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Hubei Cancer Hospital

In research, Hubei Cancer Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,182 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,426 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,897 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 17.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,272
of 28,054 · #11,805 all time
Rank in China
#1,314
of 3,058
Research works
953
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Hubei 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 #3,182 of 10,443 20.6%184 #5666
Health SciencesDomain #4,426 of 11,982 20.4%189 #7506
Life SciencesDomain #2,897 of 7,800 25.7%79 #5952

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hubei 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).

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#5,666 #3,182
  2. Health Sciences#7,506 #4,426
  3. Life Sciences#5,952 #2,897
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 Hubei Cancer Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 17.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 56.1 works17×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 35.6 works7.9×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.79× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.41× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 184 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hubei Cancer Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yi Huang, Yanping Hu and Xinhong Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hubei Cancer Hospital.

  1. 1 Yi Huang China · #586,879 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Yanping Hu China · #918,575 worldwide 81 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Xinhong Wu China · #1,086,862 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Sheng Hu China · #1,442,289 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hubei Cancer Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Hubei Cancer Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Metastasis, Gene Expression, Radiotherapy and Clinical Practice 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. Cancer36▲ 9.1×39 topics
  2. Chemotherapy36▲ 17×21 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment29▲ 22×8 topics
  4. Immunotherapy25▲ 12×15 topics
  5. Inflammation22▲ 3.6×50 topics
  6. Metastasis18▲ 18×12 topics
  7. Gene Expression16▲ 9.2×11 topics
  8. Radiotherapy16▲ 14×11 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 10×12 topics
  10. Clinical Trials15▲ 7.8×8 topics
  11. Biomarkers15▲ 7.5×13 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy14▲ 22×5 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors14▲ 11×13 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.8×37 topics
  15. Quality of Life12▲ 2.8×21 topics
  16. Survival Analysis12▲ 15×6 topics
  17. Breast Cancer12▲ 17×9 topics
  18. Immune Checkpoint Blockade11▲ 34×1 topic
  19. PD-1 and PD-L111▲ 34×1 topic
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy9▲ 5.5×15 topics
  22. Cell Death9▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Tumor Regression9▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy9▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Immunity8▲ 7.2×5 topics
  26. Prognostic Markers8▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Lymphoma8▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy8▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Prognosis8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  30. Tumor Markers7▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Epigenetic Regulation7▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Lipid Peroxidation7▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization7▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Biogenesis7▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Ferroptosis7▲ 30×1 topic
  36. GPX47▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Endoscopic Resection7▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Leukemia6▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Survival6▲ 16×3 topics
  40. CAR T Cells6▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Hubei Cancer Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, CAR-T cell therapy research and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…11Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 11 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…7Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…6CAR-T cell therapy research: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…6Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 6 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 5 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…5Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…4Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…4Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyCancer Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 11 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 6 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 5 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hubei Cancer Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% 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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