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Southwest Hospital

In research, Southwest Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#985 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#791 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,385 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research and Immunology — Cancer Research is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,896
of 28,054 · #4,568 all time
Rank in China
#516
of 3,058
Research works
5.1k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Southwest 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 #985 of 10,443 23.3%530 #2401
Life SciencesDomain #791 of 7,800 29.7%284 #1878
Health SciencesDomain #1,385 of 11,982 23.4%548 #3154
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,061 of 3,579 29.2%188 #2115
Molecular BiologySubfield #723 of 2,175 30.1%118 #1522
SurgerySubfield #680 of 1,816 18.7%85 #1272
Physical SciencesDomain #6,642 of 12,888 24.8%108 #9631

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southwest 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#2,401 #985
  2. Life Sciences#1,878 #791
  3. Health Sciences#3,154 #1,385
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,115 #1,061
  5. Molecular Biology#1,522 #723
  6. Surgery#1,272 #680
  7. Physical Sciences#9,631 #6,642
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 Southwest Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 30.0 works7.2×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 37.7 works5.7×
← 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: 3.70× its world share, 188 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.33× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.97× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 530 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 1 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 9 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: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southwest Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kanglai Tang, Rong Hu and Weiling Fu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southwest Hospital.

  1. 1 Kanglai Tang China · #562,075 worldwide 61 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Rong Hu China · #600,984 worldwide 33 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Weiling Fu China · #711,588 worldwide 110 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Ping Bie China · #713,793 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Xiaojun Duan China · #896,337 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Qiang Zhou China · #956,982 worldwide 29 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Zheng Qin Yin China · #989,129 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Xiaowei Qi China · #1,134,291 worldwide 64 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Shirong Li China · #1,138,901 worldwide 20 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Jun Hu China · #1,315,934 worldwide 17 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Southwest Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Southwest Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Angiogenesis and Management.

▲ 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. Inflammation95▲ 4.8×78 topics
  2. Epidemiology86▲ 2.3×101 topics
  3. Cancer82▲ 6.4×46 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress51▲ 3.3×53 topics
  5. Nanoparticles34▲ 2.9×19 topics
  6. Immunotherapy34▲ 5.0×18 topics
  7. Management33▲ 4.5×26 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 7.8×8 topics
  9. Treatment32▲ 2.8×40 topics
  10. Diagnosis31▲ 3.5×34 topics
  11. Gene Expression30▲ 5.2×16 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines29▲ 5.5×14 topics
  13. Angiogenesis27▲ 8.6×16 topics
  14. Biomarkers26▲ 3.9×16 topics
  15. Chemotherapy24▲ 3.7×23 topics
  16. Immunity24▲ 6.3×10 topics
  17. Regeneration23▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Surgical Management22▲ 5.5×17 topics
  19. Drug Delivery21▲ 4.1×11 topics
  20. Neuroinflammation21▲ 7.6×6 topics
  21. Metabolism21▲ 4.2×25 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy20▲ 3.8×16 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors20▲ 4.9×14 topics
  24. Reactive Oxygen Species20▲ 5.3×11 topics
  25. Regulation19▲ 3.8×10 topics
  26. Stem Cells19▲ 7.8×15 topics
  27. Cell Death19▲ 8.5×6 topics
  28. Pathophysiology18▲ 6.4×11 topics
  29. Wound Healing18▲ 7.3×11 topics
  30. Biogenesis18▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Radiotherapy18▲ 4.9×12 topics
  32. Metastasis18▲ 5.5×12 topics
  33. Innate Immunity18▲ 5.8×11 topics
  34. Macrophages17▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Photodynamic Therapy17▲ 8.0×6 topics
  36. Hepatocellular Carcinoma16▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Tumor Targeting16▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Growth Factors15▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Extracellular Matrix14▲ 8.4×7 topics
  40. Cancer Progression14▲ 7.9×8 topics

Which research topics does Southwest Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Advanced biosensing and …10Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 10 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…10Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 10 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 10 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…9Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 9 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer9Immune cells in cancer: 9 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 9 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksIntracerebral and Subara…7Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 7 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 7 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 7 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHepatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 10 works
  2. 2 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 9 works
  5. 5 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 9 works
  6. 6 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 9 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  8. 8 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 7 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  10. 10 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 7 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southwest Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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