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Kwong Wah Hospital

In research, Kwong Wah Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,575 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,500 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,571
of 22,385 · #17,162 all time
Rank in China
#2,157
of 2,481
Research works
983
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Kwong Wah Hospital

What is Kwong Wah Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,575 of 8,541 6.4%90 #4920
Health SciencesDomain #4,500 of 9,902 6.6%96 #6053

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kwong Wah 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kwong Wah Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Kwong Wah Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Health Professions (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 107 fractional works · 85.7% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 81.3% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKwong WahHospital125fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10281.3%
    2. Health Professions43.6%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    1. Psychology21.8%
    2. Social Sciences21.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Computer Science21.6%
    2. Engineering10.6%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Materials Science00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.23×102 works
  2. Health Professions1.37×4 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.33×2 works
  4. Dentistry1.27×1 works
  5. Neuroscience0.71×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×4 works
  7. Psychology0.60×2 works
  8. Nursing0.56×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.21×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.20×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Kwong Wah Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Wing Cheong Leung, Pak‐Kwan Hui and Pak Kwan Hui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kwong Wah Hospital.

  1. 1 Wing Cheong Leung China · #1,120,795 worldwide 3.7k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Pak‐Kwan Hui China · #1,458,161 worldwide 2.4k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Pak Kwan Hui China · #1,823,513 worldwide 1.9k citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Elaine Gwi China · #2,107,507 worldwide 906 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Miranda Chi‐Mui Chan China · #2,127,660 worldwide 2.4k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Alice Sham China · #2,723,486 worldwide 535 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Marcus Ying China · #2,835,451 worldwide 344 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Cindy Wing‐Sze Tse China · #2,846,085 worldwide 589 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kwok Sang Yee China · #2,995,097 worldwide 433 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Kong Ling Mak China · #3,229,893 worldwide 1.6k citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Kwong Wah Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kwong Wah Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kwong Wah Hospital is "Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome" (JSM Peiris, ST Lai, LLM Poon et al., 2003), with 2,990 citations. Next come "Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome" (1,119) and "A Cluster of Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong" (1,045).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome JSM Peiris, ST Lai, LLM Poon et al. · The Lancet Open access Apr 2003 2,990
2 Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome John Malcolm Nicholls, Leo L. M. Poon, Kam C. Lee et al. · The Lancet Open access May 2003 1,119
3 A Cluster of Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong KENNETH W. T. TSANG, Pak‐Leung Ho, GAIK CHENG OOI et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 15 May 2003 1,045
4 Effectiveness of precautions against droplets and contact in prevention of nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) WH Seto, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Rwh Yung et al. · The Lancet Open access May 2003 884
5 Non-invasive prenatal assessment of trisomy 21 by multiplexed maternal plasma DNA sequencing: large scale validity study Rossa W. K. Chiu et al. · BMJ Open access 11 Jan 2011 779
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kwong Wah Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Management, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Complications and Radiofrequency Ablation.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.5×53 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 6.3×20 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Diagnosis7▲ 6.3×16 topics
  5. Management6▲ 6.4×15 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×24 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 3.1×22 topics
  8. Immunotherapy5▲ 5.8×13 topics
  9. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Complications5▲ 7.7×11 topics
  11. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.1×21 topics
  13. Survival4▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Liver Cancer4▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Maternal Mortality4▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  17. Sorafenib4▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Prognostic Factors4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  19. Mortality4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  20. Surgical Management4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  21. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 20×6 topics
  22. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  25. Breast Cancer3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  26. Maternal Outcomes3▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Perinatal Outcomes3▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.8×7 topics
  29. Global Trends3▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Guidelines3▲ 4.5×11 topics
  31. Precision Medicine3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  32. Cesarean Section2▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  34. Revision Surgery2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Vaginal Birth2▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Perfusion Imaging2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Placenta Accreta2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Postpartum Hemorrhage2▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Parathyroid Hormone2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Kwong Wah Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…2Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksMRI in cancer diagnosis: 1 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders an…1Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
HepatologyObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 4 works
  2. 2 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 MRI in cancer diagnosis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 1 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kwong Wah Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kwong Wah Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Kwong Wah Hospital0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kwong Wah Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kwong Wah Hospital5.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2013.

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