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Kwong Wah Hospital

In research, Kwong Wah Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,961 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,649 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,720
of 28,054 · #20,847 all time
Rank in China
#3,013
of 3,058
Research works
983
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Kwong Wah 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 #8,961 of 10,443 9.4%90 #6251
Health SciencesDomain #10,649 of 11,982 9.4%96 #7847

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 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Kwong Wah Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew K. Wong, Wing Cheong Leung and WC Leung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kwong Wah Hospital.

  1. 1 Andrew K. Wong China · #572,930 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Wing Cheong Leung China · #704,343 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 WC Leung China · #1,134,581 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kwong Wah Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kwong Wah Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Management, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Radiofrequency Ablation and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 3.5×50 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 6.6×20 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Diagnosis7▲ 6.7×16 topics
  5. Management6▲ 6.8×15 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 2.4×23 topics
  7. Immunotherapy5▲ 6.0×13 topics
  8. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 2.9×21 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.5×21 topics
  11. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality4▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Survival4▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Liver Cancer4▲ 58×1 topic
  15. Mortality4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  16. Sorafenib4▲ 58×1 topic
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 21×6 topics
  18. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.2×14 topics
  19. Complications3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  20. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.1×11 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  23. Surgical Management3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  24. Maternal Outcomes3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Perinatal Outcomes3▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Global Trends3▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  29. Cesarean Section2▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  32. Vaginal Birth2▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Breast Cancer2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  34. Precision Medicine2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  35. Placenta Accreta2▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Postpartum Hemorrhage2▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  39. Parathyroid Hormone2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Revision Surgery2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Kwong Wah Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Breast Lesions and Carcinomas.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…2Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders an…1Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional works
HepatologyObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPathology and Forensic Medicine4 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 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 1 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kwong Wah Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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