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Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

In research, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#522 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#935 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#862 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmacology, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics and Complementary and alternative medicine — Pharmacology is 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,048
of 28,054 · #2,731 all time
Rank in China
#336
of 3,058
Research works
7.6k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
95k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Guangdong 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 #522 of 7,800 27.5%860 #1573
Health SciencesDomain #935 of 11,982 31.2%688 #2683
MedicineField #862 of 10,443 30.5%632 #2601
Physical SciencesDomain #1,422 of 12,888 24.2%501 #3214
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #494 of 3,579 24.9%485 #1528
Molecular BiologySubfield #370 of 2,175 24.9%347 #1164
ChemistryField #258 of 1,330 25.6%188 #894
Organic ChemistrySubfield #152 of 615 27.0%143 #565
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,485 of 3,409 35.7%159 #2789
Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField #50 of 114 25.7%83 #353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guangdong 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#1,573 #522
  2. Health Sciences#2,683 #935
  3. Medicine#2,601 #862
  4. Physical Sciences#3,214 #1,422
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,528 #494
  6. Molecular Biology#1,164 #370
  7. Chemistry#894 #258
  8. Organic Chemistry#565 #152
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,789 #1,485
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#353 #50
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 Guangdong Pharmaceutical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmacology takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PharmacologySubfield · 57.4 works15×
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 83.3 works11×
  3. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 56.4 works9.1×
  4. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 142.6 works8.9×
  5. PharmacologySubfield · 54.1 works6.2×
← 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: 1.58× its world share, 159 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.30× its world share, 485 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.53× its world share, 75 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 59 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11.19× its world share, 83 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.74× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.68× its world share, 188 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.36× its world share, 100 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.55× its world share, 632 worksMedicineNursing: 2.77× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Guangdong Pharmaceutical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gang Chen, Yanfen Chen and Shumei Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guangdong Pharmaceutical University.

  1. 1 Gang Chen China · #195,644 worldwide 369 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Yanfen Chen China · #245,441 worldwide 137 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Shumei Wang China · #346,883 worldwide 204 citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Jiao Guo China · #426,323 worldwide 56 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Hua Cao China · #539,059 worldwide 141 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Chang Zhou China · #542,057 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Hongzhi Li China · #583,597 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Zhengquan Su China · #589,747 worldwide 99 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Feng Shen China · #631,004 worldwide 62 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Xiangjiu He China · #711,899 worldwide 39 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

Which keywords describe research at Guangdong Pharmaceutical University?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation203▲ 4.6×82 topics
  2. Cancer185▲ 6.5×55 topics
  3. Antioxidant147▲ 10×45 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress147▲ 4.3×58 topics
  5. Anti-inflammatory108▲ 18×27 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications99▲ 3.9×28 topics
  7. Nanoparticles98▲ 3.7×28 topics
  8. Antioxidant Activity96▲ 7.2×30 topics
  9. Metabolism84▲ 7.8×30 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease70▲ 3.0×34 topics
  11. Apoptosis69▲ 11×21 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome69▲ 4.0×21 topics
  13. Pharmacology66▲ 13×18 topics
  14. Medicinal Plants64▲ 7.5×15 topics
  15. Cancer Therapy62▲ 5.1×20 topics
  16. Biological Activities58▲ 17×9 topics
  17. Bioactive Compounds58▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Synthesis56▲ 7.2×30 topics
  19. Herbal Medicine54▲ 8.9×12 topics
  20. Flavonoids52▲ 9.5×12 topics
  21. Antiviral52▲ 31×4 topics
  22. Reactive Oxygen Species52▲ 6.1×14 topics
  23. Phytochemistry52▲ 20×9 topics
  24. Traditional Chinese Medicine52▲ 20×5 topics
  25. Anticancer52▲ 15×16 topics
  26. Medicinal Chemistry51▲ 8.7×12 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance50▲ 5.2×10 topics
  28. Antioxidants48▲ 5.1×14 topics
  29. Pharmacokinetics48▲ 8.6×12 topics
  30. Pharmacological Effects47▲ 36×6 topics
  31. Neuroprotective Effects46▲ 14×7 topics
  32. Cancer Prevention42▲ 7.6×10 topics
  33. Electrochemistry41▲ 8.4×3 topics
  34. Gut Microbiota41▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions38▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Transition Metal Catalysis37▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Cell Death37▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Hepatoprotective36▲ 20×7 topics
  39. Anticancer Agents36▲ 11×12 topics
  40. Photodynamic Therapy35▲ 7.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Guangdong Pharmaceutical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Gut microbiota and health and Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds.

Advanced biosensing and …27Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 27 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…25Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 25 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 24 fractional worksPharmacological Effects …23Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 23 fractional worksNatural product bioactiv…22Natural product bioactivities and synthesis: 22 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 22 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…19Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 19 fractional worksPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 17 fractional works
Molecular BiologyOrganic ChemistryPharmacologyBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 27 works
  2. 2 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 25 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 24 works
  4. 4 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 23 works
  5. 5 Natural product bioactivities and synthesis Molecular Biology 22 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 20 works
  8. 8 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 19 works
  9. 9 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls Plant Science 18 works
  10. 10 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 17 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-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guangdong Pharmaceutical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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