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Shanghai University of Sport

In research, Shanghai University of Sport stands highest in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (#5 of 52 worldwide), Medicine (#1,179 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,470 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 33.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,673
of 28,054 · #7,265 all time
Rank in China
#680
of 3,058
Research works
3.5k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Shanghai University of Sport 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
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield #5 of 52 25.6%102 #167
MedicineField #1,179 of 10,443 33.5%511 #3348
Health SciencesDomain #1,470 of 11,982 34.1%564 #3719
Life SciencesDomain #1,419 of 7,800 33.8%242 #4093
Social SciencesDomain #2,490 of 10,521 36.1%245 #4536
PhysiologySubfield #145 of 548 36.8%86 #678
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,056 of 3,579 42.1%107 #3701
PsychologyField #731 of 2,181 37.9%139 #1701
Social SciencesField #3,404 of 6,365 35.0%69 #4690
Physical SciencesDomain #8,183 of 12,888 20.7%128 #16961

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai University of Sport 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. Orthopedics and Sports Medicine#167 #5
  2. Medicine#3,348 #1,179
  3. Health Sciences#3,719 #1,470
  4. Life Sciences#4,093 #1,419
  5. Social Sciences#4,536 #2,490
  6. Physiology#678 #145
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,701 #1,056
  8. Psychology#1,701 #731
  9. Social Sciences#4,690 #3,404
  10. Physical Sciences#16,961 #8,183
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 Sport specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 33.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 101.8 works34×
  2. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 33.0 works15×
  3. RehabilitationSubfield · 29.2 works12×
  4. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 72.0 works8.4×
  5. PhysiologySubfield · 85.7 works8.3×
  6. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 42.1 works7.8×
  7. NeurologySubfield · 24.7 works7.6×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 107 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.05× its world share, 116 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.26× its world share, 511 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.86× its world share, 139 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 69 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai University of Sport?

Ranked on the composite score, Yu Liu, Lijuan Wang and Zhili Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai University of Sport.

  1. 1 Yu Liu China · #130,033 worldwide 151 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Lijuan Wang China · #335,301 worldwide 52 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Zhili Chen China · #347,156 worldwide 71 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Wu Fan China · #370,817 worldwide 80 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Haiyan Huang China · #442,302 worldwide 84 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Zhen‐Bo Cao China · #507,386 worldwide 33 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Yu Lijuan China · #517,140 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Minghui Quan China · #632,111 worldwide 46 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 George P. Nassis China · #664,676 worldwide 58 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Xiaohui Wang China · #713,630 worldwide 81 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai University of Sport

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai University of Sport?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Physical Activity, Epidemiology, High-Intensity Interval Training, Cardiovascular Disease, Resistance Training, Exercise, Obesity and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology128▲ 2.7×51 topics
  2. Physical Activity86▲ 15×11 topics
  3. Inflammation75▲ 3.0×69 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease64▲ 4.8×30 topics
  5. High-Intensity Interval Training60▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Obesity55▲ 6.1×21 topics
  7. Public Health51▲ 3.0×15 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress50▲ 2.6×48 topics
  9. Resistance Training50▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Exercise50▲ 35×3 topics
  11. Risk Factors49▲ 3.8×18 topics
  12. Mental Health44▲ 2.6×20 topics
  13. Injury Prevention42▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Performance Analysis42▲ 16×1 topic
  15. Training Load42▲ 55×1 topic
  16. Biomechanics39▲ 11×10 topics
  17. Aging39▲ 6.2×14 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 4.0×20 topics
  19. Prevention38▲ 7.7×6 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance38▲ 7.0×9 topics
  21. Athletic Training36▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation34▲ 9.3×8 topics
  23. Gait Analysis34▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Prevalence34▲ 7.0×9 topics
  25. Health Benefits32▲ 8.3×9 topics
  26. Muscle Injuries32▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Neurological Disorders32▲ 4.8×15 topics
  28. Sports Injury32▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Rehabilitation31▲ 6.6×9 topics
  30. Neural Plasticity31▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Functional Connectivity30▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Physical Fitness30▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Neural Mechanisms29▲ 27×4 topics
  34. Motor Imagery28▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Chronic Diseases27▲ 9.0×6 topics
  36. Sport Psychology27▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Muscle Strength27▲ 21×5 topics
  38. Mitochondrial Dysfunction26▲ 7.5×9 topics
  39. Parkinson's Disease25▲ 8.9×8 topics
  40. Kinematics25▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai University of Sport publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Physical Activity and Health and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies.

Sports Performance and Training: 42 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 32 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 23 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 23 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 20 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 20 fractional worksChildren's Physical and …19Children's Physical and Motor Development: 19 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 18 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 18 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic St…16Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 16 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysiologyBiomedical EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 42 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 32 works
  3. 3 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 23 works
  4. 4 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 23 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
  6. 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 20 works
  7. 7 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 19 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 18 works
  9. 9 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 18 works
  10. 10 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 16 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai University of Sport's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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