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Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College

In research, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#2,898 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,863 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,670 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,720
of 28,054 · #16,275 all time
Rank in China
#1,392
of 3,058
Research works
767
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College 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 #2,898 of 10,443 23.9%119 #8144
Health SciencesDomain #3,863 of 11,982 23.8%123 #10168
Life SciencesDomain #3,670 of 7,800 20.6%62 #7931

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College 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#8,144 #2,898
  2. Health Sciences#10,168 #3,863
  3. Life Sciences#7,931 #3,670
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.

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: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.68× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.24× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.83× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.95× its world share, 119 worksMedicineNursing: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation24▲ 5.4×67 topics
  2. Cancer18▲ 6.4×41 topics
  3. Epidemiology18▲ 2.1×74 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress16▲ 4.6×41 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 6.1×31 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 5.2×16 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 9.4×7 topics
  8. Obesity7▲ 4.7×15 topics
  9. Gene Expression7▲ 5.4×11 topics
  10. Biomarkers7▲ 4.7×15 topics
  11. Diabetes6▲ 6.1×17 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  13. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.0×19 topics
  14. Insulin Resistance6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Cell Death5▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.3×14 topics
  18. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.1×14 topics
  19. Macrophages5▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Apoptosis4▲ 7.1×13 topics
  21. Immunity4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  22. Perfusion Imaging4▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis4▲ 6.9×10 topics
  25. Biogenesis4▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  27. Heart Failure4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  28. Metastasis4▲ 5.4×11 topics
  29. Lipid Peroxidation4▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Ferroptosis4▲ 22×1 topic
  31. GPX44▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Neuroimaging4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  34. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  35. Regeneration3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. C-Reactive Protein3▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Fibrosis3▲ 8.1×7 topics
  38. Parallel Imaging3▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Spectroscopy3▲ 8.7×1 topic
  40. Cancer Biomarkers3▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases.

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 4 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 2 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease a…2Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  4. 4 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 2 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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