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Harbin Medical University

In research, Harbin Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#348 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#310 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#672 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Immunology (Cancer Research is 13.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,083
of 22,385 · #2,007 all time
Rank in China
#257
of 2,481
Research works
30k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
460k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%

What is Harbin Medical University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #348 of 9,902 13.3%3,731 #889
MedicineField #310 of 8,541 13.1%3,560 #784
Life SciencesDomain #672 of 6,403 10.3%2,572 #1213
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #513 of 2,964 9.9%1,903 #926
Physical SciencesDomain #1,871 of 10,670 14.1%630 #3279
OncologySubfield #172 of 755 10.4%496 #405
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #238 of 1,037 11.8%547 #492
SurgerySubfield #397 of 1,532 14.8%367 #882
Molecular BiologySubfield #488 of 1,880 10.0%1,155 #903
Materials ScienceField #790 of 2,276 14.4%125 #1760

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harbin 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#889 #348
  2. Medicine#784 #310
  3. Life Sciences#1,213 #672
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#926 #513
  5. Physical Sciences#3,279 #1,871
  6. Oncology#405 #172
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#492 #238
  8. Surgery#882 #397
  9. Molecular Biology#903 #488
  10. Materials Science#1,760 #790
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Harbin Medical University work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Harbin Medical University is in Health Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4,393 fractional works · 52.6% of its workMedicine: 4,193 fractional works · 50.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 645 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOncology: 596 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSurgery: 431 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 262 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 259 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 216 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 162 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 150 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 148 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 128 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 101 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 101 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2,975 fractional works · 35.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,171 fractional works · 26.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,329 fractional works · 15.9% of its workCancer Research: 500 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGenetics: 116 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 87 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 387 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology: 358 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 306 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 132 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 737 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEngineering: 284 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 216 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 143 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 71 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 101 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 101 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 250 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychology: 122 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHarbin MedicalUniversity8,356fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences4,39352.6%
    1. Medicine4,19350.2%
    2. Health Professions831.0%
    3. Nursing670.8%
    4. Dentistry470.6%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
  2. Life Sciences2,97535.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,17126.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology3874.6%
    3. Neuroscience3063.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences650.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics470.6%
    1. Engineering2843.4%
    2. Materials Science1431.7%
    3. Environmental Science1011.2%
    4. Computer Science1011.2%
    5. Chemistry580.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy250.3%
    7. Energy90.1%
    8. Mathematics90.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.0%
    1. Psychology1221.5%
    2. Social Sciences770.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance310.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting100.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.1%
    6. Decision Sciences40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Harbin Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 500.0 works14×
  2. OncologySubfield · 595.9 works6.3×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 357.8 works6.2×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 131.7 works5.7×
  5. Molecular BiologySubfield · 1,329.2 works5.3×
  6. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 24.1 works5.3×
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 645.4 works5.0×
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 2,170.7 works4.9×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.87× its world share, 2,171 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.60× its world share, 387 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 306 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 47 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 101 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 284 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 143 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.17× its world share, 47 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 83 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.61× its world share, 4,193 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 66 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 122 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.87×2,171 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.60×387 works
  3. Medicine2.61×4,193 works
  4. Neuroscience2.26×306 works
  5. Nursing1.63×66 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.59×47 works
  7. Dentistry1.17×47 works
  8. Materials Science0.49×143 works
  9. Psychology0.48×122 works
  10. Chemistry0.44×58 works
  11. Health Professions0.38×83 works
  12. Veterinary0.30×3 works
  13. Environmental Science0.24×101 works
  14. Engineering0.23×284 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×31 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×65 works
  17. Computer Science0.16×101 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.14×25 works
  19. Energy0.12×9 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.11×3 works
  21. Mathematics0.09×9 works
  22. Social Sciences0.07×77 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.05×4 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×10 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.02×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Harbin Medical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yuxian Bai, Yanqiao Zhang and Tongsen Zheng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harbin Medical University.

