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Ningbo First Hospital

In research, Ningbo First Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,289 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,019 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,399 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cancer Research is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,181
of 28,054 · #13,204 all time
Rank in China
#1,123
of 3,058
Research works
1.6k
▲ 108% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Ningbo First 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 #2,289 of 10,443 18.5%376 #6029
Health SciencesDomain #3,019 of 11,982 18.6%391 #7580
Life SciencesDomain #2,399 of 7,800 20.5%168 #5946
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,385 of 3,579 19.6%122 #5936
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,726 of 2,175 19.7%71 #4075

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ningbo First 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#6,029 #2,289
  2. Health Sciences#7,580 #3,019
  3. Life Sciences#5,946 #2,399
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,936 #2,385
  5. Molecular Biology#4,075 #1,726
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 Ningbo First Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 27.4 works10×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 50.4 works5.3×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.69× its world share, 122 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.68× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 376 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ningbo First Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Xueqin Chen, Yanqing Liu and Bin He lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ningbo First Hospital.

  1. 1 Xueqin Chen China · #605,555 worldwide 47 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Yanqing Liu China · #740,279 worldwide 51 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Bin He China · #1,007,393 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yi Huang China · #1,073,639 worldwide 44 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Yue Cheng China · #1,094,066 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Binhao Wang China · #1,337,685 worldwide 32 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Dongdong Xia China · #1,399,615 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Shiqi Wang China · #1,550,285 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ningbo First Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ningbo First Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Cancer68▲ 8.2×47 topics
  2. Inflammation68▲ 5.3×72 topics
  3. Epidemiology53▲ 2.2×104 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress39▲ 3.9×48 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 4.4×32 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment30▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Gene Expression28▲ 7.4×12 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 5.1×21 topics
  9. Diagnosis23▲ 4.1×34 topics
  10. Treatment23▲ 3.1×40 topics
  11. Biomarkers23▲ 5.5×14 topics
  12. Metastasis22▲ 10×12 topics
  13. Chemotherapy21▲ 4.9×21 topics
  14. Cell Death20▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Obesity19▲ 4.0×19 topics
  16. Immunotherapy18▲ 4.0×18 topics
  17. Management18▲ 3.6×23 topics
  18. Regulation17▲ 5.2×9 topics
  19. Biogenesis17▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance17▲ 6.0×9 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 4.7×14 topics
  22. Guidelines14▲ 5.0×10 topics
  23. Immunity14▲ 5.7×10 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors14▲ 5.3×13 topics
  25. Lipid Peroxidation14▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Epigenetic Regulation13▲ 9.9×4 topics
  27. Ferroptosis13▲ 27×1 topic
  28. GPX413▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Cancer Progression13▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Diabetes12▲ 4.0×15 topics
  31. Angiogenesis11▲ 5.6×14 topics
  32. Apoptosis11▲ 6.0×18 topics
  33. Atherosclerosis11▲ 6.4×10 topics
  34. RNA Regulation11▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Cell Differentiation11▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Long Noncoding RNAs10▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Transcriptional Landscape10▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 8.1×4 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation10▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Gene Expression Regulation9▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Ningbo First Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, RNA modifications and cancer and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 13 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 10 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 7 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 10 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 7 works
  5. 5 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins 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 available54.1%not open45.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ningbo First Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 108% 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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