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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital

In research, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#512 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#738 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#520 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Nephrology and Immunology — Cancer Research is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,423
of 28,054 · #3,259 all time
Rank in China
#421
of 3,058
Research works
4.6k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Sun Yat-sen Memorial 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 #512 of 10,443 23.4%854 #1389
Health SciencesDomain #738 of 11,982 23.4%880 #1824
Life SciencesDomain #520 of 7,800 29.5%439 #1261
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #701 of 3,579 28.9%305 #1516
Molecular BiologySubfield #436 of 2,175 29.0%185 #1006
SurgerySubfield #529 of 1,816 19.8%124 #1173
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #404 of 1,144 24.0%87 #1048
OncologySubfield #276 of 772 23.1%103 #587
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #318 of 682 32.0%70 #836
Physical SciencesDomain #7,154 of 12,888 26.3%90 #11711

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sun Yat-sen Memorial 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#1,389 #512
  2. Health Sciences#1,824 #738
  3. Life Sciences#1,261 #520
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,516 #701
  5. Molecular Biology#1,006 #436
  6. Surgery#1,173 #529
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,048 #404
  8. Oncology#587 #276
  9. Immunology and Microbiology#836 #318
  10. Physical Sciences#11,711 #7,154
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 Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 67.6 works11×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 21.5 works6.9×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 64.6 works6.5×
  4. OncologySubfield · 102.8 works6.4×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.99× its world share, 305 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.85× its world share, 70 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.28× its world share, 53 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 854 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Chemotherapy, Gene Expression, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Cancer146▲ 7.6×48 topics
  2. Inflammation145▲ 4.8×80 topics
  3. Epidemiology115▲ 2.0×109 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment75▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress72▲ 3.1×51 topics
  6. Chemotherapy70▲ 7.0×23 topics
  7. Gene Expression64▲ 7.3×17 topics
  8. Immunotherapy59▲ 5.8×18 topics
  9. Biomarkers56▲ 5.7×17 topics
  10. Treatment54▲ 3.1×45 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease47▲ 2.9×34 topics
  12. Metastasis43▲ 8.9×12 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines42▲ 5.4×14 topics
  14. Diagnosis40▲ 3.0×37 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors40▲ 6.4×14 topics
  16. Radiotherapy40▲ 7.2×12 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 3.3×21 topics
  18. Immunity39▲ 6.7×10 topics
  19. Management39▲ 3.4×26 topics
  20. Cell Death39▲ 12×6 topics
  21. Biogenesis35▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Cancer Progression32▲ 12×8 topics
  23. Metabolism32▲ 4.4×25 topics
  24. Regulation32▲ 4.1×10 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy32▲ 3.9×17 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy32▲ 9.4×5 topics
  27. Epigenetic Regulation31▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Innate Immunity27▲ 5.9×10 topics
  29. Survival27▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Breast Cancer25▲ 7.3×10 topics
  31. Gene Expression Regulation24▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Lipid Peroxidation24▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Cell Differentiation23▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Ferroptosis23▲ 21×1 topic
  35. GPX423▲ 21×1 topic
  36. RNA Regulation22▲ 15×2 topics
  37. RNA methylation22▲ 17×1 topic
  38. m6A-seq22▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Long Noncoding RNAs22▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Transcriptional Landscape22▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…23Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 23 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…22RNA modifications and cancer: 22 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…22Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 22 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…22Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 22 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 16 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 14 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases13Circular RNAs in diseases: 13 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 12 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 12 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…12Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyCancer ResearchOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 22 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 22 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 22 works
  5. 5 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 16 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 14 works
  7. 7 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 13 works
  8. 8 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 12 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 12 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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