Question 1

What is Yunnan University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Yunnan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#190 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#113 of 3,334 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#119 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Paleontology is 4.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Yunnan University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Yunnan University ranks #322 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#391 all time), and #71 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Yunnan University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Guangzhi Hu, Umar Ashraf and Rongshan Zhuang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yunnan University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Yunnan University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Yunnan University is "Insights into Protein–Ligand Interactions: Mechanisms, Models, and Methods" (Xing Du, Yi Li, Yuan-Ling Xia et al., 2016), with 1,675 citations. Next come "Probable Pangolin Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak" (1,503) and "The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China" (1,358).

Question 5

Which research topics does Yunnan University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Topic Modeling and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Yunnan University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Climate Change, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Nanomaterials, Sparse Representation and Land Use Change.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Yunnan University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Yunnan University is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Computer Science (16%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Yunnan University's?

Accepted Answer

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences has the research profile closest to Yunnan University's (similarity 0.93 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Chemistry, followed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Question 9

Is Yunnan University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 106% higher than in 2018-2021.