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Guangzhou Medical University Cancer Hospital

In research, Guangzhou Medical University Cancer Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,925 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,768 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,622
of 28,054 · #16,605 all time
Rank in China
#1,789
of 3,058
Research works
506
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Guangzhou Medical University Cancer 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
MedicineField #4,925 of 10,443 22.8%66 #7949
Health SciencesDomain #5,768 of 11,982 23.2%68 #10026

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guangzhou Medical University Cancer 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).

What does Guangzhou Medical University Cancer Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 38.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.61× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.13× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 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, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Guangzhou Medical University Cancer Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Cancer22▲ 13×41 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 24×8 topics
  3. Chemotherapy11▲ 12×17 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 3.2×43 topics
  5. Gene Expression8▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.8×18 topics
  7. Immunotherapy8▲ 8.7×10 topics
  8. Metastasis7▲ 16×11 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy7▲ 9.3×15 topics
  10. Cell Death7▲ 23×6 topics
  11. Biomarkers7▲ 7.7×11 topics
  12. Clinical Trials6▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 23×4 topics
  14. Radiotherapy6▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Targeted Therapy6▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Cancer Progression5▲ 23×6 topics
  17. Cell Differentiation5▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Regulation5▲ 6.8×8 topics
  19. Long Noncoding RNAs5▲ 42×1 topic
  20. RNA Regulation5▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Apoptosis4▲ 11×15 topics
  22. Biogenesis4▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Ferroptosis4▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Lipid Peroxidation4▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Angiogenesis4▲ 10×13 topics
  26. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  27. RNA methylation4▲ 33×1 topic
  28. m6A-seq4▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 26×1 topic
  30. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Prognostic Factors4▲ 6.7×10 topics
  32. Genomic Profiling4▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Immunity4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  34. Innate Immunity3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  35. Photodynamic Therapy3▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Tumor Targeting3▲ 14×3 topics
  38. ALK Inhibitors3▲ 36×1 topic
  39. EGFR Mutations3▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 14×8 topics

Which research topics does Guangzhou Medical University Cancer Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cancer-related molecular…5Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 5 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…4Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 4 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…4RNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 3 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Met…2Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 5 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  10. 10 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Guangzhou Medical University Cancer Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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