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Medical Research and Treatments

Medical Research and Treatments is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 1.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research and clinical application of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its integration with modern healthcare practices. It includes studies on TCM herbal medicine, treatment of chronic diseases, cancer management, and the impact of TCM on conditions such as COVID-19. The cluster also explores the effectiveness of TCM in neuroendocrine immunomodulation and its role in providing clinical healthcare solutions.

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • Healthcare
  • Herbal Medicine
  • Integrative Medicine
  • Chinese Medicinal Prescription
  • Cancer Treatment
  • Neuroendocrine Immunomodulation Network
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Chronic Diseases Management
  • Clinical Effectiveness
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
407
per year above
Top-10% rate
1.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-45%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medical Research and Treatments research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.7k and 440 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 5.7k works
  2. 2 United States 440 works
  3. 3 Vietnam 196 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 122 works
  5. 5 Japan 103 works
  6. 6 South Korea 100 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 81 works
  8. 8 India 78 works
  9. 9 ?? 75 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 69 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 81.7%United States: 6.4%Vietnam: 2.8%Indonesia: 1.8%6 others listed: 7.3%82%largest
China5,655 · 81.7%United States440 · 6.4%Vietnam196 · 2.8%Indonesia122 · 1.8%6 others listed506 · 7.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Medical Research and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine publishes the most Medical Research and Treatments research, followed by Human Growth Foundation and Anhui University of Finance and Economics.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 149 works
  2. 2 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 149 works
  3. 3 Anhui University of Finance and EconomicsChina 55 works
  4. 4 Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 49 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 41 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 38 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 36 works
  8. 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 33 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina 32 works
  10. 10 Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Switzerland 31 works

Where is Medical Research and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Medical Research and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Thành Phố Uông Bí, Xianyang and Zhaoqing.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 754 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 257 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 235 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 223 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 219 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 216 works
  7. 7 Xianyang China 206 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 176 works
  9. 9 New York United States 162 works
  10. 10 Jinan China 150 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Thành Phố Uông BíVN · 23.8 works167×
  2. XianyangCN · 206.4 works127×
  3. ZhaoqingCN · 22.6 works43×
  4. BengbuCN · 56.5 works30×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Research and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical Research and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Linyi University, City University of Macau and Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 6.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Linyi University: 9, 11.1%City University of Macau: 11, 9.0%Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology: 9, 11.3%Shenyang Jianzhu University: 11, 7.3%University of Jinan: 18, 3.8%Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering: 12, 8.5%Shandong Institute of Business and Technology: 14, 2.5%Sichuan Agricultural University: 14, 6.9%Shandong Institute of Commerce & Technology: 14, 7.4%Harbin University of Commerce: 21, 0.0%Beijing Institute of…Linyi UniversityCity University of M…Shenyang Jianzhu Uni…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Linyi UniversityChina 61.711.1%11.4×9 +290.9%
2 City University of MacauMacau 57.59.0%10.0×11 —
3 Beijing Institute of Fashion TechnologyChina 52.311.3%32.6×9 —
4 Shenyang Jianzhu UniversityChina 50.67.3%13.2×11 +120.0%
5 University of JinanChina 49.23.8%8.5×18 +423.8%
6 Chongqing Vocational Institute of EngineeringChina 49.18.5%29.2×12 —
7 Shandong Institute of Business and TechnologyChina 48.82.5%22.8×14 +605.6%
8 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 48.76.9%6.9×14 +212.6%
9 Shandong Institute of Commerce & TechnologyChina 47.77.4%43.8×14 —
10 Harbin University of CommerceChina 46.90.0%38.0×21 +240.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Medical Research and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Research and Treatments.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.