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Xiangtan University

In research, Xiangtan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#409 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#245 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#198 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Ceramics and Composites and Bioengineering (Numerical Analysis is 10.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#711
of 22,385 · #906 all time
Rank in China
#174
of 2,481
Research works
22k
▲ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
250k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%

What is Xiangtan 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 #409 of 10,670 11.7%4,339 #677
EngineeringField #245 of 5,901 12.1%2,102 #539
Materials ScienceField #198 of 2,276 10.4%795 #386
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #228 of 2,176 10.0%767 #438
Computer ScienceField #555 of 4,417 12.8%446 #1070
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #169 of 1,319 13.2%323 #398
Materials ChemistrySubfield #197 of 1,473 8.9%512 #381
Life SciencesDomain #1,010 of 6,403 14.5%237 #1388
Social SciencesDomain #1,736 of 9,585 17.6%328 #2939
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #347 of 1,539 15.6%178 #670

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Xiangtan 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#677 #409
  2. Engineering#539 #245
  3. Materials Science#386 #198
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#438 #228
  5. Computer Science#1,070 #555
  6. Mechanical Engineering#398 #169
  7. Materials Chemistry#381 #197
  8. Life Sciences#1,388 #1,010
  9. Social Sciences#2,939 #1,736
  10. Biomedical Engineering#670 #347
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 Xiangtan University work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Xiangtan University is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Materials Science (16%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,920 fractional works · 86.6% of its workEngineering: 2,354 fractional works · 41.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 850 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 363 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 206 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 159 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 149 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 137 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 122 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 119 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 81 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 904 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 578 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 132 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 99 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 518 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 159 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 128 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 77 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 74 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 236 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 92 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 67 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 235 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 124 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 196 fractional works · 3.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 181 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 169 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 158 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 379 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 98 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 84 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 270 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 158 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 114 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 93 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKXiangtanUniversity5,684fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences7%

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. Engineering2,35441.4%
    2. Materials Science90415.9%
    3. Computer Science5189.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2364.2%
    5. Chemistry2354.1%
    6. Environmental Science1963.4%
    7. Energy1813.2%
    8. Mathematics1582.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering841.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences540.9%
    1. Social Sciences1132.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance981.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting841.5%
    4. Decision Sciences350.6%
    5. Psychology290.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities220.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1582.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences661.2%
    3. Neuroscience330.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    1. Medicine931.6%
    2. Health Professions140.2%
    3. Nursing40.1%
    4. Dentistry30.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Xiangtan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 49.8 works10×
  2. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 27.6 works7.0×
  3. BioengineeringSubfield · 20.6 works5.5×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 578.2 works5.2×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 131.7 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: 0.25× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 158 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.22× its world share, 84 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.64× its world share, 235 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 518 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.47× its world share, 181 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.76× its world share, 2,354 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 196 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.55× its world share, 904 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.36× its world share, 158 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.87× its world share, 236 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 84 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.55×904 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.22×84 works
  3. Energy3.47×181 works
  4. Engineering2.76×2,354 works
  5. Chemistry2.64×235 works
  6. Mathematics2.36×158 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.87×236 works
  8. Computer Science1.17×518 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×98 works
  10. Environmental Science0.69×196 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.63×35 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×54 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×158 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×10 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×84 works
  16. Neuroscience0.36×33 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×66 works
  18. Psychology0.17×29 works
  19. Social Sciences0.16×113 works
  20. Nursing0.14×4 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.13×22 works
  22. Dentistry0.10×3 works
  23. Health Professions0.09×14 works
  24. Medicine0.09×93 works
  25. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Xiangtan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ruizhi Yu, Chengqing Li and Yong Pei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xiangtan University.

  1. 1 Ruizhi Yu China · #52,668 worldwide 5k citations · 139 works
  2. 2 Chengqing Li China · #84,725 worldwide 5.3k citations · 140 works
  3. 3 Yong Pei China · #88,563 worldwide 15k citations · 379 works
  4. 4 Boxun Li China · #99,045 worldwide 2k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Qingsong Zuo China · #104,496 worldwide 2.6k citations · 103 works
  6. 6 Hongbo Shu China · #107,529 worldwide 5.8k citations · 127 works
  7. 7 Xiukang Yang China · #121,158 worldwide 6k citations · 122 works
  8. 8 Chunyan Li China · #122,059 worldwide 18k citations · 485 works
  9. 9 Manfang Chen China · #125,533 worldwide 4.7k citations · 133 works
  10. 10 Jinyong Hu China · #126,510 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Xiangtan University

What are the most cited papers from Xiangtan University?

