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Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,065 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,436 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,755 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Cancer Research and Rheumatology — Complementary and alternative medicine is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,545
of 28,054 · #6,955 all time
Rank in China
#654
of 3,058
Research works
2.8k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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 #1,065 of 7,800 26.9%327 #3303
MedicineField #1,436 of 10,443 18.4%609 #4100
Health SciencesDomain #1,755 of 11,982 18.6%633 #4825
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #980 of 3,579 26.4%199 #3060
Molecular BiologySubfield #865 of 2,175 27.2%119 #2465
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #487 of 1,144 21.2%67 —
Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield #39 of 74 20.1%61 #228
Physical SciencesDomain #7,592 of 12,888 16.7%96 #12381
SurgerySubfield #1,166 of 1,816 10.9%87 #3092

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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#3,303 #1,065
  2. Medicine#4,100 #1,436
  3. Health Sciences#4,825 #1,755
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,060 #980
  5. Molecular Biology#2,465 #865
  6. Complementary and alternative medicine#228 #39
  7. Physical Sciences#12,381 #7,592
  8. Surgery#3,092 #1,166
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 Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 61.0 works19×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 34.1 works7.2×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 26.9 works5.4×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.41× its world share, 199 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.04× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 609 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Xingke Yan, Shenghua Li and Ling Jin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

  1. 1 Xingke Yan China · #421,623 worldwide 10 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Shenghua Li China · #647,046 worldwide 20 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Ling Jin China · #911,884 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Yongqi Liu China · #1,152,180 worldwide 38 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tumor Microenvironment, Herbal Medicine, Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Inflammation112▲ 4.9×82 topics
  2. Cancer106▲ 7.2×52 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress95▲ 5.3×57 topics
  4. Epidemiology76▲ 1.76×107 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease47▲ 3.8×35 topics
  6. Traditional Chinese Medicine42▲ 32×5 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment41▲ 8.4×8 topics
  8. Antioxidant37▲ 5.0×40 topics
  9. Herbal Medicine37▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Gene Expression35▲ 5.2×17 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 3.9×21 topics
  12. Chemotherapy34▲ 4.4×23 topics
  13. Depression31▲ 3.2×19 topics
  14. Clinical Trials30▲ 4.1×18 topics
  15. Biomarkers30▲ 4.0×17 topics
  16. Metabolism30▲ 5.3×27 topics
  17. Anti-inflammatory29▲ 9.7×23 topics
  18. Precision Medicine28▲ 5.5×7 topics
  19. Diagnosis28▲ 2.7×35 topics
  20. Phytochemistry27▲ 20×6 topics
  21. Cell Death26▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Pharmacological Effects26▲ 38×6 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines25▲ 4.2×14 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity24▲ 3.5×23 topics
  25. Neuroprotective Effects24▲ 14×7 topics
  26. Apoptosis24▲ 7.1×20 topics
  27. Osteoarthritis23▲ 17×5 topics
  28. Immunity23▲ 5.2×11 topics
  29. Regulation23▲ 3.9×13 topics
  30. Acupuncture22▲ 34×3 topics
  31. Pain Relief20▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Biogenesis20▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Pharmacokinetics19▲ 6.6×13 topics
  34. Flavonoids18▲ 6.5×12 topics
  35. Epigenetic Regulation18▲ 7.6×6 topics
  36. Quality Control17▲ 8.0×2 topics
  37. Astragalus membranaceus17▲ 86×1 topic
  38. Chemical Analysis17▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Integrative Medicine17▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Lipid Peroxidation17▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Traditional Chinese Medi…17Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 17 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…16Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 16 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Re…16Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 16 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…11Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 11 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 10 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 10 fractional worksGut microbiota and health10Gut microbiota and health: 10 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Met…8Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 8 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…8MicroRNA in disease regulation: 8 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchPathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 17 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 16 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 11 works
  5. 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  9. 9 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 8 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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