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Shuguang Hospital

In research, Shuguang Hospital stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,262 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#1,886 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,513 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine — Complementary and alternative medicine is 19.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,226
of 28,054 · #8,318 all time
Rank in China
#800
of 3,058
Research works
1.9k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Shuguang 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,262 of 7,800 31.6%190 #3535
MedicineField #1,886 of 10,443 28.4%378 #4465
Health SciencesDomain #2,513 of 11,982 28.4%390 #5504
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,462 of 3,579 33.1%114 #3740
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,167 of 2,175 34.4%73 #2822

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shuguang 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. Life Sciences#3,535 #1,262
  2. Medicine#4,465 #1,886
  3. Health Sciences#5,504 #2,513
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,740 #1,462
  5. Molecular Biology#2,822 #1,167
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 Shuguang Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 19.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 34.3 works19×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.51× its world share, 114 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.32× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.43× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.05× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 378 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Shuguang Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Metabolism, Cardiovascular Disease and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Inflammation94▲ 7.4×78 topics
  2. Cancer65▲ 7.9×49 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress58▲ 5.9×54 topics
  4. Epidemiology46▲ 1.92×86 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome40▲ 8.0×22 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 4.7×33 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance30▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Metabolism26▲ 8.2×23 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 8.8×8 topics
  10. Biomarkers23▲ 5.6×15 topics
  11. Hepatocellular Carcinoma23▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Antioxidant21▲ 5.0×30 topics
  13. Cell Death21▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Hepatic Steatosis21▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Clinical Trials20▲ 5.0×17 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory20▲ 12×21 topics
  17. Depression20▲ 3.7×18 topics
  18. Traditional Chinese Medicine20▲ 27×5 topics
  19. NAFLD19▲ 26×1 topic
  20. NASH19▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Obesity18▲ 3.9×18 topics
  22. Osteoarthritis18▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Gene Expression18▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. Herbal Medicine17▲ 9.9×8 topics
  25. Management17▲ 3.6×19 topics
  26. Macrophages17▲ 16×6 topics
  27. Pharmacological Effects16▲ 43×6 topics
  28. Precision Medicine16▲ 5.7×8 topics
  29. Diabetes16▲ 5.4×18 topics
  30. Immunity16▲ 6.5×10 topics
  31. Immune Response16▲ 4.6×16 topics
  32. Apoptosis16▲ 8.5×18 topics
  33. Angiogenesis16▲ 7.8×15 topics
  34. Global Burden15▲ 4.5×9 topics
  35. Pharmacokinetics14▲ 8.9×11 topics
  36. Acupuncture14▲ 39×3 topics
  37. Pain Relief13▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Anticancer12▲ 13×14 topics
  39. Neuroprotective Effects12▲ 13×7 topics
  40. Fibrosis12▲ 11×8 topics

Which research topics does Shuguang Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies and Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …19Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 11 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Re…10Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 10 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…8Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis: 8 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 8 fractional worksLiver physiology and pathology: 7 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer7Immune cells in cancer: 7 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 6 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksInflammasome and immune disorders: 6 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineComplementary and alternative medicineHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 19 works
  2. 2 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  6. 6 Liver physiology and pathology Hepatology 7 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 7 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 6 works
  9. 9 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 6 works
  10. 10 Inflammasome and immune disorders Molecular Biology 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shuguang Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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