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Chengdu Medical College

In research, Chengdu Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#636 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#845 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,268 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research — Cancer Research is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,947
of 28,054 · #5,588 all time
Rank in China
#530
of 3,058
Research works
4.4k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Chengdu Medical College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #636 of 11,982 25.7%567 #2645
MedicineField #845 of 10,443 24.7%518 #3113
Life SciencesDomain #1,268 of 7,800 25.2%340 #3305
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,058 of 3,579 24.2%213 #3226
Physical SciencesDomain #4,157 of 12,888 12.1%442 #8244
Social SciencesDomain #3,788 of 10,521 24.8%209 #7849
Molecular BiologySubfield #805 of 2,175 23.7%137 #2421
EngineeringField #3,515 of 6,636 10.4%172 #6969
Social SciencesField #4,123 of 6,365 23.6%71 #7647
Computer ScienceField #3,062 of 4,667 8.4%128 #4756

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chengdu Medical College 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,645 #636
  2. Medicine#3,113 #845
  3. Life Sciences#3,305 #1,268
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,226 #1,058
  5. Physical Sciences#8,244 #4,157
  6. Social Sciences#7,849 #3,788
  7. Molecular Biology#2,421 #805
  8. Engineering#6,969 #3,515
  9. Social Sciences#7,647 #4,123
  10. Computer Science#4,756 #3,062
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Chengdu Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 27.1 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.56× its world share, 213 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 44 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.61× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 128 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 50 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 518 worksMedicineNursing: 1.85× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chengdu Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Wei Zhao, Shuli Chang and Zhang Xiao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chengdu Medical College.

  1. 1 Wei Zhao China · #796,890 worldwide 116 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Shuli Chang China · #816,471 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Zhang Xiao China · #915,348 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Min Dai China · #1,034,682 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Li Chen China · #1,035,129 worldwide 98 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Fan Xu China · #1,120,791 worldwide 43 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Xiao Zhang China · #1,292,895 worldwide 32 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Yanjia Li China · #1,356,575 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Yanzhang Li China · #1,425,996 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Guangchang Wang China · #1,466,478 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Chengdu Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Chengdu Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Deep Learning, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Artificial Intelligence 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 2022–2025 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
  1. Inflammation112▲ 3.4×82 topics
  2. Deep Learning92▲ 1.72×75 topics
  3. Cancer82▲ 4.0×54 topics
  4. Epidemiology77▲ 1.24×113 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress65▲ 2.5×57 topics
  6. Machine Learning62▲ 1.21×70 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence47▲ 2.2×29 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 2.6×36 topics
  9. Nanoparticles38▲ 1.94×34 topics
  10. Internet of Things36▲ 2.6×25 topics
  11. Neural Networks36▲ 1.48×32 topics
  12. Quality of Life35▲ 1.57×45 topics
  13. Biomarkers34▲ 3.2×15 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications33▲ 1.80×33 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome33▲ 2.6×21 topics
  16. Gene Expression31▲ 3.3×18 topics
  17. Antioxidant29▲ 2.7×39 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment29▲ 4.2×8 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy29▲ 3.3×19 topics
  20. Depression29▲ 2.1×21 topics
  21. Immunotherapy28▲ 2.5×18 topics
  22. Data Mining26▲ 2.2×14 topics
  23. Chemotherapy24▲ 2.2×21 topics
  24. Aging24▲ 2.8×17 topics
  25. Drug Delivery24▲ 2.8×15 topics
  26. Cell Death23▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Metabolism22▲ 2.7×27 topics
  28. Immunity22▲ 3.4×11 topics
  29. Wireless Sensor Networks22▲ 3.1×19 topics
  30. Apoptosis20▲ 4.3×18 topics
  31. Anti-inflammatory20▲ 4.7×25 topics
  32. Metastasis20▲ 3.8×12 topics
  33. Reactive Oxygen Species20▲ 3.1×12 topics
  34. Cloud Computing19▲ 4.3×12 topics
  35. Tumor Targeting18▲ 6.6×3 topics
  36. Biogenesis18▲ 6.6×3 topics
  37. Herbal Medicine18▲ 3.9×11 topics
  38. Big Data Analytics16▲ 4.7×5 topics
  39. Traditional Chinese Medicine15▲ 7.9×5 topics
  40. Regional Planning12▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Chengdu Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: E-commerce and Technology Innovations, Educational Reforms and Innovations, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Gut microbiota and health.

E-commerce and Technolog…11E-commerce and Technology Innovations: 11 fractional worksEducational Reforms and …10Educational Reforms and Innovations: 10 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 10 fractional worksGut microbiota and health10Gut microbiota and health: 10 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…10Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 10 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 9 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 9 fractional worksEducational Technology a…8Educational Technology and Pedagogy: 8 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Technologies in Various Fields: 7 fractional works
Business and International ManagementHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 11 works
  2. 2 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 9 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 9 works
  8. 8 Educational Technology and Pedagogy Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  9. 9 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 7 works
  10. 10 Advanced Technologies in Various Fields Artificial Intelligence 7 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.

openly available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chengdu Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.