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Kunming Medical University

In research, Kunming Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,043 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#914 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,967 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Biological Psychiatry and Hepatology (Cancer Research is 8.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,026
of 22,385 · #4,370 all time
Rank in China
#512
of 2,481
Research works
15k
▲ 97% vs 2018-21
Citations
125k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%

What is Kunming 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 #1,043 of 9,902 11.3%2,913 #2369
MedicineField #914 of 8,541 11.2%2,747 #1995
Life SciencesDomain #1,967 of 6,403 7.7%1,564 #2527
Physical SciencesDomain #4,484 of 10,670 8.9%400 #4957
SurgerySubfield #697 of 1,532 10.9%369 #1375
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,399 of 2,964 6.6%1,020 #2038
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #553 of 1,037 9.3%354 #1038
EpidemiologySubfield #556 of 927 11.1%219 #1186
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,152 of 1,880 6.2%595 #1805
OncologySubfield #490 of 755 10.0%226 #862

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 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#2,369 #1,043
  2. Medicine#1,995 #914
  3. Life Sciences#2,527 #1,967
  4. Physical Sciences#4,957 #4,484
  5. Surgery#1,375 #697
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,038 #1,399
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,038 #553
  8. Epidemiology#1,186 #556
  9. Molecular Biology#1,805 #1,152
  10. Oncology#862 #490
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 Kunming Medical University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Kunming Medical University is in Health Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Neuroscience (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3,554 fractional works · 57.8% of its workMedicine: 3,359 fractional works · 54.6% of its workSurgery: 452 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 423 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOncology: 282 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 269 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 184 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 132 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 125 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 119 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 118 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 105 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 104 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 89 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,861 fractional works · 30.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,197 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 701 fractional works · 11.4% of its workCancer Research: 236 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 110 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 265 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeurology: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 62 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 257 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 199 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMicrobiology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 496 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEngineering: 164 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 112 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 240 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychology: 108 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKunming MedicalUniversity6,151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences4%

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 Sciences3,55457.8%
    1. Medicine3,35954.6%
    2. Health Professions941.5%
    3. Dentistry540.9%
    4. Nursing420.7%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
  2. Life Sciences1,86130.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,19719.5%
    2. Neuroscience2654.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology2574.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences921.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics500.8%
    1. Engineering1642.7%
    2. Computer Science1121.8%
    3. Materials Science731.2%
    4. Environmental Science651.1%
    5. Chemistry510.8%
    6. Mathematics120.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy90.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.1%
    9. Energy40.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Psychology1081.8%
    2. Social Sciences681.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance220.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities190.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting150.2%
    6. Decision Sciences90.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kunming Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 235.9 works8.8×
  2. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 25.6 works7.6×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 70.5 works5.9×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 96.1 works5.6×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 199.1 works4.7×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 422.5 works4.5×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 92 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.65× its world share, 1,197 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.16× its world share, 257 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.65× its world share, 265 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.31× its world share, 50 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 112 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 164 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 73 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.79× its world share, 54 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 94 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.84× its world share, 3,359 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 108 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.16×257 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.65×1,197 works
  3. Medicine2.84×3,359 works
  4. Neuroscience2.65×265 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.31×50 works
  6. Dentistry1.79×54 works
  7. Nursing1.38×42 works
  8. Veterinary0.66×6 works
  9. Health Professions0.58×94 works
  10. Psychology0.58×108 works
  11. Chemistry0.52×50 works
  12. Materials Science0.34×73 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×92 works
  14. Computer Science0.23×112 works
  15. Environmental Science0.21×65 works
  16. Engineering0.18×164 works
  17. Mathematics0.17×12 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×22 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.14×9 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.11×19 works
  21. Social Sciences0.09×68 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.07×2 works
  23. Energy0.07×4 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×15 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.06×9 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Kunming Medical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yuqi Cheng, Li Yang and Zhenhui Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kunming Medical University.

