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First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College

In research, First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#2,176 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,107 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,149 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,775
of 28,054 · #12,302 all time
Rank in China
#1,233
of 3,058
Research works
1.2k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is First Affiliated 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 #2,176 of 10,443 26.3%190 #5220
Health SciencesDomain #3,107 of 11,982 26.2%198 #6868
Life SciencesDomain #3,149 of 7,800 26.2%85 #6057

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where First Affiliated 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).

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#5,220 #2,176
  2. Health Sciences#6,868 #3,107
  3. Life Sciences#6,057 #3,149
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.

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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.58× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

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

▲ 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. Inflammation36▲ 5.6×70 topics
  2. Cancer34▲ 8.1×45 topics
  3. Epidemiology28▲ 2.2×83 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress22▲ 4.4×46 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 5.5×32 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment16▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 6.0×20 topics
  8. Gene Expression14▲ 7.4×11 topics
  9. Obesity13▲ 5.4×18 topics
  10. Risk Factors13▲ 3.7×23 topics
  11. Biomarkers11▲ 5.0×16 topics
  12. Cell Death10▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Insulin Resistance9▲ 6.5×10 topics
  14. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.7×18 topics
  15. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.6×16 topics
  16. Immunity8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  17. Metastasis8▲ 7.4×11 topics
  18. Management7▲ 3.0×21 topics
  19. Diabetes7▲ 4.5×16 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.9×12 topics
  21. Cytokines7▲ 7.5×6 topics
  22. Lipid Peroxidation7▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  24. Ferroptosis6▲ 27×1 topic
  25. GPX46▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Atherosclerosis6▲ 7.1×10 topics
  27. Cancer Progression6▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.6×15 topics
  29. Reactive Oxygen Species6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  32. Neuroinflammation6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  33. Biogenesis6▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Thrombosis5▲ 6.0×6 topics
  36. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Macrophages5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  38. Prognostic Markers5▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Inflammatory Diseases4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Gene Expression Regulation4▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Gut microbiota and health.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…6Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 6 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…4RNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksGut microbiota and health4Gut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 3 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…3Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation…3Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 3 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…3Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 3 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer2Immune cells in cancer: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyOncologyCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 4 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  10. 10 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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