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Hunan Cancer Hospital

In research, Hunan Cancer Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#538 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#797 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,034 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cancer Research is 16.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,458
of 28,054 · #4,241 all time
Rank in China
#429
of 3,058
Research works
1.8k
▲ 116% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Hunan 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
Life SciencesDomain #538 of 7,800 34.4%245 #1765
MedicineField #797 of 10,443 23.8%403 #2058
Health SciencesDomain #1,034 of 11,982 24.2%413 #2538
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #526 of 3,579 34.2%195 #1724
Molecular BiologySubfield #496 of 2,175 34.1%117 #1355
OncologySubfield #192 of 772 28.5%105 #667
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #349 of 1,144 23.7%79 #1144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hunan 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. Life Sciences#1,765 #538
  2. Medicine#2,058 #797
  3. Health Sciences#2,538 #1,034
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,724 #526
  5. Molecular Biology#1,355 #496
  6. Oncology#667 #192
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,144 #349
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 Hunan Cancer Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 16.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 52.1 works17×
  2. OncologySubfield · 105.3 works13×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 78.7 works7.2×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 33.9 works6.9×
  5. Molecular BiologySubfield · 116.8 works5.5×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.14× its world share, 195 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.81× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.95× its world share, 403 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 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, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hunan Cancer Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Lin Wu, Nong Yang and Jing Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hunan Cancer Hospital.

  1. 1 Lin Wu China · #38,653 worldwide 362 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Nong Yang China · #388,482 worldwide 100 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Jing Wang China · #445,737 worldwide 52 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Guiling Li China · #480,665 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Yongchang Zhang China · #623,717 worldwide 39 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Bo Zhou China · #661,031 worldwide 31 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Keqiang Zhang China · #671,979 worldwide 47 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Quchang Ouyang China · #973,039 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Yi Luo China · #1,298,267 worldwide 33 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Hui Zhou China · #1,354,240 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Hunan Cancer Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Hunan Cancer Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Trials, Metastasis, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy 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. Cancer109▲ 11×52 topics
  2. Chemotherapy76▲ 15×22 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment65▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Inflammation54▲ 3.7×70 topics
  5. Clinical Trials44▲ 9.3×15 topics
  6. Metastasis44▲ 18×12 topics
  7. Immunotherapy44▲ 8.7×17 topics
  8. Targeted Therapy42▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Biomarkers40▲ 8.2×15 topics
  10. Gene Expression37▲ 8.6×13 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress36▲ 3.1×42 topics
  12. Radiotherapy33▲ 12×12 topics
  13. Cell Death29▲ 18×6 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors27▲ 8.8×13 topics
  15. Cancer Therapy27▲ 6.7×17 topics
  16. Epigenetic Regulation26▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Cancer Progression26▲ 20×8 topics
  18. Immunity25▲ 8.8×8 topics
  19. Regulation25▲ 6.6×9 topics
  20. Immune Checkpoint Blockade25▲ 31×1 topic
  21. PD-1 and PD-L125▲ 31×1 topic
  22. Biogenesis24▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines24▲ 6.1×13 topics
  24. Genomic Profiling21▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Precision Medicine20▲ 6.0×7 topics
  26. Treatment Guidelines20▲ 13×4 topics
  27. ALK Inhibitors20▲ 44×1 topic
  28. EGFR Mutations20▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Gene Expression Regulation19▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Cell Differentiation18▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Long Noncoding RNAs18▲ 30×1 topic
  32. RNA Regulation18▲ 24×1 topic
  33. PET Imaging18▲ 15×4 topics
  34. RNA methylation18▲ 28×1 topic
  35. m6A-seq18▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Lipid Peroxidation17▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Ferroptosis17▲ 31×1 topic
  38. GPX417▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Cetuximab17▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Breast Cancer16▲ 9.4×10 topics

Which research topics does Hunan Cancer Hospital publish most on?

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

Cancer Immunotherapy and…25Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 25 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…20Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 20 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…18Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 18 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…18RNA modifications and cancer: 18 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 17 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 12 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…10Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 10 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 10 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 10 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 10 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 25 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 18 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 18 works
  5. 5 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 12 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 10 works
  8. 8 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 10 works
  9. 9 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 10 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hunan Cancer Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 116% 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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