  1. 1 Yuqi Cheng China · #192,249 worldwide 4.7k citations · 124 works
  2. 2 Li Yang China · #242,034 worldwide 4.4k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Zhenhui Li China · #250,380 worldwide 14k citations · 515 works
  4. 4 Xiaoxiao Song China · #309,304 worldwide 6.3k citations · 209 works
  5. 5 Shuqi Chen China · #335,245 worldwide 3.8k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Xinwang Yang China · #363,589 worldwide 3.4k citations · 96 works
  7. 7 Jin Gui Lu China · #398,929 worldwide 8k citations · 132 works
  8. 8 Yuqi Cheng China · #402,410 worldwide 4.2k citations · 116 works
  9. 9 Yinglei Miao China · #420,788 worldwide 4.2k citations · 142 works
  10. 10 Bingying Xu China · #435,061 worldwide 1.6k citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Kunming Medical University

What are the most cited papers from Kunming Medical University?

The most cited paper from Kunming 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 "Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing" (3,864) and "The role of m6A modification in the biological functions and diseases" (2,470).

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 Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing George Patton et al. · The Lancet Open access 9 May 2016 3,864
3 The role of m6A modification in the biological functions and diseases Xiulin Jiang, Baiyang Liu, Zhi Nie et al. · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Open access 20 Feb 2021 2,470
4 Prevalence of mental disorders in China: a cross-sectional epidemiological study Yueqin Huang et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry 18 Feb 2019 2,429
5 Afatinib versus cisplatin plus gemcitabine for first-line treatment of Asian patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring EGFR mutations (LUX-Lung 6): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial Yi-Long Lung Cancer Wu, Caicun Zhou, Chengping Hu et al. · The Lancet Oncology 14 Jan 2014 1,992
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kunming Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Cell Death 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. Cancer599▲ 7.2×56 topics
  2. Inflammation589▲ 4.5×81 topics
  3. Epidemiology571▲ 2.3×124 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress404▲ 4.0×61 topics
  5. Gene Expression242▲ 6.3×18 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment238▲ 8.6×8 topics
  7. Treatment202▲ 2.7×50 topics
  8. Biomarkers190▲ 4.4×16 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease185▲ 2.6×38 topics
  10. Chemotherapy183▲ 4.2×24 topics
  11. Cell Death175▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Diagnosis174▲ 3.0×41 topics
  13. Immunotherapy172▲ 3.9×19 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome161▲ 3.2×23 topics
  15. Metastasis156▲ 7.4×12 topics
  16. Immunity146▲ 5.9×11 topics
  17. Management145▲ 3.0×28 topics
  18. Regulation144▲ 4.4×13 topics
  19. Biogenesis138▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines137▲ 4.0×14 topics
  21. Immune Response127▲ 3.6×22 topics
  22. Apoptosis126▲ 6.5×22 topics
  23. Obesity125▲ 2.6×24 topics
  24. Metabolism123▲ 3.8×30 topics
  25. Innate Immunity116▲ 5.8×11 topics
  26. Epigenetic Regulation114▲ 8.8×6 topics
  27. Cytokines108▲ 6.1×8 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors106▲ 4.0×14 topics
  29. Lipid Peroxidation102▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Ferroptosis100▲ 20×1 topic
  31. GPX4100▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Neuroinflammation97▲ 5.5×6 topics
  33. Angiogenesis95▲ 4.6×16 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration93▲ 4.9×11 topics
  35. Cancer Progression91▲ 8.2×8 topics
  36. Cell Differentiation88▲ 17×2 topics
  37. RNA Regulation88▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Long Noncoding RNAs85▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Transcriptional Landscape85▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Disease80▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Kunming Medical University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 100 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 85 works
  3. 3 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 61 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 58 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 45 works
  6. 6 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 43 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 40 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 39 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 38 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 35 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kunming Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 97% 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 Kunming Medical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Kunming Medical University0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kunming 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%Kunming Medical University12.2% 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 12.2% in 2025.

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