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Nantong University

In research, Nantong University stands highest in Life Sciences (#132 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#390 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#428 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental Neuroscience, Cancer Research and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — Developmental Neuroscience is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#333
of 28,054 · #1,196 all time
Rank in China
#116
of 3,058
Research works
23k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
236k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Nantong 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 #132 of 7,800 24.7%1,600 #678
Health SciencesDomain #390 of 11,982 23.3%1,800 #1315
MedicineField #428 of 10,443 22.6%1,694 #1384
NeuroscienceField #51 of 1,168 26.6%282 #375
Physical SciencesDomain #586 of 12,888 20.3%3,266 #1502
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #173 of 3,579 23.1%996 #830
EngineeringField #357 of 6,636 20.0%1,537 #833
Molecular BiologySubfield #138 of 2,175 23.3%625 #667
Computer ScienceField #308 of 4,667 26.6%558 #818
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #124 of 1,144 22.3%211 #626

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nantong 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#678 #132
  2. Health Sciences#1,315 #390
  3. Medicine#1,384 #428
  4. Neuroscience#375 #51
  5. Physical Sciences#1,502 #586
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#830 #173
  7. Engineering#833 #357
  8. Molecular Biology#667 #138
  9. Computer Science#818 #308
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#626 #124
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 Nantong University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental Neuroscience takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 24.0 works6.9×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 178.9 works5.9×
  3. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 94.4 works4.3×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 73.1 works3.8×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 141 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.66× its world share, 996 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 146 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.47× its world share, 282 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 36 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 30 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.61× its world share, 178 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 558 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 98 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.46× its world share, 1,537 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 219 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.61× its world share, 396 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 78 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 105 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.25× its world share, 1,694 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 116 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nantong University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jin Shi, Xiaosong Gu and Weichun Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nantong University.

  1. 1 Jin Shi China · #167,533 worldwide 186 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Xiaosong Gu China · #176,922 worldwide 250 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Weichun Huang China · #228,366 worldwide 205 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Li Wang China · #229,458 worldwide 73 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jue Wang China · #269,430 worldwide 182 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Yumin Yang China · #285,028 worldwide 183 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Jian‐Xin Chen China · #299,288 worldwide 357 citations · 112 works
  8. 8 Zhijun Zhang China · #305,396 worldwide 119 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Yan Huang China · #311,403 worldwide 136 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Hongyan Zhu China · #323,960 worldwide 139 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Nantong University

Which keywords describe research at Nantong University?

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

▲ 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. Cancer458▲ 4.9×57 topics
  2. Inflammation378▲ 2.6×82 topics
  3. Deep Learning344▲ 1.43×82 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress328▲ 2.9×61 topics
  5. Machine Learning250◆ 1.09×80 topics
  6. Epidemiology233▼ 0.84×121 topics
  7. Gene Expression202▲ 4.7×20 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment173▲ 5.5×8 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications168▲ 2.0×36 topics
  10. Nanoparticles164▲ 1.86×38 topics
  11. Neural Networks164▲ 1.51×34 topics
  12. Nanomaterials155▲ 2.1×18 topics
  13. Biomarkers140▲ 2.9×17 topics
  14. Cell Death130▲ 7.9×6 topics
  15. Depression128▲ 2.1×20 topics
  16. Biogenesis124▲ 10.0×3 topics
  17. Regulation124▲ 3.3×16 topics
  18. Drug Delivery122▲ 3.2×16 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species116▲ 4.1×13 topics
  20. Immunotherapy111▲ 2.2×19 topics
  21. Epigenetic Regulation107▲ 7.0×6 topics
  22. Metastasis107▲ 4.5×12 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy100▲ 2.5×20 topics
  24. Neuroinflammation94▲ 4.7×6 topics
  25. Innate Immunity87▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Apoptosis85▲ 4.0×21 topics
  27. Lipid Peroxidation80▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Cancer Progression80▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Ferroptosis78▲ 15×1 topic
  30. GPX478▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Photodynamic Therapy74▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Cell Differentiation72▲ 11×2 topics
  33. RNA Regulation71▲ 9.5×2 topics
  34. Long Noncoding RNAs70▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Transcriptional Landscape70▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Wireless Communications69▲ 5.6×5 topics
  37. Brain Development68▲ 5.5×6 topics
  38. Photothermal Therapy61▲ 6.9×2 topics
  39. Disease61▲ 9.6×3 topics
  40. MicroRNA60▲ 7.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Nantong University publish most on?

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

Ferroptosis and cancer p…78Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 78 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…70Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 70 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 56 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 51 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 50 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 50 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 46 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases42Circular RNAs in diseases: 42 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 38 fractional worksNerve injury and regeneration: 38 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 78 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 70 works
  3. 3 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 51 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 50 works
  6. 6 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 50 works
  7. 7 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 46 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 42 works
  9. 9 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 38 works
  10. 10 Nerve injury and regeneration Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 38 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 available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nantong University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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