Air Force Medical University
In research, Air Force Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#521 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#499 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#538 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Oral Surgery and Dentistry (Orthodontics is 11.1× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #954 of 22,385 · #2,540 all time
- Rank in China
- #229 of 2,481
- Research works
- 23k ▲ 39% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 332k 14.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 14.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.30× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 29% world 40%
- International
- 7% world 18%
What is Air Force Medical University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #521 of 9,902 | 16.0% | 1,818 | #1834 | |
| MedicineField | #499 of 8,541 | 15.4% | 1,601 | #1678 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #538 of 6,403 | 14.4% | 1,080 | #1457 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #377 of 2,964 | 15.0% | 672 | #1114 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,746 of 10,670 | 12.5% | 397 | #2620 | |
| Molecular BiologySubfield | #367 of 1,880 | 14.5% | 407 | #1074 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #409 of 1,532 | 15.3% | 214 | #1048 | |
| DentistryField | #113 of 405 | 19.7% | 131 | #319 | |
| EngineeringField | #2,040 of 5,901 | 12.5% | 201 | #4715 | |
| PsychologyField | #743 of 2,121 | 20.7% | 103 | #1738 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Air Force Medical University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#1,834 #521
- Medicine#1,678 #499
- Life Sciences#1,457 #538
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,114 #377
- Physical Sciences#2,620 #1,746
- Molecular Biology#1,074 #367
- Surgery#1,048 #409
- Dentistry#319 #113
- Engineering#4,715 #2,040
- Psychology#1,738 #743
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Air Force Medical University work in?
In 2022-now, 53% of research at Air Force Medical University is in Health Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Neuroscience (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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 institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences2,06352.9%
- Medicine1,81746.6%
- Dentistry1473.8%
- Health Professions741.9%
- Nursing220.6%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Life Sciences1,22431.4%
- Physical Sciences44311.4%
- Engineering2235.7%
- Materials Science741.9%
- Computer Science441.1%
- Chemistry381.0%
- Environmental Science290.7%
- Physics and Astronomy180.5%
- Mathematics60.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.1%
- Energy40.1%
- Chemical Engineering20.1%
- Social Sciences1684.3%
- Psychology1153.0%
- Social Sciences340.9%
- Decision Sciences70.2%
- Arts and Humanities50.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting20.1%
What does Air Force Medical University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 48.8 works11×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 60.0 works8.0×
- DentistryField · 147.2 works7.8×
- Cancer ResearchSubfield · 121.8 works7.2×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
Field profile
Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry7.78×147 works
- Immunology and Microbiology4.19×164 works
- Neuroscience4.03×255 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.65×759 works
- Medicine2.42×1,817 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.33×18 works
- Nursing1.15×22 works
- Psychology0.97×115 works
- Health Professions0.72×74 works
- Chemistry0.62×38 works
- Materials Science0.55×74 works
- Veterinary0.44×2 works
- Engineering0.38×223 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.21×18 works
- Decision Sciences0.20×7 works
- Chemical Engineering0.17×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×28 works
- Computer Science0.15×44 works
- Environmental Science0.15×29 works
- Energy0.12×4 works
- Mathematics0.12×6 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×4 works
- Social Sciences0.07×34 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×5 works
- Arts and Humanities0.04×5 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.02×2 works
- Dentistry 7.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 4.2×
- Neuroscience 4.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3.6×
- Medicine 2.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.3×
- Nursing 1.1×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Chemistry 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Veterinary 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.0×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Air Force Medical University?
Ranked on the quality score, Li‐na Niu, Yan Jin and Shiyu Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Air Force Medical University.
