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Queen Mary Hospital

In research, Queen Mary Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#672 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#590 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,995 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology (Rheumatology is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,703
of 22,385 · #2,033 all time
Rank in China
#472
of 2,481
Research works
6.9k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
251k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
78%
world 18%
Queen Mary Hospital

What is Queen Mary Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #672 of 9,902 13.0%575 #695
MedicineField #590 of 8,541 13.0%557 #599
Life SciencesDomain #1,995 of 6,403 11.3%104 #2094
SurgerySubfield #548 of 1,532 12.5%89 #434
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,303 of 2,964 10.1%61 #1588

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Queen Mary 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#695 #672
  2. Medicine#599 #590
  3. Life Sciences#2,094 #1,995
  4. Surgery#434 #548
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,588 #1,303
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Queen Mary Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Queen Mary Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 641 fractional works · 78.0% of its workMedicine: 622 fractional works · 75.6% of its workSurgery: 99 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 67 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEpidemiology: 48 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 43 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 39 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHepatology: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 117 fractional works · 14.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workImmunology: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKQueen MaryHospital822fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine62275.6%
    2. Health Professions111.3%
    3. Dentistry50.6%
    4. Nursing30.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology698.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology293.5%
    3. Neuroscience121.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    1. Engineering141.7%
    2. Computer Science70.9%
    3. Environmental Science40.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    5. Mathematics20.2%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology172.1%
    2. Social Sciences81.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Queen Mary Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 25.9 works6.9×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.45× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.15× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 622 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.93×622 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.45×28 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.58×69 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.42×4 works
  5. Dentistry1.15×5 works
  6. Neuroscience0.91×12 works
  7. Nursing0.77×3 works
  8. Veterinary0.77×1 works
  9. Psychology0.69×17 works
  10. Health Professions0.51×11 works
  11. Mathematics0.17×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.16×3 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.11×7 works
  17. Engineering0.11×14 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×3 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works
  21. Social Sciences0.08×8 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Queen Mary Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel T. T. Chua, Jonathan S. T. Sham and Gordon K.�H. Au lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Queen Mary Hospital.

  1. 1 Daniel T. T. Chua China · #99,351 worldwide 9.2k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Jonathan S. T. Sham China · #193,561 worldwide 10k citations · 149 works
  3. 3 Gordon K.�H. Au China · #273,074 worldwide 5.4k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Carmen Chan China · #305,784 worldwide 5.5k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Eric Tse China · #313,696 worldwide 8.8k citations · 175 works
  6. 6 P.M. Wu China · #446,600 worldwide 1.9k citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Stephen Lee China · #586,546 worldwide 5.7k citations · 164 works
  8. 8 Stephen W.L. Lee China · #708,507 worldwide 1.6k citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Damon T. K. Choy China · #736,110 worldwide 3.4k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Shuk‐Ching Wong China · #750,430 worldwide 4.2k citations · 115 works
All ranked researchers at Queen Mary Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Queen Mary Hospital?

The most cited paper from Queen Mary Hospital is "Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer" (Helen Ruth Davies et al., 2002), with 10,791 citations. Next come "Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives" (4,435) and "Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study" (3,383).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer Helen Ruth Davies et al. · Nature Jun 2002 10,791
2 Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives Vivekanand Jha, Guillermo García-García, Kunitoshi Iseki et al. · The Lancet 30 May 2013 4,435
3 Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study Kelvin Kai‐Wang To et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 23 Mar 2020 3,383
4 Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes Christopher D. Greenman et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2007 3,167
5 Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome JSM Peiris, ST Lai, LLM Poon et al. · The Lancet Open access Apr 2003 2,990
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Queen Mary Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, SARS-CoV-2 and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology104▲ 3.2×107 topics
  2. Inflammation54▲ 3.1×76 topics
  3. Treatment39▲ 3.9×41 topics
  4. Diagnosis38▲ 5.0×34 topics
  5. Chemotherapy32▲ 5.4×23 topics
  6. Management30▲ 4.6×27 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 6.6×14 topics
  8. Cancer28▲ 2.5×45 topics
  9. Immune Response26▲ 5.5×17 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors26▲ 7.2×14 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-226▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Quality of Life25▲ 2.1×42 topics
  13. Pandemic25▲ 3.0×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 2.6×35 topics
  15. Risk Factors24▲ 2.7×27 topics
  16. Guidelines23▲ 5.9×12 topics
  17. Thrombosis22▲ 9.9×7 topics
  18. Complications22▲ 5.3×16 topics
  19. Mortality22▲ 4.6×12 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 3.1×21 topics
  21. Global Burden20▲ 4.6×12 topics
  22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma20▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Immunotherapy20▲ 3.3×18 topics
  24. Radiotherapy20▲ 6.1×12 topics
  25. Immunity19▲ 5.8×10 topics
  26. Heart Failure19▲ 5.2×14 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor19▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Surgery17▲ 5.9×12 topics
  29. Surgical Management17▲ 5.0×16 topics
  30. Autoantibodies16▲ 8.1×8 topics
  31. Vaccine15▲ 4.7×11 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations15▲ 4.2×21 topics
  33. Mutation14▲ 9.6×4 topics
  34. Pathophysiology14▲ 5.7×11 topics
  35. Survival12▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life12▲ 6.0×5 topics
  37. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention12▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Antiviral Therapy11▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Revision Surgery10▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement10▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Queen Mary Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …10SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…9COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 9 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 8 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 8 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…6Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 6 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesHepatologyRheumatologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 10 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 9 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 8 works
  4. 4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 8 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  8. 8 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 6 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors78.5%domestic only21.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Queen Mary Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Queen Mary Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Queen Mary Hospital0.0030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Queen Mary Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Queen Mary Hospital13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 2020.

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