What drives Lanzhou University's research
Ask where Lanzhou University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 45,558 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 74 countries.
Its most distinctive research concentrations include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research; Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods; Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.
The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.68, against a world average of 1.0.
The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, published its first full edition on 15 September 2026. The full results are public.
Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.
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