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Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,383 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,241 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,793 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine and Immunology — Complementary and alternative medicine is 18.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,467
of 28,054 · #10,009 all time
Rank in China
#840
of 3,058
Research works
1.8k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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 #1,383 of 7,800 27.7%174 #4175
MedicineField #2,241 of 10,443 25.7%358 #5744
Health SciencesDomain #2,793 of 11,982 25.7%372 #7110
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,099 of 3,579 26.8%111 #4727
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,322 of 2,175 28.7%68 #2985

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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#4,175 #1,383
  2. Medicine#5,744 #2,241
  3. Health Sciences#7,110 #2,793
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,727 #2,099
  5. Molecular Biology#2,985 #1,322
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 Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 18.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 31.9 works19×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 24.2 works6.0×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.59× its world share, 111 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.48× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.78× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 358 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Inflammation92▲ 7.6×76 topics
  2. Cancer63▲ 8.1×50 topics
  3. Epidemiology51▲ 2.2×93 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 6.5×33 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress41▲ 4.3×49 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome29▲ 6.1×21 topics
  7. Quality of Life23▲ 2.7×32 topics
  8. Antioxidant22▲ 5.7×35 topics
  9. Metabolism22▲ 7.5×24 topics
  10. Clinical Trials21▲ 5.4×14 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment21▲ 8.0×8 topics
  12. Biomarkers21▲ 5.2×14 topics
  13. Insulin Resistance20▲ 7.7×10 topics
  14. Depression20▲ 4.0×19 topics
  15. Traditional Chinese Medicine19▲ 26×5 topics
  16. Gene Expression18▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Anti-inflammatory17▲ 11×24 topics
  18. Herbal Medicine17▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease17▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Immunity16▲ 6.8×10 topics
  21. Obesity16▲ 3.6×20 topics
  22. Cell Death15▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Immune Response15▲ 4.6×15 topics
  24. Metastasis15▲ 7.6×11 topics
  25. Apoptosis15▲ 8.2×18 topics
  26. Precision Medicine14▲ 5.3×7 topics
  27. Pharmacokinetics14▲ 9.3×12 topics
  28. Global Burden14▲ 4.5×10 topics
  29. Hepatic Steatosis13▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Osteoarthritis13▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Pharmacological Effects13▲ 35×6 topics
  32. Breast Cancer12▲ 9.1×11 topics
  33. Cytokines12▲ 7.4×7 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma12▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Acupuncture12▲ 34×3 topics
  36. Neuroprotective Effects11▲ 12×7 topics
  37. NAFLD11▲ 15×1 topic
  38. NASH11▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Pain Relief11▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Fibrosis10▲ 9.7×7 topics

Which research topics does Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …11Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Re…9Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 9 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 8 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…8Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 8 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…7Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 7 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 6 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 6 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…6Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 6 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 6 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 5 fractional works
EpidemiologyComplementary and alternative medicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 11 works
  2. 2 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 7 works
  6. 6 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 6 works
  7. 7 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 6 works
  8. 8 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 6 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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