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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 25.0 works7.1×
- Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 22.5 works6.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 6.2×
- Engineering 3.0×
- Environmental Science 2.1×
- Computer Science 1.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 1.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.8×
- Energy 0.8×
- Materials Science 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Psychology 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
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 Yuanxi Yang China · #33,322 worldwide 240 citations · 46 works
- 2 Xiaolin Jia China · #959,366 worldwide 43 citations · 31 works
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.
- Kalman Filtering
- Landslide
- Tunnel
- Fault Diagnosis
- Biomass Estimation
- GIS-based Modeling
- groundwater depletion
- Probabilistic Methods
- Sensor Fusion
- Geodetic Measurements
- Reliability Analysis
- GNSS
- Numerical Simulation
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning
- Sea Level Rise
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Data Mining
- Internet of Things
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Risk Assessment
- Finite Element Analysis
- Land Use Change
- Hydrological Modeling
- Orbit Determination
- Soil Properties
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems
- Spatial Variability
- Bayesian Optimization
- GRACE
- Slope Stability Analysis
- Cloud Computing
- Analysis
- Emissions
- Liquefaction
- Hazard
- Inertial Navigation Systems
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
- Deep Learning32▲ 3.1×44 topics
- Remote Sensing27▲ 7.3×29 topics
- Machine Learning23▲ 2.3×33 topics
- Climate Change16▲ 2.0×32 topics
- Artificial Intelligence11▲ 2.8×12 topics
- Internet of Things10▲ 3.9×16 topics
- Risk Assessment10▲ 4.7×12 topics
- Data Mining9▲ 4.1×9 topics
- Finite Element Analysis9▲ 12×6 topics
- Wireless Sensor Networks8▲ 6.0×10 topics
- Land Use Change7▲ 8.1×6 topics
- Sea Level Rise7▲ 19×2 topics
- Hydrological Modeling7▲ 10×5 topics
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning7▲ 19×2 topics
- Orbit Determination7▲ 52×2 topics
- Numerical Simulation6▲ 7.4×10 topics
- Soil Properties6▲ 13×3 topics
- GNSS6▲ 103×1 topic
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems6▲ 87×1 topic
- Reliability Analysis6▲ 20×2 topics
- Spatial Variability6▲ 33×2 topics
- Geodetic Measurements6▲ 19×2 topics
- Bayesian Optimization6▲ 24×2 topics
- Sensor Fusion6▲ 18×3 topics
- GRACE6▲ 38×1 topic
- Probabilistic Methods6▲ 50×1 topic
- Slope Stability Analysis6▲ 50×1 topic
- groundwater depletion6▲ 38×1 topic
- Cloud Computing5▲ 6.0×7 topics
- GIS-based Modeling5▲ 19×2 topics
- Analysis5▲ 17×2 topics
- Biomass Estimation5▲ 10×3 topics
- Emissions5▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Fault Diagnosis4▲ 10×4 topics
- Liquefaction4▲ 16×2 topics
- Tunnel4▲ 16×2 topics
- Hazard4▲ 19×1 topic
- Landslide4▲ 19×1 topic
- Inertial Navigation Systems4▲ 50×1 topic
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 6 works
- 2 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 6 works
- 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
- 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
- 5 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 4 works
- 6 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 4 works
- 7 Remote Sensing and Land Use Atmospheric Science 3 works
- 8 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 3 works
- 9 Mercury impact and mitigation studies Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Xi'an
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xidian University
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an University of Technology
- Chang'an University
- Air Force Medical University
- Northwest University
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.