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Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University

In research, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,387 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,776 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,634 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Immunology and Cancer Research — Rheumatology is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,453
of 28,054 · #9,279 all time
Rank in China
#838
of 3,058
Research works
2.2k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University 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 #1,387 of 10,443 20.0%430 #4020
Health SciencesDomain #1,776 of 11,982 20.2%446 #4993
Life SciencesDomain #1,634 of 7,800 18.0%206 #4447
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,054 of 3,579 17.0%134 #5027
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,564 of 2,175 18.2%83 #3624

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University 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#4,020 #1,387
  2. Health Sciences#4,993 #1,776
  3. Life Sciences#4,447 #1,634
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,027 #2,054
  5. Molecular Biology#3,624 #1,564
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 Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 54.7 works17×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 37.6 works7.7×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 20.7 works6.7×
← 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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.54× its world share, 134 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.73× its world share, 41 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.13× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 430 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation110▲ 7.4×75 topics
  2. Cancer69▲ 7.2×47 topics
  3. Epidemiology60▲ 2.1×94 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress43▲ 3.7×52 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 4.1×33 topics
  6. Treatment28▲ 3.3×30 topics
  7. Autoantibodies27▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Gene Expression27▲ 6.3×13 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment26▲ 8.2×8 topics
  10. Biomarkers24▲ 4.9×16 topics
  11. Cytokines24▲ 12×7 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome23▲ 3.9×21 topics
  13. Immune Response21▲ 5.3×17 topics
  14. Regeneration20▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk20▲ 8.9×9 topics
  16. Matrix Metalloproteinases19▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Mesenchymal Stem Cells19▲ 25×3 topics
  18. Hypertrophy18▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Metastasis17▲ 7.1×12 topics
  20. Obesity17▲ 3.1×19 topics
  21. Osteoarthritis17▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Biogenesis16▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Regulation16▲ 4.1×9 topics
  24. Fibrosis16▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance16▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Cartilage15▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Chondrocyte15▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Prognostic Factors15▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Inflammatory Diseases15▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Cell Death14▲ 8.8×6 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis14▲ 7.1×11 topics
  32. Angiogenesis13▲ 5.6×14 topics
  33. Epigenetic Regulation13▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Rheumatoid Arthritis13▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Regulatory T Cells13▲ 16×4 topics
  36. TGF-ß13▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Biological Therapy11▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Toll-like Receptors11▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs11▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Joint Inflammation11▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Gut microbiota and health and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

Osteoarthritis Treatment…15Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 15 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…11Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 11 fractional worksGut microbiota and health9Gut microbiota and health: 9 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…9Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 9 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 8 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 7 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…7Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 7 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 7 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …6Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 6 fractional works
RheumatologyMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 15 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 11 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 9 works
  4. 4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 9 works
  5. 5 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  6. 6 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 7 works
  7. 7 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 7 works
  8. 8 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 7 works
  9. 9 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 6 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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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