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Nanjing Medical University

In research, Nanjing Medical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#47 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#67 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#82 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Nephrology and Immunology — Cancer Research is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#240
of 28,054 · #969 all time
Rank in China
#90
of 3,058
Research works
35k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
567k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Nanjing 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
Life SciencesDomain #47 of 7,800 24.3%3,027 #325
MedicineField #67 of 10,443 21.5%5,629 #375
Health SciencesDomain #82 of 11,982 21.5%6,027 #424
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #10 of 1,144 20.0%708 #147
Molecular BiologySubfield #38 of 2,175 24.6%1,250 #247
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #65 of 3,579 24.1%2,063 #360
OncologySubfield #21 of 772 23.5%532 #158
SurgerySubfield #50 of 1,816 19.7%680 #286
EpidemiologySubfield #30 of 976 23.7%416 #258
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #21 of 682 27.4%422 #184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing 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. Life Sciences#325 #47
  2. Medicine#375 #67
  3. Health Sciences#424 #82
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#147 #10
  5. Molecular Biology#247 #38
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#360 #65
  7. Oncology#158 #21
  8. Surgery#286 #50
  9. Epidemiology#258 #30
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#184 #21
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 Nanjing Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 399.3 works9.0×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 119.2 works5.4×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 374.3 works5.3×
  4. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 27.4 works4.9×
  5. OncologySubfield · 532.2 works4.6×
  6. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 23.4 works4.6×
  7. GastroenterologySubfield · 54.8 works4.5×
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 708.3 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: 0.15× its world share, 73 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.77× its world share, 2,063 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.09× its world share, 422 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.48× its world share, 412 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 56 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 65 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 108 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 327 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 172 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 159 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.31× its world share, 165 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 154 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 5,629 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 73 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 135 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Bo Zhang, Guo‐Qing Zhu and You Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing Medical University.

  1. 1 Bo Zhang China · #27,788 worldwide 352 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Guo‐Qing Zhu China · #43,164 worldwide 419 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 You Li China · #52,711 worldwide 403 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Wentao Gao China · #54,569 worldwide 392 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Zhengdong Zhang China · #60,083 worldwide 439 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Xin Wang China · #61,275 worldwide 378 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Teng Jiang China · #63,897 worldwide 376 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Xiaohong Wu China · #64,480 worldwide 332 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Shao‐Liang Chen China · #68,939 worldwide 306 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Xiaoyan Wang China · #74,833 worldwide 220 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Gene Expression, Biomarkers 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. Inflammation1,046▲ 4.9×83 topics
  2. Cancer1,002▲ 7.3×58 topics
  3. Epidemiology844▲ 2.1×128 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress658▲ 3.9×61 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment451▲ 9.9×8 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease387▲ 3.4×39 topics
  7. Gene Expression387▲ 6.2×20 topics
  8. Biomarkers362▲ 5.2×18 topics
  9. Chemotherapy335▲ 4.7×25 topics
  10. Immunotherapy324▲ 4.4×19 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome308▲ 3.7×23 topics
  12. Treatment298▲ 2.4×51 topics
  13. Metastasis266▲ 7.6×12 topics
  14. Cell Death262▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Immunity249▲ 6.0×11 topics
  16. Regulation242▲ 4.4×13 topics
  17. Obesity238▲ 3.1×24 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines238▲ 4.3×14 topics
  19. Diagnosis237▲ 2.5×41 topics
  20. Biogenesis235▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy206▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Epigenetic Regulation194▲ 8.8×6 topics
  23. Cancer Progression193▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors193▲ 4.3×14 topics
  25. Immune Response191▲ 3.3×23 topics
  26. Metabolism186▲ 3.5×31 topics
  27. Angiogenesis184▲ 5.5×16 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance179▲ 3.8×10 topics
  29. Apoptosis170▲ 5.5×22 topics
  30. Lipid Peroxidation161▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Innate Immunity160▲ 4.9×11 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis156▲ 5.4×13 topics
  33. Ferroptosis151▲ 19×1 topic
  34. GPX4151▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Cell Differentiation142▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Disease137▲ 15×3 topics
  37. RNA Regulation136▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Long Noncoding RNAs136▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Transcriptional Landscape136▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Gene Expression Regulation131▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Nanjing Medical University publish most on?

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

Ferroptosis and cancer p…151Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 151 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…136Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 136 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…121RNA modifications and cancer: 121 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…96Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 96 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 92 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 82 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer71Immune cells in cancer: 71 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 64 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 62 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 60 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 151 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 136 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 121 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 96 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 92 works
  6. 6 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 82 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 71 works
  8. 8 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 64 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 62 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 60 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nanjing Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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.