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 49 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 428 fractional works · 15.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 175 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 121 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 381 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 163 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 84 fractional works · 3.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 67 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 131 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 82 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 75 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 70 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 55 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 322 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 95 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 123 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 80 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 68 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKXi'an PolytechnicUniversity2,702fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering96235.6%
    2. Computer Science42815.8%
    3. Materials Science38114.1%
    4. Environmental Science1314.8%
    5. Chemistry823.0%
    6. Energy752.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy552.0%
    8. Mathematics250.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering180.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting953.5%
    2. Social Sciences893.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance391.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities381.4%
    5. Psychology321.2%
    6. Decision Sciences271.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology511.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences421.6%
    3. Neuroscience210.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    1. Medicine682.5%
    2. Health Professions100.4%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Xi'an Polytechnic University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 84.5 works7.7×
  2. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 67.4 works5.5×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 174.6 works5.1×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.92× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.93× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.04× its world share, 428 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.03× its world share, 75 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.37× its world share, 962 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 131 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.04× its world share, 381 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 55 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 95 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.04×381 works
  2. Energy3.03×75 works
  3. Engineering2.37×962 works
  4. Computer Science2.04×428 works
  5. Chemistry1.93×82 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.92×18 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×95 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.05×27 works
  9. Environmental Science0.98×131 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.91×55 works
  11. Mathematics0.79×25 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×6 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×39 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×21 works
  15. Neuroscience0.49×21 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.49×38 works
  17. Psychology0.39×32 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×51 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×42 works
  20. Social Sciences0.26×89 works
  21. Nursing0.14×2 works
  22. Health Professions0.13×10 works
  23. Medicine0.13×68 works
  24. Dentistry0.09×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×2 works
  26. Veterinary0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Xi'an Polytechnic University?

Ranked on the quality score, Wei Fan, Jie Yang and Weichuan Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xi'an Polytechnic University.

  1. 1 Wei Fan China · #102,173 worldwide 5.1k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Jie Yang China · #128,878 worldwide 3.3k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Weichuan Zhang China · #181,879 worldwide 2.6k citations · 128 works
  4. 4 Wei Zhu China · #241,259 worldwide 3.6k citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Xue Song Mao China · #291,214 worldwide 2.9k citations · 68 works
  6. 6 R. Bi China · #421,731 worldwide 1.6k citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Xiaochen Liu China · #468,476 worldwide 3k citations · 110 works
  8. 8 Fei Tian China · #530,749 worldwide 2.5k citations · 88 works
  9. 9 Zhansheng Wu China · #545,148 worldwide 9.3k citations · 235 works
  10. 10 Chengkun Liu China · #562,481 worldwide 1.3k citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Xi'an Polytechnic University

What are the most cited papers from Xi'an Polytechnic University?

The most cited paper from Xi'an Polytechnic University is "Bat algorithm: literature review and applications" (Xin‐She Yang, Xingshi He, 2013), with 1,059 citations. Next come "Firefly algorithm: recent advances and applications" (860) and "Flower pollination algorithm: A novel approach for multiobjective optimization" (628).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bat algorithm: literature review and applications Xin‐She Yang, Xingshi He · International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation Open access 2013 1,059
2 Firefly algorithm: recent advances and applications Xin She Yang, Xingshi He · International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Open access 2013 860
3 Flower pollination algorithm: A novel approach for multiobjective optimization Xin‐She Yang, Mehmet Karamanoglu, Xingshi He · Engineering Optimization Open access 4 Oct 2013 628
4 Recent advances in g-C3N4-based heterojunction photocatalysts Yunfeng Li, Minghua Zhou, Bei Cheng et al. · Journal of Material Science and Technology 27 Apr 2020 480
5 Harvesting the Vibration Energy of BiFeO3 Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution Huilin You, Zheng Wu, Luohong Zhang et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 21 Jun 2019 456
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Xi'an Polytechnic University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanocomposites, Graphene, Neural Networks, Nanomaterials, Biomedical Applications, Flexible Electronics and Energy Harvesting.

▲ 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 Learning348▲ 3.7×80 topics
  2. Neural Networks136▲ 3.2×34 topics
  3. Nanocomposites134▲ 6.3×22 topics
  4. Machine Learning117▲ 1.30×75 topics
  5. Nanomaterials116▲ 4.1×19 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications114▲ 3.6×32 topics
  7. Graphene106▲ 5.8×12 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence95▲ 2.5×39 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks83▲ 4.2×14 topics
  10. Energy Storage69▲ 3.9×12 topics
  11. Flexible Electronics69▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Catalysis64▲ 3.5×22 topics
  13. Energy Harvesting63▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties62▲ 2.3×34 topics
  15. Health Monitoring61▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Metal-Organic Frameworks61▲ 5.4×6 topics
  17. Nanogenerators60▲ 17×1 topic
  18. Wearable60▲ 17×1 topic
  19. Polymer Composites57▲ 7.9×7 topics
  20. Tissue Engineering57▲ 3.5×9 topics
  21. Machine Vision56▲ 9.9×6 topics
  22. Water Splitting55▲ 5.5×4 topics
  23. Drug Delivery54▲ 3.7×15 topics
  24. Nanostructures52▲ 4.8×15 topics
  25. Image Processing50▲ 4.3×12 topics
  26. Semiconductor46▲ 5.2×7 topics
  27. Carbon Nanotubes45▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Visible Light45▲ 7.1×3 topics
  29. Chemical Sensors44▲ 7.0×3 topics
  30. Computer Vision43▲ 5.8×4 topics
  31. Texture Analysis43▲ 7.2×3 topics
  32. Nanofibers42▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Solar Energy42▲ 4.9×5 topics
  34. Semiconductors42▲ 5.3×5 topics
  35. MXenes41▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Sparse Representation39▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. Fabric Defect Detection39▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Semiconductor Manufacturing39▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Thermal Properties34▲ 10×7 topics
  40. Image Recognition34▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Xi'an Polytechnic University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques and Advanced Neural Network Applications.

  1. 1 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 60 works
  2. 2 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 39 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 34 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 29 works
  5. 5 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 27 works
  6. 6 Electromagnetic wave absorption materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 27 works
  7. 7 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 25 works
  8. 8 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  9. 9 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 19 works
  10. 10 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 18 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Xi'an Polytechnic University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 155% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Xi'an Polytechnic University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Xi'an Polytechnic University0.013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Xi'an Polytechnic 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Xi'an Polytechnic University8.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 2024.

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