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Research in Lu'an

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Lu'an, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are West Anhui University and Lu'an First People's Hospital.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.8k
▲ 135% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
4.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1986-2026
41 years on the record
Lu'an

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Which research institutions are in Lu'an?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1West Anhui UniversityUniversity 2,280 #7,679
2Lu'an First People's HospitalHospital / health system 530 #16,299

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 Lu'an work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research in Lu'an is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Medicine (19%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 513 fractional works · 55.4% of its workEngineering: 216 fractional works · 23.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 55 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 108 fractional works · 11.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 50 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 62 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 183 fractional works · 19.7% of its workMedicine: 173 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 151 fractional works · 16.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 48 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 80 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLu'an928fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences20%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. Engineering21623.3%
    2. Computer Science10811.7%
    3. Materials Science626.7%
    4. Environmental Science424.5%
    5. Chemistry283.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy222.4%
    7. Energy181.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.0%
    9. Mathematics50.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    1. Medicine17318.7%
    2. Health Professions40.5%
    3. Nursing40.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology758.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences485.2%
    3. Neuroscience121.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology101.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.6%
    1. Social Sciences283.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting141.5%
    3. Psychology121.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities121.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.9%
    6. Decision Sciences70.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lu'an strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lu'an is most concentrated in Control and Systems Engineering (3.0× the world share in Control and Systems Engineering).

  1. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 25.9 works3.0×
← 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: 1.01× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.87× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.49× its world share, 93 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.13× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 192 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.03× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy2.13×16 works
  2. Materials Science2.03×57 works
  3. Chemistry1.87×24 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.79×5 works
  5. Engineering1.60×192 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.55×66 works
  7. Computer Science1.49×93 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.13×20 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.01×38 works
  10. Environmental Science0.92×37 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.91×7 works
  12. Medicine0.91×139 works
  13. Neuroscience0.80×10 works
  14. Nursing0.78×3 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.76×6 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.74×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×8 works
  18. Mathematics0.55×5 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×13 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.47×11 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×8 works
  22. Psychology0.40×10 works
  23. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.26×26 works
  25. Dentistry0.17×1 works
  26. Health Professions0.17×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Lu'an?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Evolutionary Algorithms, Biomedical Applications, Particle Swarm Optimization, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Inflammation and Constraint Handling.

▲ 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 Learning52▲ 1.62×67 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 1.66×72 topics
  3. Machine Learning32◆ 1.05×49 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications29▲ 2.7×27 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress28▲ 1.86×54 topics
  6. Cancer25▲ 1.99×43 topics
  7. Neural Networks24▲ 1.69×30 topics
  8. Nanomaterials23▲ 2.4×16 topics
  9. Antioxidant22▲ 3.5×31 topics
  10. Remote Sensing20▲ 1.75×25 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties20▲ 2.2×26 topics
  12. Internet of Things20▲ 2.5×20 topics
  13. Graphene19▲ 3.0×10 topics
  14. Evolutionary Algorithms18▲ 18×3 topics
  15. Anti-inflammatory17▲ 6.5×21 topics
  16. Particle Swarm Optimization17▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Metal-Organic Frameworks17▲ 4.4×5 topics
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks15▲ 3.6×16 topics
  19. Semiconductor15▲ 4.9×7 topics
  20. Constraint Handling14▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Water Splitting14▲ 4.1×4 topics
  22. Regulation14▲ 2.9×14 topics
  23. Entanglement14▲ 9.8×3 topics
  24. Differential Evolution13▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Global Optimization12▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Ant Colony Optimization12▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Metaheuristics12▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Firefly Algorithm11▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Nature-Inspired Algorithms11▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Quantum11▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Neuroprotective Effects11▲ 7.8×7 topics
  32. Ethnopharmacology11▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Traditional Medicine11▲ 7.9×6 topics
  34. Quantum Information11▲ 9.8×3 topics
  35. Nonlinear Systems10▲ 5.1×4 topics
  36. Neuroprotective10▲ 6.9×9 topics
  37. Therapeutic Potential9▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Adaptive Control9▲ 6.9×5 topics
  39. Dendrobium8▲ 108×1 topic
  40. Measurement8▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Lu'an?

Metaheuristic Optimizati…10Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 10 fractional worksBiological and pharmacol…7Biological and pharmacological studies of plants: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …7Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 7 fractional worksQuantum Information and …7Quantum Information and Cryptography: 7 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 5 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 5 fractional worksChinese history and phil…5Chinese history and philosophy: 5 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 5 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 5 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…4Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 4 fractional works
Artificial IntelligencePharmacologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  2. 2 Biological and pharmacological studies of plants Pharmacology 7 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  6. 6 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  8. 8 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 5 works
  9. 9 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  10. 10 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Lu'an19.7% 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 19.7% in 2025.

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