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Research in Sanya

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Sanya, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sanya University, Hainan Tropical Ocean University and Sanya Central Hospital.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.2k
▲ 369% vs 2018-21
Citations
44k
6.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1959-2026
68 years on the record
Sanya

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 Sanya?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sanya UniversityUniversity 3,741 #936
2Hainan Tropical Ocean UniversityUniversity 2,400 #5,329
3Sanya Central HospitalHospital / health system 452 #12,555
4Sanya City Women and Children HospitalHospital / health system 35 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.

Sanya University: 56.4%Hainan Tropical Ocean University: 36.2%Sanya Central Hospital: 6.8%Sanya City Women and Children Hospital: 0.5%56%largest
Sanya University3,741 · 56.4%Hainan Tropical Ocean University2,400 · 36.2%Sanya Central Hospital452 · 6.8%Sanya City Women and Children Hospital35 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Sanya work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Sanya is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,165 fractional works · 49.8% of its workEngineering: 854 fractional works · 19.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 121 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 115 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 95 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 87 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 77 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 51 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 428 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEcology: 113 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 65 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 395 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 145 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 102 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 210 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOceanography: 91 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 140 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,398 fractional works · 32.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 760 fractional works · 17.5% of its workPlant Science: 497 fractional works · 11.4% of its workFood Science: 55 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 46 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 515 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 318 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGenetics: 81 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 79 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 69 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 456 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 176 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 120 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 58 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 328 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 267 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSanya4,348fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering85419.6%
    2. Environmental Science4289.9%
    3. Computer Science3959.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2104.8%
    5. Materials Science1403.2%
    6. Chemistry431.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy380.9%
    8. Energy350.8%
    9. Mathematics130.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
  2. Life Sciences1,39832.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences76017.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51511.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology791.8%
    4. Neuroscience370.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.2%
    1. Social Sciences1764.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1202.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance581.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities350.8%
    5. Decision Sciences340.8%
    6. Psychology330.8%
    1. Medicine2676.1%
    2. Nursing280.7%
    3. Health Professions240.6%
    4. Veterinary50.1%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sanya strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sanya is most concentrated in Business and International Management, Oceanography and Aquatic Science (9.7× the world share in Business and International Management).

  1. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 37.2 works9.7×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 73.3 works7.1×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 42.3 works6.3×
  4. Plant ScienceSubfield · 404.0 works6.3×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 94.3 works5.0×
← 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: 3.61× its world share, 628 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 425 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 65 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 335 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 174 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 726 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.98× its world share, 360 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 111 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 227 worksMedicineNursing: 1.35× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 114 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 163 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.61×628 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.02×174 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.18×425 works
  4. Environmental Science1.98×360 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.76×65 works
  6. Nursing1.35×24 works
  7. Engineering1.32×726 works
  8. Computer Science1.17×335 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×114 works
  10. Materials Science0.87×111 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.85×30 works
  12. Veterinary0.81×4 works
  13. Energy0.75×25 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×54 works
  15. Chemistry0.59×34 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.55×7 works
  17. Neuroscience0.53×31 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×6 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.37×30 works
  20. Social Sciences0.35×163 works
  21. Medicine0.32×227 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.28×30 works
  23. Psychology0.25×28 works
  24. Health Professions0.23×22 works
  25. Mathematics0.22×9 works
  26. Dentistry0.17×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Sanya?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Deep Learning, Aquaculture, Transcription Factors, Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence, Epigenetic Regulation and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 Learning293▲ 1.96×83 topics
  2. Climate Change215▲ 1.82×83 topics
  3. Machine Learning206▲ 1.43×80 topics
  4. Gene Expression174▲ 6.4×20 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence150▲ 2.4×45 topics
  6. Environmental Impact134▲ 1.81×56 topics
  7. Aquaculture116▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Transcription Factors108▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Remote Sensing105▲ 1.98×37 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress105▲ 1.46×59 topics
  11. Internet of Things104▲ 2.8×26 topics
  12. Wireless Sensor Networks98▲ 5.0×17 topics
  13. Epigenetic Regulation83▲ 9.1×6 topics
  14. Data Mining82▲ 2.6×18 topics
  15. Antioxidants80▲ 4.2×15 topics
  16. Risk Assessment79▲ 2.8×19 topics
  17. Metabolism73▲ 3.2×30 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota71▲ 4.7×7 topics
  19. Development71▲ 4.6×11 topics
  20. Cloud Computing70▲ 5.6×13 topics
  21. MicroRNA69▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity64▲ 3.4×21 topics
  23. Auxin62▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Plant62▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Drought Resistance60▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Phylogenetic Analysis59▲ 4.3×16 topics
  27. Logistics58▲ 8.7×5 topics
  28. QTL Mapping57▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Signal Transduction56▲ 8.3×6 topics
  30. Genetic Mapping55▲ 16×6 topics
  31. Genetic Regulation54▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. Plant Responses53▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Probiotics50▲ 4.8×6 topics
  34. Metabolic Pathways50▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Big Data Analytics50▲ 5.4×5 topics
  36. Plant Immunity50▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Abiotic Stress44▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Fatty Acids42▲ 9.3×5 topics
  39. Salt Tolerance40▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Stress Signaling40▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Sanya?

Plant Molecular Biology …49Plant Molecular Biology Research: 49 fractional worksE-commerce and Technolog…36E-commerce and Technology Innovations: 36 fractional worksEducational Technology and Pedagogy: 35 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 33 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 31 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 30 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 29 fractional worksPlant Gene Expression An…28Plant Gene Expression Analysis: 28 fractional worksEducational Reforms and Innovations: 25 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 24 fractional works
Plant ScienceBusiness and International ManagementArtificial IntelligenceAquatic Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 49 works
  2. 2 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 36 works
  3. 3 Educational Technology and Pedagogy Artificial Intelligence 35 works
  4. 4 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 33 works
  5. 5 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 31 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 30 works
  7. 7 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 29 works
  8. 8 Plant Gene Expression Analysis Molecular Biology 28 works
  9. 9 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 25 works
  10. 10 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 24 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Sanya23.6% 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 26.7% in 2023.

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