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Xidian University

In research, Xidian University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#151 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#114 of 5,901 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#16 of 785 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Media Technology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Aerospace Engineering is 11.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#416
of 22,385 · #547 all time
Rank in China
#97
of 2,481
Research works
52k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
640k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Xidian University

What is Xidian 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 #151 of 10,670 13.0%13,913 #271
EngineeringField #114 of 5,901 12.6%7,342 #155
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #16 of 785 12.6%2,036 #25
Computer ScienceField #98 of 4,417 14.6%4,380 #218
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #74 of 2,176 11.7%2,773 #111
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #42 of 963 15.3%1,298 #71
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #32 of 728 13.8%687 #109
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #92 of 1,862 14.4%1,447 #209
Media TechnologySubfield #10 of 144 15.5%447 #16
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #130 of 1,539 13.8%615 #224

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Xidian 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#271 #151
  2. Engineering#155 #114
  3. Aerospace Engineering#25 #16
  4. Computer Science#218 #98
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#111 #74
  6. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#71 #42
  7. Computer Networks and Communications#109 #32
  8. Artificial Intelligence#209 #92
  9. Media Technology#16 #10
  10. Biomedical Engineering#224 #130
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 Xidian University work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Xidian University is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Computer Science (30%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16k fractional works · 92.0% of its workEngineering: 8,092 fractional works · 47.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3,067 fractional works · 18.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2,215 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 689 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedia Technology: 491 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 438 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 249 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 211 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 156 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 146 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 127 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4,987 fractional works · 29.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,656 fractional works · 9.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1,488 fractional works · 8.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 778 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSignal Processing: 316 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 298 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 233 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 838 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 362 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 186 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 786 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 389 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 298 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 249 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 109 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 212 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 175 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 96 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 564 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 175 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 119 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 494 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 275 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 175 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 95 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 291 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 267 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 177 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKXidian University17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering8,09247.9%
    2. Computer Science4,98729.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy8385.0%
    4. Materials Science7864.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2491.5%
    6. Environmental Science2121.3%
    7. Mathematics1751.0%
    8. Energy960.6%
    9. Chemistry710.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering290.2%
    1. Social Sciences1751.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1190.7%
    3. Decision Sciences1140.7%
    4. Psychology750.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance600.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities210.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2751.6%
    2. Neuroscience1751.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences300.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology120.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
    1. Medicine2671.6%
    2. Health Professions210.1%
    3. Dentistry20.0%
    4. Nursing10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Xidian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 2,214.6 works11×
  2. Media TechnologySubfield · 491.0 works9.3×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 1,487.9 works7.0×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 186.3 works6.9×
  5. InstrumentationSubfield · 52.2 works6.2×
  6. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 316.4 works6.2×
← 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, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 275 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 175 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 29 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 71 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.80× its world share, 4,987 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 249 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 96 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.19× its world share, 8,092 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 212 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.33× its world share, 786 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 175 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.23× its world share, 838 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 267 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 119 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 114 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 74 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 175 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.80×4,987 works
  2. Engineering3.19×8,092 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.23×838 works
  4. Materials Science1.33×786 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×249 works
  6. Mathematics0.88×175 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.70×114 works
  8. Neuroscience0.64×175 works
  9. Energy0.62×96 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.49×29 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×275 works
  12. Chemistry0.27×71 works
  13. Environmental Science0.25×212 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×119 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×60 works
  16. Psychology0.14×74 works
  17. Medicine0.08×267 works
  18. Social Sciences0.08×175 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×12 works
  20. Health Professions0.05×21 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×30 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×2 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.04×21 works
  24. Dentistry0.03×2 works
  25. Veterinary0.02×0 works
  26. Nursing0.01×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Xidian University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rusen Yang, Zhiwu Li and Yunlei Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xidian University.

