Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)

南京工业大学

China

Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global China
Overall 91 47
Academic 83 45

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global China
Applied sciences 53 44
Health sciences 206 57
Natural sciences 106 50
Biological sciences 532 154
Chemistry 41 35
Earth & environmental sciences 528 156
Physical sciences 417 96
Social sciences 641 174

Research

Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 637 245.71

Overall Count and Share for 'Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 267 102.13
Biological sciences 19 5.25
Chemistry 229 99.26
Earth & environmental sciences 6 2.74
Health sciences 80 28.12
Physical sciences 33 7.04
Social sciences 3 1.17

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 92 100 104 169 231
Applied sciences 25 27 27 62 96
Health sciences 4 4 3 8 21
Natural sciences 62 69 74 97 112
Biological sciences 1 4 1 7 6
Chemistry 60 63 70 81 96
Earth & environmental sciences 1 0 0 4 4
Physical sciences 1 2 3 5 6
Social sciences 0 0 0 1 1
Nature & Science 2 1 0 1 0

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (14 institutions) 7.3%
Domestic (51 institutions) 92.7%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (LoFE) 43.79 / 122.57 166.36
Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) 53.01 / 52.01 105.01
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) 45.97 / 49.82 95.79
Nanjing University (NJU) 26.35 / 22.96 49.31
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 20.19 / 13.65 33.85

Top 5 international collaborators with Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 7.00 / 6.42 13.42
National University of Singapore (NUS) 7.27 / 5.01 12.28
Curtin University 3.02 / 1.13 4.15
Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg) 3.02 / 0.31 3.33
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) 2.70 / 0.25 2.95

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.