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Yangtze Normal University

In research, Yangtze Normal University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,904 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#3,570 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#1,044 of 1,473 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Science (Materials Chemistry is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,875
of 22,385 · #4,772 all time
Rank in China
#1,160
of 2,481
Research works
2.7k
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Yangtze Normal University

What is Yangtze Normal 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 #4,904 of 10,670 8.2%434 #2955
EngineeringField #3,570 of 5,901 8.2%159 #3862
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,044 of 1,473 6.8%78 #1445
Life SciencesDomain #4,973 of 6,403 12.3%67 #4519
Materials ScienceField #1,858 of 2,276 6.6%108 #2206

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yangtze Normal 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#2,955 #4,904
  2. Engineering#3,862 #3,570
  3. Materials Chemistry#1,445 #1,044
  4. Life Sciences#4,519 #4,973
  5. Materials Science#2,206 #1,858
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 Yangtze Normal University work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Yangtze Normal University is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Materials Science (19%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 479 fractional works · 78.2% of its workEngineering: 176 fractional works · 28.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 64 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 117 fractional works · 19.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 82 fractional works · 13.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 39 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 5.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 30 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 72 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 36 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYangtze NormalUniversity612fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences3%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering17628.8%
    2. Materials Science11719.1%
    3. Computer Science396.4%
    4. Environmental Science365.8%
    5. Chemistry304.9%
    6. Energy294.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy254.1%
    8. Mathematics111.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences101.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering71.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences365.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology345.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences182.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting71.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.8%
    4. Psychology50.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities40.6%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Medicine162.7%
    2. Nursing30.4%
    3. Health Professions10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Yangtze Normal University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 82.5 works6.9×
  2. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 28.4 works6.0×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 116.7 works5.5×
← 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: 1.23× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.22× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.10× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.11× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.92× its world share, 176 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.46× its world share, 117 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.83× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.46×117 works
  2. Energy5.11×29 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.22×7 works
  4. Chemistry3.10×30 works
  5. Engineering1.92×176 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.83×25 works
  7. Mathematics1.50×11 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.23×36 works
  9. Environmental Science1.17×36 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×34 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×10 works
  12. Nursing0.86×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.82×39 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.48×3 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×7 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×5 works
  18. Psychology0.24×4 works
  19. Social Sciences0.23×18 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.22×4 works
  21. Medicine0.14×16 works
  22. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  23. Health Professions0.09×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yangtze Normal University?

Ranked on the quality score, Xiaoqing Ma, Wenxi Zhao and Guangzhao Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yangtze Normal University.

  1. 1 Xiaoqing Ma China · #212,352 worldwide 2.2k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Wenxi Zhao China · #265,914 worldwide 3.5k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 Guangzhao Wang China · #278,384 worldwide 8k citations · 299 works
  4. 4 Dongdong Cheng China · #495,693 worldwide 1.5k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Jinlong Huang China · #519,567 worldwide 1.8k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Mohammadtaghi Vakili China · #692,788 worldwide 7.2k citations · 114 works
  7. 7 Haiyan Cao China · #721,218 worldwide 2.6k citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Chang Liu China · #841,699 worldwide 680 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Jibiao Li China · #849,708 worldwide 3k citations · 115 works
  10. 10 Cheng Peng China · #949,768 worldwide 2.6k citations · 121 works
All ranked researchers at Yangtze Normal University

What are the most cited papers from Yangtze Normal University?

