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Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

In research, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#85 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#242 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#313 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Biological Psychiatry — Complementary and alternative medicine is 17.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#370
of 28,054 · #1,637 all time
Rank in China
#131
of 3,058
Research works
14k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
173k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Nanjing University of 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 #85 of 7,800 27.2%1,870 #640
MedicineField #242 of 10,443 24.8%2,390 #1153
Health SciencesDomain #313 of 11,982 25.1%2,492 #1351
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #104 of 3,579 26.3%1,118 #678
Molecular BiologySubfield #70 of 2,175 26.7%747 #478
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #80 of 1,144 24.9%211 #502
PharmacologySubfield #11 of 146 27.2%122 #192
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #60 of 682 29.7%200 #532
OncologySubfield #72 of 772 25.9%209 #492
Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield #7 of 74 23.3%251 #12

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanjing University of 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#640 #85
  2. Medicine#1,153 #242
  3. Health Sciences#1,351 #313
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#678 #104
  5. Molecular Biology#478 #70
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#502 #80
  7. Pharmacology#192 #11
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#532 #60
  9. Oncology#492 #72
  10. Complementary and alternative medicine#12 #7
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 University of Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 251.4 works17×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 126.4 works13×
  3. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 30.4 works11×
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 149.0 works8.4×
  5. GastroenterologySubfield · 40.4 works6.8×
  6. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 141.0 works6.4×
  7. NeurologySubfield · 87.1 works6.2×
  8. PharmacologySubfield · 121.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.75× its world share, 179 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.15× its world share, 1,118 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.94× its world share, 200 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.73× its world share, 224 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.38× its world share, 149 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.80× its world share, 142 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 139 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 73 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 55 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.46× its world share, 2,390 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Shizhong Zheng, Ye Yang and Zili Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.

  1. 1 Shizhong Zheng China · #81,308 worldwide 287 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ye Yang China · #89,560 worldwide 188 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Zili Zhang China · #106,707 worldwide 303 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Chunyan Gu China · #226,221 worldwide 160 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Qinghai Meng China · #278,371 worldwide 81 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Peng Wu China · #359,516 worldwide 236 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Hui Yan China · #379,625 worldwide 81 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Wei Chen China · #392,186 worldwide 142 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Shuhang Xu China · #432,212 worldwide 21 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Sheng-Feng Lu China · #450,529 worldwide 72 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation620▲ 5.9×82 topics
  2. Cancer527▲ 7.8×58 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress374▲ 4.5×62 topics
  4. Epidemiology340▲ 1.70×116 topics
  5. Antioxidant235▲ 6.8×51 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease229▲ 4.1×37 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory187▲ 13×29 topics
  8. Metabolism187▲ 7.2×32 topics
  9. Traditional Chinese Medicine173▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment171▲ 7.7×8 topics
  11. Biomarkers166▲ 4.8×17 topics
  12. Herbal Medicine166▲ 11×11 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity159▲ 5.0×28 topics
  14. Depression158▲ 3.6×22 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome155▲ 3.8×23 topics
  16. Gene Expression141▲ 4.6×19 topics
  17. Pharmacological Effects138▲ 44×6 topics
  18. Apoptosis135▲ 8.8×22 topics
  19. Pharmacokinetics131▲ 9.8×13 topics
  20. Cell Death126▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Precision Medicine126▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Neuroprotective Effects124▲ 16×7 topics
  23. Clinical Trials120▲ 3.5×17 topics
  24. Immunity118▲ 5.8×11 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance115▲ 5.0×10 topics
  26. Pharmacology114▲ 9.1×19 topics
  27. Phytochemistry114▲ 18×9 topics
  28. Cancer Therapy113▲ 3.9×20 topics
  29. Cytokines100▲ 7.0×8 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation99▲ 6.9×6 topics
  31. Flavonoids98▲ 7.4×12 topics
  32. Bioactive Compounds93▲ 7.2×13 topics
  33. Antiviral93▲ 23×4 topics
  34. Anticancer92▲ 12×17 topics
  35. Inflammatory Diseases86▲ 9.4×5 topics
  36. Immune Responses82▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Osteoarthritis82▲ 13×6 topics
  38. Acupuncture79▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Metabolic Health79▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Biogenesis76▲ 8.5×3 topics

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

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

Gut microbiota and health70Gut microbiota and health: 70 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…66Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 66 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 64 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 58 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 50 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 49 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 48 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…43Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 43 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 40 fractional worksGinseng Biological Effects and Applications: 39 fractional works
Molecular BiologyComplementary and alternative medicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePharmacology2 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 70 works
  2. 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 66 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 64 works
  4. 4 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 58 works
  5. 5 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 50 works
  6. 6 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 49 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 48 works
  8. 8 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 43 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 40 works
  10. 10 Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications Molecular Biology 39 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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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.