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China Medical University

In research, China Medical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#48 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#103 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#102 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Developmental Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry — Cancer Research is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#232
of 28,054 · #1,073 all time
Rank in China
#88
of 3,058
Research works
30k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
438k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is China Medical University 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
Life SciencesDomain #48 of 7,800 29.9%2,044 #438
Health SciencesDomain #103 of 11,982 27.3%3,618 #448
MedicineField #102 of 10,443 27.0%3,362 #457
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #58 of 3,579 28.8%1,443 #480
Molecular BiologySubfield #56 of 2,175 29.1%883 #394
OncologySubfield #20 of 772 30.8%352 #178
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #37 of 1,144 24.1%431 #228
Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield #4 of 98 28.7%100 #109
Cancer ResearchSubfield #10 of 237 27.6%304 #51
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #30 of 682 34.1%270 #246

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China 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 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. Life Sciences#438 #48
  2. Health Sciences#448 #103
  3. Medicine#457 #102
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#480 #58
  5. Molecular Biology#394 #56
  6. Oncology#178 #20
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#228 #37
  8. Obstetrics and Gynecology#109 #4
  9. Cancer Research#51 #10
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#246 #30
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 China Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 303.8 works11×
  2. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.7 works6.4×
  3. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 21.7 works6.1×
  4. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 87.2 works6.0×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 244.7 works5.5×
  6. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 100.3 works5.4×
  7. OncologySubfield · 351.5 works4.8×
  8. NephrologySubfield · 64.2 works4.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.16× its world share, 1,443 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.13× its world share, 270 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.21× its world share, 233 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 45 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 89 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 222 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 124 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 133 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.69× its world share, 85 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 98 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 3,362 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 67 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Weiping Teng, Zhongyan Shan and Qi‐Jun Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Medical University.

  1. 1 Weiping Teng China · #16,097 worldwide 333 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Zhongyan Shan China · #21,556 worldwide 366 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Qi‐Jun Wu China · #78,571 worldwide 229 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Jingdong Zhang China · #89,722 worldwide 302 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Yun Wang China · #160,539 worldwide 241 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Chunfeng Liu China · #166,122 worldwide 295 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Yingxian Sun China · #186,070 worldwide 97 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Xiaochun Teng China · #191,914 worldwide 114 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Liying Han China · #212,949 worldwide 200 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Huimian Xu China · #217,547 worldwide 135 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at China Medical University

Which keywords describe research at China Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Metastasis.

▲ 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. Cancer739▲ 8.5×56 topics
  2. Inflammation656▲ 4.8×83 topics
  3. Epidemiology477▲ 1.85×121 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress465▲ 4.4×62 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment288▲ 10.0×8 topics
  6. Gene Expression271▲ 6.8×18 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease254▲ 3.5×37 topics
  8. Biomarkers253▲ 5.7×18 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome232▲ 4.4×22 topics
  10. Chemotherapy223▲ 4.9×24 topics
  11. Immunotherapy206▲ 4.4×19 topics
  12. Metastasis191▲ 8.6×12 topics
  13. Cell Death185▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Treatment183▲ 2.3×49 topics
  15. Biogenesis177▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Regulation173▲ 4.9×14 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy172▲ 4.7×20 topics
  18. Epigenetic Regulation167▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Diagnosis164▲ 2.7×39 topics
  20. Immunity157▲ 6.0×11 topics
  21. Obesity150▲ 3.0×25 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines148▲ 4.2×14 topics
  23. Metabolism146▲ 4.4×31 topics
  24. Cancer Progression145▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Apoptosis132▲ 6.7×21 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance131▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Cell Differentiation118▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Innate Immunity117▲ 5.7×11 topics
  29. RNA Regulation115▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Long Noncoding RNAs114▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Transcriptional Landscape114▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Gene Expression Regulation111▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Lipid Peroxidation108▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Angiogenesis108▲ 5.1×16 topics
  35. Ferroptosis104▲ 21×1 topic
  36. GPX4104▲ 21×1 topic
  37. RNA methylation100▲ 17×1 topic
  38. m6A-seq100▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Disease98▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Transcriptional Regulation89▲ 8.5×9 topics

Which research topics does China Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 114 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 104 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…100RNA modifications and cancer: 100 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…74MicroRNA in disease regulation: 74 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 63 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 55 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…49Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 49 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 48 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 48 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer46Immune cells in cancer: 46 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 114 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 104 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 100 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 74 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 63 works
  6. 6 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 55 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 49 works
  8. 8 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 48 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 48 works
  10. 10 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 46 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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