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Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

In research, Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University stands highest in Medicine (#1,444 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,234 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,975 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Immunology — Oncology is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,051
of 28,054 · #7,250 all time
Rank in China
#763
of 3,058
Research works
1.8k
▲ 120% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University 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 #1,444 of 10,443 20.9%451 #3439
Life SciencesDomain #1,234 of 7,800 29.1%215 #3246
Health SciencesDomain #1,975 of 11,982 21.0%464 #4213
Molecular BiologySubfield #849 of 2,175 31.0%87 #2275
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,400 of 3,579 28.3%159 #3488
SurgerySubfield #741 of 1,816 16.8%93 #1854
OncologySubfield #455 of 772 20.7%85 #1116

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University 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#3,439 #1,444
  2. Life Sciences#3,246 #1,234
  3. Health Sciences#4,213 #1,975
  4. Molecular Biology#2,275 #849
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,488 #1,400
  6. Surgery#1,854 #741
  7. Oncology#1,116 #455
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 Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 85.0 works10×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 30.2 works9.6×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 29.4 works5.9×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 93.1 works5.5×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.14× its world share, 159 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.51× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 451 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University?

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

▲ 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. Cancer74▲ 7.7×48 topics
  2. Epidemiology74▲ 2.6×95 topics
  3. Inflammation61▲ 4.0×79 topics
  4. Chemotherapy55▲ 11×21 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines53▲ 13×13 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment49▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress38▲ 3.2×51 topics
  8. Quality of Life34▲ 3.2×29 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy34▲ 20×5 topics
  10. Gene Expression29▲ 6.6×14 topics
  11. Adjuvant Chemotherapy28▲ 57×2 topics
  12. Diagnosis28▲ 4.2×30 topics
  13. Treatment28▲ 3.1×34 topics
  14. Survival Analysis27▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Molecular Characterization26▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Inflammatory Bowel Disease25▲ 31×4 topics
  17. Laparoscopic Surgery25▲ 30×4 topics
  18. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy25▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Gastric Cancer25▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Precision Medicine24▲ 7.1×8 topics
  21. Pathogenesis22▲ 6.1×16 topics
  22. Genetics22▲ 4.4×18 topics
  23. Management22▲ 3.9×20 topics
  24. Tumor Markers21▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Immunotherapy21▲ 4.1×18 topics
  26. Cell Death20▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Rectal Cancer20▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Total Mesorectal Excision20▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Endoscopic Resection20▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Guidelines19▲ 5.8×10 topics
  31. Colorectal Cancer18▲ 32×3 topics
  32. Crohn's Disease18▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Immunity18▲ 6.3×8 topics
  34. Immunology18▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Metastasis17▲ 7.1×11 topics
  36. Therapies17▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Ulcerative Colitis17▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy17▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy16▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Chemoradiation15▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Colorectal Cancer Surgic…20Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 20 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease17Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 17 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…15Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 15 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…15Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 14 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 11 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatm…11Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 11 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 10 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 10 fractional worksGut microbiota and health10Gut microbiota and health: 10 fractional works
OncologyGeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 20 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 17 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 15 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  5. 5 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 11 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 11 works
  8. 8 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 10 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 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 available55.0%not open45.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 120% 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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