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Dalian Medical University

In research, Dalian Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#797 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#691 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,072 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Hepatology and Nephrology (Cancer Research is 8.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,337
of 22,385 · #1,990 all time
Rank in China
#298
of 2,481
Research works
14k
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
194k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%

What is Dalian Medical University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #797 of 9,902 12.7%2,462 #1600
MedicineField #691 of 8,541 12.4%2,355 #1376
Physical SciencesDomain #1,072 of 10,670 13.5%389 #1558
Life SciencesDomain #839 of 6,403 11.9%1,238 #1195
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #633 of 2,964 11.0%860 #918
SurgerySubfield #399 of 1,532 13.2%319 #758
Molecular BiologySubfield #592 of 1,880 10.2%532 #884
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #396 of 1,037 11.3%280 #710
EpidemiologySubfield #448 of 927 11.9%179 #842
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #756 of 1,539 14.9%115 #1150

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dalian 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.

  1. Health Sciences#1,600 #797
  2. Medicine#1,376 #691
  3. Physical Sciences#1,558 #1,072
  4. Life Sciences#1,195 #839
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#918 #633
  6. Surgery#758 #399
  7. Molecular Biology#884 #592
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#710 #396
  9. Epidemiology#842 #448
  10. Biomedical Engineering#1,150 #756
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Dalian Medical University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Dalian Medical University is in Health Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,901 fractional works · 58.5% of its workMedicine: 2,771 fractional works · 55.9% of its workSurgery: 374 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 327 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOncology: 261 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 214 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 185 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 129 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 107 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 96 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 93 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 91 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 65 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,471 fractional works · 29.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,015 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 632 fractional works · 12.7% of its workCancer Research: 178 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 69 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 191 fractional works · 3.9% of its workImmunology: 174 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 185 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 64 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 476 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEngineering: 188 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 139 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 82 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 64 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 111 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDalian MedicalUniversity4,960fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences2%

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
  1. Health Sciences2,90158.5%
    1. Medicine2,77155.9%
    2. Health Professions541.1%
    3. Nursing410.8%
    4. Dentistry320.7%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
  2. Life Sciences1,47129.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,01520.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1913.9%
    3. Neuroscience1853.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences420.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics380.8%
    1. Engineering1883.8%
    2. Materials Science821.6%
    3. Computer Science641.3%
    4. Environmental Science541.1%
    5. Chemistry531.1%
    6. Mathematics120.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy80.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering70.1%
    9. Energy60.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.1%
    1. Psychology420.9%
    2. Social Sciences350.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance130.3%
    4. Decision Sciences80.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities60.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dalian Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 178.0 works8.3×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 64.6 works6.8×
  3. NephrologySubfield · 57.2 works5.3×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 173.9 works5.1×
  5. GastroenterologySubfield · 27.4 works4.7×
  6. OncologySubfield · 261.4 works4.7×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.84× its world share, 1,015 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.83× its world share, 191 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.30× its world share, 185 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 38 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 64 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 188 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 2,771 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 35 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.84×1,015 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.83×191 works
  3. Medicine2.91×2,771 works
  4. Neuroscience2.30×185 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.15×38 works
  6. Nursing1.70×41 works
  7. Dentistry1.35×32 works
  8. Chemistry0.68×53 works
  9. Materials Science0.47×82 works
  10. Veterinary0.46×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.41×54 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.39×7 works
  13. Psychology0.28×42 works
  14. Engineering0.25×188 works
  15. Environmental Science0.22×54 works
  16. Mathematics0.21×12 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×42 works
  18. Computer Science0.17×64 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.17×8 works
  20. Energy0.13×6 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×13 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×8 works
  23. Social Sciences0.06×35 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×3 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.04×6 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Dalian Medical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shenghui Li, Weidong Le and Qiulong Yan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dalian Medical University.

  1. 1 Shenghui Li China · #22,584 worldwide 15k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Weidong Le China · #74,133 worldwide 25k citations · 358 works
  3. 3 Qiulong Yan China · #103,466 worldwide 2.4k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Ying Che China · #117,527 worldwide 2.3k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Youwei Xu China · #130,244 worldwide 6.3k citations · 166 works
  6. 6 Lianhong Yin China · #226,406 worldwide 6.8k citations · 169 works
  7. 7 Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng China · #226,966 worldwide 5.6k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Hui Zhao China · #240,144 worldwide 3.5k citations · 108 works
  9. 9 Yang Wang China · #264,288 worldwide 14k citations · 333 works
  10. 10 Qingkai Yang China · #269,934 worldwide 2.8k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Dalian Medical University

What are the most cited papers from Dalian Medical University?

The most cited paper from Dalian Medical University is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Efficacy and safety of sorafenib in patients in the Asia-Pacific region with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial" (5,881) and "Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19" (3,121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Efficacy and safety of sorafenib in patients in the Asia-Pacific region with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Ann‐Lii Cheng et al. · The Lancet Oncology 18 Dec 2008 5,881
3 Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in patients with COVID-19 Quanxin Long et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 29 Apr 2020 3,121
4 Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections Quanxin Long, Xiao-Jun Tang, Q L Shi et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 18 Jun 2020 3,060
5 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dalian Medical University?

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

▲ 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-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
  1. Inflammation540▲ 5.1×83 topics
  2. Cancer504▲ 7.6×59 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress361▲ 4.4×60 topics
  4. Epidemiology344▲ 1.74×126 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment232▲ 10×8 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease194▲ 3.4×39 topics
  7. Gene Expression192▲ 6.2×18 topics
  8. Biomarkers172▲ 5.0×18 topics
  9. Immunotherapy166▲ 4.6×19 topics
  10. Chemotherapy166▲ 4.7×24 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome155▲ 3.9×22 topics
  12. Cell Death154▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Treatment150▲ 2.5×49 topics
  14. Metastasis131▲ 7.7×12 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines127▲ 4.6×14 topics
  16. Diagnosis121▲ 2.6×40 topics
  17. Metabolism120▲ 4.6×30 topics
  18. Immunity118▲ 5.9×10 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy114▲ 4.0×20 topics
  20. Apoptosis109▲ 7.1×22 topics
  21. Obesity108▲ 2.8×23 topics
  22. Management105▲ 2.7×31 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors103▲ 4.8×14 topics
  24. Immune Response103▲ 3.6×23 topics
  25. Regulation100▲ 3.8×14 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance98▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Angiogenesis98▲ 5.9×16 topics
  28. Lipid Peroxidation91▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Biogenesis90▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Ferroptosis86▲ 21×1 topic
  31. GPX486▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Diabetes86▲ 3.4×21 topics
  33. Reactive Oxygen Species85▲ 4.2×12 topics
  34. Innate Immunity83▲ 5.2×11 topics
  35. Neurodegeneration77▲ 5.1×11 topics
  36. Cancer Progression76▲ 8.5×8 topics
  37. Hepatocellular Carcinoma74▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation74▲ 5.2×6 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy71▲ 6.0×5 topics
  40. Epigenetic Regulation70▲ 6.7×6 topics

Which research topics does Dalian Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Gut microbiota and health.

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 86 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 46 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 45 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 43 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 39 works
  6. 6 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 39 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 38 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 34 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 34 works
  10. 10 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 32 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dalian Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dalian Medical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Dalian Medical University0.024% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Dalian 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.

still counting5%10%15%Dalian Medical University12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2024.

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