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Zhejiang Ocean University

In research, Zhejiang Ocean University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#888 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#648 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#564 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Aquatic Science and Earth-Surface Processes (Oceanography is 14.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,642
of 22,385 · #1,824 all time
Rank in China
#343
of 2,481
Research works
9.8k
▲ 82% vs 2018-21
Citations
115k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

What is Zhejiang Ocean 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 #888 of 10,670 12.7%2,472 #1155
EngineeringField #648 of 5,901 13.3%998 #1054
Environmental ScienceField #564 of 3,334 10.6%588 #658
Aquatic ScienceSubfield #16 of 74 20.3%87 #74
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #799 of 3,157 19.3%238 #1133
Life SciencesDomain #2,016 of 6,403 14.1%580 #2274
Health SciencesDomain #3,541 of 9,902 22.8%139 #4342
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #789 of 2,176 16.2%138 #1310
Computer ScienceField #2,029 of 4,417 10.5%196 #2178
MedicineField #4,019 of 8,541 21.9%118 #4907

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 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#1,155 #888
  2. Engineering#1,054 #648
  3. Environmental Science#658 #564
  4. Aquatic Science#74 #16
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,133 #799
  6. Life Sciences#2,274 #2,016
  7. Health Sciences#4,342 #3,541
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,310 #789
  9. Computer Science#2,178 #2,029
  10. Medicine#4,907 #4,019
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 Zhejiang Ocean University work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Zhejiang Ocean University is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Environmental Science (17%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,816 fractional works · 72.6% of its workEngineering: 1,129 fractional works · 29.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 195 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 152 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 125 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 112 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 107 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 98 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 93 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 80 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 64 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 670 fractional works · 17.3% of its workEcology: 150 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 112 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 89 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 67 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 348 fractional works · 9.0% of its workOceanography: 161 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 78 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 223 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 71 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 208 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 104 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 99 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 89 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 671 fractional works · 17.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 278 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 173 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 274 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAquatic Science: 97 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 83 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 74 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 235 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 104 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 61 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 156 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedicine: 130 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKZhejiang OceanUniversity3,877fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,12929.1%
    2. Environmental Science67017.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3489.0%
    4. Computer Science2235.7%
    5. Materials Science2085.4%
    6. Energy992.5%
    7. Chemistry491.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy461.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering260.7%
    10. Mathematics190.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2787.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2747.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology832.1%
    4. Neuroscience280.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.2%
    1. Social Sciences1042.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting391.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance330.8%
    4. Decision Sciences260.7%
    5. Psychology190.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities140.4%
    1. Medicine1303.4%
    2. Nursing170.4%
    3. Health Professions70.2%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Zhejiang Ocean University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 160.7 works15×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 97.1 works14×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 53.5 works12×
  4. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 195.3 works9.7×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 347.5 works5.7×
  6. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 43.2 works5.1×
  7. EcologySubfield · 150.0 works4.9×
← 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: 1.49× its world share, 274 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 278 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 83 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.91× its world share, 26 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 49 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 223 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.71× its world share, 348 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.77× its world share, 99 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 1,129 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.48× its world share, 670 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.54× its world share, 208 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.71×348 works
  2. Environmental Science3.48×670 works
  3. Energy2.77×99 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.13×83 works
  5. Engineering1.94×1,129 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.91×26 works
  7. Materials Science1.54×208 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.49×274 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×278 works
  10. Nursing0.88×17 works
  11. Chemistry0.81×49 works
  12. Computer Science0.74×223 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.70×26 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×8 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.54×46 works
  16. Neuroscience0.45×28 works
  17. Mathematics0.41×19 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×32 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×39 works
  20. Veterinary0.27×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.21×104 works
  22. Medicine0.17×130 works
  23. Psychology0.16×19 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.12×14 works
  25. Health Professions0.07×7 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Zhejiang Ocean University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yingtang Zhou, Mingjie Cai and Shijie Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zhejiang Ocean University.