The most cited paper from Xiangtan University is "Consortium Blockchain for Secure Energy Trading in Industrial Internet of Things" (Zhetao Li, Jiawen Kang, Rong Yu et al., 2017), with 1,107 citations. Next come "A Grid-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Many-Objective Optimization" (904) and "Ultrasensitive and Broadband MoS2 Photodetector Driven by Ferroelectrics" (849).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consortium Blockchain for Secure Energy Trading in Industrial Internet of Things Zhetao Li, Jiawen Kang, Rong Yu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Open access 2017 1,107
2 A Grid-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Many-Objective Optimization Shengxiang Yang, Miqing Li, Xiaohui Liu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 2013 904
3 Ultrasensitive and Broadband MoS2 Photodetector Driven by Ferroelectrics Xudong Wang, Peng Wang, Jianlu Wang et al. · Advanced Materials Open access 16 Sep 2015 849
4 Interface design for high energy density polymer nanocomposites Hang Luo, Xuefan Zhou, Christopher Ellingford et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2019 797
5 MoS 2 Quantum Dot Growth Induced by S Vacancies in a ZnIn 2 S 4 Monolayer: Atomic-Level Heterostructure for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Shuqu Zhang, Xia Liu, Chengbin Liu et al. · ACS Nano 20 Dec 2017 720
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Xiangtan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Storage, Cathode Materials, Nanomaterials, Graphene, Lithium-ion Batteries, Rechargeable Batteries, Mechanical Properties and Two-Dimensional Materials.

▲ 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. Energy Storage327▲ 8.9×12 topics
  2. Nanomaterials304▲ 5.1×20 topics
  3. Cathode Materials280▲ 13×3 topics
  4. Deep Learning277▲ 1.41×80 topics
  5. Graphene232▲ 6.1×11 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties228▲ 4.1×37 topics
  7. Lithium-ion Batteries199▲ 8.5×3 topics
  8. Nanocomposites192▲ 4.3×21 topics
  9. Rechargeable Batteries186▲ 12×2 topics
  10. Neural Networks182▲ 2.1×38 topics
  11. Catalysis175▲ 4.6×26 topics
  12. Nanoparticles174▲ 2.4×38 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications162▲ 2.4×31 topics
  14. Two-Dimensional Materials162▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Metal-Organic Frameworks146▲ 6.2×6 topics
  16. Microstructure140▲ 4.8×18 topics
  17. Battery Technology140▲ 8.8×3 topics
  18. Water Splitting128▲ 6.1×4 topics
  19. Nanostructures123▲ 5.3×16 topics
  20. Electrocatalysis122▲ 7.5×5 topics
  21. Battery Materials120▲ 13×1 topic
  22. Nanostructured Anodes120▲ 13×1 topic
  23. Biosensors112▲ 4.0×12 topics
  24. Semiconductors110▲ 6.6×5 topics
  25. Nanocrystals109▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Semiconductor106▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries105▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Ionic Conductivity99▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Carbon Nanotubes97▲ 5.1×8 topics
  30. Electronic Structure95▲ 9.4×8 topics
  31. Nanostructured Cathodes94▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Solid-State Electrolytes94▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Crystal Growth88▲ 5.7×11 topics
  34. Optoelectronic Devices84▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Thin Films83▲ 7.5×10 topics
  36. Chemical Sensors78▲ 6.0×3 topics
  37. Photoluminescence74▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides73▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Van der Waals Heterostructures73▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Field-Effect Transistors70▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Xiangtan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, 2D Materials and Applications and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 120 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 94 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 73 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 66 works
  5. 5 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 65 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 58 works
  7. 7 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 52 works
  8. 8 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 48 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 48 works
  10. 10 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 47 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 available16.2%not open83.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Xiangtan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% 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 Xiangtan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Xiangtan University0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Xiangtan 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%Xiangtan University12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2024.

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