- 1
Li‐na Niu
China · #26,476 worldwide 14k citations · 310 works
- 2
Yan Jin
China · #35,075 worldwide 22k citations · 451 works
- 3
Shiyu Liu
China · #37,114 worldwide 11k citations · 228 works
- 4
Lin Wang
China · #81,901 worldwide 2.1k citations · 62 works
- 5
Daiming Fan
China · #103,557 worldwide 44k citations · 856 works
- 6
Zhuo Wan
China · #104,423 worldwide 2.5k citations · 69 works
- 7
Fa‐Ming Chen
China · #112,689 worldwide 10k citations · 153 works
- 8
Fa‐Ming Chen
China · #116,852 worldwide 2.6k citations · 72 works
- 9
Xiao‐Tao He
China · #126,258 worldwide 2.4k citations · 65 works
- 10
Guohong Han
China · #128,357 worldwide 20k citations · 293 works
Which keywords describe research at Air Force Medical University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Gene Expression, Cell Death and Biomarkers.
- Bone Regeneration
- Ferroptosis
- Epigenetic Regulation
- Biomaterials
- Wound Healing
- Regeneration
- Cancer Therapy
- Innate Immunity
- Tissue Engineering
- Metabolism
- Regulation
- Metastasis
- Biogenesis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Chemotherapy
- Quality of Life
- Immunotherapy
- Gene Expression
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Biomarkers
- Cell Death
- Angiogenesis
- Treatment
- Immunity
- Neurological Disorders
- Drug Delivery
- Neuroinflammation
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Apoptosis
- Cancer Progression
- Cytokines
- Macrophages
- Lipid Peroxidation
- Mitochondria
- GPX4
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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
- Inflammation383▲ 4.6×82 topics
- Cancer355▲ 6.8×57 topics
- Epidemiology291▲ 1.87×122 topics
- Oxidative Stress250▲ 3.9×60 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment141▲ 8.0×8 topics
- Gene Expression133▲ 5.4×18 topics
- Biomarkers132▲ 4.8×16 topics
- Immunotherapy110▲ 3.9×19 topics
- Cell Death109▲ 11×6 topics
- Quality of Life108▲ 1.92×46 topics
- Angiogenesis106▲ 8.1×16 topics
- Chemotherapy99▲ 3.6×23 topics
- Treatment96▲ 2.0×49 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease95▲ 2.1×35 topics
- Immunity92▲ 5.8×11 topics
- Biogenesis92▲ 14×3 topics
- Neurological Disorders86▲ 3.9×18 topics
- Metastasis86▲ 6.4×12 topics
- Drug Delivery85▲ 4.0×14 topics
- Regulation85▲ 4.1×11 topics
- Neuroinflammation80▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Metabolism78▲ 3.8×29 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines78▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Tissue Engineering77▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Reactive Oxygen Species75▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Innate Immunity75▲ 5.9×11 topics
- Apoptosis74▲ 6.1×21 topics
- Cancer Therapy72▲ 3.3×19 topics
- Cancer Progression69▲ 9.8×8 topics
- Regeneration69▲ 8.7×5 topics
- Cytokines64▲ 5.7×8 topics
- Wound Healing60▲ 5.8×11 topics
- Macrophages60▲ 8.2×7 topics
- Biomaterials55▲ 5.8×7 topics
- Lipid Peroxidation53▲ 12×3 topics
- Epigenetic Regulation52▲ 6.4×6 topics
- Mitochondria51▲ 9.7×6 topics
- Ferroptosis51▲ 16×1 topic
- GPX451▲ 16×1 topic
- Bone Regeneration51▲ 11×2 topics
Which research topics does Air Force Medical University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Extracellular vesicles in disease, MicroRNA in disease regulation and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 51 works
- 2 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 38 works
- 3 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 36 works
- 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 34 works
- 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 32 works
- 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 31 works
- 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 30 works
- 8 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 27 works
- 9 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 26 works
- 10 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 24 works
How open and international is its research?
Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Air Force Medical University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Air Force Medical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.
Fractional works of Air Force Medical University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Xi'an
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Xidian University
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Xi'an University of Technology
- Chang'an University
- Northwest University
- Air Force Engineering University
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