Question 1

What is Zhejiang University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Zhejiang University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#4 of 5,901 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#3 of 2,176 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Acoustics and Ultrasonics, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Molecular Medicine (Acoustics and Ultrasonics is 3.5× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Zhejiang University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Zhejiang University ranks #14 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#40 all time), and #5 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Zhejiang University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Xiulin Fan, Munir Ahmad and Feihe Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zhejiang University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Zhejiang University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Zhejiang University is "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Marie Ng et al., 2014), with 12,158 citations. Next come "Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019" (8,316) and "VASPKIT: A user-friendly interface facilitating high-throughput computing and analysis using VASP code" (7,910).

Question 5

Which research topics does Zhejiang University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Photonic and Optical Devices, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Zhejiang University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Cancer, Inflammation, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology and Power Electronics.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Zhejiang University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Zhejiang University is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Medicine (22%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Zhejiang University's?

Accepted Answer

Zhengzhou University has the research profile closest to Zhejiang University's (similarity 0.94 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Chemical Engineering, followed by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Question 9

Is Zhejiang University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.