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Prince of Wales Hospital

In research, Prince of Wales Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#996 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,418 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,541 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Rheumatology is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,171
of 28,054 · #2,929 all time
Rank in China
#956
of 3,058
Research works
7.3k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
253k
34.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Prince of Wales 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 #996 of 10,443 21.6%550 #487
Health SciencesDomain #1,418 of 11,982 21.6%571 #640
Life SciencesDomain #2,541 of 7,800 26.5%113 #1921
SurgerySubfield #685 of 1,816 20.5%92 #372
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #740 of 1,144 19.0%62 #593
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,366 of 3,579 28.5%80 #2125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Prince of Wales 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#487 #996
  2. Health Sciences#640 #1,418
  3. Life Sciences#1,921 #2,541
  4. Surgery#372 #685
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#593 #740
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,125 #2,366
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 Prince of Wales Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 22.4 works6.5×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 23.4 works5.7×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 62.1 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.98× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 550 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Prince of Wales Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Vallance‐Owen, Pak‐Cheong Ho and Song Wan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Prince of Wales Hospital.

  1. 1 J. Vallance‐Owen China · #82,302 worldwide 198 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Pak‐Cheong Ho China · #291,857 worldwide 64 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Song Wan China · #372,217 worldwide 49 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 C. Andrew van Hasselt China · #437,580 worldwide 50 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 C. Metreweli China · #521,242 worldwide 49 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Richard Kay China · #537,835 worldwide 48 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Chan China · #747,884 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Andrew Burd China · #942,746 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Lau China · #943,674 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Randolph H.L. Wong China · #1,277,814 worldwide 19 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Prince of Wales Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Prince of Wales Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Radiotherapy, Treatment and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology78▲ 2.6×100 topics
  2. Inflammation60▲ 3.8×74 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 4.2×34 topics
  4. Chemotherapy34▲ 6.4×21 topics
  5. Treatment32▲ 3.5×42 topics
  6. Diagnosis28▲ 4.0×35 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress28▲ 2.2×47 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines27▲ 6.5×14 topics
  9. Cancer26▲ 2.6×46 topics
  10. Management24▲ 4.0×26 topics
  11. Radiotherapy24▲ 8.1×13 topics
  12. Quality of Life23▲ 2.1×38 topics
  13. Risk Factors22▲ 2.6×26 topics
  14. Immunotherapy22▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Mortality21▲ 4.8×13 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 3.3×21 topics
  17. Complications19▲ 5.0×17 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors18▲ 5.5×13 topics
  19. Obesity17▲ 3.0×22 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 5.0×8 topics
  21. Guidelines16▲ 4.6×13 topics
  22. Diabetes16▲ 4.2×17 topics
  23. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.0×16 topics
  24. Heart Failure15▲ 4.7×12 topics
  25. Chronic Kidney Disease15▲ 8.3×9 topics
  26. Surgical Management14▲ 4.6×17 topics
  27. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 8.5×3 topics
  28. Survival13▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations13▲ 4.0×22 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 5.5×9 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy13▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy13▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Glycemic Control12▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Prognosis12▲ 5.0×9 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 5.5×9 topics
  36. Insulin Therapy11▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Breast Cancer10▲ 5.8×10 topics
  38. Autoantibodies10▲ 5.8×8 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation10▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Prince of Wales Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma…8Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 8 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…7Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 6 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…5Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional works
HepatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 8 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 6 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 5 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 5 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  8. 8 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.5%domestic only28.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Prince of Wales Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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