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First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#2,024 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,525 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,542 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Cancer Research and Immunology — Complementary and alternative medicine is 19.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,681
of 28,054 · #9,138 all time
Rank in China
#872
of 3,058
Research works
1.2k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan 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 #2,024 of 10,443 28.1%258 #6122
Life SciencesDomain #1,525 of 7,800 24.4%195 #4194
Health SciencesDomain #2,542 of 11,982 28.0%269 #7364
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,053 of 3,579 23.1%124 #5518
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,552 of 2,175 22.0%75 #3988

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan 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#6,122 #2,024
  2. Life Sciences#4,194 #1,525
  3. Health Sciences#7,364 #2,542
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,518 #2,053
  5. Molecular Biology#3,988 #1,552
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 Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 19.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 27.7 works20×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 20.5 works9.7×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 24.2 works7.2×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.76× its world share, 124 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.29× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.50× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.70× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 258 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Xu Jian and Qing Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

  1. 1 Xu Jian China · #1,103,105 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Qing Zhou China · #1,364,614 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Metabolism, Anti-inflammatory, Cell Death and Gene Expression.

▲ 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. Inflammation82▲ 8.1×69 topics
  2. Cancer68▲ 10×43 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress48▲ 6.0×49 topics
  4. Epidemiology42▲ 2.2×79 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 4.6×29 topics
  6. Metabolism22▲ 8.7×24 topics
  7. Antioxidant21▲ 6.3×31 topics
  8. Anti-inflammatory21▲ 16×21 topics
  9. Gene Expression21▲ 7.0×10 topics
  10. Cell Death20▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment20▲ 9.1×8 topics
  12. Biomarkers19▲ 5.7×14 topics
  13. Cytokines18▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Pharmacological Effects17▲ 55×6 topics
  15. Depression16▲ 3.9×17 topics
  16. Traditional Chinese Medicine16▲ 28×5 topics
  17. Herbal Medicine16▲ 12×9 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.9×21 topics
  19. Immune Response16▲ 5.6×14 topics
  20. Pharmacokinetics15▲ 12×11 topics
  21. Apoptosis15▲ 10×20 topics
  22. Clinical Trials14▲ 4.4×13 topics
  23. Neuroprotective Effects14▲ 18×7 topics
  24. Immunity14▲ 7.0×8 topics
  25. Biogenesis13▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Inflammatory Diseases13▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Pathogenesis13▲ 5.2×15 topics
  28. Anticancer13▲ 17×15 topics
  29. Innate Immunity13▲ 8.2×8 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation12▲ 9.0×6 topics
  31. Precision Medicine12▲ 5.4×8 topics
  32. Immune Responses12▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Gut Microbiota12▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Metabolic Health12▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Phytochemistry11▲ 19×6 topics
  36. Osteoarthritis11▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Metastasis11▲ 6.6×8 topics
  38. Mitochondria11▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Short-Chain Fatty Acids11▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Epigenetic Regulation10▲ 9.8×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Gut microbiota and health, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis.

Gut microbiota and health11Gut microbiota and health: 11 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…9Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 9 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…8Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 8 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…8Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 8 fractional worksInflammasome and immune disorders: 7 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 6 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…5MicroRNA in disease regulation: 5 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 5 fractional worksNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 5 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchComplementary and alternative medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 11 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 8 works
  4. 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Inflammasome and immune disorders Molecular Biology 7 works
  6. 6 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 5 works
  8. 8 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 5 works
  9. 9 Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 5 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.3%domestic only96.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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