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Wenzhou Medical University

In research, Wenzhou Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#72 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#86 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#126 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine — Ophthalmology is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#309
of 28,054 · #1,246 all time
Rank in China
#108
of 3,058
Research works
23k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
312k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Wenzhou 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 #72 of 11,982 23.8%3,873 #537
MedicineField #86 of 10,443 23.6%3,621 #513
Life SciencesDomain #126 of 7,800 24.3%1,961 #597
Molecular BiologySubfield #86 of 2,175 23.9%819 #488
EpidemiologySubfield #41 of 976 25.3%340 #316
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #51 of 1,144 21.1%356 #347
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #160 of 3,579 23.3%1,327 #644
SurgerySubfield #82 of 1,816 20.4%419 #434
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield #18 of 261 31.9%114 #259
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #42 of 569 24.3%220 #298

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wenzhou 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#537 #72
  2. Medicine#513 #86
  3. Life Sciences#597 #126
  4. Molecular Biology#488 #86
  5. Epidemiology#316 #41
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#347 #51
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#644 #160
  8. Surgery#434 #82
  9. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism#259 #18
  10. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#298 #42
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 Wenzhou Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 147.4 works7.9×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 204.8 works6.7×
  3. Molecular MedicineSubfield · 44.0 works5.8×
  4. NephrologySubfield · 65.1 works4.3×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 57.0 works4.2×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 77 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.55× its world share, 1,327 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.42× its world share, 241 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 241 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.99× its world share, 74 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 92 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 112 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 265 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 116 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 171 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.83× its world share, 62 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 126 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 3,622 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 58 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 150 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 144 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wenzhou Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yong Liu, Jiang‐Fan Chen and Colm McAlinden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wenzhou Medical University.

  1. 1 Yong Liu China · #32,778 worldwide 793 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Jiang‐Fan Chen China · #39,352 worldwide 437 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Colm McAlinden China · #43,670 worldwide 4.1k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Jianmin Li China · #46,909 worldwide 278 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Peter S. Reinach China · #50,517 worldwide 432 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Aimin Wu China · #51,513 worldwide 281 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Xiaolei Zhang China · #58,453 worldwide 398 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Xiaoliang Qi China · #94,663 worldwide 433 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Haixiao Chen China · #118,513 worldwide 201 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Weijian Huang China · #131,983 worldwide 204 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Wenzhou Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Wenzhou Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Cell Death 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. Inflammation731▲ 5.0×82 topics
  2. Cancer628▲ 6.7×57 topics
  3. Epidemiology625▲ 2.3×125 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress463▲ 4.0×61 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment255▲ 8.2×8 topics
  6. Gene Expression220▲ 5.2×19 topics
  7. Biomarkers204▲ 4.3×17 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome203▲ 3.6×23 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease198▲ 2.5×36 topics
  10. Treatment194▲ 2.3×50 topics
  11. Risk Factors177▲ 2.3×34 topics
  12. Nanoparticles174▲ 1.98×33 topics
  13. Cell Death168▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Chemotherapy168▲ 3.4×24 topics
  15. Diagnosis164▲ 2.5×40 topics
  16. Immunotherapy161▲ 3.2×19 topics
  17. Management158▲ 2.9×29 topics
  18. Immunity158▲ 5.6×10 topics
  19. Metastasis156▲ 6.5×12 topics
  20. Metabolism151▲ 4.2×30 topics
  21. Obesity150▲ 2.8×23 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines140▲ 3.7×14 topics
  23. Immune Response136▲ 3.4×23 topics
  24. Angiogenesis131▲ 5.7×16 topics
  25. Apoptosis129▲ 6.0×22 topics
  26. Reactive Oxygen Species128▲ 4.5×13 topics
  27. Diabetes125▲ 3.6×21 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance124▲ 3.9×10 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration116▲ 5.5×11 topics
  30. Innate Immunity106▲ 4.7×11 topics
  31. Biogenesis104▲ 8.4×3 topics
  32. Neuroinflammation101▲ 5.1×6 topics
  33. Lipid Peroxidation94▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Epigenetic Regulation93▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Cancer Progression91▲ 7.0×8 topics
  36. Macrophages90▲ 7.4×7 topics
  37. Ferroptosis90▲ 17×1 topic
  38. GPX490▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Glaucoma85▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Intraocular Pressure84▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Wenzhou Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…90Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 90 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…66Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 66 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 57 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 54 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 49 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 48 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 45 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…44Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 44 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 42 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 42 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchEpidemiologyBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 90 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 66 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 57 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 54 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 49 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 48 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 45 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 44 works
  9. 9 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 42 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 42 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wenzhou Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.