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Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#495 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#916 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#868 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Neurology — Complementary and alternative medicine is 23.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,215
of 28,054 · #3,865 all time
Rank in China
#375
of 3,058
Research works
4.3k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Hunan 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 #495 of 7,800 30.5%625 #1824
Health SciencesDomain #916 of 11,982 31.2%676 #3170
MedicineField #868 of 10,443 31.2%628 #2958
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #516 of 3,579 32.0%379 #1857
Molecular BiologySubfield #324 of 2,175 31.3%267 #1438
Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield #18 of 74 27.0%104 #101
Physical SciencesDomain #3,830 of 12,888 23.6%148 #6695
Social SciencesDomain #4,025 of 10,521 37.4%70 #9547
NeuroscienceField #504 of 1,168 26.2%91 #1592

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hunan 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#1,824 #495
  2. Health Sciences#3,170 #916
  3. Medicine#2,958 #868
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,857 #516
  5. Molecular Biology#1,438 #324
  6. Complementary and alternative medicine#101 #18
  7. Physical Sciences#6,695 #3,830
  8. Social Sciences#9,547 #4,025
  9. Neuroscience#1,592 #504
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 Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 23.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 103.6 works23×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 34.5 works12×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 43.1 works10×
  4. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 51.5 works7.8×
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 40.4 works7.5×
  6. PharmacologySubfield · 46.6 works7.5×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.68× its world share, 379 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.65× its world share, 56 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.68× its world share, 91 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.55× its world share, 40 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.59× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.75× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 628 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Xiao-Rong Chang, 彭俊 and Mi Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

  1. 1 Xiao-Rong Chang China · #113,949 worldwide 97 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 彭俊 China · #267,549 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Mi Liu China · #496,476 worldwide 20 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Ruihui Wang China · #498,061 worldwide 42 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Xie Hui China · #550,643 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Yu Liu China · #565,694 worldwide 67 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Wei Wang China · #628,434 worldwide 168 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Wei Liu China · #667,069 worldwide 102 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Peng-Fei Jiang China · #677,016 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Duan‐Fang Liao China · #680,548 worldwide 58 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anti-inflammatory, Metabolism and Pharmacological Effects.

▲ 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. Inflammation199▲ 6.3×79 topics
  2. Cancer174▲ 8.5×53 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress147▲ 5.9×57 topics
  4. Antioxidant86▲ 8.2×40 topics
  5. Traditional Chinese Medicine78▲ 42×5 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease74▲ 4.4×36 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory74▲ 18×24 topics
  8. Metabolism67▲ 8.6×29 topics
  9. Biomarkers63▲ 6.1×16 topics
  10. Pharmacological Effects62▲ 65×6 topics
  11. Herbal Medicine61▲ 14×12 topics
  12. Gene Expression59▲ 6.3×16 topics
  13. Cell Death57▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Depression55▲ 4.1×21 topics
  15. Precision Medicine55▲ 7.7×8 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity54▲ 5.6×29 topics
  17. Neuroprotective Effects54▲ 23×7 topics
  18. Phytochemistry49▲ 27×7 topics
  19. Apoptosis48▲ 10×22 topics
  20. Cytokines47▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome47▲ 3.8×22 topics
  22. Gut Microbiota46▲ 8.7×7 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment46▲ 6.8×8 topics
  24. Pharmacokinetics44▲ 11×12 topics
  25. Inflammatory Diseases43▲ 16×6 topics
  26. Metabolic Health43▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Medicinal Plants40▲ 6.6×17 topics
  28. Microbial Communities40▲ 6.2×4 topics
  29. Immune Responses40▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Metagenomic Analysis38▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Short-Chain Fatty Acids38▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Pharmacology37▲ 9.8×16 topics
  33. Neuroinflammation36▲ 8.3×6 topics
  34. Biogenesis34▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Anticancer34▲ 14×16 topics
  36. Flavonoids34▲ 8.6×12 topics
  37. Quality Control33▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Chemical Analysis32▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Astragalus membranaceus32▲ 118×1 topic
  40. Salvia miltiorrhiza32▲ 118×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Gut microbiota and health, Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Gut microbiota and health38Gut microbiota and health: 38 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…32Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 32 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…26Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 26 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…26Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 26 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 20 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 19 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…18Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 18 fractional worksNeurological Disease Mec…16Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 16 fractional worksGastrointestinal motilit…15Gastrointestinal motility and disorders: 15 fractional worksGinseng Biological Effec…15Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications: 15 fractional works
Molecular BiologyComplementary and alternative medicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 38 works
  2. 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 32 works
  3. 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 26 works
  4. 4 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 26 works
  5. 5 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 20 works
  6. 6 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 19 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 18 works
  8. 8 Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 16 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 15 works
  10. 10 Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications Molecular Biology 15 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher 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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