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Research in Lhasa

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Lhasa, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tibet University, Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital and Tibetan Traditional Medical College.

Research institutions
7
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.9k
▲ 118% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
9.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Lhasa

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 Lhasa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tibet UniversityUniversity 3,088 #1,676
2Tibet Autonomous Region People's HospitalHospital / health system 1,042 #6,952
3Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry SciencesUniversity 450 #18,996
4Tibetan Traditional Medical CollegeUniversity 278 #14,773
5Tibetan Academy of Social ScienceResearch facility 49 not ranked
6Bureau of Hydrology TibetGovernment institution 26 not ranked
7Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology AgencyGovernment institution 1 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.

Tibet University: 62.6%Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital: 21.1%Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences: 9.1%Tibetan Traditional Medical College: 5.6%3 others listed: 1.5%63%largest
Tibet University3,088 · 62.6%Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital1,042 · 21.1%Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences450 · 9.1%Tibetan Traditional Medical College278 · 5.6%3 others listed76 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Lhasa work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Lhasa is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (16%), Engineering (14%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,011 fractional works · 45.1% of its workEngineering: 311 fractional works · 13.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 94 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 286 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEcology: 68 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 175 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 77 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 50 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 82 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 48 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 46 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 615 fractional works · 27.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 270 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 153 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 269 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPlant Science: 109 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 416 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMedicine: 366 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 197 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 96 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLhasa2,239fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering31113.9%
    2. Environmental Science28612.8%
    3. Computer Science1757.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences823.7%
    5. Materials Science482.2%
    6. Energy462.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy271.2%
    8. Chemistry221.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    10. Mathematics50.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27012.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26912.0%
    3. Neuroscience341.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology301.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.6%
    1. Medicine36616.3%
    2. Nursing210.9%
    3. Health Professions180.8%
    4. Veterinary60.3%
    5. Dentistry40.2%
    1. Social Sciences964.3%
    2. Psychology341.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting251.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance211.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities170.7%
    6. Decision Sciences50.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lhasa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lhasa is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Complementary and alternative medicine and Ecology (5.0× the world share in Atmospheric Science).

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 43.9 works5.0×
  2. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 28.0 works4.9×
  3. EcologySubfield · 60.3 works3.9×
← 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: 2.43× its world share, 227 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.25× its world share, 236 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 155 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.42× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 283 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.61× its world share, 256 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 315 worksMedicineNursing: 1.98× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.61×256 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×227 works
  3. Energy2.42×44 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.33×72 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.25×236 works
  6. Nursing1.98×19 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.64×11 works
  8. Veterinary1.63×4 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.19×24 works
  10. Computer Science1.01×155 works
  11. Engineering0.96×283 works
  12. Neuroscience0.94×30 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.89×6 works
  14. Medicine0.83×315 works
  15. Chemistry0.65×20 works
  16. Materials Science0.61×42 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.56×24 works
  18. Psychology0.52×31 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×17 works
  20. Dentistry0.37×4 works
  21. Social Sciences0.36×89 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×22 works
  23. Health Professions0.28×14 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.27×16 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.20×4 works
  26. Mathematics0.19×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Lhasa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Oxidative Stress, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Adaptation, Biodiversity and Microbial Communities.

▲ 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. Climate Change184▲ 3.0×80 topics
  2. Deep Learning119▲ 1.54×75 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress95▲ 2.6×58 topics
  4. Remote Sensing89▲ 3.2×32 topics
  5. Renewable Energy83▲ 2.6×40 topics
  6. Epidemiology81◆ 0.91×115 topics
  7. Machine Learning70◆ 0.93×65 topics
  8. Inflammation67▲ 1.41×79 topics
  9. Neural Networks61▲ 1.77×30 topics
  10. Environmental Impact59▲ 1.55×39 topics
  11. Biodiversity54▲ 3.2×25 topics
  12. Cancer48▲ 1.59×53 topics
  13. Adaptation44▲ 6.6×9 topics
  14. Microbial Communities42▲ 4.3×10 topics
  15. Antioxidant41▲ 2.7×44 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity41▲ 2.9×25 topics
  17. Invasive Species40▲ 4.2×20 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota37▲ 4.8×7 topics
  19. Global Change34▲ 5.8×6 topics
  20. Metabolism33▲ 2.8×29 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis32▲ 4.6×14 topics
  22. Pulmonary Edema31▲ 28×2 topics
  23. High Altitude31▲ 96×1 topic
  24. Hypoxia31▲ 96×1 topic
  25. Water Quality30▲ 3.4×14 topics
  26. Metabolic Health30▲ 6.7×3 topics
  27. Smart Grid30▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Hydrology29▲ 9.9×4 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants28▲ 3.3×15 topics
  30. Traditional Chinese Medicine28▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Ecosystem Functioning27▲ 5.9×7 topics
  32. Biochar Application27▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Habitat Fragmentation26▲ 5.4×5 topics
  34. Biogeography26▲ 4.1×20 topics
  35. Inflammatory Diseases23▲ 5.4×6 topics
  36. Immune Responses22▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Metagenomic Analysis21▲ 8.1×1 topic
  38. Short-Chain Fatty Acids21▲ 8.1×1 topic
  39. Regional Planning20▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Ecosystem20▲ 8.2×4 topics

What research is done in Lhasa?

High Altitude and Hypoxia: 25 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 19 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…17Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 17 fractional worksEducational Reforms and …13Educational Reforms and Innovations: 13 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 13 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 12 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …12Cryospheric studies and observations: 12 fractional worksPower Systems and Renewable Energy: 11 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 11 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…10Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 10 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyEcologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis5 others

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

  1. 1 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 25 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 19 works
  3. 3 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 17 works
  4. 4 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 13 works
  5. 5 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 13 works
  6. 6 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 12 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 12 works
  8. 8 Power Systems and Renewable Energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 11 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 11 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 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%Lhasa20.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.5% in 2016.

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