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Ningbo No.6 Hospital

In research, Ningbo No.6 Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,318 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,096 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,449 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.5× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#6,374
of 28,054 · #14,092 all time
Rank in China
#1,332
of 3,058
Research works
1.6k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Ningbo No.6 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 #2,318 of 10,443 14.4%358 #5841
Health SciencesDomain #3,096 of 11,982 14.6%374 #7208
Life SciencesDomain #3,449 of 7,800 15.3%107 #6980
SurgerySubfield #1,103 of 1,816 12.8%96 #2442
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,083 of 3,579 14.7%76 #6550

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ningbo No.6 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#5,841 #2,318
  2. Health Sciences#7,208 #3,096
  3. Life Sciences#6,980 #3,449
  4. Surgery#2,442 #1,103
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,550 #3,083
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 No.6 Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 96.3 works7.5×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.62× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 358 worksMedicineNursing: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ningbo No.6 Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Rongming Xu, Weihu Ma and Xiaoyang Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ningbo No.6 Hospital.

  1. 1 Rongming Xu China · #930,768 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Weihu Ma China · #1,103,582 worldwide 19 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Xiaoyang Sun China · #1,184,522 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Du China · #1,245,088 worldwide 18 citations · 169 works
  5. 5 Yong Hu China · #1,423,552 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Guanyi Liu China · #1,427,005 worldwide 7 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Yong Hu China · #1,474,937 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Peng Wei China · #1,523,066 worldwide 34 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Ningbo No.6 Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ningbo No.6 Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Complications, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Degenerative Disc Disease 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. Epidemiology57▲ 2.6×103 topics
  2. Inflammation44▲ 3.9×75 topics
  3. Cancer40▲ 5.4×44 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress22▲ 2.5×46 topics
  5. Complications20▲ 7.5×17 topics
  6. Quality of Life18▲ 2.3×36 topics
  7. Biomechanics18▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.0×33 topics
  9. Gene Expression18▲ 5.4×11 topics
  10. Treatment17▲ 2.6×35 topics
  11. Rehabilitation17▲ 8.1×10 topics
  12. Degenerative Disc Disease17▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 6.9×8 topics
  14. Biomarkers16▲ 4.2×15 topics
  15. Risk Factors15▲ 2.5×26 topics
  16. Surgical Treatment15▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Mortality14▲ 4.6×12 topics
  18. Spinal Fusion14▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.1×22 topics
  20. Chemotherapy13▲ 3.4×21 topics
  21. Metastasis12▲ 6.8×12 topics
  22. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.1×17 topics
  23. Cell Death12▲ 9.5×6 topics
  24. Pain Management12▲ 9.5×7 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes12▲ 9.8×5 topics
  26. Biogenesis11▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Diabetes11▲ 4.1×17 topics
  28. Regulation11▲ 3.8×9 topics
  29. Low Back Pain10▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Chronic Pain10▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Pedicle Screw Fixation10▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Vertebroplasty10▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Spinal Surgery9▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Dysphagia9▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Intervertebral Disc9▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Lumbar Disc Degeneration9▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Anterior Cervical Discectomy8▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Cervical Spine Surgery8▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Perioperative Care8▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Lipid Peroxidation8▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Ningbo No.6 Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

  1. 1 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 8 works
  4. 4 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 6 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 6 works
  8. 8 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ningbo No.6 Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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