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Guangzhou Sport University

In research, Guangzhou Sport University stands highest in Medicine (#4,432 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,473 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,177 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Physiology — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 39.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,596
of 28,054 · #21,478 all time
Rank in China
#1,785
of 3,058
Research works
1.3k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Guangzhou Sport 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
MedicineField #4,432 of 10,443 37.7%137 #10953
Health SciencesDomain #5,473 of 11,982 37.5%157 #12720
Social SciencesDomain #5,177 of 10,521 37.7%87 #10135

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guangzhou Sport 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. Medicine#10,953 #4,432
  2. Health Sciences#12,720 #5,473
  3. Social Sciences#10,135 #5,177
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 Sport University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 39.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 35.3 works40×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 23.0 works7.6×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.07× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.06× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.63× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Guangzhou Sport University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yuhua Gao, Sun Jian and Xu Ping lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guangzhou Sport University.

  1. 1 Yuhua Gao China · #956,739 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Sun Jian China · #1,193,077 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Xu Ping China · #1,196,253 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 LI Xiao-hon China · #1,237,480 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Junhao Huang China · #1,392,331 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Guangzhou Sport University

Which keywords describe research at Guangzhou Sport University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Intensity Interval Training, Physical Activity, Resistance Training, Risk Factors, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Athletic Training and Injury Prevention.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.2×27 topics
  2. High-Intensity Interval Training28▲ 75×2 topics
  3. Physical Activity25▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Resistance Training23▲ 72×2 topics
  5. Risk Factors21▲ 5.5×14 topics
  6. Deep Learning21▲ 1.74×28 topics
  7. Mental Health19▲ 3.7×16 topics
  8. Inflammation19▲ 2.6×37 topics
  9. Performance Analysis18▲ 23×1 topic
  10. Training Load18▲ 79×1 topic
  11. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 4.5×16 topics
  12. Athletic Training17▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Injury Prevention17▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Exercise16▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Prevention15▲ 10×8 topics
  16. Muscle Injuries14▲ 61×1 topic
  17. Sports Injury14▲ 61×1 topic
  18. Aging13▲ 6.8×10 topics
  19. Obesity13▲ 4.8×14 topics
  20. Public Health12▲ 2.5×9 topics
  21. Well-being12▲ 8.9×8 topics
  22. Vascular Function12▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Heart Failure11▲ 7.6×4 topics
  24. Health Benefits10▲ 9.1×8 topics
  25. Cardiorespiratory Fitness10▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Exercise Capacity10▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Data Mining10▲ 3.9×12 topics
  28. Internet of Things10▲ 3.2×11 topics
  29. Chronic Diseases9▲ 9.8×4 topics
  30. Physical Education9▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Sport Psychology8▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Big Data Analytics8▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Physical Fitness8▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Biomechanics8▲ 7.2×7 topics
  35. Health Promotion7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. Intrinsic Motivation7▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Intervention Strategies7▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Sedentary Behavior7▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Autonomy Support6▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Self-Determination Theory6▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Guangzhou Sport University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Cardiovascular and exercise physiology and Physical Activity and Health.

Sports Performance and T…18Sports Performance and Training: 18 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 14 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 10 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 7 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 6 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 5 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 5 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 5 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 5 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 4 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineComplementary and alternative medicinePhysiologySocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 14 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 7 works
  5. 5 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 5 works
  8. 8 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 5 works
  9. 9 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 4 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guangzhou Sport University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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