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Sichuan Cancer Hospital

In research, Sichuan Cancer Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#688 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#809 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,306 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,408
of 28,054 · #6,141 all time
Rank in China
#622
of 3,058
Research works
2.4k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Sichuan Cancer 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 #688 of 10,443 19.6%643 #1973
Health SciencesDomain #809 of 11,982 19.9%661 #2309
Life SciencesDomain #1,306 of 7,800 28.1%204 #3155
OncologySubfield #243 of 772 22.9%134 #811
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #412 of 1,144 16.1%124 #1309
SurgerySubfield #734 of 1,816 15.2%122 #2108
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,590 of 3,579 27.1%153 #3930
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,038 of 2,175 28.6%84 #2688
Physical SciencesDomain #6,268 of 12,888 21.1%87 #12076

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sichuan Cancer 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#1,973 #688
  2. Health Sciences#2,309 #809
  3. Life Sciences#3,155 #1,306
  4. Oncology#811 #243
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,309 #412
  6. Surgery#2,108 #734
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,930 #1,590
  8. Molecular Biology#2,688 #1,038
  9. Physical Sciences#12,076 #6,268
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 Sichuan Cancer Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 133.7 works12×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 40.6 works9.6×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 123.9 works8.3×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 121.6 works5.3×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 44.1 works5.0×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.95× its world share, 153 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 643 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sichuan Cancer Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Wenjun Liao, Lei Wu and Man Lu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sichuan Cancer Hospital.

  1. 1 Wenjun Liao China · #429,212 worldwide 70 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Lei Wu China · #516,489 worldwide 55 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Man Lu China · #755,953 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Qing Yang China · #762,368 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Qiao He China · #766,338 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Qifeng Wang China · #834,646 worldwide 47 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Xing Wei China · #880,755 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jun Yin China · #977,085 worldwide 57 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jie Li China · #982,864 worldwide 37 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Jianchao Chen China · #1,001,799 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sichuan Cancer Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sichuan Cancer Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Endoscopic Resection.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy122▲ 18×22 topics
  2. Cancer83▲ 6.4×50 topics
  3. Epidemiology76▲ 1.98×83 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment73▲ 17×8 topics
  5. Radiotherapy68▲ 18×13 topics
  6. Inflammation64▲ 3.2×77 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines63▲ 12×14 topics
  8. Immunotherapy62▲ 9.0×18 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy61▲ 27×5 topics
  10. Endoscopic Resection52▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Clinical Trials47▲ 7.3×17 topics
  12. Adjuvant Therapy44▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Metastasis43▲ 13×12 topics
  14. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy42▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Targeted Therapy42▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors40▲ 9.5×14 topics
  17. Biomarkers40▲ 6.0×17 topics
  18. Chemoradiation39▲ 63×2 topics
  19. Survival Analysis39▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Surgery37▲ 11×10 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis36▲ 6.3×10 topics
  22. Gene Expression33▲ 5.5×14 topics
  23. Barrett's Esophagus33▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Esophageal Carcinoma33▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Precision Medicine33▲ 7.2×8 topics
  26. Immune Checkpoint Blockade29▲ 27×1 topic
  27. PD-1 and PD-L129▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Survival28▲ 21×4 topics
  29. Cancer Therapy28▲ 5.0×17 topics
  30. Immunity28▲ 7.1×8 topics
  31. Lung Cancer26▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization26▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Prognosis26▲ 8.2×7 topics
  34. Tumor Staging25▲ 24×2 topics
  35. CT Screening25▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Positron Emission Tomography25▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Tumor Markers24▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy24▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Gastric Cancer23▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Cetuximab23▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Sichuan Cancer Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 33 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 29 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…25Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 25 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…19Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 19 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 19 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 19 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…16Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 16 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 15 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 10 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 33 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 29 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 25 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 19 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 16 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 15 works
  9. 9 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 10 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sichuan Cancer Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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