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Second Military Medical University

In research, Second Military Medical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#307 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#473 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#675 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Cancer Research and Oncology — Hepatology is 14.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#977
of 28,054 · #1,645 all time
Rank in China
#312
of 3,058
Research works
21k
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
348k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Second Military 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
Life SciencesDomain #307 of 7,800 28.0%688 #618
MedicineField #473 of 10,443 21.5%1,338 #940
Health SciencesDomain #675 of 11,982 21.7%1,380 #989
Molecular BiologySubfield #186 of 2,175 29.3%314 #461
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #344 of 3,579 27.5%487 #666
SurgerySubfield #251 of 1,816 18.7%237 #462
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #200 of 1,144 20.4%183 #445
OncologySubfield #151 of 772 22.1%171 #353
Physical SciencesDomain #3,527 of 12,888 26.9%219 #5119
EpidemiologySubfield #274 of 976 23.4%97 #461

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Second Military 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. Life Sciences#618 #307
  2. Medicine#940 #473
  3. Health Sciences#989 #675
  4. Molecular Biology#461 #186
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#666 #344
  6. Surgery#462 #251
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#445 #200
  8. Oncology#353 #151
  9. Physical Sciences#5,119 #3,527
  10. Epidemiology#461 #274
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 Military Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 14.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 63.7 works14×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 88.1 works8.7×
  3. OncologySubfield · 170.8 works6.5×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 85.1 works5.3×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 182.8 works5.1×
  6. Molecular BiologySubfield · 314.4 works4.5×
  7. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 53.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.90× its world share, 487 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.01× its world share, 94 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.50× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 1,338 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Second Military Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Chunquan Sheng, Kui Wang and Feng Shen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Second Military Medical University.

  1. 1 Chunquan Sheng China · #81,642 worldwide 194 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Kui Wang China · #122,334 worldwide 313 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Feng Shen China · #141,124 worldwide 202 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Feng Shen China · #145,492 worldwide 210 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Xin Xing China · #155,263 worldwide 99 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Zhuan Liao China · #155,558 worldwide 80 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Xin Chang China · #162,755 worldwide 131 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mengchao Wu China · #185,517 worldwide 200 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Lixin Wei China · #191,477 worldwide 106 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Changlin Mei China · #192,444 worldwide 229 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Second Military Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Second Military Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Chemotherapy and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Cancer231▲ 7.4×54 topics
  2. Inflammation204▲ 4.2×83 topics
  3. Epidemiology193▲ 2.1×112 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment144▲ 14×8 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress140▲ 3.7×60 topics
  6. Immunotherapy108▲ 6.5×19 topics
  7. Chemotherapy97▲ 5.9×25 topics
  8. Treatment95▲ 3.3×44 topics
  9. Gene Expression87▲ 6.1×17 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines84▲ 6.6×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis78▲ 3.6×35 topics
  12. Biomarkers76▲ 4.8×18 topics
  13. Management76▲ 4.2×28 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy72▲ 5.4×18 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors69▲ 6.7×14 topics
  16. Hepatocellular Carcinoma68▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Cell Death67▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Metastasis60▲ 7.5×12 topics
  19. Angiogenesis59▲ 7.7×16 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy58▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Immunity57▲ 6.1×11 topics
  22. Surgical Management57▲ 6.0×20 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome57▲ 3.0×22 topics
  24. Regulation48▲ 3.8×13 topics
  25. Biogenesis48▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Cancer Progression48▲ 11×8 topics
  27. Apoptosis46▲ 6.4×21 topics
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species45▲ 4.8×13 topics
  29. Cholangiocarcinoma45▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Survival44▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Radiofrequency Ablation44▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Lipid Peroxidation42▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Liver Cancer42▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Sorafenib42▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Innate Immunity41▲ 5.5×11 topics
  36. Ferroptosis40▲ 23×1 topic
  37. GPX440▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Epigenetic Regulation39▲ 7.7×6 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization35▲ 8.4×6 topics
  40. Pancreatic Cancer34▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Second Military Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma…42Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 42 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…40Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 40 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…31Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 31 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…30Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 30 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 26 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 24 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…24RNA modifications and cancer: 24 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 20 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…19Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 19 fractional works
HepatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 42 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 40 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 31 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 30 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 26 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 24 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 24 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 20 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 20 works
  10. 10 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 19 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Second Military Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% lower 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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