Question 1

What is Sichuan University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Sichuan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#22 of 10,670 worldwide), Dentistry (#1 of 405 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#40 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and Manual Therapy, Periodontics and Acoustics and Ultrasonics (Complementary and Manual Therapy is 4.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Sichuan University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Sichuan University ranks #22 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#51 all time), and #7 of 2,481 in China.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Sichuan University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Feng Dai, Yucheng Dong and Huile Gao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sichuan University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Sichuan University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Sichuan University is "[Japanese version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory--a scoring system for neuropsychiatric disturbance in dementia patients]." (Nobutsugu Hirono, Etsuro Mori, Yoshitaka Ikejiri et al., 1997), with 20,864 citations. Next come "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (8,181) and "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829).

Question 5

Which research topics does Sichuan University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Sichuan University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Tissue Engineering, Nanocomposites and Immunotherapy.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Sichuan University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Sichuan University is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Engineering (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Sichuan University's?

Accepted Answer

Qingdao University has the research profile closest to Sichuan University's (similarity 0.95 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Materials Science, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhengzhou University.

Question 9

Is Sichuan University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021.