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University of South China

In research, University of South China stands highest in Physical Sciences (#337 of 12,888 worldwide), Chemistry (#41 of 1,330 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#241 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry, Cancer Research and Radiation — Inorganic Chemistry is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#358
of 28,054 · #1,348 all time
Rank in China
#125
of 3,058
Research works
15k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
154k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of South China 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
Physical SciencesDomain #337 of 12,888 20.9%2,650 #1381
ChemistryField #41 of 1,330 26.0%316 #391
Life SciencesDomain #241 of 7,800 26.9%1,109 #911
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #185 of 3,579 27.6%773 #813
MedicineField #666 of 10,443 26.5%1,176 #1802
Health SciencesDomain #767 of 11,982 26.4%1,265 #2063
Molecular BiologySubfield #143 of 2,175 26.7%496 #725
Materials ScienceField #210 of 2,468 20.0%450 #959
Organic ChemistrySubfield #54 of 615 35.9%123 #476
Materials ChemistrySubfield #146 of 1,556 20.6%341 #724

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of South China 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. Physical Sciences#1,381 #337
  2. Chemistry#391 #41
  3. Life Sciences#911 #241
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#813 #185
  5. Medicine#1,802 #666
  6. Health Sciences#2,063 #767
  7. Molecular Biology#725 #143
  8. Materials Science#959 #210
  9. Organic Chemistry#476 #54
  10. Materials Chemistry#724 #146
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 University of South China specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 143.6 works11×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 137.7 works6.1×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 40.5 works5.6×
  4. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 34.0 works5.4×
  5. MicrobiologySubfield · 25.4 works4.7×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 71.5 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: 0.17× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.77× its world share, 773 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 151 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 110 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.19× its world share, 22 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.85× its world share, 316 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 274 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 47 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.44× its world share, 69 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 981 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 276 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.47× its world share, 450 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.68× its world share, 196 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 1,176 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of South China?

Ranked on the composite score, Shaohua Wang, Qizhi Chen and Lei Bi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of South China.

  1. 1 Shaohua Wang China · #230,839 worldwide 92 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Qizhi Chen China · #240,537 worldwide 242 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Lei Bi China · #310,788 worldwide 410 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Jie Liu China · #354,416 worldwide 202 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Dan Cheng China · #364,510 worldwide 176 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Hongqing Wang China · #368,993 worldwide 243 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Yiqun Wang China · #429,739 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Guohua Wang China · #442,185 worldwide 96 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Maoxin Liao China · #458,261 worldwide 59 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Tao Yu China · #487,832 worldwide 92 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at University of South China

Which keywords describe research at University of South China?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Adsorption, Oxidative Stress, Actinides, Bioremediation, Coordination Chemistry and Extraction.

▲ 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. Cancer350▲ 5.0×52 topics
  2. Inflammation320▲ 2.9×82 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress238▲ 2.8×59 topics
  4. Adsorption188▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Nanomaterials165▲ 3.0×18 topics
  6. Nanoparticles146▲ 2.2×37 topics
  7. Actinides143▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Bioremediation132▲ 20×7 topics
  9. Gene Expression129▲ 4.0×19 topics
  10. Environmental Impact128▲ 1.44×35 topics
  11. Coordination Chemistry127▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications123▲ 1.99×32 topics
  13. Extraction123▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Sorption123▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Lanthanides122▲ 53×1 topic
  16. Uranium122▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Tumor Microenvironment119▲ 5.1×8 topics
  18. Cell Death109▲ 8.9×6 topics
  19. Biomarkers96▲ 2.7×17 topics
  20. Regulation95▲ 3.4×14 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species93▲ 4.4×14 topics
  22. Biogenesis92▲ 9.9×3 topics
  23. Catalysis92▲ 2.6×26 topics
  24. Apoptosis83▲ 5.2×21 topics
  25. Epigenetic Regulation79▲ 7.0×6 topics
  26. Metastasis77▲ 4.3×12 topics
  27. Immunity73▲ 3.4×11 topics
  28. Metal Recovery68▲ 6.4×3 topics
  29. Cancer Progression63▲ 6.5×8 topics
  30. Rare Earth Elements60▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Disease59▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Environmental Remediation57▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Cell Differentiation55▲ 11×2 topics
  34. RNA Regulation55▲ 9.9×2 topics
  35. Long Noncoding RNAs54▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Transcriptional Landscape54▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Lipid Peroxidation53▲ 9.8×3 topics
  38. Hybrid Materials51▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Ferroptosis51▲ 13×1 topic
  40. GPX451▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does University of South China publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Chemical Synthesis and Characterization.

Radioactive element chem…122Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 122 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 54 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 51 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 49 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 44 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 43 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…39MicroRNA in disease regulation: 39 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 36 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 33 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 33 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 122 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 54 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 51 works
  4. 4 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 49 works
  5. 5 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 44 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 43 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 39 works
  8. 8 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 36 works
  9. 9 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 33 works
  10. 10 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of South China's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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