  1. 1 Yingtang Zhou China · #6,558 worldwide 13k citations · 234 works
  2. 2 Mingjie Cai China · #87,666 worldwide 6.3k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Shijie Li China · #99,276 worldwide 34k citations · 742 works
  4. 4 Hengcong Tao China · #108,991 worldwide 6.6k citations · 117 works
  5. 5 Mengshan Chen China · #127,338 worldwide 2k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Yanping Liu China · #132,817 worldwide 6.2k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Bohong Wang China · #136,477 worldwide 5.9k citations · 290 works
  8. 8 Yumei Wang China · #230,414 worldwide 5.1k citations · 158 works
  9. 9 Yu‐Qin Zhao China · #306,373 worldwide 2.6k citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Chang‐Feng Chi China · #328,407 worldwide 7.8k citations · 143 works
All ranked researchers at Zhejiang Ocean University

What are the most cited papers from Zhejiang Ocean University?

The most cited paper from Zhejiang Ocean University is "A comprehensive review on the applications of coal fly ash" (Zhitong Yao, Xiaosheng Ji, Prabir Kumar Sarker et al., 2014), with 1,736 citations. Next come "Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench" (1,213) and "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends" (1,048).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comprehensive review on the applications of coal fly ash Zhitong Yao, Xiaosheng Ji, Prabir Kumar Sarker et al. · Earth-Science Reviews Open access 10 Dec 2014 1,736
2 Self-powered soft robot in the Mariana Trench Guorui Li et al. · Nature 3 Mar 2021 1,213
3 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends Syed Agha Hassnain Mohsan, Nawaf Qasem Hamood Othman, Yanlong Li et al. · Intelligent Service Robotics Open access 16 Jan 2023 1,048
4 Artificial intelligence in education: The three paradigms Fan Ouyang, Pengcheng Jiao · Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence Open access 2021 947
5 Towards the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Comprehensive Review Syed Agha Hassnain Mohsan, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Fazal Noor et al. · Drones Open access 15 Jun 2022 912
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Zhejiang Ocean University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aquaculture, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Wireless Sensor Networks, Ecosystem Services, Marine Environment and Ocean Circulation.

▲ 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. Climate Change304▲ 2.9×75 topics
  2. Aquaculture197▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Remote Sensing178▲ 3.8×34 topics
  4. Environmental Impact171▲ 2.6×51 topics
  5. Deep Learning148◆ 1.11×74 topics
  6. Machine Learning146◆ 1.13×68 topics
  7. Renewable Energy121▲ 2.2×37 topics
  8. Sustainability120▲ 1.27×51 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications112▲ 2.5×34 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks94▲ 5.4×15 topics
  11. Nanomaterials86▲ 2.1×18 topics
  12. Ecosystem Services83▲ 5.5×9 topics
  13. Global Warming76▲ 4.6×11 topics
  14. Nutrition73▲ 4.2×9 topics
  15. Numerical Simulation70▲ 6.2×14 topics
  16. Marine Environment68▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Ocean Circulation65▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Water Quality64▲ 4.1×15 topics
  19. Fluid-Structure Interaction63▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Sediment Transport62▲ 10×6 topics
  21. Fatty Acids61▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Sea-Level Rise61▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Omega-3 Fatty Acids60▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Wave Modeling59▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Gut Microbiota59▲ 4.4×7 topics
  26. Fish Feed58▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Sustainable Feeds58▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Innate Immunity58▲ 4.6×9 topics
  29. Acoustic Communications55▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks55▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Regional Planning54▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Data Assimilation52▲ 8.2×4 topics
  33. Tropical Cyclones50▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Stress Response48▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Lipid Oxidation48▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Climate Change Impacts48▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Path Planning47▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. Viral Diseases46▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Fish Immunology46▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Pathogen Control46▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Zhejiang Ocean University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 58 works
  2. 2 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 55 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 46 works
  4. 4 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 40 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 40 works
  6. 6 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 38 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 34 works
  8. 8 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 34 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 33 works
  10. 10 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 33 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Zhejiang Ocean University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 82% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Zhejiang Ocean University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Zhejiang Ocean University0.015% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Zhejiang Ocean 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%Zhejiang Ocean University13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2019.

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