The most cited paper from Yangtze Normal University is "The Three‐Dimensional Dendrite‐Free Zinc Anode on a Copper Mesh with a Zinc‐Oriented Polyacrylamide Electrolyte Additive" (Qi Zhang, Jingyi Luan, Liang Fu et al., 2019), with 969 citations. Next come "Carbon nanodots as peroxidase mimetics and their applications to glucose detection" (916) and "Removal of chromium from wastewater by membrane filtration, chemical precipitation, ion exchange, adsorption electrocoagulation, electrochemical reduction, electrodialysis, electrodeionization, photocatalysis and nanotechnology: a review" (644).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Three‐Dimensional Dendrite‐Free Zinc Anode on a Copper Mesh with a Zinc‐Oriented Polyacrylamide Electrolyte Additive Qi Zhang, Jingyi Luan, Liang Fu et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 22 Aug 2019 969
2 Carbon nanodots as peroxidase mimetics and their applications to glucose detection Wenbing Shi, Qinlong Wang, Yijuan Long et al. · Chemical Communications 2011 916
3 Removal of chromium from wastewater by membrane filtration, chemical precipitation, ion exchange, adsorption electrocoagulation, electrochemical reduction, electrodialysis, electrodeionization, photocatalysis and nanotechnology: a review Hao Peng, Jing Guo · Environmental Chemistry Letters 23 Jul 2020 644
4 Hierarchically porous and heteroatom doped carbon derived from tobacco rods for supercapacitors Yongqing Zhao, Min Lu, Pengyu Tao et al. · Journal of Power Sources 12 Jan 2016 582
5 Regeneration of chitosan-based adsorbents used in heavy metal adsorption: A review Mohammadtaghi Vakili, Shubo Deng, Giovanni Cagnetta et al. · Separation and Purification Technology 10 May 2019 537
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yangtze Normal University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Graphene, Water Splitting, Two-Dimensional Materials, Nanocrystals, Energy Storage, Semiconductor and Nanostructures.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials47▲ 7.3×14 topics
  2. Graphene37▲ 9.1×11 topics
  3. Nanoparticles28▲ 3.7×28 topics
  4. Water Splitting27▲ 12×4 topics
  5. Energy Storage25▲ 6.3×10 topics
  6. Two-Dimensional Materials23▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Nanocrystals23▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Nanocomposites22▲ 4.7×18 topics
  9. Semiconductor22▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Nanostructures22▲ 8.9×14 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications21▲ 2.9×27 topics
  12. Visible Light21▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties20▲ 3.4×27 topics
  14. Catalysis19▲ 4.6×20 topics
  15. Hydrogen Production18▲ 11×3 topics
  16. CO2 Reduction17▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Metal-Organic Frameworks17▲ 6.6×6 topics
  18. Photocatalyst16▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Plasmonic16▲ 16×1 topic
  20. Electrocatalysis15▲ 8.8×5 topics
  21. Bioimaging15▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Carbon Nanotubes15▲ 7.3×8 topics
  23. Electronic Structure15▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Efficiency14▲ 7.6×5 topics
  25. Biosensors14▲ 4.6×9 topics
  26. Cathode Materials13▲ 5.6×3 topics
  27. Semiconductors13▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Solar Cells12▲ 9.4×6 topics
  29. Crystal Growth11▲ 6.5×9 topics
  30. Electrochemistry11▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Chemical Sensors10▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Rechargeable Batteries10▲ 6.0×2 topics
  33. Thin Films9▲ 7.9×7 topics
  34. Optoelectronic Devices9▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Photoluminescence9▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Photovoltaics9▲ 9.6×4 topics
  37. Semiconductor Nanocrystals9▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides9▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Van der Waals Heterostructures9▲ 21×1 topic
  40. MXenes9▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Yangtze Normal University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, 2D Materials and Applications, MXene and MAX Phase Materials and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Advanced Photocatalysis …16Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 16 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 9 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Materials: 7 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 6 fractional worksCopper-based nanomaterials and applications: 6 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 6 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …6Advancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 6 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials i…5Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 5 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials ChemistryMolecular BiologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 works
  2. 2 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 9 works
  3. 3 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Copper-based nanomaterials and applications Materials Chemistry 6 works
  6. 6 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  9. 9 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 6 works
  10. 10 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 5 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yangtze Normal University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Yangtze Normal University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Yangtze Normal University0.0019% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Yangtze Normal 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 2025Yangtze Normal University9.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2023.

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