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Shanghai Cancer Institute

In research, Shanghai Cancer Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#705 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#861 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,583 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Immunology — Cancer Research is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,842
of 28,054 · #4,984 all time
Rank in China
#505
of 3,058
Research works
1.3k
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
39.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Shanghai Cancer Institute 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 #705 of 7,800 42.3%147 #1871
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #861 of 3,579 40.4%111 #2140
MedicineField #2,583 of 10,443 34.1%152 #3983
Health SciencesDomain #3,194 of 11,982 34.0%155 #5248
Molecular BiologySubfield #806 of 2,175 39.7%66 #1602

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Cancer Institute 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#1,871 #705
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,140 #861
  3. Medicine#3,983 #2,583
  4. Health Sciences#5,248 #3,194
  5. Molecular Biology#1,602 #806
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 Shanghai Cancer Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 25.8 works18×
  2. OncologySubfield · 45.9 works12×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 27.4 works12×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 28.3 works8.4×
  5. Molecular BiologySubfield · 65.7 works6.5×
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 110.6 works6.2×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.19× its world share, 111 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.38× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.35× its world share, 152 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai Cancer Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Yu‐Tang Gao, Hui Cai and Yong‐Bing Xiang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Cancer Institute.

  1. 1 Yu‐Tang Gao China · #26,180 worldwide 750 citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Hui Cai China · #66,951 worldwide 265 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Yong‐Bing Xiang China · #117,080 worldwide 231 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Honglan Li China · #164,567 worldwide 162 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Gong Yang China · #257,563 worldwide 125 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Jinjun Li China · #288,804 worldwide 135 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Wenxin Qin China · #349,355 worldwide 174 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Jianren Gu China · #350,778 worldwide 97 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Zonghai Li China · #379,633 worldwide 78 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Ming Yao China · #430,723 worldwide 149 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai Cancer Institute

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Cancer Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Gene Expression, Immunity and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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. Cancer51▲ 11×45 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 28×8 topics
  3. Immunotherapy35▲ 15×14 topics
  4. Inflammation32▲ 4.5×65 topics
  5. Chemotherapy24▲ 10×18 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress22▲ 4.0×39 topics
  7. Gene Expression21▲ 10×11 topics
  8. Immunity17▲ 13×9 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 21×5 topics
  10. Nanoparticles14▲ 3.4×20 topics
  11. Biomarkers14▲ 6.1×13 topics
  12. Metabolism14▲ 8.2×24 topics
  13. Cell Death13▲ 17×6 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy12▲ 6.5×17 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors12▲ 8.5×14 topics
  16. Pancreatic Cancer12▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Gemcitabine12▲ 48×1 topic
  18. Surgical Complications12▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Cancer Progression11▲ 18×8 topics
  20. Metastasis11▲ 9.7×12 topics
  21. Tumor Targeting11▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Lipid Peroxidation10▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Immune Checkpoint Blockade10▲ 27×1 topic
  24. PD-1 and PD-L110▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.4×11 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations10▲ 6.8×12 topics
  28. Ferroptosis10▲ 38×1 topic
  29. GPX410▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Targeted Therapy10▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Regulation9▲ 5.2×10 topics
  32. Reactive Oxygen Species9▲ 6.6×11 topics
  33. Innate Immunity9▲ 8.1×11 topics
  34. Gene Expression Regulation8▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Macrophage8▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Activation8▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Polarization8▲ 16×1 topic
  38. RNA methylation8▲ 27×1 topic
  39. m6A-seq8▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Epigenetic Regulation8▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Immune cells in cancer.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…12Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 12 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…10Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…10Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 10 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer8Immune cells in cancer: 8 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 8 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 7 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…6Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 6 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…6Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 6 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…5Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 5 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…5Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 5 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineImmunologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 12 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 8 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 8 works
  6. 6 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 7 works
  7. 7 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 6 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.