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Research in Kaifeng

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Kaifeng, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Henan University, Kaifeng University and First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University.

Research institutions
6
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
34k
▲ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
369k
11.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record

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 Kaifeng?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Henan UniversityUniversity 25,340 #199
2First Affiliated Hospital of Henan UniversityHospital / health system 3,216 #7,758
3Kaifeng UniversityUniversity 2,067 #4,939
4Yellow River Conservancy Technical InstituteUniversity 1,286 #8,323
5Henan University Huaihe Hospital and Huaihe Clinical InstituteHospital / health system 1,283 #11,795
6Kaifeng City Children's HospitalHospital / health system 320 #32,821 all time

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.

Henan University: 75.6%First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University: 9.6%Kaifeng University: 6.2%Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute: 3.8%2 others listed: 4.8%76%largest
Henan University25k · 75.6%First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University3,216 · 9.6%Kaifeng University2,067 · 6.2%Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute1,286 · 3.8%2 others listed1,603 · 4.8%

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

Which fields of science does Kaifeng work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Kaifeng is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (16%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5,615 fractional works · 51.8% of its workEngineering: 1,587 fractional works · 14.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 539 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 284 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 125 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 108 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 103 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,076 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 370 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 303 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 126 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1,000 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 672 fractional works · 6.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 113 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 106 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 646 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 149 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 94 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 81 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 481 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 246 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 115 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 239 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 232 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 192 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 174 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 141 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2,185 fractional works · 20.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,127 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 765 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCancer Research: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 550 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 348 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 260 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 144 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 123 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 104 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 83 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,891 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 1,739 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 201 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 187 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 128 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 124 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 116 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 104 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 97 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 75 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 254 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 87 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,139 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 390 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 138 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 265 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 189 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 179 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 132 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKKaifeng11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences11%

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. Engineering1,58714.7%
    2. Computer Science1,0769.9%
    3. Materials Science1,0009.2%
    4. Environmental Science6466.0%
    5. Chemistry4814.4%
    6. Energy2392.2%
    7. Mathematics1921.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy1741.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1411.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering770.7%
  1. Life Sciences2,18520.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,12710.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5505.1%
    3. Neuroscience2602.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1441.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1041.0%
  2. Health Sciences1,89117.5%
    1. Medicine1,73916.1%
    2. Health Professions870.8%
    3. Nursing540.5%
    4. Dentistry80.1%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
  3. Social Sciences1,13910.5%
    1. Social Sciences3903.6%
    2. Psychology2652.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1891.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1791.7%
    5. Decision Sciences600.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities560.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kaifeng strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kaifeng is most concentrated in Biochemistry, Complementary and alternative medicine and Inorganic Chemistry (6.3× the world share in Biochemistry).

  1. BiochemistrySubfield · 50.5 works6.3×
  2. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 162.7 works5.8×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 103.0 works4.3×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 76.4 works4.3×
  5. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 21.8 works4.2×
  6. Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 24.4 works4.0×
  7. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 38.4 works3.8×
  8. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 614.2 works3.3×
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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: 1.05× its world share, 475 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 984 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 118 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 216 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.81× its world share, 94 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.04× its world share, 68 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.87× its world share, 429 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 944 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 130 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.44× its world share, 214 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 1,421 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 575 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.74× its world share, 912 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 166 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 155 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 1,470 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 45 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 179 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 55 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 165 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 225 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 352 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry2.87×429 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.81×94 works
  3. Materials Science2.74×912 works
  4. Energy2.44×214 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.04×68 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.94×984 works
  7. Mathematics1.48×166 works
  8. Neuroscience1.40×216 works
  9. Computer Science1.28×944 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×118 works
  11. Environmental Science1.22×575 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.05×475 works
  13. Engineering0.99×1,421 works
  14. Nursing0.96×45 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×130 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×165 works
  17. Medicine0.80×1,470 works
  18. Psychology0.78×225 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.73×155 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.60×55 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×179 works
  22. Health Professions0.30×74 works
  23. Social Sciences0.29×352 works
  24. Veterinary0.23×3 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.17×48 works
  26. Dentistry0.15×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Kaifeng?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Bioimaging and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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 Learning701▲ 1.88×83 topics
  2. Inflammation436▲ 1.89×83 topics
  3. Machine Learning432▲ 1.20×87 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress409▲ 2.3×60 topics
  5. Nanomaterials386▲ 3.4×18 topics
  6. Cancer384▲ 2.6×57 topics
  7. Catalysis335▲ 4.6×28 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications329▲ 2.6×36 topics
  9. Nanoparticles293▲ 2.1×43 topics
  10. Antioxidant250▲ 3.4×48 topics
  11. Neural Networks245▲ 1.47×37 topics
  12. Graphene239▲ 3.3×11 topics
  13. Nanocomposites233▲ 2.7×21 topics
  14. Remote Sensing228▲ 1.72×37 topics
  15. Gene Expression214▲ 3.2×20 topics
  16. Metal-Organic Frameworks214▲ 4.7×6 topics
  17. Bioimaging202▲ 8.3×6 topics
  18. Reactive Oxygen Species186▲ 4.2×14 topics
  19. Electrocatalysis185▲ 6.0×5 topics
  20. Nanocrystals182▲ 6.5×5 topics
  21. Anti-inflammatory178▲ 5.8×28 topics
  22. Drug Delivery178▲ 3.0×15 topics
  23. Semiconductor171▲ 4.8×7 topics
  24. Water Splitting163▲ 4.1×4 topics
  25. Self-Assembly162▲ 4.6×12 topics
  26. Metabolism160▲ 2.8×32 topics
  27. Heterogeneous Catalysis160▲ 8.0×4 topics
  28. Efficiency153▲ 4.7×5 topics
  29. Chemical Sensors146▲ 5.9×3 topics
  30. Traditional Chinese Medicine146▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Land Use Change138▲ 4.3×8 topics
  32. Semiconductors135▲ 4.3×5 topics
  33. CO2 Reduction129▲ 5.5×2 topics
  34. Fluorescence Imaging129▲ 8.0×2 topics
  35. Neuroprotective Effects126▲ 7.5×7 topics
  36. Stability126▲ 5.2×7 topics
  37. Visible Light125▲ 4.9×3 topics
  38. Photovoltaics120▲ 7.2×4 topics
  39. Methane Storage103▲ 7.4×2 topics
  40. Phytochemistry97▲ 7.5×8 topics

What research is done in Kaifeng?

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 95 works
  2. 2 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 78 works
  3. 3 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 70 works
  4. 4 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 66 works
  5. 5 Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications Materials Chemistry 63 works
  6. 6 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 57 works
  7. 7 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 56 works
  8. 8 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 56 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 51 works
  10. 10 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 50 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%Kaifeng26.5% 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 27.3% in 2024.

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