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Huashan Hospital

In research, Huashan Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#316 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#598 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#820 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology, Neurology and Genetics — Neurology is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,083
of 28,054 · #2,985 all time
Rank in China
#344
of 3,058
Research works
7.7k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
127k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Huashan 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
Life SciencesDomain #316 of 7,800 27.9%606 #1066
MedicineField #598 of 10,443 22.0%1,202 #1563
Health SciencesDomain #820 of 11,982 22.1%1,245 #1994
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #489 of 3,579 27.8%337 #1318
NeuroscienceField #219 of 1,168 24.5%171 #880
Molecular BiologySubfield #433 of 2,175 28.8%184 #1173
SurgerySubfield #570 of 1,816 19.2%134 #1227
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #361 of 1,144 24.3%94 #1047
NeurologySubfield #109 of 336 19.8%117 #401
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #252 of 682 34.4%77 #753

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Huashan 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. Life Sciences#1,066 #316
  2. Medicine#1,563 #598
  3. Health Sciences#1,994 #820
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,318 #489
  5. Neuroscience#880 #219
  6. Molecular Biology#1,173 #433
  7. Surgery#1,227 #570
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,047 #361
  9. Neurology#401 #109
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#753 #252
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 Huashan Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 116.9 works9.9×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 55.0 works9.6×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 42.9 works7.6×
  4. NephrologySubfield · 30.8 works6.9×
  5. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 44.0 works6.8×
  6. DermatologySubfield · 34.7 works6.4×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.07× its world share, 337 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.71× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.10× its world share, 171 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.03× its world share, 1,202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Huashan Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Qiang Dong, Chuan‐Ming Hao and Yin Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Huashan Hospital.

  1. 1 Qiang Dong China · #6,451 worldwide 902 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Chuan‐Ming Hao China · #154,038 worldwide 203 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Yin Wang China · #333,560 worldwide 115 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Qingmei Liu China · #371,781 worldwide 63 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Zongyou Chen China · #407,145 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Liangfu Zhou China · #466,405 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Yudong Gu China · #470,583 worldwide 55 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Jinhua Xu China · #520,226 worldwide 72 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jingwen Ai China · #537,500 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Liangfu Zhou China · #562,026 worldwide 75 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Huashan Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Huashan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy, Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology213▲ 2.6×123 topics
  2. Inflammation182▲ 4.2×83 topics
  3. Cancer137▲ 5.0×51 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress125▲ 3.7×59 topics
  5. Immunotherapy89▲ 6.1×19 topics
  6. Treatment82▲ 3.3×50 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders81▲ 6.9×18 topics
  8. Biomarkers74▲ 5.2×17 topics
  9. Neuroinflammation70▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Neurodegeneration68▲ 11×11 topics
  11. Diagnosis63▲ 3.3×40 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment59▲ 6.5×8 topics
  13. Gene Expression52▲ 4.2×16 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease52▲ 2.3×36 topics
  15. Neuroimaging48▲ 8.6×10 topics
  16. Radiotherapy47▲ 6.0×13 topics
  17. Aging47▲ 4.3×18 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome47▲ 2.8×21 topics
  19. Immune Response46▲ 3.9×23 topics
  20. Chemotherapy44▲ 3.1×23 topics
  21. Immunity43▲ 5.2×11 topics
  22. Parkinson's Disease42▲ 8.3×8 topics
  23. Neuroprotection40▲ 5.5×15 topics
  24. Innate Immunity40▲ 6.0×10 topics
  25. Alzheimer's Disease39▲ 6.7×9 topics
  26. Prognosis38▲ 5.6×9 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance37▲ 4.8×12 topics
  28. Autoantibodies37▲ 7.7×8 topics
  29. Brain Development37▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Cell Death36▲ 7.6×6 topics
  31. Mitochondrial Dysfunction36▲ 5.9×12 topics
  32. Molecular Classification33▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Ischemic Stroke32▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Diagnostic Criteria30▲ 6.7×10 topics
  35. Glioblastoma30▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Temozolomide30▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Biogenesis30▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Cognitive Decline27▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Dementia27▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Caregiver Burden27▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Huashan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…30Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 30 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…27Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 27 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…21Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 21 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…19Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 19 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 19 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 17 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…15Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 15 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 14 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 13 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokine…13Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 13 fractional works
GeneticsPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyMolecular Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 30 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 27 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 21 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 19 works
  5. 5 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 17 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 15 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  10. 10 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 13 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Huashan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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