  1. 1 Yuxian Bai China · #31,842 worldwide 20k citations · 348 works
  2. 2 Yanqiao Zhang China · #49,019 worldwide 8.9k citations · 397 works
  3. 3 Tongsen Zheng China · #74,022 worldwide 5.3k citations · 186 works
  4. 4 Jianhua Shi China · #75,131 worldwide 6.7k citations · 142 works
  5. 5 Dapeng Hao China · #119,419 worldwide 5k citations · 205 works
  6. 6 Qingyuan Zhang China · #123,370 worldwide 4.6k citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Yanjie Lu China · #128,920 worldwide 11k citations · 176 works
  8. 8 Gongyan Chen China · #136,803 worldwide 10k citations · 124 works
  9. 9 Jiabei Wang China · #141,162 worldwide 5.1k citations · 177 works
  10. 10 Zhenwei Pan China · #142,805 worldwide 6.4k citations · 132 works
All ranked researchers at Harbin Medical University

What are the most cited papers from Harbin Medical University?

The most cited paper from Harbin Medical University is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Ferroptosis: past, present and future" (4,259) and "Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study" (4,126).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Ferroptosis: past, present and future Jie Li, Feng Cao, He-liang Yin et al. · Cell Death and Disease Open access 3 Feb 2020 4,259
3 Erlotinib versus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (OPTIMAL, CTONG-0802): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 study Caicun Zhou et al. · The Lancet Oncology 25 Jul 2011 4,126
4 Prevalence of Diabetes among Men and Women in China Wenying Yang, Juming Lu, Jianping Weng et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 24 Mar 2010 3,065
5 CellMarker: a manually curated resource of cell markers in human and mouse Xinxin Zhang, Yujia Lan, Jinyuan Xu et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 25 Sep 2018 1,765
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Harbin Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression, Cell Death, Biomarkers and Metastasis.

▲ 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-now 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. Cancer1,242▲ 11×58 topics
  2. Inflammation957▲ 5.4×82 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress698▲ 5.1×61 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment604▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Gene Expression572▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Epidemiology481▲ 1.44×126 topics
  7. Cell Death390▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Biomarkers355▲ 6.1×17 topics
  9. Chemotherapy325▲ 5.5×24 topics
  10. Metastasis308▲ 11×12 topics
  11. Immunotherapy298▲ 4.9×19 topics
  12. Immunity282▲ 8.3×10 topics
  13. Biogenesis274▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease272▲ 2.9×38 topics
  15. Regulation271▲ 6.1×14 topics
  16. Lipid Peroxidation267▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Ferroptosis260▲ 38×1 topic
  18. GPX4260▲ 38×1 topic
  19. Epigenetic Regulation248▲ 14×6 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome229▲ 3.4×23 topics
  21. Metabolism229▲ 5.2×31 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines226▲ 4.9×14 topics
  23. Cancer Progression222▲ 15×8 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy216▲ 4.5×20 topics
  25. Apoptosis202▲ 7.7×22 topics
  26. Cell Differentiation200▲ 28×2 topics
  27. RNA Regulation190▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Long Noncoding RNAs189▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Transcriptional Landscape189▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Innate Immunity180▲ 6.7×11 topics
  31. Reactive Oxygen Species178▲ 5.2×13 topics
  32. Angiogenesis165▲ 5.9×16 topics
  33. Gene Expression Regulation164▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Cytokines162▲ 6.7×8 topics
  35. Disease149▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy144▲ 7.3×5 topics
  37. Immune Checkpoint Blockade143▲ 15×1 topic
  38. PD-1 and PD-L1143▲ 15×1 topic
  39. RNA methylation143▲ 21×1 topic
  40. m6A-seq143▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Harbin Medical University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 260 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 189 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 143 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 143 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 112 works
  6. 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 93 works
  7. 7 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 91 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 78 works
  9. 9 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 76 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 71 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Harbin Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Harbin Medical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Harbin Medical University0.038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Harbin Medical University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Harbin Medical University12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2024.

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