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Sun Yat-sen University

In research, Sun Yat-sen University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#19 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#24 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#24 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Hepatology and Cancer Research (Otorhinolaryngology is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#24
of 22,385 · #54 all time
Rank in China
#8
of 2,481
Research works
144k
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8M
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.36×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Sun Yat-sen University

What is Sun Yat-sen University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #19 of 10,670 14.1%17,340 #29
Health SciencesDomain #24 of 9,902 15.0%14,889 #89
MedicineField #24 of 8,541 14.8%14,170 #80
Environmental ScienceField #13 of 3,334 15.6%1,728 #15
Life SciencesDomain #25 of 6,403 15.1%8,183 #68
OncologySubfield #4 of 755 13.9%1,787 #21
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #18 of 2,964 15.0%5,347 #56
EngineeringField #39 of 5,901 14.1%6,301 #66
SurgerySubfield #13 of 1,532 16.2%1,822 #35
Molecular BiologySubfield #16 of 1,880 14.9%3,299 #58

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sun Yat-sen 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#29 #19
  2. Health Sciences#89 #24
  3. Medicine#80 #24
  4. Environmental Science#15 #13
  5. Life Sciences#68 #25
  6. Oncology#21 #4
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#56 #18
  8. Engineering#66 #39
  9. Surgery#35 #13
  10. Molecular Biology#58 #16
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Sun Yat-sen University work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Sun Yat-sen University is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Engineering (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20k fractional works · 40.0% of its workEngineering: 7,069 fractional works · 14.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2,113 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,316 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1,028 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 454 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 454 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 353 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 320 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 197 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 188 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 183 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 176 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 130 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 159 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4,161 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,480 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1,240 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 548 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 318 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 180 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 156 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 238 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2,064 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1,247 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 332 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 199 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 173 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,023 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 432 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 402 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 273 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 258 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 187 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 171 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 300 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,506 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 489 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 324 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 214 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 200 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 117 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 111 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 919 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 372 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 197 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 178 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 171 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 894 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 509 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 182 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 103 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 447 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 112 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 335 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 423 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 407 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 169 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 17k fractional works · 34.7% of its workMedicine: 16k fractional works · 33.0% of its workSurgery: 2,092 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 2,049 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1,854 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1,161 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 982 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 618 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 572 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 568 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 541 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 508 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 434 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 424 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 412 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 353 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 321 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 287 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 275 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 246 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 245 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 231 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 215 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 207 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 205 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 200 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 150 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 132 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 124 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 120 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 701 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 413 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 162 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 251 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 208 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 182 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 163 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 29 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9,312 fractional works · 19.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6,036 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3,720 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCancer Research: 967 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 580 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 281 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 118 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 370 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1,290 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 1,159 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 132 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1,117 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 342 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 299 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 242 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 233 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 699 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 290 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 118 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 291 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 169 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,081 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,209 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 489 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 125 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 122 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 472 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 564 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 174 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 153 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 152 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 468 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 108 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 107 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 253 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 394 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 273 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 121 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 234 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 212 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 117 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSun Yat-senUniversity49kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7,06914.4%
    2. Computer Science4,1618.5%
    3. Materials Science2,0644.2%
    4. Environmental Science2,0234.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1,5063.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences9191.9%
    7. Chemistry8941.8%
    8. Mathematics4470.9%
    9. Energy4230.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering1690.3%
    1. Medicine16k33.0%
    2. Health Professions4130.8%
    3. Dentistry2080.4%
    4. Nursing1820.4%
    5. Veterinary290.1%
  3. Life Sciences9,31219.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6,03612.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1,2902.6%
    3. Neuroscience1,1172.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6991.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1690.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,2092.5%
    2. Psychology5641.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting4681.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3940.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities2340.5%
    6. Decision Sciences2120.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sun Yat-sen University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 321.4 works6.5×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 541.0 works5.7×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 966.8 works4.5×
  4. OncologySubfield · 2,048.7 works3.7×
  5. ImmunologySubfield · 1,158.6 works3.4×
  6. OphthalmologySubfield · 433.8 works3.3×
  7. NephrologySubfield · 287.5 works2.7×
  8. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 1,290.1 works2.6×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 699 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.30× its world share, 6,036 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.61× its world share, 1,290 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 1,117 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 169 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 169 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 894 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 4,161 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 919 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.94× its world share, 423 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 7,069 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 2,023 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 2,064 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 447 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 1,506 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 208 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 413 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 16k worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 182 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 29 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 234 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 468 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 212 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 394 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 564 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1,209 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.61×1,290 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.30×6,036 works
  3. Medicine1.72×16k works
  4. Neuroscience1.40×1,117 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.38×1,506 works
  6. Materials Science1.20×2,064 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.19×919 works
  8. Chemistry1.16×894 works
  9. Computer Science1.09×4,161 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.99×169 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×169 works
  12. Engineering0.96×7,069 works
  13. Energy0.94×423 works
  14. Dentistry0.87×208 works
  15. Environmental Science0.83×2,023 works
  16. Mathematics0.77×447 works
  17. Nursing0.76×182 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.45×212 works
  19. Veterinary0.44×29 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×394 works
  21. Psychology0.38×564 works
  22. Health Professions0.32×413 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×699 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×468 works
  25. Social Sciences0.19×1,209 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.17×234 works

Who are the top researchers at Sun Yat-sen University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hua‐Bin Li, Yexiang Tong and Shaojian Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sun Yat-sen University.

