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Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

In research, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#3,317 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,565 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,040 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cancer Research is 14.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,155
of 28,054 · #12,230 all time
Rank in China
#1,290
of 3,058
Research works
1.2k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin 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
MedicineField #3,317 of 10,443 24.8%162 #7273
Health SciencesDomain #4,565 of 11,982 24.6%169 #8535
Life SciencesDomain #3,040 of 7,800 21.5%111 #5602
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,356 of 3,579 21.1%80 #4723

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin 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. Medicine#7,273 #3,317
  2. Health Sciences#8,535 #4,565
  3. Life Sciences#5,602 #3,040
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,723 #2,356
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 Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 14.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 20.5 works15×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 24.8 works5.0×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.65× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.28× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.61× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 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 Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University?

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

▲ 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. Cancer48▲ 11×43 topics
  2. Inflammation38▲ 5.7×73 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress31▲ 5.8×45 topics
  4. Gene Expression23▲ 12×13 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment19▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Epidemiology16▲ 1.22×63 topics
  7. Cell Death15▲ 21×6 topics
  8. Biomarkers14▲ 6.1×17 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.6×31 topics
  10. Regulation12▲ 7.0×10 topics
  11. Metastasis12▲ 11×10 topics
  12. Biogenesis12▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 4.4×19 topics
  14. Lipid Peroxidation11▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Ferroptosis11▲ 45×1 topic
  16. GPX411▲ 45×1 topic
  17. Obesity10▲ 4.1×16 topics
  18. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.4×17 topics
  19. Epigenetic Regulation10▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.2×12 topics
  21. Angiogenesis9▲ 8.3×15 topics
  22. Cell Differentiation8▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Immunity8▲ 6.2×9 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy8▲ 4.3×17 topics
  25. Cytokines8▲ 8.6×8 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  27. Heart Failure8▲ 5.5×11 topics
  28. Innate Immunity8▲ 7.5×11 topics
  29. Long Noncoding RNAs8▲ 28×1 topic
  30. RNA Regulation8▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 6.0×10 topics
  32. Apoptosis8▲ 7.8×16 topics
  33. Cancer Progression8▲ 13×7 topics
  34. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.3×13 topics
  35. Atherosclerosis7▲ 8.1×10 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  37. Insulin Resistance7▲ 4.8×9 topics
  38. Disease7▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Cancer Biomarkers6▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Tumor Targeting6▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University publish most on?

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

Ferroptosis and cancer p…11Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 11 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 8 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 5 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 4 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 4 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Meta…3Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 8 works
  3. 3 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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