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Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention

In research, Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,272 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,607
of 28,054 · #17,968 all time
Rank in China
#1,911
of 3,058
Research works
593
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention 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 #9,272 of 11,982 25.9%62 #15591

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention 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).

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: 1.33× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.62× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.91× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.14× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 2.85× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention?

Ranked on the composite score, Kai Wu and Yan Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

  1. 1 Kai Wu China · #269,929 worldwide 46 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Yan Yang China · #1,119,751 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Effects, Public Health, Oxidative Stress, Pathogenesis, Cardiovascular Disease, Environmental Exposure and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.6×66 topics
  2. Health Effects12▲ 14×15 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress11▲ 4.8×34 topics
  4. Public Health11▲ 5.4×21 topics
  5. Pathogenesis8▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.9×18 topics
  7. Inflammation7▲ 2.3×37 topics
  8. Cancer6▲ 3.4×28 topics
  9. Environmental Exposure6▲ 39×3 topics
  10. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.4×10 topics
  11. Vaccine6▲ 9.8×11 topics
  12. Mortality6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  13. Vaccine Development6▲ 15×8 topics
  14. Toxicity5▲ 8.6×13 topics
  15. Pandemic5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  16. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Immune Response5▲ 5.9×14 topics
  18. COVID-194▲ 2.3×14 topics
  19. Epidemiological Studies4▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Particulate Matter4▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Air Pollution4▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Risk Assessment4▲ 3.8×7 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-24▲ 7.9×6 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  27. Food Safety4▲ 8.3×10 topics
  28. Infectious Diseases3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Global Distribution3▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Pathogen Transmission3▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Bioaccumulation3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Genomics3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  35. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Bisphenol A3▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals3▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Cell Death3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Vector Control2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Coronavirus2▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Viral Infections and Vectors.

Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 3 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…2Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…2Viral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 2 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…1Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisInfectious DiseasesPollutionParasitology3 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  2. 2 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  3. 3 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 2 works
  6. 6 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 2 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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