  1. 1 Hua‐Bin Li China · #3,798 worldwide 37k citations · 330 works
  2. 2 Yexiang Tong China · #4,918 worldwide 67k citations · 583 works
  3. 3 Shaojian Wang China · #5,329 worldwide 14k citations · 142 works
  4. 4 Yinxiang Zeng China · #5,445 worldwide 16k citations · 108 works
  5. 5 Xihong Lu China · #5,494 worldwide 52k citations · 500 works
  6. 6 Xiao Lu China · #5,520 worldwide 11k citations · 312 works
  7. 7 Wenqi Ren China · #6,490 worldwide 18k citations · 273 works
  8. 8 Xiaodan Liang China · #7,329 worldwide 24k citations · 614 works
  9. 9 Dai‐Bin Kuang China · #7,650 worldwide 30k citations · 344 works
  10. 10 Mǎng Shī China · #8,602 worldwide 20k citations · 310 works
All ranked researchers at Sun Yat-sen University

What are the most cited papers from Sun Yat-sen University?

The most cited paper from Sun Yat-sen University is "Planck 2018 results" (N. Aghanim et al., 2020), with 14,737 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction" (7,135).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
2 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction John J.V. McMurray et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Sep 2019 7,135
4 Intravenous Fluids and Acute Kidney Injury Xiaoqiang Ding, Zhen Cheng, Qi Qian · Blood Purification Open access 2017 6,843
5 starBase v2.0: decoding miRNA-ceRNA, miRNA-ncRNA and protein–RNA interaction networks from large-scale CLIP-Seq data Jun-Hao Li, Shun Liu, Hui Zhou et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access Dec 2013 6,040
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sun Yat-sen University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Deep Learning, Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress and Gene Expression.

▲ 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-now 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. Inflammation2,587▲ 2.5×83 topics
  2. Deep Learning2,560▲ 1.51×83 topics
  3. Cancer2,546▲ 3.9×59 topics
  4. Epidemiology2,456▲ 1.25×130 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress1,682▲ 2.1×62 topics
  6. Machine Learning1,526◆ 0.93×91 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment1,469▲ 6.6×8 topics
  8. Chemotherapy1,410▲ 4.0×25 topics
  9. Immunotherapy1,125▲ 3.2×19 topics
  10. Gene Expression1,091▲ 3.5×20 topics
  11. Neural Networks1,088▲ 1.43×37 topics
  12. Treatment1,033▲ 1.73×51 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines965▲ 3.6×14 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease924▲ 1.65×39 topics
  15. Biomarkers877▲ 2.6×18 topics
  16. Diagnosis826▲ 1.80×41 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors750▲ 3.5×14 topics
  18. Immunity741▲ 3.7×11 topics
  19. Management737▲ 1.88×35 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome717▲ 1.80×23 topics
  21. Radiotherapy717▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Cell Death707▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Metastasis700▲ 4.2×12 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy626▲ 2.2×20 topics
  25. Survival600▲ 8.8×4 topics
  26. Hepatocellular Carcinoma565▲ 5.6×3 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy557▲ 4.8×5 topics
  28. Innate Immunity519▲ 3.3×11 topics
  29. Cancer Progression517▲ 5.8×8 topics
  30. Angiogenesis507▲ 3.1×16 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation464▲ 4.5×6 topics
  32. Immune Checkpoint Blockade456▲ 8.1×1 topic
  33. PD-1 and PD-L1456▲ 8.1×1 topic
  34. Lipid Peroxidation448▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. Biogenesis446▲ 5.3×3 topics
  36. Ferroptosis430▲ 11×1 topic
  37. GPX4430▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Gene Expression Regulation353▲ 7.0×3 topics
  39. Cetuximab349▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Liver Cancer322▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Sun Yat-sen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and RNA modifications and cancer.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…456Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 456 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…430Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 430 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…322Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 322 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…321RNA modifications and cancer: 321 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 268 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 265 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…253Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 253 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer249Immune cells in cancer: 249 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…216Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 216 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …184Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 184 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHepatologyMolecular Biology6 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 456 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 430 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 322 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 321 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 268 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 265 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 253 works
  8. 8 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 249 works
  9. 9 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 216 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 184 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sun Yat-sen University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sun Yat-sen University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.20% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Sun Yat-sen University0.20% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sun Yat-sen University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Sun Yat-sen University14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2024.

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Which institutions have research most like Sun Yat-sen University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Fudan University has the research profile closest to Sun Yat-sen University's, with both strong in Immunology and Microbiology.

  1. 1 Fudan UniversityChina · Both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine 0.93 Compare
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Both strong in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.91 Compare
  3. 3 National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan · Both strong in Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.91 Compare
  4. 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Both strong in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.89 Compare
  5. 5 Peking UniversityChina · Both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine 0.89 Compare

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