Question 1

What is Fudan University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Fudan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#27 of 10,670 worldwide), Life Sciences (#28 of 6,403 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#55 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Cancer Research and Hepatology (Otorhinolaryngology is 3.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Fudan University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Fudan University ranks #34 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#72 all time), and #11 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Fudan University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Dongliang Chao, Hualiang Lv and Renchao Che lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fudan University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Fudan University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Fudan University is "A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China" (Fan Wu et al., 2020), with 12,967 citations. Next come "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (12,027) and "Risk Factors Associated With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Death in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia in Wuhan, China" (8,770).

Question 5

Which research topics does Fudan University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Fudan University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Fudan University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Fudan University is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Engineering (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Fudan University's?

Accepted Answer

Sun Yat-sen University has the research profile closest to Fudan University's (similarity 0.93 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, followed by Peking University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Question 9

Is Fudan University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.