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Dali University

In research, Dali University stands highest in Medicine (#1,519 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,747 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,165 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Pharmacology — Parasitology is 15.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,948
of 28,054 · #5,125 all time
Rank in China
#531
of 3,058
Research works
4.9k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Dali 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
MedicineField #1,519 of 10,443 20.1%336 #4475
Health SciencesDomain #1,747 of 11,982 20.2%362 #5045
Physical SciencesDomain #2,165 of 12,888 19.1%367 #4777
Life SciencesDomain #1,466 of 7,800 21.2%499 #3775
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,046 of 3,579 19.2%249 #2612
Molecular BiologySubfield #930 of 2,175 19.3%144 #2640
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,778 of 3,409 26.5%151 #3418
Environmental ScienceField #2,021 of 3,551 21.5%109 #3781
EngineeringField #3,874 of 6,636 12.6%87 #8312
Social SciencesDomain #7,223 of 10,521 20.0%80 #9188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dali 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. Medicine#4,475 #1,519
  2. Health Sciences#5,045 #1,747
  3. Physical Sciences#4,777 #2,165
  4. Life Sciences#3,775 #1,466
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,612 #1,046
  6. Molecular Biology#2,640 #930
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,418 #1,778
  8. Environmental Science#3,781 #2,021
  9. Engineering#8,312 #3,874
  10. Social Sciences#9,188 #7,223
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 Dali University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 21.8 works16×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 45.5 works7.4×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 31.4 works5.8×
← 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: 2.43× its world share, 151 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.57× its world share, 249 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.91× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.37× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.58× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 87 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 109 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 40 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 336 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dali University?

Ranked on the composite score, Zong-Long Luo, Ying Gao and Lei Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dali University.

  1. 1 Zong-Long Luo · #71,268 worldwide 489 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ying Gao · #547,038 worldwide 54 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Lei Zhang · #686,806 worldwide 74 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Li Yu · #702,441 worldwide 29 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Kezhen Qi · #757,090 worldwide 222 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Liu Guang-ming · #757,139 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Tao Tao · #856,445 worldwide 177 citations · 593 works
  8. 8 Zhenpeng Li · #908,397 worldwide 117 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Cai Li · #910,413 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Liu Li-jua · #950,887 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Dali University

Which keywords describe research at Dali University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Biodiversity and Biogeography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology91▲ 1.76×108 topics
  2. Inflammation73▲ 2.7×74 topics
  3. Cancer72▲ 4.1×49 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress64▲ 3.0×53 topics
  5. Antioxidant54▲ 6.0×41 topics
  6. Climate Change52▲ 1.48×59 topics
  7. Biodiversity48▲ 5.0×22 topics
  8. Anti-inflammatory44▲ 12×25 topics
  9. Biogeography38▲ 11×20 topics
  10. Phylogenetic Analysis36▲ 9.2×15 topics
  11. Antioxidant Activity34▲ 4.2×22 topics
  12. Medicinal Plants31▲ 5.9×16 topics
  13. DNA Barcoding30▲ 14×9 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 2.0×33 topics
  15. Biological Activities30▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Invasive Species29▲ 5.3×18 topics
  17. Evolution26▲ 8.1×14 topics
  18. Metabolism25▲ 3.7×28 topics
  19. Pathogenesis25▲ 3.7×21 topics
  20. Gene Expression24▲ 3.1×15 topics
  21. Phylogeny24▲ 12×15 topics
  22. Immune Response24▲ 3.2×21 topics
  23. Taxonomy23▲ 13×13 topics
  24. Ecosystem Functioning22▲ 8.9×7 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment22▲ 3.8×8 topics
  26. Molecular Phylogeny22▲ 11×11 topics
  27. Phytochemistry22▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Apoptosis20▲ 5.2×17 topics
  29. Flavonoids20▲ 6.0×12 topics
  30. Traditional Chinese Medicine20▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Pharmacology18▲ 5.7×16 topics
  32. Ethnopharmacology18▲ 26×4 topics
  33. Cell Death18▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Host Specificity17▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Genomic Characterization17▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Endophytic Fungi17▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Taxonomic Revision16▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Mycorrhizal Fungi16▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Pharmacological Effects16▲ 20×6 topics
  40. Conservation Biology16▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Dali University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Genomics and Phylogeneti…14Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 14 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Pl…14Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 14 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …12Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 12 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…12Species Distribution and Climate Change: 12 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 11 fractional worksPhytochemistry and Biological Activities: 10 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…9Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 9 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 9 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 8 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPlant ScienceCell BiologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMolecular Biology 14 works
  2. 2 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant InteractionsPlant Science 14 works
  3. 3 Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesCell Biology 13 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEcological Modeling 12 works
  6. 6 Vector-borne infectious diseasesParasitology 11 works
  7. 7 Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesPlant Science 10 works
  8. 8 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer Research 9 works
  9. 9 Fungal Biology and ApplicationsPharmacology 9 works
  10. 10 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dali University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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