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Shanghai First People's Hospital

In research, Shanghai First People's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#864 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,161 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#856 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Cancer Research and Immunology — Ophthalmology is 15.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,944
of 28,054 · #4,082 all time
Rank in China
#529
of 3,058
Research works
5.5k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Shanghai First People's Hospital 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 #864 of 10,443 24.7%634 #1989
Health SciencesDomain #1,161 of 11,982 24.6%655 #2420
Life SciencesDomain #856 of 7,800 27.5%310 #1834
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #994 of 3,579 27.7%221 #1756
Molecular BiologySubfield #619 of 2,175 28.0%140 #1217
SurgerySubfield #688 of 1,816 22.8%74 #1412
Physical SciencesDomain #5,431 of 12,888 29.5%107 #8126
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #524 of 1,144 21.7%80 #1153

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai First People's 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 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#1,989 #864
  2. Health Sciences#2,420 #1,161
  3. Life Sciences#1,834 #856
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,756 #994
  5. Molecular Biology#1,217 #619
  6. Surgery#1,412 #688
  7. Physical Sciences#8,126 #5,431
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,153 #524
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 First People's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 44.8 works15×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 39.8 works8.5×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 44.0 works5.9×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 51.2 works5.2×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 80.2 works4.8×
  6. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 48.0 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: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.81× its world share, 221 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.40× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 634 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shanghai First People's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaodong Sun, Xingpeng Wang and Yongde Peng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai First People's Hospital.

  1. 1 Xiaodong Sun China · #26,072 worldwide 811 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Xingpeng Wang China · #51,990 worldwide 298 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Yongde Peng China · #96,596 worldwide 348 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Zhengjun Qiu China · #167,773 worldwide 181 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Yingqi Hua China · #183,440 worldwide 298 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Yong Wei China · #274,118 worldwide 399 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jun Cao China · #390,247 worldwide 102 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Zhi Zheng China · #537,328 worldwide 79 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Qiugen Wang China · #604,641 worldwide 36 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Ruilan Wang China · #605,979 worldwide 39 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai First People's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai First People's Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Inflammation129▲ 5.7×80 topics
  2. Cancer114▲ 7.8×54 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress90▲ 5.0×54 topics
  4. Epidemiology86▲ 2.0×110 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment50▲ 10×8 topics
  6. Gene Expression42▲ 6.4×15 topics
  7. Immunotherapy42▲ 5.4×18 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 3.3×35 topics
  9. Macular Degeneration38▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Biomarkers37▲ 5.0×16 topics
  11. Chemotherapy35▲ 4.6×23 topics
  12. Diabetic Retinopathy34▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome31▲ 3.5×23 topics
  14. Cell Death31▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor29▲ 32×4 topics
  16. Drug Delivery28▲ 4.7×13 topics
  17. Angiogenesis27▲ 7.6×16 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy25▲ 4.0×16 topics
  19. Immunity24▲ 5.6×9 topics
  20. Regulation24▲ 4.2×10 topics
  21. Biogenesis24▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Intravitreal Injection24▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Metabolism24▲ 4.3×27 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering24▲ 3.6×11 topics
  25. Choroidal Thickness23▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Glaucoma23▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Retinal Pigment Epithelium23▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species22▲ 5.1×13 topics
  29. Metastasis22▲ 6.0×12 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation21▲ 9.0×6 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk20▲ 6.0×9 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration20▲ 6.1×11 topics
  33. Optic Nerve20▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Lipid Peroxidation20▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Ferroptosis19▲ 23×1 topic
  36. GPX419▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Cancer Progression18▲ 9.2×8 topics
  39. Tumor Targeting18▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Macrophages16▲ 8.8×7 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai First People's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 23 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 19 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 13 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 12 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 11 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 11 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer10Immune cells in cancer: 10 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 10 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 9 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…9Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 9 fractional works
OphthalmologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer ResearchBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 23 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 13 works
  4. 4 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 11 works
  6. 6 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 10 works
  8. 8 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 10 works
  9. 9 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 9 works
  10. 10 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 9 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai First People's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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