Research in Guangzhou
Science Explorer records 171 research institutions in Guangzhou, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology and Guangdong University of Technology.
- Research institutions
- 171 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 608k ▲ 51% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 24.0% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Guangzhou?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Guangzhou strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Guangzhou is most concentrated in Cancer Research, General Engineering and Energy Engineering and Power Technology (2.9× the world share in Cancer Research).
- Cancer ResearchSubfield · 2,303.3 works2.9×
- General EngineeringSubfield · 36.5 works2.7×
- Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 497.8 works2.6×
- Computational MathematicsSubfield · 39.8 works2.4×
- ImmunologySubfield · 2,967.4 works2.4×
- HepatologySubfield · 832.0 works2.4×
- Business and International ManagementSubfield · 417.3 works2.2×
- Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 213.8 works2.2×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Guangzhou?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Tumor Microenvironment and Epidemiology.
- Power System
- Epigenetic Regulation
- Cell Death
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Immunity
- Metabolism
- Catalysis
- Graphene
- Energy Efficiency
- Immunotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Nanocomposites
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Gene Expression
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoparticles
- Biomedical Applications
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Inflammation
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Neural Networks
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- Environmental Impact
- Energy Storage
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Remote Sensing
- Internet of Things
- Chemotherapy
- Smart Grid
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Drug Delivery
- Cathode Materials
- Regulation
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Innate Immunity
- Biogenesis
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Deep Learning11k▲ 1.72×84 topics
- Inflammation6,932▲ 1.84×83 topics
- Machine Learning6,856▲ 1.16×97 topics
- Cancer6,364▲ 2.6×59 topics
- Epidemiology6,338◆ 0.89×138 topics
- Oxidative Stress5,206▲ 1.76×63 topics
- Neural Networks4,800▲ 1.73×42 topics
- Biomedical Applications3,811▲ 1.78×36 topics
- Climate Change3,705▼ 0.76×115 topics
- Nanoparticles3,589▲ 1.58×44 topics
- Renewable Energy3,534▲ 1.36×57 topics
- Nanomaterials3,028▲ 1.58×21 topics
- Environmental Impact2,940◆ 0.96×71 topics
- Gene Expression2,818▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Energy Storage2,741▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment2,741▲ 3.4×8 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease2,669▲ 1.33×39 topics
- Nanocomposites2,552▲ 1.75×22 topics
- Remote Sensing2,481◆ 1.11×42 topics
- Biomarkers2,345▲ 1.90×18 topics
- Internet of Things2,308▲ 1.47×32 topics
- Immunotherapy2,288▲ 1.78×19 topics
- Chemotherapy2,230▲ 1.76×25 topics
- Energy Efficiency2,213▲ 1.30×46 topics
- Smart Grid2,184▲ 3.2×10 topics
- Graphene2,168▲ 1.75×12 topics
- Convolutional Neural Networks2,127▲ 1.61×14 topics
- Catalysis2,004▲ 1.67×29 topics
- Drug Delivery1,962▲ 2.0×16 topics
- Metabolism1,956▲ 2.1×32 topics
- Cathode Materials1,879▲ 2.6×3 topics
- Immunity1,776▲ 2.4×11 topics
- Regulation1,773▲ 1.82×25 topics
- Metal-Organic Frameworks1,687▲ 2.2×6 topics
- Reactive Oxygen Species1,626▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Cell Death1,600▲ 3.8×6 topics
- Innate Immunity1,449▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Epigenetic Regulation1,309▲ 3.4×6 topics
- Biogenesis1,226▲ 3.8×3 topics
- Power System1,014▲ 6.2×5 topics
What research is done in Guangzhou?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 874 works
- 2 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 753 works
- 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 722 works
- 4 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 719 works
- 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer Research 710 works
- 6 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 685 works
- 7 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 648 works
- 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsBiomedical Engineering 638 works
- 9 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 624 works
- 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 522 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.