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China Pharmaceutical University

In research, China Pharmaceutical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#94 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#75 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#60 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Pharmaceutical Science is 11.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#359
of 28,054 · #1,167 all time
Rank in China
#126
of 3,058
Research works
19k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
380k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is China Pharmaceutical 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 #94 of 7,800 30.1%1,793 #533
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #75 of 3,579 29.3%1,163 #447
Molecular BiologySubfield #60 of 2,175 28.8%841 #333
MedicineField #331 of 10,443 30.7%1,351 #1083
Health SciencesDomain #452 of 11,982 30.9%1,413 #1306
Physical SciencesDomain #932 of 12,888 25.4%972 #1781
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #64 of 682 34.0%206 #422
OncologySubfield #79 of 772 32.1%216 #312
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #126 of 1,144 35.5%138 #525
Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField #13 of 114 27.3%166 #94

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Pharmaceutical 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#533 #94
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#447 #75
  3. Molecular Biology#333 #60
  4. Medicine#1,083 #331
  5. Health Sciences#1,306 #452
  6. Physical Sciences#1,781 #932
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#422 #64
  8. Oncology#312 #79
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#525 #126
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#94 #13
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 Pharmaceutical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmaceutical Science takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 53.0 works11×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 89.7 works11×
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 165.9 works11×
  4. ToxicologySubfield · 23.2 works10×
  5. BiochemistrySubfield · 37.2 works10×
  6. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 104.6 works8.2×
  7. SpectroscopySubfield · 74.7 works7.8×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 130 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.02× its world share, 1,163 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.72× its world share, 206 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.82× its world share, 128 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10.84× its world share, 166 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.93× its world share, 336 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 216 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.47× its world share, 222 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.62× its world share, 1,351 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Pharmaceutical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hua Yang, Lei Qiang and Meiling Lü lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Pharmaceutical University.

  1. 1 Hua Yang China · #70,078 worldwide 380 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Lei Qiang China · #144,669 worldwide 371 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Meiling Lü China · #187,886 worldwide 165 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Hui‐Jun Li China · #222,861 worldwide 92 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Haiping Hao China · #228,868 worldwide 211 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Ya Ding China · #233,154 worldwide 136 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Hequan Yao China · #268,115 worldwide 143 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Yihua Zhang China · #288,387 worldwide 230 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Haichun Liu China · #293,194 worldwide 109 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Meirong Chen China · #294,343 worldwide 63 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at China Pharmaceutical University

Which keywords describe research at China Pharmaceutical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Cancer Therapy, Oxidative Stress, Nanoparticles, Reactive Oxygen Species, Antioxidant and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Inflammation400▲ 4.4×83 topics
  2. Cancer370▲ 6.3×55 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress286▲ 4.0×61 topics
  4. Nanoparticles253▲ 4.6×33 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy212▲ 8.6×20 topics
  6. Antioxidant186▲ 6.3×48 topics
  7. Reactive Oxygen Species179▲ 10×14 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications172▲ 3.3×32 topics
  9. Immunotherapy161▲ 5.2×17 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment154▲ 8.0×8 topics
  11. Metabolism145▲ 6.5×30 topics
  12. Tumor Targeting144▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Anti-inflammatory137▲ 11×26 topics
  14. Biomarkers130▲ 4.4×18 topics
  15. Apoptosis128▲ 9.7×21 topics
  16. Photodynamic Therapy127▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Drug Delivery126▲ 5.3×15 topics
  18. Pharmacokinetics109▲ 9.5×13 topics
  19. Immunity104▲ 6.0×10 topics
  20. Pharmacology102▲ 9.4×18 topics
  21. Gene Expression102▲ 3.9×20 topics
  22. Cell Death98▲ 9.7×6 topics
  23. Antioxidant Activity98▲ 3.5×26 topics
  24. Innate Immunity96▲ 6.9×11 topics
  25. Photothermal Therapy96▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Fluorescence Imaging93▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Biomimetic Nanoparticles91▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Near-Infrared91▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Medicinal Chemistry90▲ 7.5×12 topics
  30. Traditional Chinese Medicine90▲ 17×5 topics
  31. Herbal Medicine86▲ 6.9×11 topics
  32. Transcriptional Regulation83▲ 12×9 topics
  33. Neuroprotective Effects82▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Pharmacological Effects78▲ 29×6 topics
  35. Angiogenesis78▲ 5.5×16 topics
  36. Anticancer78▲ 11×17 topics
  37. Drug Discovery77▲ 8.0×12 topics
  38. Phytochemistry68▲ 13×8 topics
  39. Biological Activities66▲ 9.6×9 topics
  40. Mass Spectrometry66▲ 9.8×6 topics

Which research topics does China Pharmaceutical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Computational Drug Discovery Methods and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Nanoplatforms for cancer…91Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 91 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 50 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 41 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 41 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 39 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 37 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…36Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 36 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 35 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 35 fractional worksProtein Degradation and …34Protein Degradation and Inhibitors: 34 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringMolecular BiologyComputational Theory and MathematicsBiomaterials3 others

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

  1. 1 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 91 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 50 works
  3. 3 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 41 works
  4. 4 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 41 works
  5. 5 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 39 works
  6. 6 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 37 works
  7. 7 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 36 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 35 works
  9. 9 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 35 works
  10. 10 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 34 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Pharmaceutical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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