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Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital

In research, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#647 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#805 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#637 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rheumatology and Surgery — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,518
of 28,054 · #3,769 all time
Rank in China
#443
of 3,058
Research works
7.6k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
126k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Shanghai Sixth 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 #647 of 10,443 22.3%1,115 #1544
Health SciencesDomain #805 of 11,982 22.4%1,159 #1830
Life SciencesDomain #637 of 7,800 27.1%409 #1694
SurgerySubfield #198 of 1,816 20.5%258 #526
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #691 of 3,579 25.6%270 #1515
Molecular BiologySubfield #601 of 2,175 26.0%161 #1116
Physical SciencesDomain #3,916 of 12,888 29.8%191 #7509
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #486 of 1,568 29.6%84 #1155
NeuroscienceField #453 of 1,168 26.6%77 #1207
EngineeringField #2,882 of 6,636 28.2%99 #5600

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Sixth 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#1,544 #647
  2. Health Sciences#1,830 #805
  3. Life Sciences#1,694 #637
  4. Surgery#526 #198
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,515 #691
  6. Molecular Biology#1,116 #601
  7. Physical Sciences#7,509 #3,916
  8. Biomedical Engineering#1,155 #486
  9. Neuroscience#1,207 #453
  10. Engineering#5,600 #2,882
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 Sixth People's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 52.6 works12×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 59.0 works7.2×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 257.5 works6.2×
  4. NephrologySubfield · 23.6 works6.1×
  5. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 58.6 works6.1×
  6. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 43.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.84× its world share, 270 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.68× its world share, 78 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 99 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 1,115 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Cheng Hu, Weiping Jia and Yuqian Bao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital.

  1. 1 Cheng Hu China · #117,397 worldwide 332 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Weiping Jia China · #144,797 worldwide 634 citations · 142 works
  3. 3 Yuqian Bao China · #165,633 worldwide 284 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Zeng Zhang China · #204,092 worldwide 111 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Quan‐Yong Luo China · #270,441 worldwide 86 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Changqing Zhang China · #271,326 worldwide 226 citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Hui Zhao China · #286,660 worldwide 71 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Cunyi Fan China · #289,941 worldwide 163 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Yuehua Li China · #365,262 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Ming‐Hua Li China · #366,558 worldwide 40 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Complications, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Biomechanics and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Inflammation186▲ 5.0×81 topics
  2. Epidemiology180▲ 2.6×108 topics
  3. Cancer123▲ 5.2×49 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress88▲ 3.0×54 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease77▲ 3.9×36 topics
  6. Complications68▲ 7.7×16 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome58▲ 4.0×22 topics
  8. Biomechanics54▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Rehabilitation53▲ 7.6×11 topics
  10. Biomarkers53▲ 4.3×16 topics
  11. Regeneration50▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Obesity49▲ 3.6×23 topics
  13. Diabetes49▲ 5.5×20 topics
  14. Insulin Resistance47▲ 5.8×10 topics
  15. Tissue Engineering44▲ 4.1×13 topics
  16. Mortality44▲ 4.3×12 topics
  17. Drug Delivery44▲ 4.5×15 topics
  18. Angiogenesis42▲ 7.2×15 topics
  19. Gene Expression41▲ 3.8×12 topics
  20. Extracellular Matrix39▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment39▲ 4.9×8 topics
  22. Surgical Management39▲ 5.3×20 topics
  23. Arthroplasty38▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Stem Cells37▲ 8.2×15 topics
  25. Revision Surgery37▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Total Hip Replacement37▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Biogenesis35▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines35▲ 3.6×14 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors34▲ 4.4×14 topics
  30. Metastasis31▲ 5.2×12 topics
  31. Growth Factors31▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Osteoarthritis31▲ 14×6 topics
  33. Patient Satisfaction29▲ 5.3×9 topics
  34. Regenerative Medicine28▲ 6.3×6 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life28▲ 6.6×5 topics
  36. Cell Death27▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. Macrophages27▲ 8.7×7 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment26▲ 7.4×6 topics
  39. Outcomes24▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Total Knee Replacement24▲ 20×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …24Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 24 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…20Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 20 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 18 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…18Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 18 fractional worksTendon Structure and Tre…18Tendon Structure and Treatment: 18 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 15 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 15 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…15Extracellular vesicles in disease: 15 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 14 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 14 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 24 works
  2. 2 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 20 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 18 works
  4. 4 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 18 works
  5. 5 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 works
  6. 6 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  7. 7 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  8. 8 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 15 works
  9. 9 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 14 works
  10. 10 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 14 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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