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An-Nan Hospital

In research, An-Nan Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,271 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,555 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,207
of 22,385 · #18,765 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#165
of 185
Research works
338
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
An-Nan Hospital

What is An-Nan Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #8,271 of 14,558 10.4%152
Health SciencesDomain #10,555 of 16,688 10.4%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where An-Nan Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does An-Nan Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at An-Nan Hospital is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Neuroscience (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 67 fractional works · 63.8% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 59.5% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 23.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAn-Nan Hospital104fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6259.5%
    2. Health Professions22.1%
    3. Nursing21.9%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1211.3%
    2. Neuroscience88.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    1. Engineering32.7%
    2. Computer Science11.3%
    3. Environmental Science11.2%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Psychology43.6%
    2. Social Sciences21.7%
    3. Decision Sciences00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.11× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.01× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 3.84× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience5.01×8 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.56×2 works
  3. Nursing3.84×2 works
  4. Medicine3.09×62 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.11×12 works
  6. Psychology1.19×4 works
  7. Veterinary1.12×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.86×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.80×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.48×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.45×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.25×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  15. Engineering0.18×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.17×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at An-Nan Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Lin‐Nei Hsu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is An-Nan Hospital.

  1. 1 Lin‐Nei Hsu Taiwan · #2,749,133 worldwide 186 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at An-Nan Hospital

What are the most cited papers from An-Nan Hospital?

The most cited paper from An-Nan Hospital is "Diet and depression: exploring the biological mechanisms of action" (Wolfgang Marx et al., 2020), with 677 citations. Next come "Dapagliflozin, a selective SGLT2 Inhibitor, attenuated cardiac fibrosis by regulating the macrophage polarization via STAT3 signaling in infarcted rat hearts" (507) and "Screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for gastric cancer prevention: the Taipei global consensus" (496).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diet and depression: exploring the biological mechanisms of action Wolfgang Marx et al. · Molecular Psychiatry Open access 3 Nov 2020 677
2 Dapagliflozin, a selective SGLT2 Inhibitor, attenuated cardiac fibrosis by regulating the macrophage polarization via STAT3 signaling in infarcted rat hearts Tsung‐Ming Lee, Nen‐Chung Chang, Shinn‐Zong Lin · Free Radical Biology and Medicine 26 Jan 2017 507
3 Screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori for gastric cancer prevention: the Taipei global consensus Jyh‐Ming Liou et al. · Gut Open access Oct 2020 496
4 Using psychoneuroimmunity against COVID-19 Sung‐Wan Kim, Kuan‐Pin Su · Brain Behavior and Immunity Open access 28 Mar 2020 284
5 Machine Learning and Novel Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Chun-Hung Chang, Chieh‐Hsin Lin, Hsien‐Yuan Lane · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 9 Mar 2021 248
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at An-Nan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Depression, Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation and Risk Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Inflammation9▲ 4.1×52 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 2.0×60 topics
  3. Depression6▲ 7.1×17 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.7×25 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 3.1×31 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 3.0×36 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.9×16 topics
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 3.5×22 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 2.8×24 topics
  10. Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×23 topics
  11. Complications3▲ 5.6×11 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  13. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.7×15 topics
  14. Diagnosis3▲ 2.7×17 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.4×13 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.1×12 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Ion Channels2▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Mortality2▲ 4.1×9 topics
  20. Cytokines2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  21. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  22. Surgical Management2▲ 5.3×10 topics
  23. Diabetes2▲ 4.2×15 topics
  24. Metabolism2▲ 4.1×21 topics
  25. Anxiety2▲ 4.3×9 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Microglia2▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Cell Signaling2▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Global Burden2▲ 3.6×11 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  31. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  33. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  34. Schizophrenia2▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Breast Cancer2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  36. Functional Recovery2▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Immune Activation2▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Synaptic Plasticity2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  39. Tryptophan Metabolism2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Elderly Patients2▲ 9.0×4 topics

Which research topics does An-Nan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tryptophan and brain disorders, Fatty Acid Research and Health, Ion channel regulation and function and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Tryptophan and brain dis…2Tryptophan and brain disorders: 2 fractional worksFatty Acid Research and …1Fatty Acid Research and Health: 1 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksFood Chemistry and Fat Analysis: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health1COVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 1 fractional works
Biological PsychiatryNutrition and DieteticsMolecular BiologyEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 2 works
  2. 2 Fatty Acid Research and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  3. 3 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis Food Science 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 1 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has An-Nan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is An-Nan Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%An-Nan Hospital0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of An-Nan Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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