Scientific Research Institutions As of 2015, the university has 1 National Engineering Research Center, 1 National Industry-University-Research Center, 2 Engineering Centers of the Ministry of Education, 2 Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 3 Provincial and Ministry ****-built Key Laboratories, 1 Ministry of Education's Strategic Research Cultivation Base, 15 Beijing Municipal Key Laboratories, 3 Laboratories belonging to the Federation of Mechanical Industry 3, 9 Beijing Engineering Technology Research Centers, 2 Engineering Research Centers of Beijing Higher Education Institutions, 8 Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Bases, 3 Beijing Philosophy and Society Bases, and 1 International Cooperation Center. Scientific Research Institutions Provincial Ministries*** 1 National Key Laboratory Cultivation Base Beijing Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering 1 National Industry-University-Research Center 1 National Industry-University-Research Laser Technology Center Ministry of Education Engineering Center 2 Digital Community Engineering Research Center Engineering Research Center of Automobile Structural Components Advanced Manufacturing Technology Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education 2 Heat Transfer Reinforcement and Process Energy Conservation Key Laboratory Key Laboratory of Novel Functional Materials Provincial Ministries ***Key Laboratory of New Functional Materials Key Laboratory of Provincial Ministry of ****Built 3 Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Technology Key Laboratory of Urban and Major Engineering Safety and Disaster Reduction Key Laboratory of Provincial Ministry of ****Built Beijing Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering - Cultivation Base of National Key Laboratory of Provincial Ministry of ****Built Laboratory of Mechanical Industry Confederation (3 laboratories) Key Laboratory of Printing Equipment of Mechanical Industry Key Laboratory of Digitalization Technology of Machinery Industry Key Laboratory of Digital Design and Testing of Heavy Machine Tools of Machinery Industry Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement and Control Technology and Instrumentation of Machinery Industry Beijing Municipal Key Laboratories or Research Bases (18) Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Energy Utilization Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Multimedia and Intelligent Software Technology Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Water Quality Science and Water Environment Recovery Engineering Beijing Municipal Beijing Key Laboratory of Transportation EngineeringBeijing Key Laboratory of Embedded SystemsBeijing Key Laboratory of Engineering Seismic Resistance and Structural Diagnosis and TreatmentBeijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral OncologyBeijing Key Laboratory of Beijing Modern Manufacturing Industry Development Research BaseBeijing Optoelectronics Technology LaboratoryBeijing Laboratory of Laser TechnologyLaboratory of Trustworthy Computing Research Base of Capital Engineering Education Development Research Base Beijing Municipal Quality Supervision and Inspection Station for Beverages and Food Additives Beijing Municipal Research and Development Center for Welding Equipment Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Solid Microstructure and Properties Beijing Municipal Engineering and Technology Research Center (9) Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Eco-Environmental Materials and Their Evaluation Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Wastewater Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal and Process Control Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Laser Application Technology Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Precision Measurement and Control Technology and Instrumentation Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Urban Traffic Operation and Guarantee Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Digital Medical 3D Printing Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for High-rise and Large-span Prestressed Steel Structures Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Internet of Things Software and Systems Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Historical Building Conservation Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Center for Higher Education (2) Beijing Engineering Research Center of Higher Education Institutions (2) Beijing Engineering Research Center of Environmentally Friendly New Material Technology Beijing Engineering Research Center of Higher Education Institutions Beijing Engineering Research Center of Advanced Laser Manufacturing Beijing Engineering Research Center of Higher Education Institutions Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Antiviral Drugs Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Wastewater Bio-treatment and Process Control Technology Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Carbon Based Nanomaterials Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Brain Information Intelligent Service Beijing Municipal International Science and Technology Cooperation Base Nonlinear Vibration and Strength of Mechanical Structures Beijing Municipal International Science and Technology Cooperation Base Digital Medical 3D Printing Beijing Municipal International Science and Technology Cooperation Base Precision Measurement and Control Technology and Instrumentation Beijing Municipal International Science and Technology Cooperation Base Green Building Environment and Energy Saving Technology Beijing Municipal International Science and Technology Cooperation Base International Cooperation Center Sino-German Laser Technology Center Academic Groups Academic Groups Academic Groups(10) ★ China Cement Association New Dry Process Cement Branch ★ China Field Statistics Research Association ★ China Software Industry Association Embedded Systems Branch ★ China Artificial Intelligence Society ★ China Automation Society Intelligent Buildings and Building Automation Committee ★ China Computer Users' Association Graphics Application Branch ★ China Mechanics Society Mechanics History and Methodology Branch ★ China Steel Structure Association Space Structures Branch ★ China Society for Materials Research Environmental Materials Chinese Society for Materials Research, Environmental Materials Branch ★Chinese Society of Elderly Professors, Science and Technology Committee, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) BIT has undertaken a large number of major and key projects in China and Beijing, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the "973" program, the "863" program, and the Science and Technology Support Program. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, in 2010, the university spent 620.71 million yuan on science and technology, which is twice as much as that at the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, with an average annual growth rate of about 15%. (1) Awards in 2014. The university received 45 awards of various types of scientific and technological awards, among which, the project of "Construction and Structural Performance Regulation of Extra-component Polymers" participated by the School of Environmental Energy was awarded the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, with the second rank of individual; the project of "Key Technology and Application of New Type of Flavors Preparation and Aroma Control" participated by the School of Environmental Energy was awarded the National Science and Technology Advancement Award. The project of "Key Technology and Application of New Flavor Preparation and Aroma Quality Control" participated by the School of Environmental Energy won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, with Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) as the third unit of completion; the project of "Technique and Application of the Relationship between Interfacial Properties and the Characteristics of Optical Apparatus" participated by the School of Laser Science won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award, with BIT as the fourth unit of completion. There were 22 provincial and ministerial level awards, including 3 Outstanding Achievement Awards for Scientific Research in Colleges and Universities under the Ministry of Education, 3 first prizes and 8 second prizes of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Award. 20 state-registered social force awards and awards of societies and industries with significant influence that are regarded as provincial and ministerial-level awards. (2) 2014 Annual Academic Papers. According to the statistical results of Chinese scientific and technological papers and university rankings in 2014 announced by China Institute of Scientific and Technological Information (CISTI), BIT has 695 papers indexed by SCIE (Science Citation Index) and ranked 63rd; 864 papers indexed by EI (Core Edition) and ranked 47th; 244 papers indexed by CPCI-S (International Science and Technology Conference Index) and ranked 43rd; and 244 papers indexed by SCI-CD (Science Citation Index) and ranked 43rd; and 20 papers indexed by SCI-CD (Science Citation Index) and ranked 43rd. From 2003 to 2012, 2,562 papers in SCI-CDE were cited 20,250 times, ranking 66th; 92 papers in journals with top 1/10 of SCI impact factor, ranking 51st. China Science and Technology Paper and Citation Database CSTPCD included 1178 papers, ranked 49th; papers were cited 4532 times, ranked 81st. (3) Intellectual Property Rights in 2014. By the end of 2014
BIT ranked 20th in the amount of effective invention patents in universities and 15th in the amount of invention patents authorized. 1593 patents were applied for with BIT as the applicant*** in the whole year, of which 1480 were invention patents, 108 were utility models and 5 were designs. 549 patents were authorized, including 425 invention patents, 119 utility models and 5 designs, and 367 software copyrights were registered. It has applied for 7 foreign patents, 10 PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty), and authorized 3 foreign patents. During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the school **** won 14 national awards, more than 100 provincial and ministerial awards, **** applied for 2,480 national patents, and was authorized 1,462 patents. Collection Resources As of 2013 , the library of BIT has a collection of more than 1,000,000 volumes of paper documents***, and has introduced more than 40 kinds of database resources (including more than 60 databases), including Web of knowledge, IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, EI Village, ISI Proceedings, Derwent Innovations Index, SPIE, OCLC Firstsearch, Elsevier, Springer-Link, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, China Academic Journals Network, Wanfang Database and other large-scale online databases. It has introduced more than 1,600 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals, established cooperation with the National Library, the Capital Library, and the Literature and Intelligence Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and joined the inter-library networks such as OCLC, CALIS and BALIS. Academic Publications Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology: A comprehensive academic journal of science and technology sponsored by Beijing Institute of Technology, founded in 1974; it mainly publishes academic papers on optical engineering and advanced manufacturing, electronics and information engineering, computer science, civil engineering and architecture, transportation engineering, environment and energy, materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering, applied mathematics and physics, etc.; it is a core journal in Chinese, indexed in many foreign databases. It is a core journal in Chinese and is included in many foreign databases. Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology (Social Science Edition): founded in 2001, it was selected as the source journal of Chinese Social Science Citation Index (CSSCI) Extended Edition, and it is the excellent social science journal of national colleges and universities, excellent social science journal of Beijing Municipality and excellent social science journal of national polytechnic, agricultural and hospital schools, and it is the "China Periodicals Network", It is the source journal of "China Journal Network", "China Academic Journals (CD-ROM) Full Text Journal", "Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Literature Information Center Database" and "Wanfang Data - Digital Journals Group". Digital Journal Group". Journal of Beijing Institute of Technology is a monthly journal, a source journal of China Science and Technology Paper Statistics and a source journal of China Science Citation Database, and a source journal of British Science Abstracts, American Chemical Abstracts, American Mathematical Reviews, American Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Russian Abstracts Magazine, TRANSPORT database, German Mathematical Reviews, and American Recent Mathematical Publications, etc. It has a full text of Chinese academic journals according to the Impact Factor of Chinese academic journals. According to the Annual Report of Impact Factor of Chinese Academic Journals (Natural Science and Engineering Technology 2013), the Journal has a compound impact factor of 0.624 in the comprehensive science and technology disciplines category, with a disciplinary sorting of 80/403; a composite impact factor of 0.278, with a disciplinary sorting of 158/403; and a disciplinary compound impact factor of 0.708 in the automation technology and computer technology disciplines literature category, with a disciplinary Sorting 53/117.