  1. 1 Rusen Yang China · #30,779 worldwide 18k citations · 253 works
  2. 2 Zhiwu Li China · #51,282 worldwide 24k citations · 928 works
  3. 3 Yunlei Zhou China · #68,524 worldwide 4k citations · 114 works
  4. 4 Bingzhen Sun China · #69,129 worldwide 4.6k citations · 145 works
  5. 5 Zhongliang Wang China · #69,705 worldwide 14k citations · 264 works
  6. 6 Han Shen China · #75,134 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Zhenhuan Zhao China · #75,899 worldwide 8.9k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Jingjing Chang China · #78,520 worldwide 15k citations · 448 works
  9. 9 Ruichan Lv China · #85,322 worldwide 5.4k citations · 137 works
  10. 10 Weiying Xie China · #87,236 worldwide 4.3k citations · 172 works
All ranked researchers at Xidian University

What are the most cited papers from Xidian University?

The most cited paper from Xidian University is "Weighted Nuclear Norm Minimization with Application to Image Denoising" (Shuhang Gu, Lei Zhang, Wangmeng Zuo et al., 2014), with 2,298 citations. Next come "Sparse representation or collaborative representation: Which helps face recognition?" (1,985) and "A survey on federated learning" (1,865).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Weighted Nuclear Norm Minimization with Application to Image Denoising Shuhang Gu, Lei Zhang, Wangmeng Zuo et al. Conference paper Jun 2014 2,298
2 Sparse representation or collaborative representation: Which helps face recognition? Lei Zhang, Meng Yang, Xiangchu Feng Conference paper Nov 2011 1,985
3 A survey on federated learning Chen Bo Calvin Zhang, Yu Xie, Hang Bai et al. · Knowledge-Based Systems 21 Jan 2021 1,865
4 GraRep Shaosheng Cao, Wei Lu, Qiongkai Xu Conference paper 17 Oct 2015 1,635
5 Nonlocally Centralized Sparse Representation for Image Restoration Weisheng Dong, Lei Zhang, Guangming Shi et al. · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 21 Dec 2012 1,552
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Xidian University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Wireless Communications, Signal Processing, Sparse Representation, Remote Sensing and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 Learning3,096▲ 5.3×84 topics
  2. Neural Networks1,126▲ 4.3×38 topics
  3. Machine Learning1,051▲ 1.87×91 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks867▲ 7.1×14 topics
  5. Remote Sensing740▲ 3.6×34 topics
  6. Wireless Communications686▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Signal Processing628▲ 27×9 topics
  8. Sparse Representation523▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency508▲ 3.3×33 topics
  10. Classification447▲ 5.8×11 topics
  11. Support Vector Machines420▲ 7.8×8 topics
  12. Feature Extraction399▲ 5.2×10 topics
  13. Hyperspectral391▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Metamaterial388▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Antenna373▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Microstrip373▲ 28×1 topic
  17. Doppler Radar353▲ 27×2 topics
  18. MIMO Radar342▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Micro-Doppler Effect338▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Synthetic Aperture Radar338▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Artificial Neural Networks329▲ 4.3×10 topics
  22. Particle Swarm Optimization324▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Channel Estimation322▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Wavelet Transform320▲ 8.3×7 topics
  25. Semiconductors314▲ 6.4×5 topics
  26. Waveform Design309▲ 49×2 topics
  27. Frequency Selective Surfaces296▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Metasurfaces296▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Nanowires287▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Change Detection270▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Differential Evolution269▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Representation Learning269▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Image Analysis269▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Automotive Radar265▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Cognitive Radar265▲ 64×1 topic
  36. 5G Networks262▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Object-Based Analysis262▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Spectral Unmixing262▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Unsupervised Learning257▲ 10.0×3 topics
  40. Integrated Circuits243▲ 10.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Xidian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Antenna Design and Analysis, Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies and Radar Systems and Signal Processing.

Antenna Design and Analy…373Antenna Design and Analysis: 373 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Tec…338Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 338 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Met…296Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 296 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal…265Radar Systems and Signal Processing: 265 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 262 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 227 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optim…210Antenna Design and Optimization: 210 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …186Advanced Neural Network Applications: 186 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …178GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 178 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…155Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 155 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMedia TechnologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition2 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 373 works
  2. 2 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 338 works
  3. 3 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 296 works
  4. 4 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 265 works
  5. 5 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 262 works
  6. 6 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 227 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 210 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 186 works
  9. 9 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 178 works
  10. 10 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 155 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Xidian University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% 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 Xidian University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.075% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Xidian University0.071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Xidian 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%Xidian University13.0% 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 14.3% in 2021.

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