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Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

In research, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,906 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,659 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,347
of 28,054 · #18,775 all time
Rank in Hong Kong
#15
of 21
Research works
594
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Hong Kong Sanatorium and 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 #5,906 of 10,443 16.9%81 #6807
Health SciencesDomain #7,659 of 11,982 16.5%84 #8935

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hong Kong Sanatorium and 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).

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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.66× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.92× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hao Geng, S.K. Yu and George Chiu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital.

  1. 1 Hao Geng Hong Kong · #769,890 worldwide 66 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 S.K. Yu Hong Kong · #1,285,603 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 George Chiu Hong Kong · #1,293,527 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 K.Y. Cheung Hong Kong · #1,396,647 worldwide 7 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Sirong Chen Hong Kong · #1,479,367 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bin Yang Hong Kong · #1,563,382 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 C.W. Kong Hong Kong · #1,598,286 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dosimetry, Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Radiotherapy Physics, Prostate Cancer, Epidemiology, Precision Medicine, Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×40 topics
  2. Dosimetry10▲ 123×2 topics
  3. Image-Guided Radiotherapy10▲ 198×1 topic
  4. Radiotherapy Physics10▲ 198×1 topic
  5. Prostate Cancer8▲ 49×4 topics
  6. Chemotherapy6▲ 7.3×17 topics
  7. Precision Medicine6▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Radiotherapy6▲ 13×8 topics
  9. Biopsy5▲ 75×2 topics
  10. Genetic Variants5▲ 26×4 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-25▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Cancer5▲ 3.3×20 topics
  13. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Radiation Therapy5▲ 33×4 topics
  15. MRI Imaging5▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Gleason Grading5▲ 103×1 topic
  17. Screening5▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  20. Perfusion Imaging4▲ 52×2 topics
  21. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Macular Degeneration4▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Clinical Applications4▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Glaucoma4▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Particle Therapy4▲ 131×1 topic
  28. Proton Therapy4▲ 131×1 topic
  29. Predictive Modeling4▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Reconstruction4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Texture Analysis4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Imaging4▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Medical Imaging4▲ 5.9×1 topic
  34. Radiomics4▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Quantitative3▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Cancer Risk3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Optic Nerve3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. PET/CT3▲ 47×1 topic
  40. tumor3▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…10Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 10 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksMRI in cancer diagnosis: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…3Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 2 fractional works
RadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmology2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 10 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  6. 6 MRI in cancer diagnosis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.4%domestic only63.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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