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University · Lanzhou · China

Lanzhou University

In research, Lanzhou University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#83 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#22 of 3,409 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#44 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Organic Chemistry and Earth-Surface Processes — Atmospheric Science is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#95
of 28,054 · #378 all time
Rank in China
#42
of 3,058
Research works
48k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
865k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Lanzhou 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
Physical SciencesDomain #83 of 12,888 23.7%6,601 #313
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #22 of 3,409 40.9%737 #162
Environmental ScienceField #44 of 3,551 30.4%1,340 #256
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #15 of 1,209 25.0%636 #152
Life SciencesDomain #134 of 7,800 30.3%2,261 #609
ChemistryField #32 of 1,330 22.1%646 #92
Organic ChemistrySubfield #19 of 615 23.5%435 #69
MedicineField #336 of 10,443 24.1%2,025 #1177
Health SciencesDomain #394 of 11,982 24.5%2,212 #1268
EngineeringField #263 of 6,636 20.8%1,552 #520

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lanzhou 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. Physical Sciences#313 #83
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#162 #22
  3. Environmental Science#256 #44
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences#152 #15
  5. Life Sciences#609 #134
  6. Chemistry#92 #32
  7. Organic Chemistry#69 #19
  8. Medicine#1,177 #336
  9. Health Sciences#1,268 #394
  10. Engineering#520 #263
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 Lanzhou University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 415.3 works7.9×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 435.3 works4.8×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 67.4 works4.8×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 362.9 works4.0×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 144.6 works3.9×
  6. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 112.5 works3.8×
  7. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 69.6 works3.6×
  8. Soil ScienceSubfield · 124.0 works3.5×
← 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: 1.30× its world share, 737 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 1,087 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 155 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 197 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 86 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 52 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.45× its world share, 646 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 578 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 636 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.72× its world share, 188 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 1,552 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.26× its world share, 1,340 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.92× its world share, 798 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.46× its world share, 205 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.29× its world share, 606 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.75× its world share, 43 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 84 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 2,025 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 51 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 66 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 49 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 177 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 135 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 298 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lanzhou University?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiping Hu, Yong Qin and Fahu Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lanzhou University.

  1. 1 Xiping Hu · #32,066 worldwide 471 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Yong Qin · #38,786 worldwide 524 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Fahu Chen · #51,971 worldwide 1.2k citations · 141 works
  4. 4 Hu‐Lin Li · #69,444 worldwide 442 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Wei Wang · #75,086 worldwide 987 citations · 113 works
  6. 6 Weihua Deng · #81,556 worldwide 266 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Long Jin · #88,855 worldwide 544 citations · 113 works
  8. 8 Kun Zhan · #110,531 worldwide 367 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Philip Moore · #118,352 worldwide 278 citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Ding‐Jiang Xue · #120,726 worldwide 361 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Lanzhou University

Which keywords describe research at Lanzhou University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Inflammation, Nanomaterials, Hydrology and Global Warming.

▲ 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. Climate Change907▲ 2.8×98 topics
  2. Inflammation412▲ 1.66×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress395▲ 2.0×61 topics
  4. Remote Sensing369▲ 2.5×37 topics
  5. Cancer362▲ 2.3×55 topics
  6. Deep Learning340▼ 0.83×84 topics
  7. Machine Learning318▼ 0.82×86 topics
  8. Nanomaterials302▲ 2.4×19 topics
  9. Nanoparticles242▲ 1.61×43 topics
  10. Graphene218▲ 2.7×11 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications213▲ 1.51×35 topics
  12. Catalysis209▲ 2.6×28 topics
  13. Energy Storage192▲ 2.5×12 topics
  14. Gene Expression186▲ 2.6×20 topics
  15. Global Warming185▲ 3.8×12 topics
  16. Land Use Change166▲ 4.6×8 topics
  17. Metal-Organic Frameworks164▲ 3.3×6 topics
  18. Microbial Communities164▲ 3.2×9 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment152▲ 2.9×8 topics
  20. Urbanization144▲ 2.9×10 topics
  21. Water Splitting143▲ 3.3×4 topics
  22. Reactive Oxygen Species143▲ 3.0×14 topics
  23. Hydrology137▲ 9.1×4 topics
  24. Cathode Materials135▲ 2.9×3 topics
  25. Synthesis135▲ 3.0×33 topics
  26. Global Change131▲ 4.2×7 topics
  27. Greenhouse Gas Emissions128▲ 4.0×7 topics
  28. Air Quality128▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Hydrological Cycle127▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Transition Metal Catalysis122▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Electrocatalysis121▲ 3.6×5 topics
  32. Bioimaging113▲ 4.1×6 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning113▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Extreme Events109▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Paleoclimatology106▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Ocean Circulation101▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. Ecosystem Resilience99▲ 5.7×5 topics
  38. Organic Synthesis96▲ 7.0×11 topics
  39. Heterocycles89▲ 8.1×9 topics
  40. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions89▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Lanzhou University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Climate variability and models, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Advanced Photocatalysis …85Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 85 fractional worksClimate variability and …78Climate variability and models: 78 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 76 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…75Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 75 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…69Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 69 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 62 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 62 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …59Cryospheric studies and observations: 59 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 58 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 57 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeSoil ScienceAtmospheric Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 85 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 78 works
  3. 3 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 76 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 75 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 69 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 62 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 62 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 59 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 58 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 57 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lanzhou University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.