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Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

In research, Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#3,708 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,696 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,056
of 28,054 · #19,768 all time
Rank in China
#1,588
of 3,058
Research works
677
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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 #3,708 of 10,443 15.6%174 #9569
Health SciencesDomain #4,696 of 11,982 16.1%181 #11280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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).

What does Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 33.1 works5.3×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.84× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.54× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 174 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Cancer, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Complications, Oxidative Stress and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.6×87 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 4.1×67 topics
  3. Cancer12▲ 3.4×38 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.8×41 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.3×27 topics
  6. Depression10▲ 4.1×18 topics
  7. Rehabilitation9▲ 8.8×11 topics
  8. Treatment9▲ 2.8×30 topics
  9. Clinical Trials9▲ 5.0×14 topics
  10. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Complications8▲ 6.3×14 topics
  12. Traditional Chinese Medicine8▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Risk Factors7▲ 2.5×23 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders7▲ 4.7×16 topics
  15. Precision Medicine7▲ 5.6×7 topics
  16. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.6×21 topics
  17. Diagnosis6▲ 2.6×28 topics
  18. Herbal Medicine6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  19. Integrative Medicine6▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Biomarkers6▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.0×14 topics
  22. Osteoarthritis6▲ 17×5 topics
  23. Biomechanics5▲ 6.7×7 topics
  24. Surgical Management5▲ 4.8×13 topics
  25. Shoulder Function5▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Acupuncture5▲ 33×3 topics
  28. Cancer Treatment5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  29. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Low Back Pain5▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Pain Relief5▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  33. Brain Imaging4▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Spinal Fusion4▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Neurological Effects4▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Adverse Events4▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Fibroblast Response4▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Regeneration4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Medical Research and Treatments and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.

Acupuncture Treatment Re…4Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksMedical Research and Tre…4Medical Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…3Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…2Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma…2Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineSurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 2 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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