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Fu Wai Hospital

In research, Fu Wai Hospital stands highest in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#59 of 738 worldwide), Medicine (#1,014 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,387 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 27.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,052
of 28,054 · #7,296 all time
Rank in China
#934
of 3,058
Research works
3.4k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Fu Wai Hospital 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
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #59 of 738 16.2%283 #277
MedicineField #1,014 of 10,443 17.3%790 #1831
Health SciencesDomain #1,387 of 11,982 17.4%809 #2255
Life SciencesDomain #2,333 of 7,800 22.8%119 #4482
SurgerySubfield #665 of 1,816 15.9%129 #1185
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #764 of 1,144 12.5%94 #1422
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,470 of 3,579 23.6%84 #4763

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fu Wai Hospital 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. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#277 #59
  2. Medicine#1,831 #1,014
  3. Health Sciences#2,255 #1,387
  4. Life Sciences#4,482 #2,333
  5. Surgery#1,185 #665
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,422 #764
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,763 #2,470
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 Fu Wai Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 27.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 282.9 works27×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 38.7 works7.2×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 94.3 works6.2×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 129.3 works5.6×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 39.3 works4.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 790 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Fu Wai Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Xing‐Guo Sun, Yang-feng Wu and Yue Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fu Wai Hospital.

  1. 1 Xing‐Guo Sun China · #444,763 worldwide 37 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Yang-feng Wu China · #1,017,837 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Yue Yang China · #1,066,952 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Xin Yuan China · #1,120,485 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Zhongwei Sun China · #1,513,461 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Yelin Zhao China · #1,606,873 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Lihong Ma China · #1,626,327 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Fu Wai Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Fu Wai Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Obesity, Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Myocardial Infarction and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease131▲ 12×33 topics
  2. Inflammation102▲ 5.0×72 topics
  3. Heart Failure94▲ 22×13 topics
  4. Echocardiography91▲ 34×8 topics
  5. Obesity90▲ 12×18 topics
  6. Atherosclerosis86▲ 31×12 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction74▲ 32×7 topics
  8. Epidemiology69▲ 1.77×69 topics
  9. Guidelines66▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Risk Factors58▲ 5.3×20 topics
  11. Cardiac Imaging56▲ 47×3 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome51▲ 6.4×18 topics
  13. Coronary Artery Disease51▲ 45×3 topics
  14. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention50▲ 38×4 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk42▲ 14×9 topics
  16. Hypertension40▲ 14×13 topics
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging40▲ 16×7 topics
  18. Chamber Quantification36▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Diastolic Function36▲ 46×1 topic
  20. C-Reactive Protein36▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Dilated Cardiomyopathy36▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Events35▲ 29×4 topics
  23. Chronic Kidney Disease35▲ 15×8 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance34▲ 7.7×8 topics
  25. Statins32▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Endothelial Dysfunction32▲ 14×8 topics
  27. Endovascular Repair32▲ 39×3 topics
  28. Diabetes32▲ 6.5×18 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations32▲ 7.4×15 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment31▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation30▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Radiation Exposure29▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Inflammatory Response29▲ 45×4 topics
  34. Computed Tomography Angiography29▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Perfusion29▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention28▲ 33×3 topics
  37. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement28▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement28▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Genetic Variants28▲ 16×5 topics
  40. Coronary Stents27▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Fu Wai Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Cardiovascular Function …36Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 36 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…29Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 29 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 28 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…27Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 27 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…27Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 27 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 23 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 21 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…20Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 20 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 19 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 19 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 29 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 28 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 27 works
  5. 5 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 27 works
  6. 6 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 23 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 21 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 19 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fu Wai Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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