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Research in Foshan

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Foshan, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ji Hua Laboratory, Foshan University and Shunde Polytechnic.

Research institutions
15
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 128% vs 2018-21
Citations
173k
8.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Foshan

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Foshan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Foshan UniversityUniversity 8,363 #1,649
2Shunde PolytechnicUniversity 2,290 #7,484
3Ji Hua LaboratoryResearch facility 2,122 #966
4The Fourth People's HospitalHospital / health system 1,941 #11,463
5First People's Hospital of FoshanHospital / health system 1,933 #11,420
6Foshan Hospital of TCMHospital / health system 1,350 #14,065
7Foshan Second People's HospitalHospital / health system 622 #18,130
8Foshan Maternity and Child Health Care HospitalHospital / health system 615 #12,373
9Guangdong Special Equipment Inspection and Research InstituteResearch facility 211 #21,456
10Guangdong Shunde Innovative Design InstituteResearch facility 113 not ranked
11South China Robotics Innovative Research InstituteResearch facility 59 not ranked
12Foshan Ceramics Research Institute (China)Company 37 not ranked
13Donlim (China)Company 17 not ranked
14Foshan Municipal GovernmentGovernment institution 12 not ranked
15Guangdong Southern China Special Gas Institute (China)Company 4 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Foshan University: 42.5%Shunde Polytechnic: 11.6%Ji Hua Laboratory: 10.8%The Fourth People's Hospital: 9.9%11 others listed: 25.3%42%largest
Foshan University8,363 · 42.5%Shunde Polytechnic2,290 · 11.6%Ji Hua Laboratory2,122 · 10.8%The Fourth People's Hospital1,941 · 9.9%11 others listed4,973 · 25.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Foshan work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Foshan is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Medicine (17%), Materials Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,551 fractional works · 59.7% of its workEngineering: 2,252 fractional works · 29.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 686 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 341 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 306 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 186 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 153 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 145 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 105 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 793 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 468 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 122 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 496 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 162 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 147 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 263 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 207 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 192 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 188 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 167 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,397 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMedicine: 1,293 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSurgery: 150 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 145 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,154 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 551 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 333 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 302 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 128 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 140 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 127 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 92 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 527 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 171 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 104 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFoshan7,629fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,25229.5%
    2. Materials Science79310.4%
    3. Computer Science4966.5%
    4. Environmental Science2633.4%
    5. Energy2072.7%
    6. Chemistry1882.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy1672.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering721.0%
    9. Mathematics680.9%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences470.6%
  2. Health Sciences1,39718.3%
    1. Medicine1,29316.9%
    2. Health Professions420.6%
    3. Nursing390.5%
    4. Dentistry150.2%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,15415.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5517.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3024.0%
    3. Neuroscience1401.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1271.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics330.4%
    1. Social Sciences1712.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1141.5%
    3. Psychology1041.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance620.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities460.6%
    6. Decision Sciences300.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Foshan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Foshan is most concentrated in Business and International Management, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Animal Science and Zoology (4.7× the world share in Business and International Management).

  1. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 33.0 works4.7×
  2. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 108.5 works3.6×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 52.2 works3.6×
  4. CatalysisSubfield · 33.2 works3.4×
  5. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 166.6 works3.3×
  6. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 415.9 works3.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 271 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 470 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 106 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 114 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.59× its world share, 60 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 164 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 433 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.95× its world share, 180 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.00× its world share, 1,989 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 234 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.03× its world share, 701 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 61 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.00× its world share, 147 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 1,075 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 55 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 156 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.03×701 works
  2. Energy2.95×180 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.59×60 works
  4. Engineering2.00×1,989 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×106 works
  6. Chemistry1.58×164 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×470 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.18×28 works
  9. Neuroscience1.06×114 works
  10. Nursing1.05×34 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.00×147 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.86×271 works
  13. Computer Science0.84×433 works
  14. Medicine0.84×1,075 works
  15. Mathematics0.78×61 works
  16. Veterinary0.74×7 works
  17. Environmental Science0.71×234 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×106 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.41×26 works
  20. Psychology0.41×83 works
  21. Dentistry0.40×13 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×55 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×40 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.23×44 works
  25. Health Professions0.20×35 works
  26. Social Sciences0.19×156 works

Which keywords describe research in Foshan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Nanomaterials, Deep Learning, Rechargeable Batteries, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Mechanical Properties and Water Splitting.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning402▲ 1.53×84 topics
  2. Nanomaterials296▲ 3.7×20 topics
  3. Epidemiology296◆ 0.97×126 topics
  4. Energy Storage264▲ 5.3×12 topics
  5. Machine Learning243◆ 0.96×81 topics
  6. Inflammation238▲ 1.47×83 topics
  7. Cathode Materials230▲ 7.8×3 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties223▲ 3.0×39 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications221▲ 2.5×35 topics
  10. Nanoparticles192▲ 1.99×43 topics
  11. Graphene185▲ 3.6×12 topics
  12. Cancer183▲ 1.78×56 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress182▲ 1.45×60 topics
  14. Catalysis178▲ 3.5×26 topics
  15. Nanocomposites176▲ 2.9×22 topics
  16. Metal-Organic Frameworks170▲ 5.3×6 topics
  17. Rechargeable Batteries160▲ 7.9×2 topics
  18. Lithium-ion Batteries156▲ 5.0×4 topics
  19. Water Splitting153▲ 5.4×4 topics
  20. Microstructure139▲ 3.5×19 topics
  21. Electrocatalysis125▲ 5.8×5 topics
  22. Drug Delivery110▲ 2.6×16 topics
  23. Catalysts106▲ 6.8×3 topics
  24. Battery Technology105▲ 5.0×3 topics
  25. Semiconductor98▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Semiconductors93▲ 4.2×5 topics
  27. Energy Conversion92▲ 5.8×4 topics
  28. Battery Materials91▲ 7.2×1 topic
  29. Nanostructured Anodes91▲ 7.2×1 topic
  30. Fuel Cells84▲ 7.1×2 topics
  31. Sustainable Energy81▲ 5.8×4 topics
  32. Chemical Sensors80▲ 4.6×3 topics
  33. Hydrogen Evolution80▲ 7.9×1 topic
  34. Oxygen Reduction80▲ 7.9×1 topic
  35. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries79▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Ionic Conductivity74▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Nanostructured Cathodes70▲ 7.5×1 topic
  38. Solid-State Electrolytes70▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries69▲ 9.0×1 topic
  40. Zinc Anode69▲ 9.0×1 topic

What research is done in Foshan?

Advancements in Battery …82Advancements in Battery Materials: 82 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…71Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 71 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…64Advanced battery technologies research: 64 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…63Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 63 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 52 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 48 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…43Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 43 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 42 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 42 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…33Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 33 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAutomotive EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 82 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 71 works
  3. 3 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 64 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 52 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 48 works
  7. 7 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 43 works
  8. 8 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 42 works
  9. 9 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 42 works
  10. 10 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 33 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Foshan20.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 2023.

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