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Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#1,832 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,251 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,278 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine — Complementary and alternative medicine is 19.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,750
of 28,054 · #10,050 all time
Rank in China
#1,063
of 3,058
Research works
2.5k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Guangdong Provincial Hospital 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 #1,832 of 10,443 23.8%352 #4383
Health SciencesDomain #2,251 of 11,982 24.0%367 #5326
Life SciencesDomain #2,278 of 7,800 29.2%160 #4638
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,837 of 3,579 29.1%101 #4610
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,490 of 2,175 29.3%63 #3265

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guangdong Provincial Hospital 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#4,383 #1,832
  2. Health Sciences#5,326 #2,251
  3. Life Sciences#4,638 #2,278
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,610 #1,837
  5. Molecular Biology#3,265 #1,490
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 Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 32.5 works19×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.29× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.95× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.56× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 352 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Lirong Liu and Lei Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

  1. 1 Lirong Liu China · #1,007,267 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Lei Zhang China · #1,500,723 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Guangdong Provincial Hospital 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, Cardiovascular Disease, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anti-inflammatory and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Inflammation73▲ 6.1×78 topics
  2. Cancer50▲ 6.4×50 topics
  3. Epidemiology46▲ 2.0×95 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress40▲ 4.2×51 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 4.4×32 topics
  6. Biomarkers22▲ 5.5×16 topics
  7. Traditional Chinese Medicine21▲ 30×5 topics
  8. Antioxidant20▲ 5.0×34 topics
  9. Metabolism19▲ 6.6×25 topics
  10. Clinical Trials19▲ 4.9×15 topics
  11. Anti-inflammatory19▲ 12×22 topics
  12. Quality of Life19▲ 2.3×34 topics
  13. Depression18▲ 3.6×19 topics
  14. Treatment18▲ 2.6×38 topics
  15. Osteoarthritis18▲ 24×6 topics
  16. Herbal Medicine18▲ 11×8 topics
  17. Precision Medicine17▲ 6.5×8 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 3.7×22 topics
  19. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.2×23 topics
  20. Gene Expression16▲ 4.4×13 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment15▲ 6.0×8 topics
  22. Management15▲ 3.4×24 topics
  23. Acupuncture14▲ 42×3 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 4.4×14 topics
  25. Pharmacological Effects13▲ 36×6 topics
  26. Apoptosis13▲ 7.2×19 topics
  27. Pharmacokinetics12▲ 8.2×12 topics
  28. Neuroprotective Effects12▲ 14×7 topics
  29. Pain Relief12▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Immunity12▲ 5.1×9 topics
  31. Phytochemistry12▲ 17×7 topics
  32. Cell Death12▲ 8.6×6 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 6.4×9 topics
  34. Cytokines11▲ 7.1×8 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation11▲ 6.7×6 topics
  36. Genomic Analysis10▲ 7.4×9 topics
  37. Integrative Medicine10▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Bioactive Compounds10▲ 6.8×7 topics
  39. Antiviral10▲ 21×4 topics
  40. Regeneration9▲ 8.4×6 topics

Which research topics does Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Acupuncture Treatment Re…9Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 9 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…8Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 8 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…7Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 7 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…7Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 6 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health5Gut microbiota and health: 5 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 5 fractional worksBone Metabolism and Diseases: 5 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…4Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 4 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineRheumatologyPharmacologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 7 works
  5. 5 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 6 works
  6. 6 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 5 works
  9. 9 Bone Metabolism and Diseases Molecular Biology 5 works
  10. 10 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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