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Research in Hengyang

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Hengyang, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of South China, Hunan Institute of Technology and Hengyang Normal University.

Research institutions
3
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
25k
▲ 129% vs 2018-21
Citations
208k
8.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Hengyang

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 Hengyang?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of South ChinaUniversity 16,637 #867
2Hengyang Normal UniversityUniversity 3,460 #11,124
3Hunan Institute of TechnologyUniversity 2,538 #3,443

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.

Which fields of science does Hengyang work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Hengyang is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Engineering (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,399 fractional works · 52.4% of its workEngineering: 1,580 fractional works · 18.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 368 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 228 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 227 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 152 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 123 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 100 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 99 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 718 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 530 fractional works · 6.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 76 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 599 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 208 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 161 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 466 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 200 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 189 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 436 fractional works · 5.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 85 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 315 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 97 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 107 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,876 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMedicine: 1,736 fractional works · 20.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 206 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 198 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 165 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 160 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 101 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 87 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 91 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,669 fractional works · 19.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,109 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 706 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCancer Research: 195 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 218 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 170 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 164 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 132 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 79 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 453 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 137 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHengyang8,397fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering1,58018.8%
    2. Materials Science7188.6%
    3. Computer Science5997.1%
    4. Chemistry4665.6%
    5. Environmental Science4365.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy3153.7%
    7. Energy1121.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences821.0%
    9. Mathematics560.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering340.4%
  2. Health Sciences1,87622.3%
    1. Medicine1,73620.7%
    2. Health Professions911.1%
    3. Nursing370.4%
    4. Dentistry100.1%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
  3. Life Sciences1,66919.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,10913.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology2182.6%
    3. Neuroscience1642.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1321.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics460.6%
    1. Social Sciences1371.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting831.0%
    3. Psychology811.0%
    4. Decision Sciences570.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance500.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities450.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hengyang strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hengyang is most concentrated in Inorganic Chemistry, Cancer Research and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (9.8× the world share in Inorganic Chemistry).

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 175.7 works9.8×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 174.5 works5.6×
  3. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 46.8 works5.4×
  4. RadiationSubfield · 51.7 works5.2×
  5. BiochemistrySubfield · 26.0 works4.3×
  6. MicrobiologySubfield · 31.1 works4.1×
  7. ChemistryField · 416.4 works3.7×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 114 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.52× its world share, 970 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 186 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 140 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.67× its world share, 416 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 520 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 96 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 1,364 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 364 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.49× its world share, 629 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 253 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 79 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 1,475 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 74 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 64 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry3.67×416 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.56×186 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.52×970 works
  4. Materials Science2.49×629 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.63×42 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.57×253 works
  7. Energy1.45×96 works
  8. Engineering1.26×1,364 works
  9. Neuroscience1.19×140 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.08×27 works
  11. Medicine1.06×1,475 works
  12. Environmental Science1.01×364 works
  13. Computer Science0.93×520 works
  14. Nursing0.87×31 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.75×52 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×70 works
  17. Mathematics0.58×49 works
  18. Health Professions0.41×79 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×114 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×74 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×46 works
  22. Psychology0.29×64 works
  23. Dentistry0.22×8 works
  24. Veterinary0.19×2 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.18×38 works
  26. Social Sciences0.13×118 works

Which keywords describe research in Hengyang?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Adsorption, Oxidative Stress, Actinides, Coordination Chemistry, Bioremediation and Nanomaterials.

▲ 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. Cancer489▲ 4.3×53 topics
  2. Inflammation469▲ 2.6×82 topics
  3. Deep Learning371▲ 1.28×79 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress362▲ 2.6×59 topics
  5. Machine Learning276◆ 0.99×79 topics
  6. Nanomaterials250▲ 2.9×18 topics
  7. Adsorption238▲ 13×7 topics
  8. Nanoparticles207▲ 1.96×39 topics
  9. Gene Expression200▲ 3.8×20 topics
  10. Environmental Impact191▲ 1.34×44 topics
  11. Actinides175▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications173▲ 1.74×33 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment173▲ 4.5×8 topics
  14. Coordination Chemistry164▲ 31×4 topics
  15. Bioremediation160▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Cell Death153▲ 7.5×6 topics
  17. Extraction149▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Sorption148▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Lanthanides146▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Complexation146▲ 53×1 topic
  21. Uranium146▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Graphene145▲ 2.6×11 topics
  23. Catalysis144▲ 2.6×28 topics
  24. Reactive Oxygen Species143▲ 4.1×14 topics
  25. Biomarkers138▲ 2.4×17 topics
  26. Regulation136▲ 3.0×19 topics
  27. Biogenesis126▲ 8.8×3 topics
  28. Apoptosis115▲ 4.4×21 topics
  29. Epigenetic Regulation109▲ 6.1×6 topics
  30. Metastasis108▲ 3.7×12 topics
  31. Cancer Progression87▲ 5.7×8 topics
  32. Metal Recovery86▲ 5.2×3 topics
  33. Disease82▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Lipid Peroxidation79▲ 8.6×3 topics
  35. Ferroptosis76▲ 11×1 topic
  36. GPX476▲ 11×1 topic
  37. RNA Regulation76▲ 8.7×2 topics
  38. Cell Differentiation75▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Long Noncoding RNAs74▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Transcriptional Landscape74▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Hengyang?

Radioactive element chem…128Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 128 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 68 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 63 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 52 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 51 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 50 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…49Extraction and Separation Processes: 49 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 48 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 45 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …40Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 40 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 128 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 68 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 63 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 52 works
  5. 5 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 51 works
  6. 6 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 50 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 49 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 48 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 45 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 40 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%Hengyang23.8% 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 24.9% in 2023.

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