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Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute

In research, Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute stands highest in Engineering (#1,477 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,411 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Aerospace Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 7.1× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#7,609
of 28,054 · #6,451 all time
Rank in China
#1,523
of 3,058
Research works
1.6k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute 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 #1,477 of 6,636 18.9%137 #891
Physical SciencesDomain #4,411 of 12,888 17.3%257 #3883

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute 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).

What does Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 25.0 works7.1×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 22.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.70× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.24× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.05× its world share, 137 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.06× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Yuanxi Yang and Xiaolin Jia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute.

  1. 1 Yuanxi Yang China · #33,322 worldwide 240 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Xiaolin Jia China · #959,366 worldwide 43 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute

Which keywords describe research at Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Finite Element Analysis, Climate Change, Risk Assessment, Land Use Change and Internet of Things.

▲ 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 Learning32▲ 3.1×44 topics
  2. Remote Sensing27▲ 7.3×29 topics
  3. Machine Learning23▲ 2.3×33 topics
  4. Climate Change16▲ 2.0×32 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 2.8×12 topics
  6. Internet of Things10▲ 3.9×16 topics
  7. Risk Assessment10▲ 4.7×12 topics
  8. Data Mining9▲ 4.1×9 topics
  9. Finite Element Analysis9▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks8▲ 6.0×10 topics
  11. Land Use Change7▲ 8.1×6 topics
  12. Sea Level Rise7▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Terrestrial Laser Scanning7▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Orbit Determination7▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Numerical Simulation6▲ 7.4×10 topics
  17. Soil Properties6▲ 13×3 topics
  18. GNSS6▲ 103×1 topic
  19. Global Navigation Satellite Systems6▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Reliability Analysis6▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Spatial Variability6▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Geodetic Measurements6▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Bayesian Optimization6▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Sensor Fusion6▲ 18×3 topics
  25. GRACE6▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Probabilistic Methods6▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Slope Stability Analysis6▲ 50×1 topic
  28. groundwater depletion6▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Cloud Computing5▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Analysis5▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Biomass Estimation5▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Emissions5▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Fault Diagnosis4▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Liquefaction4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Tunnel4▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Hazard4▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Landslide4▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Inertial Navigation Systems4▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Kalman Filtering4▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: GNSS positioning and interference, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis and Landslides and related hazards.

  1. 1 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  5. 5 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 3 works
  9. 9 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  10. 10 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 3 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Xi'an Railway Survey and Design Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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