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Shantou University Medical College

In research, Shantou University Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#1,325 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,782 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,814 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research and Molecular Biology — Cancer Research is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,132
of 28,054 · #5,928 all time
Rank in China
#776
of 3,058
Research works
2.1k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Shantou University Medical College 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
MedicineField #1,325 of 10,443 26.1%295 #3083
Health SciencesDomain #1,782 of 11,982 25.9%313 #3406
Life SciencesDomain #1,814 of 7,800 22.6%190 #3391
Physical SciencesDomain #5,146 of 12,888 28.0%87 #9260
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,621 of 3,579 21.8%135 #3294
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,342 of 2,175 22.3%81 #2663

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shantou University Medical College 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. Medicine#3,083 #1,325
  2. Health Sciences#3,406 #1,782
  3. Life Sciences#3,391 #1,814
  4. Physical Sciences#9,260 #5,146
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,294 #1,621
  6. Molecular Biology#2,663 #1,342
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 Shantou University Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 21.7 works8.1×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 80.7 works4.3×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.08× its world share, 135 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.49× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.47× its world share, 295 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 9 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Shantou University Medical College?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 2.4×114 topics
  2. Inflammation58▲ 4.5×78 topics
  3. Cancer55▲ 6.6×51 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress46▲ 4.6×54 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 3.7×36 topics
  6. Gene Expression24▲ 6.3×15 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment22▲ 8.0×8 topics
  8. Biomarkers19▲ 4.4×17 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 3.6×21 topics
  10. Risk Factors17▲ 2.5×28 topics
  11. Immunotherapy16▲ 3.7×17 topics
  12. Treatment15▲ 2.0×45 topics
  13. Chemotherapy15▲ 3.4×24 topics
  14. Metastasis14▲ 6.9×12 topics
  15. Obesity14▲ 3.1×19 topics
  16. Immunity14▲ 5.6×10 topics
  17. Cell Death14▲ 9.5×6 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy13▲ 3.7×17 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species12▲ 5.0×13 topics
  20. Cancer Progression11▲ 10.0×8 topics
  21. Regulation11▲ 3.4×11 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance11▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Epigenetic Regulation11▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Biogenesis10▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Angiogenesis10▲ 5.0×16 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 5.2×9 topics
  28. Apoptosis10▲ 5.0×18 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration10▲ 5.1×9 topics
  30. Macular Degeneration9▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  32. Diabetic Retinopathy8▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Gene Expression Regulation8▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Lipid Peroxidation8▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Transcriptional Regulation8▲ 7.8×9 topics
  36. Cell Differentiation8▲ 13×2 topics
  37. RNA methylation7▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Therapeutics7▲ 11×2 topics
  39. m6A-seq7▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Ferroptosis7▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Shantou University Medical College publish most on?

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

RNA modifications and ca…7RNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…7Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 7 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 7 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 5 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 5 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchOphthalmology3 others

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

  1. 1 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 7 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 5 works
  5. 5 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 5 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 4 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shantou University Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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