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Yangtze University

In research, Yangtze University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#772 of 12,888 worldwide), Plant Science (#103 of 1,395 worldwide) and Engineering (#567 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Geology and Mechanics of Materials — Ocean Engineering is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#916
of 28,054 · #2,257 all time
Rank in China
#295
of 3,058
Research works
16k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
116k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Yangtze University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #772 of 12,888 17.1%2,698 #2015
Plant ScienceSubfield #103 of 1,395 44.9%273 #308
EngineeringField #567 of 6,636 16.5%1,321 #1183
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #302 of 3,409 41.6%461 #681
Health SciencesDomain #1,292 of 11,982 16.9%635 #3943
Life SciencesDomain #863 of 7,800 30.8%976 #1948
MedicineField #1,235 of 10,443 16.1%576 #3608
Materials ScienceField #388 of 2,468 24.6%194 #1233
Environmental ScienceField #779 of 3,551 17.1%348 #1729
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #813 of 3,579 20.9%394 #2041

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yangtze 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,015 #772
  2. Plant Science#308 #103
  3. Engineering#1,183 #567
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#681 #302
  5. Health Sciences#3,943 #1,292
  6. Life Sciences#1,948 #863
  7. Medicine#3,608 #1,235
  8. Materials Science#1,233 #388
  9. Environmental Science#1,729 #779
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,041 #813
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Yangtze University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 340.1 works14×
  2. GeologySubfield · 54.2 works8.4×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 235.8 works7.0×
  4. GeophysicsSubfield · 93.3 works5.6×
  5. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 47.0 works5.1×
  6. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 22.7 works4.7×
  7. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 22.4 works4.0×
← 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: 2.04× its world share, 461 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 394 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 67 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.47× its world share, 110 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 280 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.31× its world share, 246 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.86× its world share, 1,321 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 348 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 194 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 45 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 576 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 180 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yangtze University?

Ranked on the composite score, Qinghua Wu, Feng Xu and Wei Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yangtze University.

  1. 1 Qinghua Wu China · #144,760 worldwide 243 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Feng Xu China · #167,830 worldwide 120 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Wei Chen China · #259,031 worldwide 100 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Fangqing Wen China · #315,154 worldwide 119 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Peng Li China · #346,354 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Ke Wang China · #395,721 worldwide 125 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Bo Shu China · #399,873 worldwide 132 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Wenying Zhang China · #419,779 worldwide 136 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Dehua Liu China · #478,930 worldwide 82 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Shubo Cheng China · #497,879 worldwide 158 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Yangtze University

Which keywords describe research at Yangtze University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Permeability, Nanopores, Mudstones, Thermal Maturity and Fracture Propagation.

▲ 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. Machine Learning196▲ 1.26×66 topics
  2. Nanoparticles192▲ 3.2×38 topics
  3. Pore Structure188▲ 32×3 topics
  4. Shale Gas186▲ 31×2 topics
  5. Hydraulic Fracturing172▲ 33×2 topics
  6. Deep Learning171◆ 1.05×75 topics
  7. Gas Permeability170▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Nanopores169▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Mudstones168▲ 46×1 topic
  10. Thermal Maturity168▲ 46×1 topic
  11. Fracture Propagation155▲ 53×1 topic
  12. Shale Gas Reservoirs155▲ 53×1 topic
  13. CO2 Sequestration151▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Climate Change140◆ 1.09×73 topics
  15. Rheological Properties123▲ 15×6 topics
  16. Cancer121▲ 1.90×52 topics
  17. Vibration Analysis121▲ 9.4×7 topics
  18. Drilling Fluids112▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Well Integrity112▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Surfactants98▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Porous Media96▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Gene Expression94▲ 3.2×18 topics
  23. Optimization85▲ 3.9×19 topics
  24. Water Quality80▲ 4.2×13 topics
  25. Nanofluids78▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Pore-scale Modeling78▲ 45×1 topic
  27. X-ray Computed Tomography78▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Uncertainty Quantification70▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Data Assimilation69▲ 9.3×3 topics
  30. Ensemble Kalman Filter68▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Closed-Loop Control68▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Well Placement68▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Tectonics60▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Petroleum57▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Biochar Application55▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Geophysical Imaging55▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Regional Planning53▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Continental Margin49▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Crustal Structure49▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Environmental Risk Assessment46▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Yangtze University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques.

Hydrocarbon exploration …168Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 168 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 155 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 112 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 78 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 68 fractional worksEducational Reforms and …42Educational Reforms and Innovations: 42 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 40 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 35 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 34 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 27 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 168 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 155 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 112 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 78 works
  5. 5 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 68 works
  6. 6 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 42 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 40 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 35 works
  9. 9 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 34 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 27 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yangtze University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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