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Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences

In research, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,358 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,628 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,400 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research — Cancer Research is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,278
of 28,054 · #7,717 all time
Rank in China
#811
of 3,058
Research works
1.9k
▲ 484% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,358 of 11,982 22.9%450 #5832
Life SciencesDomain #1,628 of 7,800 21.7%252 #3763
MedicineField #2,400 of 10,443 22.4%407 #5416
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,372 of 3,579 22.4%162 #3463
Physical SciencesDomain #5,044 of 12,888 18.8%182 #10039
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,267 of 2,175 22.9%100 #2905
Social SciencesDomain #6,772 of 10,521 27.5%61 #11305
EngineeringField #5,148 of 6,636 17.0%68 #9571

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences 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. Health Sciences#5,832 #2,358
  2. Life Sciences#3,763 #1,628
  3. Medicine#5,416 #2,400
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,463 #1,372
  5. Physical Sciences#10,039 #5,044
  6. Molecular Biology#2,905 #1,267
  7. Social Sciences#11,305 #6,772
  8. Engineering#9,571 #5,148
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 Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 26.0 works6.3×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.22× its world share, 162 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.18× its world share, 49 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.88× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.75× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 407 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 23 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, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Jin‐an Zhang, Yin Cui and Huijing Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Jin‐an Zhang China · #337,480 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Yin Cui China · #852,885 worldwide 21 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Huijing Wang China · #1,257,945 worldwide 25 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Jiuai Sun China · #1,269,475 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Yuewen Liu China · #1,311,174 worldwide 26 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Peipei Han China · #1,465,229 worldwide 33 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Hongzhi Pan China · #1,488,549 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Mingyuan Yuan China · #1,589,862 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Cardiovascular Disease, Biogenesis and Aging.

▲ 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. Inflammation75▲ 3.8×79 topics
  2. Cancer71▲ 5.6×52 topics
  3. Epidemiology66▲ 1.78×102 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress55▲ 3.6×52 topics
  5. Deep Learning46▲ 1.40×57 topics
  6. Machine Learning37▲ 1.19×39 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 3.5×31 topics
  8. Biomarkers34▲ 5.3×14 topics
  9. Nanoparticles27▲ 2.3×21 topics
  10. Aging25▲ 4.9×16 topics
  11. Gene Expression24▲ 4.3×17 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications24▲ 2.1×26 topics
  13. Biogenesis23▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Precision Medicine22▲ 4.9×7 topics
  15. Regulation21▲ 4.1×11 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 2.7×21 topics
  17. Drug Delivery19▲ 3.8×14 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment19▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species18▲ 4.7×13 topics
  20. Immunotherapy18▲ 2.6×17 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy15▲ 2.9×19 topics
  22. Medical Imaging15▲ 3.2×9 topics
  23. Metabolism15▲ 3.2×22 topics
  24. Metastasis15▲ 4.8×12 topics
  25. Angiogenesis15▲ 4.7×16 topics
  26. Cell Death14▲ 6.5×6 topics
  27. Cytokines14▲ 5.3×8 topics
  28. Alzheimer's Disease14▲ 5.2×8 topics
  29. Tumor Targeting13▲ 7.6×3 topics
  30. Apoptosis12▲ 4.3×18 topics
  31. Neuroprotective Effects12▲ 8.3×7 topics
  32. Epigenetic Regulation12▲ 5.9×5 topics
  33. Electrochemistry12▲ 5.3×3 topics
  34. Macrophages11▲ 6.7×7 topics
  35. Medical Image Analysis11▲ 6.1×4 topics
  36. Disease10▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Cell Differentiation10▲ 11×2 topics
  38. RNA Regulation10▲ 9.7×2 topics
  39. Cancer Biomarkers10▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Long Noncoding RNAs9▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Cancer-related molecular…9Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 9 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…8Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 8 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 8 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 8 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 8 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 8 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 7 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…7Extracellular vesicles in disease: 7 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 7 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional works
Cancer ResearchRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 9 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  3. 3 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 8 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 8 works
  6. 6 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 8 works
  7. 7 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  8. 8 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 484% 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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