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Artificial Intelligence research in China

Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022-now (#1 worldwide), followed by Tsinghua University and Peking University.

China's world rank
#2
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
137k
Top-10% rate
11.3%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Artificial Intelligence in China?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #1100.011.9%4,839
2Tsinghua UniversityBeijing #481.617.9%2,155
3Peking UniversityBeijing #1069.413.4%1,530
4Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou #1267.015.8%1,684
5University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei #1564.013.4%1,525
6Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong #1663.219.5%697
7University of Hong KongPok Fu Lam #1762.419.1%713
8Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai #2060.213.3%1,810
9Nanjing UniversityNanjing #2457.812.7%901
10Fudan UniversityShanghai #2656.713.6%1,044
11University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing #2756.211.8%1,285
12Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong #3154.420.1%772
13Wuhan UniversityWuhan #3254.015.6%1,083
14China University of GeosciencesWuhan #3552.819.0%502
15Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou #3752.014.1%1,284
16Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong #4250.418.0%595
17Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin #5147.813.3%1,453
18City University of Hong KongHong Kong #5347.316.1%560
19Hunan UniversityChangsha #5447.018.0%481
20Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen #5846.112.8%437
21Tongji UniversityShanghai #5945.812.6%825
22Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan #6045.614.8%1,008
23Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an #6644.415.0%1,091
24Chongqing UniversityChongqing #7243.214.3%623
25Sichuan UniversityChengdu #7343.014.6%858
26Alibaba Group (China)Hangzhou #7642.520.3%486
27Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an #7942.015.4%1,096
28Tencent (China)Shenzhen #8041.817.8%438
29South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou #8141.613.4%806
30Beihang UniversityBeijing #8241.513.6%1,404
31Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen #8341.312.9%695
32Southeast UniversityNanjing #8441.213.2%1,135
33Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaBeijing #8541.016.8%249
34Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing #8640.810.9%1,285
35East China Normal UniversityShanghai #8740.711.1%712
36Xidian UniversityXi'an #9239.914.4%1,447
37Central South UniversityChangsha #9639.416.6%886
38Hefei University of TechnologyHefei #9839.114.4%604
39Nankai UniversityTianjin #10038.812.0%449
40Shandong UniversityJinan #10238.612.1%727
41Tianjin UniversityTianjin #10338.412.2%852
42Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenShenzhen #10438.318.7%257
43Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing #10737.910.4%570
44University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu #11037.611.7%1,783
45Dalian University of TechnologyDalian #11437.111.1%750
46Beijing Academy of Artificial IntelligenceBeijing #11537.015.2%408
47Anhui UniversityHefei #12236.212.5%628
48Jilin UniversityChangchun #12735.713.9%544
49Xiamen UniversityXiamen #13035.310.5%581
50China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing #13135.213.0%309
51Shandong Normal UniversityJinan #13235.211.1%302
52Renmin University of ChinaBeijing #13634.813.5%474
53University of MacauMacao #14633.817.4%271
54Fuzhou UniversityFuzhou #15832.810.8%472
55Central China Normal UniversityWuhan #16232.412.4%408
56Westlake UniversityHangzhou #16432.317.3%137
57Zhejiang LabHangzhou #16632.114.3%274
58Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyNanjing #16931.915.0%505
59Southwest UniversityChongqing #17531.412.0%409
60Hong Kong Baptist UniversityHong Kong #17631.316.6%245

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Artificial Intelligence, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Artificial Intelligence researchers in China?

Jian-Wei Pan, Qiang Yang and Huiling Chen rank highest among researchers based in China, on their papers in Artificial Intelligence that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Jian-Wei Pan#1,147 worldwide overall120.1 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Qiang Yang#19,138 worldwide overall109.7 of 262 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Huiling Chen#9,885 worldwide overall95.1 of 177 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Zhiyuan Liu#22,613 worldwide overall99.6 of 243 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ali Asghar Heidari#1,110 worldwide overall74.4 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Furu Wei#7,781 worldwide overall80.4 of 188 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Zhi‐Hua Zhou#9,519 worldwide overall82.2 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Maosong Sun#23,031 worldwide overall87.1 of 281 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ming Zhou#16,054 worldwide overall70.0 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ximeng Liu#23,719 worldwide overall76.6 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Xiangnan He#525 worldwide overall59.6 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Guang‐Can Guo#111,333 worldwide overall88.6 of 393 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ji-Rong Wen#13,231 worldwide overall65.2 of 200 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Chao‐Yang Lu#3,779 worldwide overall52.1 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yue Zhang#53,992 worldwide overall61.8 of 195 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in China on their work in Artificial Intelligence alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How China compares with other countries in Artificial Intelligence

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Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks first in China for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022-now (#1 worldwide), followed by Tsinghua University and Peking University.

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