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Research in Shantou

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Shantou, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shantou University, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College.

Research institutions
8
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
278k
14.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1974-2026
53 years on the record
Shantou

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 Shantou?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shantou UniversityUniversity 16,729 #537
2Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical CollegeHospital / health system 767 #12,969
3Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of TechnologyUniversity 729 #4,012
4Shantou University Mental Health CenterHospital / health system 163 #33,440 all time
5Shantou Broadcasting and Television UniversityUniversity 59 not ranked
6Shantou Light Industrial Machinery Factory (China)Company 34 not ranked
7Shantou Ultrasonic Instrument Research InstituteResearch facility 25 not ranked
8Dynavolt Tech (China)Company 5 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.

Shantou University: 90.4%Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College: 4.1%Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology: 3.9%Shantou University Mental Health Center: 0.9%4 others listed: 0.7%90%largest
Shantou University17k · 90.4%Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College767 · 4.1%Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology729 · 3.9%Shantou University Mental Health Center163 · 0.9%4 others listed123 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Shantou work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Shantou is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,645 fractional works · 41.4% of its workEngineering: 985 fractional works · 15.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 185 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 175 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 140 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 114 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 383 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 143 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 95 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 373 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 60 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 273 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 175 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 162 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 96 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 144 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 105 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 102 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 82 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 79 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,985 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMedicine: 1,863 fractional works · 29.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 202 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSurgery: 200 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 181 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 145 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 129 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 97 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 84 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,256 fractional works · 19.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 787 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 482 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCancer Research: 111 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 154 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 135 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 142 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAquatic Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 142 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 510 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 165 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 106 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 83 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 67 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 59 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKShantou6,396fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering98515.4%
    2. Computer Science3836.0%
    3. Environmental Science3735.8%
    4. Materials Science2734.3%
    5. Chemistry1622.5%
    6. Mathematics1442.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1051.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy1021.6%
    9. Energy821.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering370.6%
  2. Health Sciences1,98531.0%
    1. Medicine1,86329.1%
    2. Health Professions631.0%
    3. Nursing410.6%
    4. Dentistry140.2%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,25619.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology78712.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1542.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1422.2%
    4. Neuroscience1422.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics310.5%
    1. Social Sciences1652.6%
    2. Psychology1061.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting831.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities671.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance590.9%
    6. Decision Sciences300.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Shantou strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shantou is most concentrated in Cancer Research, Ophthalmology and Aquatic Science (4.2× the world share in Cancer Research).

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 101.3 works4.2×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 56.7 works3.8×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 38.3 works3.8×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 27.6 works3.1×
  5. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 49.9 works3.1×
  6. ImmunologySubfield · 115.0 works3.0×
  7. NephrologySubfield · 35.9 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: 0.49× its world share, 128 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 684 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 131 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 120 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.45× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.61× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.61× its world share, 140 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 332 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 86 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 72 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 881 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 331 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 237 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 124 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 81 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 1,588 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 74 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 141 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.34×131 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.32×684 works
  3. Mathematics1.90×124 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.61×31 works
  5. Chemistry1.61×140 works
  6. Medicine1.49×1,588 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.45×28 works
  8. Energy1.41×72 works
  9. Neuroscience1.34×120 works
  10. Nursing1.30×35 works
  11. Materials Science1.22×237 works
  12. Environmental Science1.20×331 works
  13. Engineering1.06×881 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×86 works
  15. Computer Science0.77×332 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.65×81 works
  17. Psychology0.53×89 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.51×27 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×128 works
  20. Veterinary0.47×4 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×52 works
  22. Dentistry0.43×12 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×74 works
  24. Health Professions0.37×53 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.37×59 works
  26. Social Sciences0.20×141 works

Which keywords describe research in Shantou?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Deep Learning and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Inflammation342▲ 2.5×82 topics
  2. Epidemiology338▲ 1.33×124 topics
  3. Cancer319▲ 3.7×56 topics
  4. Deep Learning258▲ 1.17×82 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress256▲ 2.4×58 topics
  6. Machine Learning188◆ 0.88×80 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease154▲ 2.1×37 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment149▲ 5.2×8 topics
  9. Gene Expression145▲ 3.6×19 topics
  10. Nanoparticles123▲ 1.52×42 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications115▲ 1.52×35 topics
  12. Biomarkers114▲ 2.5×17 topics
  13. Chemotherapy110▲ 2.4×25 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome109▲ 2.1×23 topics
  15. Immunotherapy98▲ 2.1×19 topics
  16. Risk Factors95▲ 1.35×32 topics
  17. Nanomaterials91▲ 1.36×19 topics
  18. Cell Death88▲ 5.7×6 topics
  19. Obesity87▲ 1.77×23 topics
  20. Catalysis82▲ 1.93×27 topics
  21. Metastasis80▲ 3.6×12 topics
  22. Regulation76▲ 2.2×21 topics
  23. Immunity75▲ 2.9×10 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines75▲ 2.1×14 topics
  25. Aquaculture73▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Innate Immunity71▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Reactive Oxygen Species70▲ 2.6×14 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance67▲ 2.3×10 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy67▲ 4.4×5 topics
  30. Cytokines65▲ 3.5×8 topics
  31. Radiotherapy65▲ 2.6×13 topics
  32. Lipid Peroxidation58▲ 8.3×3 topics
  33. Stem Cells58▲ 3.3×15 topics
  34. Biogenesis57▲ 5.2×3 topics
  35. Epigenetic Regulation55▲ 4.1×6 topics
  36. Ferroptosis55▲ 10×1 topic
  37. GPX455▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Cancer Progression54▲ 4.7×8 topics
  39. Endoscopic Resection41▲ 6.4×2 topics
  40. Chemoradiation37▲ 8.9×2 topics

What research is done in Shantou?

Ferroptosis and cancer p…48Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 48 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…33RNA modifications and cancer: 33 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 32 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 31 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 28 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 25 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…23Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 23 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 22 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 22 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyCancer ResearchOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 48 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 33 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 32 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 31 works
  5. 5 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 28 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 26 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 23 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 22 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 22 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%Shantou23.0% 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 26.0% in 2024.

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