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Yunnan Nationalities University

In research, Yunnan Nationalities University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,733 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#9,470 of 11,412 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#14,356 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,113
of 28,054 · #19,389 all time
Rank in China
#2,631
of 3,058
Research works
1.8k
▼ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is Yunnan Nationalities University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #11,733 of 21,541 5.9%641
EngineeringField #9,470 of 11,412 8.3%179
Social SciencesDomain #14,356 of 16,945 0.3%980
Social SciencesField #9,237 of 10,206 0.1%657
Computer ScienceField #6,361 of 7,020 3.3%206
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #4,158 of 4,340 0.1%430
Arts and HumanitiesField #3,833 of 3,836 0.0%138

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yunnan Nationalities 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).

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: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.34× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.69× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yunnan Nationalities University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jing Lei and Xiaozhou Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yunnan Nationalities University.

  1. 1 Jing Lei China · #1,485,925 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Xiaozhou Chen China · #1,509,968 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Yunnan Nationalities University

Which keywords describe research at Yunnan Nationalities University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Metal Recovery, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Sensor Networks and Information Retrieval.

▲ 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. Deep Learning10▲ 4.2×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 2.4×23 topics
  3. Neural Networks4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 3.4×11 topics
  5. Internet of Things3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  7. Metal Recovery2▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Big Data2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  9. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  10. Data Mining2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  11. Information Retrieval2▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Nationalism2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  13. Regulation2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  14. Representation Learning2▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Semi-Supervised Learning2▲ 23×2 topics
  16. History2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  17. Religion2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  18. Semantic Reasoning2▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Text Classification2▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Visual Question Answering2▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Water Treatment2▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Adsorption2▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Biochar2▲ 14×4 topics
  24. China2▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Confucianism2▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Electrical Properties2▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Circular Economy1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  28. Wastewater Treatment1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  29. Flotation1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Machine Translation1▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Metallurgy1▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Microbial Ecology1▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Nanobubbles1▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Rare Earth Elements1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Unsupervised Learning1▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Word Representation1▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Bioleaching1▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Domain Adaptation1▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Meta-Learning1▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Sulfide Minerals1▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Yunnan Nationalities University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Topic Modeling and Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning.

Chinese history and phil…2Chinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and S…1Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 1 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 1 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Fe…1Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…1Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials i…1Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 1 fractional worksIdeological and Political Education: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceWater Science and TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Ideological and Political Education Education 1 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 1 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 available9.5%not open90.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.6%domestic only98.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yunnan Nationalities University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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