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Guangzhou Medical University

In research, Guangzhou Medical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#113 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#217 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#207 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Biological Psychiatry and Immunology and Allergy — Cancer Research is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#417
of 28,054 · #1,432 all time
Rank in China
#149
of 3,058
Research works
17k
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
246k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Guangzhou Medical 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 #113 of 7,800 25.3%1,704 #599
Health SciencesDomain #217 of 11,982 22.0%2,981 #730
MedicineField #207 of 10,443 21.5%2,800 #672
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #36 of 1,144 20.4%442 #216
Molecular BiologySubfield #82 of 2,175 25.4%684 #457
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #163 of 3,579 24.5%1,129 #662
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #57 of 682 27.7%263 #425
OncologySubfield #77 of 772 23.9%234 #341
SurgerySubfield #188 of 1,816 19.0%287 #684
EpidemiologySubfield #110 of 976 24.3%221 #458

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guangzhou 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 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#599 #113
  2. Health Sciences#730 #217
  3. Medicine#672 #207
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#216 #36
  5. Molecular Biology#457 #82
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#662 #163
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#425 #57
  8. Oncology#341 #77
  9. Surgery#684 #188
  10. Epidemiology#458 #110
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 Guangzhou Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 188.5 works8.0×
  2. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 22.5 works7.5×
  3. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 27.1 works6.3×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 224.6 works6.0×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 442.3 works5.3×
  6. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 263.2 works4.8×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.90× its world share, 1,129 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.81× its world share, 263 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.40× its world share, 211 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.09× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 74 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 64 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 194 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.88× its world share, 50 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.68× its world share, 2,800 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 50 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 109 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Guangzhou Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tao Su, Jianrong Zhang and Huiying Liang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guangzhou Medical University.

  1. 1 Tao Su China · #29,534 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Jianrong Zhang China · #31,059 worldwide 445 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Huiying Liang China · #47,870 worldwide 796 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Wenqi Wu China · #98,850 worldwide 177 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Kefang Lai China · #113,124 worldwide 128 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Guohua Zeng China · #134,350 worldwide 149 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Hui Gao China · #177,897 worldwide 407 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Nanshan Zhong China · #187,081 worldwide 288 citations · 111 works
  9. 9 Jincun Zhao China · #189,487 worldwide 218 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Jingxian Zhao China · #191,884 worldwide 175 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Guangzhou Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Guangzhou Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Biomarkers and Immunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology515▲ 2.4×125 topics
  2. Inflammation499▲ 4.4×83 topics
  3. Cancer479▲ 6.6×57 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress330▲ 3.7×61 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment201▲ 8.4×8 topics
  6. Gene Expression180▲ 5.5×19 topics
  7. Biomarkers172▲ 4.6×18 topics
  8. Treatment172▲ 2.6×51 topics
  9. Diagnosis161▲ 3.2×41 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease158▲ 2.6×39 topics
  11. Immunotherapy155▲ 4.0×19 topics
  12. Management150▲ 3.5×32 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome149▲ 3.4×22 topics
  14. Immunity142▲ 6.5×11 topics
  15. Chemotherapy142▲ 3.7×24 topics
  16. Cell Death129▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Immune Response125▲ 4.1×23 topics
  18. Metastasis118▲ 6.4×12 topics
  19. Biogenesis112▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Regulation112▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Metabolism109▲ 3.9×30 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy108▲ 3.5×20 topics
  23. Clinical Trials102▲ 2.8×18 topics
  24. Cancer Progression99▲ 9.9×8 topics
  25. Epigenetic Regulation97▲ 8.3×6 topics
  26. Reactive Oxygen Species94▲ 4.3×13 topics
  27. Innate Immunity92▲ 5.3×11 topics
  28. Apoptosis89▲ 5.4×21 topics
  29. Angiogenesis84▲ 4.7×16 topics
  30. Lipid Peroxidation70▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Gene Expression Regulation70▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Ferroptosis68▲ 16×1 topic
  33. GPX468▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Transcriptional Regulation67▲ 7.7×9 topics
  35. Cell Differentiation65▲ 13×2 topics
  36. RNA methylation65▲ 13×1 topic
  37. m6A-seq65▲ 13×1 topic
  38. RNA Regulation64▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Long Noncoding RNAs62▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Transcriptional Landscape62▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Guangzhou Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…68Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 68 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…65RNA modifications and cancer: 65 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…62Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 62 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…48Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 48 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 45 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 43 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…42MicroRNA in disease regulation: 42 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 37 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 36 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…34Asthma and respiratory diseases: 34 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyCancer ResearchOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 68 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 65 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 62 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 48 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 45 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 43 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 42 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 37 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 36 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 34 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guangzhou Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.