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Wuhan Institute of Virology

In research, Wuhan Institute of Virology stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,776 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,169 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,078 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 29.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,474
of 28,054 · #6,267 all time
Rank in China
#1,014
of 3,058
Research works
1.4k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
40.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Wuhan Institute of Virology 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,776 of 7,800 29.9%121 #2616
Health SciencesDomain #5,169 of 11,982 33.7%126 #7367
MedicineField #5,078 of 10,443 33.6%124 #6199
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,575 of 3,579 29.1%67 #4267

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wuhan Institute of Virology 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. Life Sciences#2,616 #1,776
  2. Health Sciences#7,367 #5,169
  3. Medicine#6,199 #5,078
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,267 #2,575
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 Wuhan Institute of Virology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 29.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 55.8 works30×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 28.6 works10×
← 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: 1.67× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.55× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.33× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wuhan Institute of Virology?

Ranked on the composite score, Hanzhong Wang, Zhiming Yuan and Gengfu Xiao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wuhan Institute of Virology.

  1. 1 Hanzhong Wang China · #420,667 worldwide 42 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Zhiming Yuan China · #451,247 worldwide 142 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Gengfu Xiao China · #486,644 worldwide 84 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Huimin Yan China · #977,712 worldwide 48 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Qinxue Hu China · #1,080,006 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Xiaomin Hu China · #1,099,543 worldwide 28 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Junping Yu China · #1,176,141 worldwide 41 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Wuhan Institute of Virology

Which keywords describe research at Wuhan Institute of Virology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Immune Response, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Vaccine Development and Coronavirus.

▲ 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. Epidemiology83▲ 7.6×57 topics
  2. Pathogenesis45▲ 32×18 topics
  3. Vaccine44▲ 40×11 topics
  4. Immune Response35▲ 23×16 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-224▲ 26×6 topics
  6. Pandemic23▲ 7.7×8 topics
  7. Public Health22▲ 5.4×13 topics
  8. Vaccine Development21▲ 30×8 topics
  9. Coronavirus19▲ 33×3 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor19▲ 28×3 topics
  11. Immunity19▲ 17×9 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity19▲ 15×7 topics
  13. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers16▲ 129×1 topic
  14. Zoonotic Infections16▲ 102×1 topic
  15. Viral Transmission16▲ 38×4 topics
  16. Viral Infection16▲ 83×2 topics
  17. Innate Immunity14▲ 17×10 topics
  18. Mutation14▲ 27×3 topics
  19. antibody14▲ 47×1 topic
  20. spike protein14▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Vector Control14▲ 42×3 topics
  22. Nanoparticles12▲ 3.6×12 topics
  23. Neurological Manifestations12▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Arboviral Diseases12▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Zika Virus12▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Cancer12▲ 3.2×30 topics
  27. Metagenomics12▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Biosensors11▲ 7.5×6 topics
  29. Pattern Recognition Receptors10▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Genomics10▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Virus10▲ 39×3 topics
  32. Infection9▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Interferon Signaling9▲ 94×1 topic
  34. cGAS-STING Pathway9▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Gene Therapy8▲ 16×4 topics
  36. Vaccines8▲ 50×3 topics
  37. Transmission7▲ 50×2 topics
  38. Ebola Virus7▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Outbreak7▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Gene Silencing7▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Wuhan Institute of Virology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Viral Infections and Vectors, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and interferon and immune responses.

Viral Infections and Vectors: 16 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 14 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …12Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 12 fractional worksinterferon and immune re…9interferon and immune responses: 9 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 7 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 6 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…6Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 6 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 6 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthImmunologyEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 16 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 14 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  4. 4 interferon and immune responses Immunology 9 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  9. 9 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 5 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wuhan Institute of Virology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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