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First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

In research, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,011 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#886 of 10,443 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#160 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research and Immunology — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,484
of 28,054 · #6,042 all time
Rank in China
#639
of 3,058
Research works
2.6k
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,011 of 11,982 21.0%679 #2531
MedicineField #886 of 10,443 20.7%652 #2164
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #160 of 1,144 20.4%204 #647
Life SciencesDomain #1,351 of 7,800 25.1%248 #3243
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,574 of 3,579 25.1%170 #3511
Physical SciencesDomain #6,515 of 12,888 26.2%75 #13140
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,152 of 2,175 26.4%100 #2597

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University 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. Health Sciences#2,531 #1,011
  2. Medicine#2,164 #886
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#647 #160
  4. Life Sciences#3,243 #1,351
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,511 #1,574
  6. Physical Sciences#13,140 #6,515
  7. Molecular Biology#2,597 #1,152
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 First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 203.9 works13×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 30.3 works6.8×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 38.7 works5.5×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.12× its world share, 170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.19× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 652 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Management, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology138▲ 3.4×101 topics
  2. Inflammation93▲ 4.4×78 topics
  3. Cancer76▲ 5.6×53 topics
  4. Management64▲ 8.0×25 topics
  5. Diagnosis61▲ 6.5×34 topics
  6. Treatment56▲ 4.5×40 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress51▲ 3.0×53 topics
  8. Chemotherapy49▲ 6.8×23 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 9.3×8 topics
  10. Global Burden38▲ 6.9×11 topics
  11. Respiratory37▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Clinical Trials35▲ 5.0×15 topics
  13. Immunotherapy34▲ 4.6×19 topics
  14. Asthma33▲ 33×3 topics
  15. COPD33▲ 49×1 topic
  16. spirometry33▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Immunity33▲ 7.9×11 topics
  18. Biomarkers32▲ 4.6×17 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy32▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Treatment Guidelines32▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Genetics32▲ 4.4×15 topics
  22. Gene Expression31▲ 5.0×14 topics
  23. Radiotherapy30▲ 7.5×11 topics
  24. Adjuvant Therapy26▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Metastasis26▲ 7.4×11 topics
  26. Lung Cancer25▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Tumor Staging24▲ 21×2 topics
  28. CT Screening24▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Positron Emission Tomography24▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Immunology24▲ 22×2 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-222▲ 6.7×5 topics
  32. Allergic Diseases22▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Eosinophils22▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Cell Death22▲ 9.1×6 topics
  35. Genomic Profiling21▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Fibrosis20▲ 10×8 topics
  37. Resistance Mechanisms19▲ 22×2 topics
  38. ALK Inhibitors18▲ 29×1 topic
  39. EGFR Mutations18▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension18▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 33 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 24 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…22Asthma and respiratory diseases: 22 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…18Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 13 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 13 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…13Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 13 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 12 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 11 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 33 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 24 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 22 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 13 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  7. 7 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 11 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% higher 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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