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WuXi AppTec (China)

In research, WuXi AppTec (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,726 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,883 of 7,800 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,301 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Oncology — Molecular Biology is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,438
of 28,054 · #10,959 all time
Rank in China
#1,344
of 3,058
Research works
1.1k
▲ 148% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is WuXi AppTec (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 #5,726 of 12,888 12.9%203 #9215
Life SciencesDomain #3,883 of 7,800 13.1%165 #6678
EngineeringField #4,301 of 6,636 12.8%101 #7812
MedicineField #6,851 of 10,443 18.3%113 #11635
Health SciencesDomain #8,510 of 11,982 18.5%117 #14595
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,604 of 3,579 11.8%126 #4814
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,688 of 2,175 11.5%99 #3175

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where WuXi AppTec (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#9,215 #5,726
  2. Life Sciences#6,678 #3,883
  3. Engineering#7,812 #4,301
  4. Medicine#11,635 #6,851
  5. Health Sciences#14,595 #8,510
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,814 #2,604
  7. Molecular Biology#3,175 #1,688
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 WuXi AppTec (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 99.0 works6.7×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 29.4 works6.7×
  3. OncologySubfield · 27.8 works5.1×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 126.0 works4.8×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.84× its world share, 126 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.54× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.17× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.54× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.51× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 113 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 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: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at WuXi AppTec (China)?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter S. Dragovich, 李旭锋 and Thomas H. Pillow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is WuXi AppTec (China).

  1. 1 Peter S. Dragovich China · #166,035 worldwide 178 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 李旭锋 China · #169,730 worldwide 0 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Thomas H. Pillow China · #263,207 worldwide 230 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Katherine R. Kozak China · #354,652 worldwide 99 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 David B. Smith China · #801,197 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Charles Z. Ding China · #815,456 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Shuhui Chen China · #924,737 worldwide 29 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Donglu Zhang China · #958,753 worldwide 71 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Shang‐Fan Yu China · #1,002,721 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Leonid Beigelman China · #1,026,478 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at WuXi AppTec (China)

Which keywords describe research at WuXi AppTec (China)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monoclonal Antibodies, Therapeutic Antibodies, Glycosylation, Biopharmaceuticals, Immunogenicity, Recombinant Proteins, Stability and Chromatography.

▲ 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. Monoclonal Antibodies48▲ 110×3 topics
  2. Therapeutic Antibodies46▲ 136×2 topics
  3. Glycosylation41▲ 76×3 topics
  4. Biopharmaceuticals28▲ 114×3 topics
  5. Immunogenicity27▲ 128×3 topics
  6. Recombinant Proteins26▲ 172×2 topics
  7. Stability25▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Chromatography24▲ 331×1 topic
  9. Protein Aggregation24▲ 95×1 topic
  10. Antibody Engineering22▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Fc Receptors22▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Monoclonal Antibody20▲ 78×2 topics
  13. Cell Culture19▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Cancer17▲ 2.6×27 topics
  15. Biopharmaceutical Production17▲ 82×2 topics
  16. Mammalian Cells15▲ 131×1 topic
  17. Recombinant Protein15▲ 131×1 topic
  18. Cancer Therapy14▲ 5.2×13 topics
  19. Nanoparticles14▲ 2.3×24 topics
  20. Drug Discovery14▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.3×11 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 5.3×7 topics
  23. Mechanical Properties11▲ 2.3×27 topics
  24. Medicinal Chemistry10▲ 7.4×8 topics
  25. Chemotherapy9▲ 2.7×10 topics
  26. Gene Therapy9▲ 9.8×5 topics
  27. Breast Cancer8▲ 7.3×4 topics
  28. PET Imaging8▲ 9.1×4 topics
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy7▲ 9.5×3 topics
  30. Pharmacokinetics7▲ 5.3×7 topics
  31. Angiogenesis7▲ 4.2×8 topics
  32. Tumor Regression7▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Cell Signaling6▲ 8.3×10 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy6▲ 5.3×4 topics
  35. Signal Transduction6▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  37. Lab-on-a-Chip5▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Metastatic5▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Receptor tyrosine kinases5▲ 27×2 topics
  40. HER25▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does WuXi AppTec (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Protein purification and stability, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects and HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research.

Protein purification and…24Protein purification and stability: 24 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…22Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 22 fractional worksViral Infectious Disease…15Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 15 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksGlycosylation and Glycoproteins Research: 4 fractional worksClick Chemistry and Applications: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyOrganic Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 24 works
  2. 2 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 22 works
  3. 3 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 15 works
  4. 4 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 5 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Click Chemistry and Applications Organic Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has WuXi AppTec (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 148% 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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