Energy Research Strength
Explore universities with the strongest current Energy topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.
Research landscape
Energy currently has 27 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 115,032 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 0.0, while average five-year publication growth is 0.9%.
The ranking below combines the strength of an institution’s field signal with its overall research-performance score and recent growth. It should be read as a research-intelligence indicator, not as a complete subject ranking of teaching, reputation, facilities or student outcomes.
Leading universities in Energy
| Rank | University | Country | Field score | Field signal | Overall works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | University of Science and Technology of China | China | 67.1 | 9,006 | 90,353 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Tsinghua University | China | 66.7 | 8,235 | 138,968 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Tianjin University | China | 65.5 | 7,385 | 68,484 | -2.8% |
| #4 | Wuhan University of Technology | China | 63.8 | 5,069 | 42,633 | 21.7% |
| #5 | Jilin University | China | 63.7 | 6,001 | 69,432 | -10.0% |
| #6 | Dalian University of Technology | China | 63.1 | 4,787 | 53,791 | 16.2% |
| #7 | South China University of Technology | China | 63.1 | 4,973 | 62,629 | 7.9% |
| #8 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | 63.0 | 5,041 | 88,191 | 2.8% |
| #9 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 62.8 | 5,725 | 185,542 | -23.8% |
| #10 | Hunan University | China | 62.6 | 4,622 | 42,964 | 10.0% |
| #11 | Nankai University | China | 62.6 | 4,871 | 49,898 | -0.7% |
| #12 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 62.5 | 4,534 | 59,019 | 9.0% |
| #13 | Chongqing University | China | 61.7 | 4,202 | 65,858 | 3.6% |
| #14 | Soochow University | China | 61.6 | 4,517 | 55,442 | -11.9% |
| #15 | Zhengzhou University | China | 61.5 | 4,682 | 61,040 | -20.3% |
| #16 | Xiamen University | China | 61.4 | 4,229 | 51,854 | -4.7% |
| #17 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 61.0 | 3,526 | 44,194 | 17.1% |
| #18 | Harbin Institute of Technology | China | 60.6 | 3,445 | 86,528 | 12.4% |
| #19 | Nanjing University | China | 59.1 | 3,011 | 66,464 | -1.0% |
| #20 | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | 58.5 | 2,997 | 73,158 | -15.6% |
| #21 | Zhejiang University | China | 58.4 | 2,857 | 157,802 | -10.6% |
| #22 | Shandong University | China | 58.2 | 2,849 | 84,532 | -13.9% |
| #23 | Shanghai University | China | 57.9 | 2,521 | 40,068 | 0.5% |
| #24 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea | 55.0 | 1,597 | 27,145 | 9.1% |
| #25 | Lanzhou University | China | 55.0 | 1,674 | 47,191 | -0.1% |
| #26 | Korea University | South Korea | 53.6 | 1,334 | 35,904 | 4.5% |
| #27 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | 52.7 | 1,342 | 26,219 | -17.4% |
How to interpret this field page
Field classifications are inferred from the scholarly works associated with institutions in OpenAlex. An institution can therefore appear strongly in several fields at once, and topic classifications may evolve as the scholarly graph is updated. ITS Research Solution does not infer a faculty or department simply from the existence of a topic signal.
Why every database record does not become an SEO page
ITS Research Solution only indexes pages when the underlying data is rich enough to support useful comparison and interpretation. Registry-only records, short research histories, missing topics and low-completeness profiles stay in the database but remain outside the public sitemap. This prevents repetitive, thin institution and subject pages.