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Top Ceramics and Composites Research Institutions

Northwestern Polytechnical University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 15 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 100.0 33.2% 204 3k#4
2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 74.4 19.6% 188 2.1k#2
3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 59.4 21.8% 201 2.2k#9
4 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina · Wuhan 48.8 19.1% 159 1.6k#24
5 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 40.6 17.9% 163 1.6k#28
6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 33.8 24.8% 87 860#6
7 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 28.1 19.9% 112 1.3k#63
8 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina · Beijing 23.2 13.8% 121 1.1k#17
9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 18.9 17.3% 80 790#41
10 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina · Kunming 15.0 21.2% 67 697#62
11 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 11.5 18.6% 61 620#27
12 Northeastern UniversityChina · Shenyang 8.2 14.9% 82 723#83
13 National University of Defense TechnologyChina · Changsha 5.3 17.5% 60 571#45
14 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 2.5 12.4% 73 531#8
15 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina · Nanjing 0.0 12.3% 66 475#91

institutions ranked worldwide in Ceramics and Composites (15). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

0 – 5: 2 places5 – 10: 2 places10 – 15: 2 places15 – 20: 1 places20 – 25: 1 places25 – 30: 1 places30 – 35: 1 places35 – 40: 0 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 0 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 0 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 204 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 201 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 189 works
  4. 4 Central South UniversityChina 163 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 159 works
  6. 6 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 121 works
  7. 7 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 112 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 87 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 82 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 80 works
  11. 11 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 73 works
  12. 12 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 67 works
  13. 13 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 66 works
  14. 14 Tsinghua UniversityChina 61 works
  15. 15 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 60 works

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