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First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China

In research, First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,908 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,483 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,584 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research and Immunology and Microbiology — Cancer Research is 14.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,778
of 28,054 · #10,123 all time
Rank in China
#1,065
of 3,058
Research works
1.2k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,908 of 7,800 29.0%138 #4137
MedicineField #3,483 of 10,443 28.5%167 #6787
Health SciencesDomain #4,584 of 11,982 28.9%174 #8636
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,686 of 3,579 30.1%98 #3629

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China 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. Life Sciences#4,137 #1,908
  2. Medicine#6,787 #3,483
  3. Health Sciences#8,636 #4,584
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,629 #1,686
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 University of South China specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 14.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 22.1 works15×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 20.2 works5.9×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.41× its world share, 98 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.89× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.51× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.89× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.55× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression, Tumor Microenvironment, Biogenesis, Cell Death and Regulation.

▲ 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. Cancer54▲ 12×41 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 7.0×79 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress30▲ 5.5×49 topics
  4. Gene Expression20▲ 9.6×14 topics
  5. Epidemiology20▲ 1.45×76 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment19▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Biogenesis17▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Cell Death16▲ 21×6 topics
  9. Regulation16▲ 8.8×11 topics
  10. Biomarkers16▲ 6.7×14 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 3.7×32 topics
  12. Metabolism12▲ 6.8×22 topics
  13. Metastasis12▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Epigenetic Regulation11▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Disease10▲ 34×3 topics
  16. Immunity10▲ 7.5×9 topics
  17. Cancer Progression10▲ 15×8 topics
  18. Apoptosis10▲ 9.2×15 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species9▲ 6.7×13 topics
  20. Innate Immunity9▲ 8.2×11 topics
  21. Lipid Peroxidation9▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.6×14 topics
  23. Ferroptosis8▲ 32×1 topic
  24. GPX48▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Angiogenesis8▲ 7.5×15 topics
  26. Cellular Functions8▲ 32×3 topics
  27. Cell Differentiation8▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Cancer Biomarkers8▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Long Noncoding RNAs8▲ 27×1 topic
  30. RNA Regulation8▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Translation8▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis7▲ 7.5×11 topics
  33. Circular RNAs7▲ 51×1 topic
  34. MicroRNA Sponges7▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Cytokines7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  36. Therapeutics7▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Mitochondria7▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Gene Expression Regulation6▲ 18×3 topics
  39. MicroRNA6▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Dysregulation6▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Circular RNAs in diseases and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…8Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 8 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…8Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 8 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases7Circular RNAs in diseases: 7 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…6MicroRNA in disease regulation: 6 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 6 fractional worksInflammasome and immune disorders: 4 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer4Immune cells in cancer: 4 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 4 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 4 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyImmunology1 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 8 works
  3. 3 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 6 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Inflammasome and immune disorders Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 4 works
  9. 9 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 3 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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