Top Energy Engineering and Power Technology Research Institutions
North China Electric Power University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 31 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
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina · Beijing | 100.0 | 12.6% | 544 | 3.7k | #2 |
| 2 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an | 79.8 | 18.6% | 191 | 1.9k | #4 |
| 3 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark · Aalborg | 68.0 | 33.1% | 82 | 1.6k | #1 |
| 4 | Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou | 59.6 | 15.8% | 174 | 1.5k | #3 |
| 5 | Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing | 53.1 | 16.4% | 196 | 2k | #5 |
| 6 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia · Dhahran | 47.8 | 31.6% | 61 | 1.4k | #6 |
| 7 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai | 43.3 | 16.0% | 141 | 1.3k | #7 |
| 8 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan | 39.4 | 17.1% | 126 | 1.1k | #9 |
| 9 | State Grid Corporation of China (China)China · Beijing | 36.0 | 3.0% | 416 | 648 | #20 |
| 10 | Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing | 32.9 | 17.6% | 94 | 962 | #18 |
| 11 | Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing | 30.2 | 10.5% | 122 | 765 | #17 |
| 12 | Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin | 27.6 | 12.8% | 109 | 894 | #12 |
| 13 | Northeast Electric Power UniversityChina · Jilin City | 25.3 | 12.5% | 86 | 555 | #24 |
| 14 | Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan | 23.1 | 7.1% | 154 | 755 | #22 |
| 15 | Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu | 21.1 | 14.3% | 83 | 599 | #27 |
| 16 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin | 19.3 | 11.1% | 92 | 640 | #13 |
| 17 | South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou | 17.5 | 11.7% | 90 | 571 | #14 |
| 18 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina · Wuhan | 15.8 | 13.6% | 82 | 546 | #30 |
| 19 | Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha | 14.3 | 12.0% | 70 | 489 | #19 |
| 20 | Shanghai Electric (China)China · Shanghai | 12.8 | 1.9% | 332 | 380 | #36 |
| 21 | China Southern Power Grid (China)China · Guangzhou | 11.3 | 2.2% | 310 | 454 | #31 |
| 22 | Hohai UniversityChina · Nanjing | 10.0 | 8.0% | 100 | 516 | #28 |
| 23 | Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan | 8.7 | 11.6% | 77 | 383 | #26 |
| 24 | Hefei University of TechnologyChina · Hefei | 7.5 | 11.7% | 71 | 325 | #32 |
| 25 | Shanghai University of Electric PowerChina · Yangpu | 6.3 | 7.6% | 92 | 507 | #38 |
| 26 | China Electric Power Research Institute?? · Beijing | 5.1 | 2.7% | 138 | 287 | #21 |
| 27 | Electric Power Research InstituteUnited States · Palo Alto | 4.0 | 3.3% | 76 | 147 | #29 |
| 28 | Inner Mongolia Electric Power (China)China · Hohhot | 3.0 | 2.2% | 98 | 139 | #56 |
| 29 | NARI Group (China)China · Nanjing | 1.9 | 1.9% | 88 | 147 | #47 |
| 30 | Energy Research InstituteChina · Jinan | 95.5 | 3.1% | 71 | 142 | #44 |
| 31 | Guizhou Electric Power Design and Research InstituteChina · Guiyang | 0.0 | 2.3% | 69 | 145 | #58 |
institutions ranked worldwide in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (31). 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.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 544 works
- 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 416 works
- 3 Shanghai Electric (China)China 332 works
- 4 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 310 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 196 works
- 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 191 works
- 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 174 works
- 8 Shandong UniversityChina 154 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 141 works
- 10 China Electric Power Research Institute?? 137 works
- 11 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 126 works
- 12 Southeast UniversityChina 122 works
- 13 Tianjin UniversityChina 109 works
- 14 Hohai UniversityChina 100 works
- 15 Inner Mongolia Electric Power (China)China 98 works