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Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#135 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#316 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#446 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Complementary and alternative medicine is 22.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#600
of 28,054 · #2,138 all time
Rank in China
#192
of 3,058
Research works
13k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
162k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Shanghai University of Traditional 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 #135 of 7,800 27.8%1,409 #821
MedicineField #316 of 10,443 26.1%2,068 #1203
Health SciencesDomain #446 of 11,982 26.1%2,149 #1447
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #193 of 3,579 27.7%828 #907
Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield #4 of 74 25.8%259 #6
Molecular BiologySubfield #122 of 2,175 28.0%550 #616
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #136 of 1,144 26.2%170 #775
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #84 of 682 32.7%163 #555
SurgerySubfield #239 of 1,816 24.4%178 #1057
PharmacologySubfield #22 of 146 24.4%125 #220

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai University of Traditional 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#821 #135
  2. Medicine#1,203 #316
  3. Health Sciences#1,447 #446
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#907 #193
  5. Complementary and alternative medicine#6 #4
  6. Molecular Biology#616 #122
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#775 #136
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#555 #84
  9. Surgery#1,057 #239
  10. Pharmacology#220 #22
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 Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 22.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 259.0 works23×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 103.2 works14×
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 130.2 works9.4×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 124.5 works7.7×
  5. NephrologySubfield · 60.7 works7.1×
  6. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 116.1 works6.8×
  7. NeurologySubfield · 72.6 works6.7×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 99 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.94× its world share, 828 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.11× its world share, 163 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.96× its world share, 189 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.38× its world share, 130 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 98 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.73× its world share, 2,068 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Hongxia Liu, Zhengtao Wang and Ping Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

  1. 1 Hongxia Liu China · #78,002 worldwide 984 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Zhengtao Wang China · #174,427 worldwide 649 citations · 175 works
  3. 3 Ping Liu China · #175,548 worldwide 551 citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Wei Zhang China · #194,510 worldwide 118 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Guang Ji China · #265,965 worldwide 147 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Bin Li China · #266,170 worldwide 98 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Ruixiang Li China · #273,426 worldwide 106 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Dan Zhang China · #316,954 worldwide 101 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Hanchen Xu China · #326,079 worldwide 142 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 HE Li-qun China · #345,645 worldwide 37 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai University of Traditional 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, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolism.

▲ 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. Inflammation516▲ 6.3×82 topics
  2. Cancer432▲ 8.2×57 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress315▲ 4.9×61 topics
  4. Epidemiology259▲ 1.66×124 topics
  5. Antioxidant204▲ 7.6×47 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease198▲ 4.5×38 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory191▲ 17×28 topics
  8. Traditional Chinese Medicine161▲ 34×5 topics
  9. Metabolism156▲ 7.7×30 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome149▲ 4.7×23 topics
  11. Depression148▲ 4.3×21 topics
  12. Herbal Medicine144▲ 13×11 topics
  13. Clinical Trials143▲ 5.4×19 topics
  14. Biomarkers136▲ 5.1×17 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment130▲ 7.4×8 topics
  16. Precision Medicine118▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Pharmacological Effects115▲ 47×6 topics
  18. Gene Expression113▲ 4.7×19 topics
  19. Apoptosis113▲ 9.4×22 topics
  20. Pharmacokinetics112▲ 11×13 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance108▲ 6.0×10 topics
  22. Neuroprotective Effects105▲ 17×7 topics
  23. Acupuncture103▲ 45×3 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity101▲ 4.1×27 topics
  25. Cell Death101▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Osteoarthritis99▲ 20×6 topics
  27. Pain Relief98▲ 63×2 topics
  28. Immunity97▲ 6.1×10 topics
  29. Anticancer95▲ 15×17 topics
  30. Phytochemistry94▲ 20×9 topics
  31. Pharmacology93▲ 9.6×19 topics
  32. Antiviral85▲ 27×4 topics
  33. Cytokines81▲ 7.3×8 topics
  34. Adverse Events80▲ 32×3 topics
  35. Neurological Effects79▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Brain Imaging78▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Flavonoids78▲ 7.5×12 topics
  38. Cancer Care76▲ 89×1 topic
  39. Fibroblast Response76▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Integrative Medicine74▲ 32×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Acupuncture Treatment Re…76Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 76 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…59Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 59 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…55Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 55 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …53Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 53 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 52 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 41 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…39Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 39 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 36 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 33 fractional worksGinseng Biological Effec…33Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications: 33 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePharmacology3 others

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

  1. 1 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 76 works
  2. 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 59 works
  3. 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 55 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 53 works
  5. 5 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 52 works
  6. 6 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 41 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 39 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 36 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 33 works
  10. 10 Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications Molecular Biology 33 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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