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Shanxi Medical University

In research, Shanxi Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#293 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#358 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#354 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Nephrology and Rheumatology — Cancer Research is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#841
of 28,054 · #2,651 all time
Rank in China
#278
of 3,058
Research works
14k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
115k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Shanxi Medical 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
Health SciencesDomain #293 of 11,982 20.8%2,329 #1278
MedicineField #358 of 10,443 20.4%2,159 #1367
Life SciencesDomain #354 of 7,800 18.8%1,290 #1323
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #402 of 3,579 18.7%839 #1493
SurgerySubfield #243 of 1,816 20.8%232 #986
Molecular BiologySubfield #292 of 2,175 19.0%514 #1091
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #154 of 1,144 21.9%232 #827
Health ProfessionsField #313 of 1,928 30.6%67 #1271
Physical SciencesDomain #2,223 of 12,888 18.6%623 #5213
OncologySubfield #180 of 772 20.6%184 #727

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanxi Medical 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. Health Sciences#1,278 #293
  2. Medicine#1,367 #358
  3. Life Sciences#1,323 #354
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,493 #402
  5. Surgery#986 #243
  6. Molecular Biology#1,091 #292
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#827 #154
  8. Health Professions#1,271 #313
  9. Physical Sciences#5,213 #2,223
  10. Oncology#727 #180
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 Shanxi Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 144.0 works7.6×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 55.8 works5.9×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 107.0 works5.3×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 147.1 works4.9×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 37.7 works4.5×
← 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, 74 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.59× its world share, 839 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.78× its world share, 167 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.39× its world share, 170 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.64× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 73 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 205 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 151 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.70× its world share, 58 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.56× its world share, 2,159 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 41 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanxi Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kerang Zhang, Shuzhen Li and Ning Yan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanxi Medical University.

  1. 1 Kerang Zhang China · #161,724 worldwide 146 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Shuzhen Li China · #172,034 worldwide 144 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Ning Yan China · #234,373 worldwide 119 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Rongrong Wang China · #249,425 worldwide 103 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Huifang Zhang China · #263,552 worldwide 153 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Chunming Zhang China · #270,420 worldwide 211 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Yong Xu China · #290,338 worldwide 143 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Hui Liao China · #303,191 worldwide 91 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Shenglin Chen China · #338,241 worldwide 68 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Juan Wang China · #509,812 worldwide 54 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Shanxi Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Shanxi Medical University?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation468▲ 5.1×82 topics
  2. Cancer397▲ 6.7×58 topics
  3. Epidemiology326▲ 1.88×127 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress322▲ 4.5×60 topics
  5. Gene Expression170▲ 6.4×19 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease169▲ 3.5×38 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment160▲ 8.2×8 topics
  8. Biomarkers160▲ 5.3×17 topics
  9. Immunotherapy140▲ 4.5×19 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications132▲ 2.5×35 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome130▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. Nanoparticles126▲ 2.3×28 topics
  13. Treatment119▲ 2.2×49 topics
  14. Metastasis108▲ 7.2×12 topics
  15. Reactive Oxygen Species107▲ 6.0×13 topics
  16. Chemotherapy103▲ 3.4×24 topics
  17. Biogenesis97▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy96▲ 3.9×20 topics
  19. Cell Death96▲ 9.4×6 topics
  20. Regulation94▲ 4.0×13 topics
  21. Immune Response89▲ 3.6×22 topics
  22. Drug Delivery89▲ 3.8×16 topics
  23. Immunity89▲ 5.0×11 topics
  24. Cytokines83▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines81▲ 3.4×14 topics
  26. Metabolism81▲ 3.6×30 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance80▲ 4.0×10 topics
  28. Angiogenesis77▲ 5.4×16 topics
  29. Epigenetic Regulation71▲ 7.5×6 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation71▲ 5.7×6 topics
  31. Tumor Targeting70▲ 8.9×3 topics
  32. Apoptosis67▲ 5.0×22 topics
  33. Photodynamic Therapy66▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. Lipid Peroxidation63▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Cancer Progression60▲ 7.4×8 topics
  36. Inflammatory Diseases58▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Fibrosis57▲ 7.1×8 topics
  38. Ferroptosis57▲ 17×1 topic
  39. GPX457▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Photothermal Therapy50▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Shanxi Medical University publish most on?

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

Ferroptosis and cancer p…57Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 57 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…48Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 48 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 45 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…42MicroRNA in disease regulation: 42 fractional worksGut microbiota and health42Gut microbiota and health: 42 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 34 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 32 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases30Circular RNAs in diseases: 30 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 28 fractional worksAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis: 26 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical EngineeringCancer ResearchMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 57 works
  2. 2 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 48 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 45 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 42 works
  5. 5 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 42 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 34 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 32 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 30 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 28 works
  10. 10 Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis Materials Chemistry 26 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanxi Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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