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Kunming Medical University

In research, Kunming Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#365 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#492 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#518 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Hepatology and Neurology — Cancer Research is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,155
of 28,054 · #3,296 all time
Rank in China
#362
of 3,058
Research works
10k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Kunming 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
MedicineField #365 of 10,443 18.0%1,933 #1391
Health SciencesDomain #492 of 11,982 18.1%2,056 #1559
Life SciencesDomain #518 of 7,800 17.8%1,104 #1627
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #134 of 1,144 18.0%260 #724
SurgerySubfield #276 of 1,816 15.0%266 #1060
Molecular BiologySubfield #401 of 2,175 16.3%420 #1297
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #665 of 3,579 16.7%721 #1788
OncologySubfield #179 of 772 19.3%169 #645
EpidemiologySubfield #233 of 976 20.3%150 #879
Physical SciencesDomain #4,394 of 12,888 17.1%296 #8465

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kunming 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. Medicine#1,391 #365
  2. Health Sciences#1,559 #492
  3. Life Sciences#1,627 #518
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#724 #134
  5. Surgery#1,060 #276
  6. Molecular Biology#1,297 #401
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,788 #665
  8. Oncology#645 #179
  9. Epidemiology#879 #233
  10. Physical Sciences#8,465 #4,394
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 Kunming Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 154.9 works9.9×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 42.7 works6.2×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 53.8 works5.4×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 259.8 works4.7×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 57 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.76× its world share, 721 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.01× its world share, 145 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.54× its world share, 148 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.67× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 97 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.41× its world share, 42 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 1,932 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kunming Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Zhenhui Li, Yuanyuan Xiao and Yunchao Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kunming Medical University.

  1. 1 Zhenhui Li · #29,006 worldwide 570 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Yuanyuan Xiao · #60,044 worldwide 622 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Yunchao Huang · #68,417 worldwide 285 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Xi Chen · #106,528 worldwide 300 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Jian Xu · #406,490 worldwide 109 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Ling Zhao · #433,870 worldwide 69 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Xueshan Xia · #441,637 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 李志鹏 · #468,613 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Jia-Ping Wang · #506,382 worldwide 73 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Hao Zou · #519,874 worldwide 55 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kunming Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Kunming Medical University?

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

▲ 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. Cancer369▲ 7.7×56 topics
  2. Inflammation333▲ 4.5×80 topics
  3. Epidemiology323▲ 2.3×124 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress242▲ 4.1×60 topics
  5. Gene Expression148▲ 6.8×18 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment145▲ 9.1×8 topics
  7. Chemotherapy122▲ 4.8×24 topics
  8. Treatment121▲ 2.8×50 topics
  9. Biomarkers113▲ 4.6×16 topics
  10. Immunotherapy108▲ 4.2×19 topics
  11. Cell Death104▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Diagnosis100▲ 3.0×41 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease100▲ 2.5×36 topics
  14. Metastasis95▲ 7.8×12 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome92▲ 3.2×23 topics
  16. Regulation87▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Biogenesis87▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines85▲ 4.3×14 topics
  19. Management84▲ 3.0×27 topics
  20. Immunity83▲ 5.7×11 topics
  21. Epigenetic Regulation79▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Apoptosis75▲ 6.9×22 topics
  23. Metabolism74▲ 4.0×30 topics
  24. Innate Immunity70▲ 6.1×11 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors68▲ 4.3×14 topics
  26. Immune Response68▲ 3.3×22 topics
  27. Lipid Peroxidation63▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Radiotherapy63▲ 4.5×13 topics
  29. Ferroptosis62▲ 23×1 topic
  30. GPX462▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Cancer Progression62▲ 9.4×8 topics
  32. Cell Differentiation62▲ 18×2 topics
  33. RNA Regulation60▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Long Noncoding RNAs59▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Transcriptional Landscape59▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Cytokines58▲ 5.8×8 topics
  37. Neuroinflammation55▲ 5.3×6 topics
  38. Anti-inflammatory54▲ 5.4×25 topics
  39. Disease49▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Gene Expression Regulation45▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Kunming Medical University publish most on?

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

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 62 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 59 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…39RNA modifications and cancer: 39 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…38MicroRNA in disease regulation: 38 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 27 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 27 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…23Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 23 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 23 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer23Immune cells in cancer: 23 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 22 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 62 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCancer Research 59 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 39 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulationCancer Research 38 works
  5. 5 Circular RNAs in diseasesMolecular Biology 27 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 27 works
  7. 7 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurology 23 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 23 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancerImmunology 23 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in diseaseMolecular Biology 22 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kunming Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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.