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Research in Shantou

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Shantou, China. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Shantou University, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Shantou University Medical College.

Research institutions
12
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.9%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 12,904 #706
2Shantou University Medical CollegeUniversity 2,143 #3,132
3First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical CollegeHospital / health system 1,189 #5,775
4Shantou Central HospitalHospital / health system 1,149 #11,511
5Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical CollegeHospital / health system 767 #6,720
6Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of TechnologyUniversity 729 #2,538
7Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical CollegeHospital / health system 494 #11,087
8Shantou University Mental Health CenterHospital / health system 163 #35,534 all time
9Shantou Broadcasting and Television UniversityUniversity 59 not ranked
10Shantou Light Industrial Machinery Factory (China)Company 34 not ranked
11Shantou Ultrasonic Instrument Research InstituteResearch facility 25 not ranked
12Dynavolt Tech (China)Company 5 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 65.6%Shantou University Medical College: 10.9%First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College: 6.0%Shantou Central Hospital: 5.8%8 others listed: 11.6%66%largest
Shantou University13k · 65.6%Shantou University Medical College2,143 · 10.9%First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College1,189 · 6.0%Shantou Central Hospital1,149 · 5.8%8 others listed2,276 · 11.6%

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

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×
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Which keywords describe research in Shantou?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Inflammation293▲ 2.5×82 topics
  2. Epidemiology287▲ 1.31×120 topics
  3. Cancer282▲ 3.8×56 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress219▲ 2.4×58 topics
  5. Deep Learning215◆ 1.13×80 topics
  6. Machine Learning156▼ 0.86×78 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease135▲ 2.2×37 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment130▲ 5.3×8 topics
  9. Gene Expression123▲ 3.6×19 topics
  10. Nanoparticles106▲ 1.51×40 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications100▲ 1.52×34 topics
  12. Biomarkers98▲ 2.6×17 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome96▲ 2.1×23 topics
  14. Chemotherapy95▲ 2.5×25 topics
  15. Immunotherapy86▲ 2.2×19 topics
  16. Cell Death75▲ 5.8×6 topics
  17. Obesity74▲ 1.77×23 topics
  18. Catalysis72▲ 1.95×26 topics
  19. Metastasis69▲ 3.6×12 topics
  20. Regulation68▲ 2.3×21 topics
  21. Immunity67▲ 3.0×10 topics
  22. Aquaculture65▲ 4.5×7 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines64▲ 2.1×14 topics
  24. Reactive Oxygen Species61▲ 2.7×14 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy60▲ 4.7×5 topics
  26. Innate Immunity60▲ 3.4×11 topics
  27. Radiotherapy57▲ 2.7×13 topics
  28. Cytokines53▲ 3.4×8 topics
  29. Biogenesis53▲ 5.4×3 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation51▲ 4.2×6 topics
  31. Lipid Peroxidation51▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Cancer Progression49▲ 4.8×8 topics
  33. Stem Cells48▲ 3.4×15 topics
  34. Ferroptosis48▲ 11×1 topic
  35. GPX448▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Endoscopic Resection37▲ 6.7×2 topics
  37. Gene Expression Regulation36▲ 6.0×3 topics
  38. Cell Differentiation35▲ 6.7×2 topics
  39. Chemoradiation34▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy33▲ 7.6×2 topics

What research is done in Shantou?

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 48 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 33 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer Research 32 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 31 works
  5. 5 Esophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentSurgery 28 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAquatic Science 26 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsBiomedical Engineering 23 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and healthMolecular Biology 22 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulationCancer Research 22 works

Research output over time

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