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Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#1,324 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,074 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,784 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Reproductive Medicine and Cancer Research — Complementary and alternative medicine is 16.0× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#2,718
of 28,054 · #7,933 all time
Rank in China
#688
of 3,058
Research works
1.9k
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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
MedicineField #1,324 of 10,443 25.1%480 #4194
Life SciencesDomain #1,074 of 7,800 26.0%261 #3359
Health SciencesDomain #1,784 of 11,982 25.2%498 #5295
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,241 of 3,579 26.6%158 #3934
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,026 of 2,175 27.4%99 #2934

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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. Medicine#4,194 #1,324
  2. Life Sciences#3,359 #1,074
  3. Health Sciences#5,295 #1,784
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,934 #1,241
  5. Molecular Biology#2,934 #1,026
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 Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 16.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 38.2 works16×
  2. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 21.8 works12×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 27.2 works7.6×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.61× its world share, 158 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.56× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.61× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.36× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 480 worksMedicineNursing: 1.93× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Gene Expression, Metabolism and Insulin Resistance.

▲ 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. Inflammation111▲ 6.5×78 topics
  2. Cancer91▲ 8.2×51 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress67▲ 5.0×50 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease66▲ 7.2×35 topics
  5. Epidemiology58▲ 1.80×94 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome43▲ 6.5×22 topics
  7. Gene Expression36▲ 7.2×13 topics
  8. Obesity33▲ 5.4×20 topics
  9. Metabolism32▲ 7.5×26 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance30▲ 8.1×10 topics
  11. Biomarkers29▲ 5.2×16 topics
  12. Antioxidant29▲ 5.2×35 topics
  13. Depression27▲ 3.8×20 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment27▲ 7.6×8 topics
  15. Cell Death27▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Treatment26▲ 2.6×41 topics
  17. Anti-inflammatory25▲ 11×22 topics
  18. Traditional Chinese Medicine24▲ 25×5 topics
  19. Clinical Trials24▲ 4.3×16 topics
  20. Herbal Medicine23▲ 9.8×10 topics
  21. Apoptosis21▲ 8.6×20 topics
  22. Cytokines21▲ 9.2×7 topics
  23. Immune Response20▲ 4.3×21 topics
  24. Immunity20▲ 6.0×10 topics
  25. Pharmacological Effects19▲ 37×6 topics
  26. Metastasis19▲ 6.7×12 topics
  27. Pharmacokinetics19▲ 8.7×11 topics
  28. Osteoarthritis18▲ 18×6 topics
  29. Precision Medicine18▲ 4.8×8 topics
  30. Infertility18▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Neuroprotective Effects17▲ 13×7 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis17▲ 7.2×12 topics
  33. Phytochemistry16▲ 16×6 topics
  34. Biogenesis16▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Fibrosis16▲ 10×7 topics
  36. Acupuncture15▲ 31×3 topics
  37. Epigenetic Regulation15▲ 8.3×4 topics
  38. Lipid Peroxidation15▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Pain Relief14▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Regulatory T Cells14▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Ovarian function and disorders and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies.

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 11 works
  3. 3 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  7. 7 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 7 works
  8. 8 Inflammasome and immune disorders Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 7 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 7 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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