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Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College

In research, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#4,465 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,041 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Oncology is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,087
of 28,054 · #18,431 all time
Rank in China
#1,978
of 3,058
Research works
494
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College 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 #4,465 of 10,443 17.9%89 #6316
Health SciencesDomain #6,041 of 11,982 18.3%91 #8265

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College 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).

What does Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 20.7 works12×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 24.4 works5.0×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 40.1 works4.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.71× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.56× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Chemotherapy, Gene Expression, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Endoscopic Resection, Radiotherapy and Chemoradiation.

▲ 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. Cancer26▲ 12×43 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 23×8 topics
  3. Chemotherapy16▲ 15×20 topics
  4. Epidemiology11▲ 1.79×41 topics
  5. Gene Expression11▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress11▲ 4.2×27 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 3.3×51 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 28×5 topics
  9. Endoscopic Resection9▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Radiotherapy9▲ 15×12 topics
  11. Chemoradiation9▲ 84×2 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 9.9×11 topics
  13. Immunotherapy8▲ 7.0×14 topics
  14. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy8▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Surgery7▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Cell Death7▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis7▲ 7.5×4 topics
  18. Barrett's Esophagus7▲ 107×1 topic
  19. Esophageal Carcinoma7▲ 107×1 topic
  20. Metastasis7▲ 12×11 topics
  21. Survival Analysis6▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Biomarkers6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  23. Ferroptosis6▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Lipid Peroxidation6▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Immune Checkpoint Blockade5▲ 30×1 topic
  26. PD-1 and PD-L15▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Epigenetic Regulation5▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Immunity5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  29. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy5▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Breast Cancer5▲ 13×8 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors5▲ 6.6×12 topics
  33. Cancer Progression4▲ 15×7 topics
  34. Survival4▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Prognostic Markers4▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization4▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Biogenesis4▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Cetuximab4▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Human Papillomavirus4▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 7 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…3Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…3Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 3 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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