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Zhejiang Ocean University

In research, Zhejiang Ocean University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#577 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#404 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#301 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Aquatic Science and Earth-Surface Processes — Oceanography is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#667
of 28,054 · #2,099 all time
Rank in China
#220
of 3,058
Research works
9.8k
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
115k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Zhejiang Ocean 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 #577 of 12,888 20.6%2,472 #1921
EngineeringField #404 of 6,636 20.9%998 #1052
Environmental ScienceField #301 of 3,551 19.3%588 #984
Life SciencesDomain #745 of 7,800 25.2%580 #2000
Aquatic ScienceSubfield #8 of 67 36.1%87 #46
Materials ScienceField #342 of 2,468 25.6%181 #1437
Materials ChemistrySubfield #272 of 1,556 26.3%90 #1205
Health SciencesDomain #2,138 of 11,982 30.1%139 #6812
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield #118 of 563 32.3%78 #410
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #756 of 3,579 17.6%240 #2237

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zhejiang Ocean 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#1,921 #577
  2. Engineering#1,052 #404
  3. Environmental Science#984 #301
  4. Life Sciences#2,000 #745
  5. Aquatic Science#46 #8
  6. Materials Science#1,437 #342
  7. Materials Chemistry#1,205 #272
  8. Health Sciences#6,812 #2,138
  9. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment#410 #118
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,237 #756
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 Zhejiang Ocean University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 135.9 works14×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 87.4 works14×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 47.0 works12×
  4. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 169.2 works9.6×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 299.2 works5.6×
  6. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 37.6 works5.0×
  7. EcologySubfield · 130.6 works4.9×
  8. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 70.6 works4.7×
← 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: 1.47× its world share, 238 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 240 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.08× its world share, 71 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.91× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 196 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.60× its world share, 299 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.77× its world share, 87 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.95× its world share, 998 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.47× its world share, 588 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.52× its world share, 181 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 98 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zhejiang Ocean University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lihua Jiang, Wei-Zhi Wu and Peng Qian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zhejiang Ocean University.

  1. 1 Lihua Jiang · #40,042 worldwide 649 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Wei-Zhi Wu · #160,773 worldwide 243 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Peng Qian · #329,985 worldwide 98 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Fukun Gui · #331,041 worldwide 136 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jianxin Wang · #347,619 worldwide 72 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Yingtang Zhou · #407,329 worldwide 314 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Guofang Ding · #423,723 worldwide 51 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Xiaodong Liu · #459,845 worldwide 50 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Wei Jiang · #472,135 worldwide 81 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Dongzhi Chen · #479,830 worldwide 120 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Zhejiang Ocean University

Which keywords describe research at Zhejiang Ocean University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Wireless Sensor Networks, Numerical Simulation, Fluid-Structure Interaction and Marine Environment.

▲ 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. Climate Change265▲ 2.9×73 topics
  2. Aquaculture175▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Remote Sensing165▲ 3.9×34 topics
  4. Environmental Impact148▲ 2.6×50 topics
  5. Machine Learning131▲ 1.17×66 topics
  6. Deep Learning126◆ 1.08×73 topics
  7. Sustainability105▲ 1.27×48 topics
  8. Renewable Energy98▲ 2.0×35 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications98▲ 2.4×33 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks86▲ 5.6×14 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services69▲ 5.2×9 topics
  12. Nutrition67▲ 4.4×9 topics
  13. Global Warming65▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Numerical Simulation64▲ 6.4×14 topics
  15. Water Quality60▲ 4.5×15 topics
  16. Fluid-Structure Interaction58▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Marine Environment58▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Sediment Transport57▲ 10×6 topics
  19. Fatty Acids55▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Ocean Circulation54▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Omega-3 Fatty Acids54▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Regional Planning54▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Wave Modeling53▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Sea-Level Rise53▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Fish Feed53▲ 29×1 topic
  26. Sustainable Feeds53▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Gut Microbiota52▲ 4.3×7 topics
  28. Innate Immunity51▲ 4.7×7 topics
  29. Acoustic Communications50▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks50▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Sensor Networks49▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Tropical Cyclones44▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Data Assimilation44▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Stress Response42▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Climate Change Impacts41▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Lipid Oxidation41▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Viral Diseases41▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Fish Immunology41▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Pathogen Control41▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Path Planning40▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Zhejiang Ocean University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Aquaculture Nutrition an…53Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 53 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and …50Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 50 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 41 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 34 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 33 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 32 fractional worksRegional Development and Environment: 32 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…32Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 32 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 32 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 31 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceOcean EngineeringImmunologyAnimal Science and Zoology6 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquatic Science 53 works
  2. 2 Underwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsOcean Engineering 50 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology 41 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product QualityAnimal Science and Zoology 34 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesOceanography 33 works
  6. 6 Water Quality Monitoring TechnologiesWater Science and Technology 32 works
  7. 7 Regional Development and EnvironmentSociology and Political Science 32 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine DynamicsEarth-Surface Processes 32 works
  9. 9 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesMolecular Biology 32 works
  10. 10 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture StudiesGlobal and Planetary Change 31 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zhejiang Ocean University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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